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Votes at a glance: key measures advanced in the Utah Senate Feb. 7, 1994
Summary
The Senate advanced and passed a number of bills on Feb. 7, 1994, ranging from consumer-protection measures to education and licensing items; several measures were placed on third reading for later action.
The Utah Senate’s Feb. 7 session recorded multiple procedural approvals and final votes on third-reading items. Key outcomes and actions recorded in the transcript excerpt include:
- Substitute Senate Bill 61 (removal of lien after payment): Sponsor described a 90-day requirement for lenders to release security interests after final loan payment and a damages remedy for failure; recorded third-reading passage with a roll call showing 26 ayes.
- House Bill 51 (hearing-instrument specialists): Sponsors explained the bill’s professional standards and intern category; Senate recorded passage after question-and-answer and roll call.
- Substitute Senate Bill 42 (teaching American Sign Language): Sponsor described the bill as giving ASL parity and authorizing state boards to develop implementation procedures; Senate passed the substitute (recorded voice and tally in the record).
- Senate Bill 41 (certification of interpreters for the hearing impaired): Floor adopted an amendment to make certain unlawful contact a class D misdemeanor and passed the bill (29 ayes recorded).
- Senate Bill 72 (civil-rights exemption language): Passed on third reading (25 ayes, 3 nays, 1 absence).
- House Bill 90, House Bill 97, House Bill 123, HCR4 and several other measures were advanced to or placed on the third-reading calendar after committee reports and floor debate; HB90 drew an extended floor exchange on licensure and rural access, HB123 generated fiscal-notes discussion (approximately $98,000 noted for a pediatric improvement program), and HB97 (mandatory FBI fingerprint checks for certain school employees) passed its third-reading tally.
This roundup is not exhaustive; the Senate introduced a lengthy list of bills for referral earlier in the day (the clerk read a list of more than 300 senate bills and many house bills), and many items were referred to standing committees or circled for additional work.
