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Utah Senate advances a slate of bills, schedules workers’ compensation hearing
Summary
The Utah Senate on Feb. 15, 1995 adopted committee reports, moved dozens of House and Senate bills toward third reading and set time to consider workers’ compensation measures. Several bills passed by wide margins while a handful—most notably notary qualifications and education privacy changes—drew extended debate.
The Utah State Senate convened Feb. 15 and moved a broad package of legislation forward while scheduling floor time to consider workers’ compensation bills.
Senators approved committee reports and placed many bills on the third-reading calendar or sent them back to the House. Notable roll-call results included: HJR 6 (moment-of-silence resolution) advanced to the third-reading calendar with a recorded 22 ayes, 5 no votes and 2 absent; Senate Bill 162 (severance tax amendments) recorded 25 ayes, no nays and 4 absent; Senate Bill 47 (tribal eligibility for interlocal cooperation) recorded 24 ayes, no nays and 4 absent; House Bill 105 (water reuse/effluent) passed 22–2 with 5 absent; House Bill 78 (disease testing for at-risk public safety officers) passed 26–0 with 3 absent; House Bill 56 (sales-tax exemption for prescribed home medical equipment) moved with 27 ayes and 2 absent; and multiple other House bills and substitutes were placed on the calendar or tabled for third reading.
Floor leaders also agreed to devote the afternoon session and 2:00 p.m. Tuesday to an aggregate consideration of several workers’ compensation bills to speed hearings and allow interested parties to plan attendance.
Several bills were handled on the consent calendar or with technical amendments: the Senate adopted substitute or amended language on items such as the Water and Sewer Improvement District Act and House Bill 5 (State Building Plan) after brief floor explanations.
The chamber recessed until 2 p.m. with several contested items—particularly notary public qualifications and education-privacy amendments—left for further discussion.
