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Senate clears long consent calendar; multiple bills passed by voice and roll call
Summary
On Feb. 14, 1997 the Utah Senate moved a lengthy consent calendar and approved numerous house and senate bills by voice or roll-call votes, including HB26 (depository name amendment), SB54 (Drug Dealers Liability Act), HB182 (administrative rules review) and several others; a number of bills were read for third reading and transmitted or returned to the House.
The Utah Senate used its consent calendar on Feb. 14 to clear a large queue of house and senate bills. The president read titles and, where required, clerks recorded roll-call results. Items acted on the consent calendar included:
- House Bill 26 (depository and institution name amendment): read and ordered signed by the president and sent to the House. - Senate Bill 54 (Drug Dealers Liability Act, Sen. Taylor): read and reported as unanimously passing the Senate; to be referred to the House. - House Bill 156 (counsel for indigent defendants in juvenile court) and multiple other consent items read and recorded by the clerk. - House Bill 182 (administrative rules review committee amendment): described as expanding the committee and passed on third reading.
Other consent and third‑reading actions included HB 189 (Special District Drainage District Amendments), HB 204 (alcohol-restaurant regulation), HB 216 (rural health-care compromise), HB 226 (driver's-license reinstatement — returned to the House because of amendment), HB 196 (bicycle right-of-way), and a series of bills listed by committee reports. Several bills were circled for further counsel review, including a substitute to SB 79 (election-process changes), which was later circled to allow legislative counsel to review amendments.
Many bills were adopted without extended debate; where roll-call votes were taken the clerk recorded the counts and the president signed the transmittals.
The session also included multiple ceremonial recognitions and citations (for example, the Utah Emergency Medical Training Council), and the Senate adjourned until 10 a.m. Monday.
