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Votes at a glance: key bills the Utah Senate sent back to the House on Feb. 24, 1995
Summary
The Senate voted on many items in a long floor session. This roundup lists several bills that received final or procedural action on Feb. 24 and the vote tallies announced on the floor.
Below are notable bills the Utah Senate read, voted on, or otherwise acted on during the Feb. 24, 1995 floor session, with vote counts and the immediate outcome as announced by the presiding officer or clerk on the record.
- Senate Bill 93 (big‑game cropland damage): President announced "Senate bill 93 has 16 aye votes, 3 nay votes, 10 being absent," and the bill was sent back to the House for further consideration.
- First substitute Senate Bill 15 (driver license amendments): The floor announced "First substitute, Senate Bill 15 has 18 aye votes" and the bill was passed back to the House for further consideration.
- Senate Bill 54 (health spa services protection act): The president announced "Senate bill 54 has 21 aye votes, none ay votes, with 8 being absent," and the bill passed back to the House.
- Senate Bill 85 (initiative referendum requirements): The president announced "Senate bill 85 has 20 aye votes, no nays, 9 being absent," and the bill was returned to the House for further consideration.
- First substitute House Bill 86 (windsurfing exemption): Tally announced on the floor: "First substitute house bill 86 has 20 aye votes, 5 nay votes, and 4 being absent" and it was sent back to the House for final signatures and enrolling.
- House Bill 243 (coordinating services for school‑aged children): The president announced the count and indicated the bill "has 20 ... 19 aye votes, no nay votes, and 10 being absent" (as announced on the floor) and the bill will be signed by the president in open session and referred back to the House for final signature and enrolling.
- First substitute House Bill 364 (Telecommunications Reform Act): The president announced the roll call outcome and stated the bill "has 25 aye votes, no nay votes, and 4 being absent," and it was referred back to the House for final signature and enrolling.
- Second substitute House Bill 258 (property tax amendments — certified revenue levy): The president announced "Second substitute, House Bill 258 has 26 aye votes, no nay votes, 3 being absent;" transcript notes a fiscal figure of $150,000 associated with the bill and that the bill was passed and referred to the House for further consideration.
Notes on tallies and procedure
Tally numbers and presence/absence counts are the official numbers that were read onto the record by the president or clerks during the session; where the transcript quoted a roll call announcement, we reproduce that text verbatim. Several bills were considered under suspension of the rules and read for second and third time on the same day; a number of items were amended on the floor and will therefore be returned to the House for concurrence or further action.
Why it matters
Although many of these measures are procedural in this session—s rhythm, several—particularly the telecommunications reform bill (HB364), the property‑tax levy changes (HB258), and school impact fees (HB32)—carry substantive fiscal or regulatory consequences for Utah residents and local governments.
