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Senate advances dozens of bills and appropriations in Feb. 28 session; multiple funding measures pass
Summary
The Utah Senate on Feb. 28 moved a large block of bills including the supplemental appropriations act and the Appropriations Act, passed several priority funding bills, and returned multiple measures to the House for enrollment. Several votes were recorded by roll call.
The Utah State Senate on Feb. 28 passed a broad package of bills and appropriations, sending numerous funding measures back to the House for enrollment and signature.
Among the recorded outcomes, the Senate concurred with a House amendment reducing the Promontory rail restoration appropriation (Senate Bill 15) and approved it on a roll call that the President recorded as 22 aye, 1 nay and 6 absent. The chamber also agreed to increase funding for the Academic Decathlon (Senate Bill 71) and passed the Senate’s Appropriations Act (House Bill 400) and a supplemental appropriation bill (Senate Bill 250).
The Senate passed House Bill 400, the annual appropriations act read in on the floor, with a roll-call tally reported as 28 aye, 0 nay, 1 absent; the supplemental appropriations bill (SB 250) was reported as passing on a roll call of 20 aye, 0 nay, 9 absent. House Bill 135 (school nursing services), after debate and amendment, was reported passed with 28 aye, 0 nay, 1 absent. A string of additional priority and money bills were amended to reflect negotiated fiscal priorities and approved on the floor; those measures were placed for enrollment and transmittal to the House.
The Senate also moved many house bills from the second-reading calendar to the third-reading calendar for final action and adopted several committee reports to manage the floor workload. Several bills were carried under suspension of the rules to allow second- and third-reading and final passage on the same day.
The session ended with additional calendar management and an announced recess; lawmakers planned to reconvene later in the day for centennial recognition and further business.
Next steps: Passed bills will be enrolled and sent to the House for final signature; if the House concurs, measures will be enrolled and forwarded for the governor’s consideration where required.
