Votes at a glance: Senate sends multiple bills to the House after Feb. 23 floor session

The Utah Senate voted on a slate of bills Feb. 23, 1995. Below are short descriptions and recorded floor outcomes for measures taken up on the third-reading or consent calendars:

- SB 193 (Noise abatement along highways): Carried on the consent calendar; recorded as 22 ayes, 0 nays, 7 absent; sent to the House. - SB 263 (Transfer of motor vehicle title): Sponsor said the bill returns ownership timing to common-law commercial transaction rules; recorded as 24 ayes, 0 nays, 5 absent; sent to the House. - First substitute SB 160 (Higher education tuition aid/tuition tax): Senator Steiner cited a $7,800,000 fiscal note; recorded passage and sent to the House. - SB 164 (Sales tax exemptions for coin-operated devices): Included nonbinding intent language urging businesses to revert prices if the tax was removed; recorded as 25 ayes, 3 nays, 1 absent; sent to the House. - SB 165, SB 168, SB 161 and a string of other third-reading bills (medical savings accounts, income-tax deductions for self-employed health insurance, election law technical revisions, etc.): All were presented with short sponsor remarks and most were adopted on roll-call and forwarded to the House; where roll-call totals were read on the floor they are included in the record.

Several bills were circled for further negotiation (third-substitute bills or bill sections held to allow stakeholder work) during the floor session; others were uncircled and returned to active calendar status. Where members declared conflicts of interest, those were recorded on the floor as required.