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Votes at a glance: bills acted on by the Utah Senate, March 4, 1998
Summary
The Senate voted on a series of bills March 4, 1998 — including House Bills 14, 32, 78, 111, 165 and others — passing most measures and returning them to the House; several were amended on the floor.
The Utah Senate took up and acted on many bills during its March 4, 1998 session. Below are notable outcomes recorded on the floor that day.
Key actions
- First substitute, House Bill 14 (vehicle inspection/exemption language): The Senate called the roll and the clerk recorded that the bill was amended and would be returned to the House. The floor record notes a result announced by the clerk and that the bill was to be returned to the House for further action.
- First substitute, House Bill 32 (disclosure of tobacco ingredients): Passed on roll call; the clerk announced 25 aye votes and the bill was returned to the House for concurrence.
- Second substitute, House Bill 78 (hearing aid testing period): After debate and a failed amendment to increase a fee cap from 15% to 20%, the Senate passed the bill under suspension of rules (roll call recorded as 19 aye, 6 nay, absentees recorded) and returned it to the House.
- First substitute, House Bill 111 (aging services amendments): Sponsor moved amendments to strike Medicaid cooperative costs to avoid a fiscal note; the amendment and bill passed (roll-call report noted 25 aye, 0 nay in the excerpt) and will be returned to the House.
- House Bill 165 (educational professional practices — background checks for certificate holders): The Senate passed the bill by roll call (clerk announced 24–25 aye votes and it will be returned to the House). The bill authorizes the commission to initiate background and fingerprint checks under reasonable cause and provides processes for notice and payment of costs in specified circumstances.
- House Bill 235 (Consumer Credit Code amendments) and House Bill 235 (reconsideration motion) were moved for reconsideration and placement on the third-reading calendar; the transcript records motions and standing/division counts as recorded.
Procedural notes: Several bills and resolutions were lifted from Rules, circled, or returned for reconsideration; the Senate read multiple communications from the House transmitting bills and amendments, and the chamber acted on concurrence/refusal motions for several items.
This summary compiles tallies and procedural outcomes as announced by the clerk and presiding officer in the March 4 floor transcript. Readers requiring the official enrolled-bill status should consult the legislative clerk’s office or the published Senate Journal for certified tallies and enrollment actions.
What’s next: Most bills noted above were returned to the House (either amended or as passed by the Senate) for further action; a small number of measures required additional conference or clarifying amendments before final enrollment.
