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Votes at a glance: Utah Senate advances wide slate of House and Senate bills in late-February session
Summary
During the Feb. 27 session the Utah Senate moved a large consent calendar and recorded roll-call votes clearing numerous House bills (including bills on school termination procedures, breastfeeding protection, daycare licensing, wildlife-license restructuring and property-tax allocations) for return to the House or enrollment.
SALT LAKE CITY — On Feb. 27 the Utah Senate used its consent and third-reading calendars to advance a broad set of bills, recording roll calls on multiple measures and sending several bills back to the House for final signature or further consideration.
Key floor actions and recorded tallies included:
- SJR 5 (veterans military service property-tax extension): concurrence recorded as 24 ayes, no nays, 5 absent; returned to the House for final consideration. (Senate communication read by Chief Clerk Carol Peterson.)
- House Bill 114 (Orderly School Termination Procedures amendments): recorded as 24 ayes, no nays, 5 absent; referred back to the House for enrollment after unanimous consent. (Floor manager: Senator Stevenson.)
- House Bill 262 (protecting breastfeeding from obscene-exposure statute): recorded as 26 ayes, no nays, 3 absent; directed back to the House for signature. (Explained by Senator Peterson on the floor as protecting breastfeeding in places where the obscene-exposure statute could otherwise apply.)
- House Bill 336 (wildlife license restructure): passed with amendment (change of wording from "license" to "authorization") and recorded as 25 ayes, 3 nays, 1 absent; sponsor said revenue generated will be used for habitat development and related improvements.
- House Bill 51 (daycare licensing amendments): advanced from third reading with a recorded vote of 22 ayes, 7 nays; the bill contains new licensing rules for drop-in daycares and several adopted amendments limiting the office of licensing's authority over educational programming and addressing fiscal concerns tied to expanded licensing.
- Multiple other technical and noncontroversial measures were read in and placed on calendars or returned for enrollment, including bills on title insurance, special elections, personal watercraft regulation, petroleum storage tank fees, interlocal cooperation, property-tax allocation, and adoption act provisions; the chief clerk and presiding officer read those communications into the record for transmittal and enrollment.
What this means: Many of the measures were procedural or technical amendments being returned to the House after concurrence, while a handful — notably the daycare and wildlife licensing bills — drew substantive floor debate and amendment. The session was operating on tight end-of-session timing, and leaders moved several bills by unanimous consent or under suspension of the rules to accelerate disposition.
Next steps: Bills returned to the House for final signature will be enrolled and transmitted; bills amended on the floor will be noted for further House consideration or enrollment.
