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Utah Senate advances multiple bills on Jan. 23, 1995; key votes recorded
Summary
The Utah Senate on Jan. 23 recorded votes on a slate of bills and joint resolutions, placing many on the third‑reading calendar or approving final passage. Measures addressed legislative filing deadlines, interim committee budgets, rules revisions, and a string of policy bills from land conservation to weapons law changes.
The Utah Senate on Jan. 23, 1995, recorded votes on numerous measures and moved several bills to the third‑reading calendar or approved final passage.
Most procedural and noncontroversial measures won broad support. Senators voted to pass HJR 7 and HJR 8 (joint rules revisions) and to place or adopt a range of bills on the third‑reading calendar after committee reports were adopted. The chair announced recorded tallies at the floor: SB 7 was reported with 27 aye votes and no nays; HB 150 was placed on the third‑reading calendar after unanimous affirmation that it makes technical revisions; HJR 7 and HJR 8 were reported with 27 ayes and no nays and will be signed in open session and transmitted to the House for final signature.
Other third‑reading results recorded by the presiding officer included:
- SB 23 (reclaiming abandoned mines): reported as showing 26 aye votes and moved toward third reading consideration. Sponsor described the bill as doubling the allowable interest that may be retained in the abandoned‑mine account to support ongoing mine‑closure and safety work.
- SB 55 (land conservation task force): reported as passing procedural steps and was amended on the floor; the consent action moved it toward third reading (floor reported 25 aye votes when taken toward calendar placement).
- SB 13 (juvenile offender treatment program): recorded with 27 aye votes and no nays; the bill extends and funds a pilot protocol development effort with a one‑time appropriation of $50,000.
- SB 62 (uniform transfer‑on‑death securities registration): recorded with 26 aye votes, no nays; sponsors said the bill would align securities accounts with existing POD/TOD options for probate avoidance.
- SB 14 (weapons law changes consolidating wildlife firearms rules into the general weapons code): reported at 24 aye votes, no nays, and placed on the third‑reading calendar.
Several bills were “circled” (deferred for further work) to allow sponsors to address technical language or fiscal-note details, including certain second‑reading items and bills requiring drafting clarifications.
The Senate adjourned with many of these measures scheduled for further consideration on the third‑reading calendar or to be finalized after clerk signings.
Votes and tallies above reflect the floor announcements and roll‑call reports on Jan. 23 as read into the legislative record by the presiding officer.
