Votes at a glance: Key roll-call outcomes from the Jan. 26 Utah Senate session

This is a summary of recorded outcomes and calendar actions from the Utah Senate floor on Jan. 26, 1994, drawn from the day’s session transcript.

- Second substitute SJR1 (search-and-seizure constitutional amendment): reported as 24 ayes, 4 nays, 1 absent when advanced (floor record). Sponsor emphasized letting voters decide the constitutional amendment question.

- Senate Bill 3 (DUI penalty enhancement when passenger under 16 present): recorded passage with 27 ayes, no nays; bill to be sent to the House.

- Substitute Senate Bill 59 (medical-malpractice pre-litigation panels): recorded passage of substitute with 25 ayes, no nays; placed on the third-reading calendar.

- House Bill 20 (Resource Development Coordinating Committee amendments): recorded 24 ayes, no nays; placed on the third-reading calendar.

- Senate Bill 7 (task force on public safety) and Senate Bill 33 (orderly school termination procedures) were advanced to third-reading calendars after floor action and committee substitution, with recorded tallies noted in the transcript where applicable (SB7 reported as 22 ayes, 4 nays, 3 absent in the floor summary).

- Several bills were introduced or had committee reports read (including bills on hazardous bus routes, occupations and professions, records classification, industrial assistance, controlled substances, ALJ qualifications and aggravated assault).

Notes on methodology: Tallies and outcomes are recorded as given in the floor transcript; where the transcript lists roll-call names but not a final summarized tally, the clerk’s announced counts are reported.

Sources: Jan. 26 floor transcript and clerk vote tallies.