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Roundup: Senate passes array of bills on consent and third reading
Summary
On Feb. 1 the Senate passed several floor items on third reading or consent, including a WIC trust fund sunset repeal, telephone fraud prevention, mammography accreditor authority, and public safety retirement criteria; some bills were deferred for language work.
Salt Lake City — The Utah Senate cleared a number of bills during its Feb. 1 floor session, moving several to the House and resolving others for further drafting.
WIC Trust Fund (SB72): Sponsor explained the measure repeals a 1995 sunset on a WIC trust fund established to hold approximately $450,000 from nonstate sources so the money is available when federal funds run short. The Senate declared unanimous passage and referred SB72 to the House.
Telephone fraud prevention (First substitute SB39): The body accepted an amendment that exempts private in‑home consumer sales from the statute (preserving a three‑day rescission right) and passed the bill as amended; the roll call was reported as 27 yes, 1 nay, 1 absent.
Mammography facility accreditation (SB57): The bill authorizes the Division of Radiation Control to apply to the FDA to be an accreditor for mammography facilities under the federal Mammography Quality Standards Act of 1992; sponsor noted the division's oversight since 1988 and the Senate passed the bill (reported 25 ayes on the roll call).
Public safety retirement criteria (SB46) and other floor items: SB46 (public safety retirement criteria) passed the Senate and was sent to the House (26 ayes). Several other bills were introduced and assigned to committees. Senate Bill 34 (retirement service conversion) drew detailed amendment discussion and was "circled" (deferred) to allow staff to prepare consistent language before re‑taking up the measure.
What happens next: Passed bills will be transmitted to the House; circled bills like SB34 will return to the floor after language is reconciled.
