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Votes at a glance: bills advanced on Feb. 20 Senate calendar
Summary
Senators moved a long consent and third-reading calendar: several house bills and Senate bills were advanced (many unanimously) to the third-reading calendar or returned to the House for final signatures; items of note include bills on indigent defense, juvenile court records, personal watercraft insurance and more.
The Utah Senate advanced a number of bills on its Feb. 20 calendar and placed many items on the third-reading calendar or returned bills to the House for final signature. Quick outcomes from the floor:
- Substitute Senate Bill 74 (indigent defense provisions): passed unanimously (29 aye) and sent to the House for consideration. - Substitute Senate Bill 82 (election law / candidate issues): passed unanimously (29 aye) and sent to the House. - First substitute Senate Bill 152 (crime victims’ rights amendments): passed unanimously (29 aye) and sent to the House. - House Bill 50 (child restraint requirements and penalties): passed (28 aye, 1 absent) and will be returned to the House for final signature. - House Bill 202 (peace officer standards and training): passed (28–1 absent) and will be returned to the House. - Senate Bill 52 (personal watercraft liability insurance): advanced to third reading with recorded support (28 aye, 1 absent). - Senate Bill 36 (energy-related tax credits for renewables) and a wide set of other committee-recommended bills were placed on the calendar for later action or advanced to third reading.
Many other bills were read in and assigned to committees; committee reports were adopted and bills were placed on the consent calendar. Several items were passed unanimously or near-unanimously, reflecting the Senate’s push to move bills through committee and onto the third-reading calendar during the limited session timeframe.
This roundup does not list every single bill taken up on Feb. 20; it highlights measures that drew substantive floor attention or roll-call tallies mentioned during the session.
