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Senate passes series of third‑reading bills and consent‑calendar items
Summary
The Senate approved a lengthy slate of bills on consent and third reading—including HB148 (mental health treatment), SB129 (information technology/CIO), HB24 (absentee ballot rules), HB17 (capital access), HB38 (garnishment fees), HB96 (telephone solicitation), and others—before adjourning for lunch.
On Feb. 9 the Utah Senate moved through a significant number of consent‑calendar items and third‑reading bills. Routine motions, committee reports and recorded roll‑call votes sent multiple measures to the House for consideration or referred them for signature. Highlights include:
• HB148 (mental health treatment): Approved on the consent calendar with a unanimous recorded vote; bill concerns treatment‑directive provisions in the context of mental‑health care.
• SB129 (information technology amendments): Senator Howell explained the creation of a state information coordinator and renaming the Information Technology Commission post to Chief Information Officer (CIO); passage recorded and bill transmitted to the House.
• HB24 (emergency absentee ballots): Allows automatic absentee ballots for those hospitalized or otherwise unable to reach polling places; passed on the consent calendar (25 aye votes, no nays).
• A string of House bills and Senate bills (HB17, HB38, HB96, HB14, HB20, HB9, HB141, HB66, HB49, HB41) received recorded roll‑call votes and were either passed, returned to the House for signature or assigned to committees as read in the record. Several bills had minimal floor debate and were placed on the consent calendar; others drew brief discussion before votes.
Clerks read committee assignments and communications from the House throughout the morning. The Senate concluded the day with cultural presentations in committee of the whole and adjourned until 10 a.m. Monday.
