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Votes at a glance: Feb. 9 Utah Senate session
Summary
The Senate approved several House bills and resolutions on Feb. 9 by voice or roll-call, sending them back to the House with amendments or for filing; notable roll-call outcomes included passage of HB 41 (school discipline), HB 67 (vehicle emissions), HB 44 (transit board), HB 83 (cashier's checks) and concurrence on SB 18 amendments.
Several bills and resolutions were acted on during the Feb. 9 Utah Senate session. The following summarizes floor outcomes as recorded on the transcript:
- SB 18 (amendments to weapons laws): Senate concurred with the House amendment; initial voice vote followed by a roll call (presiding officer reported 26 aye votes, 0 nay, 3 absent) and the amendment will be sent back to the House for filing.
- HB 41 (school discipline amendments): After a floor amendment to change wording to "distributed to students," the Senate recorded 28 ayes, 0 nays, 1 absent and returned the bill to the House with the amendment.
- HB 16 (wildlife amendments): Senate recorded 25 ayes, 0 nays, 4 absent and sent the bill to the House for signature in open session.
- HB 22 (community service for speeding, as amended): Senate recorded 19 ayes, 4 nays, 6 absent and returned the bill to the House for further action.
- HB 67 (vehicle emissions county program amendments): Senate reported '25 ayes, 0 nays, 4 absent' and will sign and transmit the bill to the House.
- HB 35 (rename housing trust fund): Senate reported an aye tally and will transmit the bill to the House (transcript reporting contains an unclear numeric artifact; recorded as "27 26 aye votes, 0 nay votes, 3 absent").
- HB 44 (Transit Governing Board, as amended): Senate recorded 26 aye votes, 0 nay votes, 3 absent and will return the bill to the House with amendments.
- HB 83 (cashier's checks liability): Senate recorded 28 aye votes, 0 nay votes, 1 absent and advanced the bill.
These counts are taken verbatim from the Senate floor transcript; where the transcript was internally inconsistent we have noted that explicitly.
