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Senate moves dozens of House bills through second and third reading as session nears adjournment
Summary
As the Legislature entered its final days, the Utah Senate read in and advanced numerous House bills across policy areas, adopting committee reports and sending measures back to the House for signature or further consideration.
During a busy morning and afternoon session on Feb. 27, the Utah Senate processed a large package of House bills across a range of policy areas, adopting committee reports, moving bills under suspension of the rules and recording multiple roll-call votes.
Notable actions included sending HB103 (Innkeepers Rights Act) to final reading after committee adoption; passing HB129 (fur-trapper licensing clarifications); approving HB135 to align Metropolitan Water District fiscal years; advancing health and vital-statistics changes in HB168 (electronic birth-certificate signatures) and HB113 (interest on criminal restitution); and moving several appropriations and human-services bills (including HB65 and HB98) forward.
The Senate also read in additional House measures for placement on the second-reading calendar (including HB32 on school impact fees, HB212 on domestic-violence task force delivery, HB243 on coordinating services for school-age youth and HB284 on Medicaid hospital assessment amendments) and appointed conference committees to reconcile differences on alimony standards and other items.
Several bills passed unanimously or by wide margins and were referred back to the House for signature and enrolling; others were circled or placed on the third-reading table because of fiscal notes or pending amendments.
