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Utah Senate clears consent-calendar education and water-board bills
Summary
The Utah Senate approved a package of consent-calendar measures on Feb. 2, 1996, advancing three House bills that include repeal of outdated education statutes, education-technology funding adjustments and drinking-water board quorum changes; the measures were sent back to the House for final enrollment.
The Utah State Senate on Feb. 2 advanced multiple items on the consent calendar, voting unanimously to return House Bill 33 (repeal of outdated education statutes), House Bill 75 (education technology amendments) and House Bill 97 (drinking water board amendments) to the House for final signature and enrollment.
President Beatty called the question on each measure after brief floor explanations and directed recorded unanimous votes when no senator voiced opposition. Senator Steele summarized House Bill 33 as a clean-up measure removing statutes no longer applicable. Senator Steele said House Bill 75 lifts a cap on in-service training funded through education-technology mechanisms so districts can exceed a previous 25% limit as needed. Senator Hallmer said House Bill 97 adjusts quorum rules and related requirements for the state drinking-water board to align it with other boards.
The measures were announced as placed on the consent calendar, called for question and recorded as unanimous in open session; the president signed the enrollment notices and the bills were referred back to the House. No roll-call dissent was recorded on the floor during the consent-calendar actions.
With the consent-calendar votes completed, the Senate moved to its third-reading calendar and full consideration of Senate business.
