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Utah Senate advances multiple bills on third‑reading and amends internal rules
Summary
On Jan. 19 the Utah Senate moved a package of bills — including SB18, SB19, SB24, SB25, SB41, SB57 and others — on the third‑reading calendar and recorded roll‑call passage on several measures; SR1 and SJR3 were amended and passed to adjust committee/subcommittee titles and rules language.
The Utah State Senate on Jan. 19 took up a series of bills on third reading and handled multiple committee and rules changes, advancing several measures to the House for further consideration and recording roll‑call votes on numerous items.
On the rules and committee‑title front, SJR 3 (legislative appropriations subcommittee titles) and SR 1 (Senate rules on how bill and resolution titles are handled) were both amended on the floor to restore the word “natural” in place of “physical” where committee titles had been changed. Both measures passed by roll call (SJR 3 recorded at 25 aye, 4 absent; SR 1 recorded at 25 aye, 4 absent) and will be forwarded as appropriate.
On substantive bills, the Senate recorded passage or advancement for multiple measures on third reading: Senate Bill 19 (Services for the Disabled Amendments) was presented and taken to roll call; Senate Bill 18 (legislative appropriation subcommittee names) was amended on the floor and passed (clerk recorded 23 aye, 6 absent); Senate Bill 57 (Uniform Commercial Code changes) passed (25 aye, 4 absent) and will go to the House; Senate Bill 15 (Promontory Rail Restoration Project) advanced to the House following a recorded vote (tallies reported in the record). Other bills taken up included SB 6 (proof of motor vehicle operator insurance checks), SB 7 (practice permit amendments for driver education providers), SB 17 (impoundment of unregistered vehicles), SB 24 (condominium amendment), SB 26 (criminal penalty adjustment; held by staff to allow sponsor to be recorded), SB 41 (Massage Practice Act amendments), SB 53 (jury‑trial statute conforming changes), SB 10 (criminal history expungement), SB 25 (administrative rulemaking amendments) and SB 12 (advisory council on intergovernmental relations amendments).
Most roll calls were read aloud with individual senators’ names; the clerk’s tallies (where recorded in the transcript) were reported as follows in the floor record: SB 18 — 23 aye, 0 nay, 6 absent; SJR 3 — 25 aye, 0 nay, 4 absent; SR 1 — 25 aye, 0 nay, 4 absent; SB 57 — 25 aye, 0 nay, 4 absent; SB 15 — recorded as 19 aye and 6 nay with 4 absent in the final tally read; SB 6 — 24 aye, 0 nay, 5 absent; SB 7 — 23 aye, 0 nay, 6 absent; SB 17 — 23 aye, 0 nay, 6 absent. Where the transcript noted corrections or requests to hold bills, staff were instructed to hold certain measures for sponsor recording or further processing.
Clerk communications announced additional House transmittals (e.g., HB110, HB17) and committee assignments for newly printed Senate bills. The Senate concluded floor action with scheduling announcements and adjourned until the next session.
What this means: Several technical and policy bills were advanced quickly with little extended floor debate; key procedural amendments restored terminology ('natural' vs. 'physical') in subcommittee titles and rules language. Most policy bills will next appear before the House for further consideration.
