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Senate advances multiple bills in late‑February floor session; several measures pass unanimously
Summary
The Utah Senate on Feb. 28 considered a slate of house and senate bills, approving several on final or third reading including SB 215, HB 224, HB 218, HB 229 and others. Leadership distributed an appropriations draft for overnight review and adjourned until 8 a.m. the next day.
The Utah State Senate on Feb. 28 took up a broad package of legislation and returned several measures to the House after floor action.
Among the bills the Senate approved or concurred with were Senate Bill 215 (motion for final passage approved unanimously, clerk recorded 29 ayes), Senate Bill 127 (concurrence with House amendments; roll call recorded and returned to the House), Substitute House Bill 248 (Information Technology Commission, amended fiscal amounts; passed under suspension), House Bill 224 (employment criminal background checks; recorded 28 ayes, 0 nays, 1 absent), House Bill 218 (underinsured motorist amendments; recorded 27 ayes, 0 nays), House Bill 229 (Western Transportation Corridor study; recorded 28 ayes, 0 nays, 1 absent) and House Bill 250 (wildlife board consolidation; recorded 28 ayes, 0 nays, 1 absent).
The Senate also considered and acted on Substitute House Bill 307 (school and institutional trust land technical amendments) and House Bill 312 (site/funding for Utah Valley technical programs). In many cases the body took action under suspension of the rules to read bills for second and third readings and vote the same day.
Most roll-call tallies and procedural outcomes were announced on the floor and have been transmitted back to the House or set for enrollment as appropriate. Leadership distributed a draft appropriations package for senators to review overnight; the Senate adjourned until 8 a.m. the following day.
Actions recorded on the floor included motions to concur with House amendments, final passage motions under suspension of the rules, and several unanimous or near‑unanimous roll‑call results. Where vote tallies were announced on the record in the transcript, they are listed above; if a precise tally was not captured in the floor exchange, the clerk’s announcement was used as the source.
The Senate also placed several bills on the second‑ or third‑reading calendars, circled others for later action, and agreed to return amended bills to the House for further consideration.
The session ended with the distribution of an appropriations draft and scheduling instructions for the final day of the session.
