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Votes at a glance: Key bills the Utah Senate passed Feb. 26, 1998
Summary
The Senate advanced a long consent calendar and recorded passage of numerous bills on Feb. 26, including criminal-justice, tax, public-safety retirement, and procedural measures; several bills passed unanimously on voice votes or roll call.
The Utah Senate acted on an extensive consent calendar Feb. 26 and recorded roll-call passage of a series of bills. Key outcomes recorded on the floor include:
- House Bill 17 (aggravated kidnapping amendments): sponsor said possession/use/threat of a dangerous weapon during a kidnapping elevates the offense to aggravated kidnapping; recorded unanimous vote recorded as 20 ayes, 0 nays, 9 absent; bill to be signed and returned to the House for enrollment.
- Substitute House Bill 107 (compensatory service terminology): word change from "compulsatory" to "compensatory"; passed unanimously (20 ayes, 9 absent).
- House Bill 64 (child-abuse offense amendments): clarifies victim definition to include attempts to commit criminal homicide and corrects language from prior session; passed (21 ayes, 0 nays, 8 absent).
- House Bill 183 (court procedure amendments): technical updates to filing systems; passed on consent (21 ayes, 0 nays, 8 absent).
- Substitute House Bill 90 (mailbox damage and mail theft): brings enforcement to state law and creates penalties enforced locally; recorded 24 ayes, 0 nays, 5 absent.
- House Bill 130 (controlled-substances precursor amendments): adds certain precursor agents to assist law enforcement against meth labs; recorded 23 ayes, 0 nays, 6 absent (amended and returned to House).
- House Bill 198 (public-safety retirement conversion window): extends a six-month window to allow conversion from contributory to noncontributory retirement system for public-safety employees; recorded 22 ayes, 0 nays, 7 absent.
- House Bill 306 (capital sentencing amendments): recorded 23 ayes, 1 nay, 5 absent (see separate story).
Several additional bills were placed on calendars for second or third reading and numerous fiscal bills were slated for later consideration; leaders scheduled caucuses and a recess to finish fiscal notes and amendments.
This list is not exhaustive; the Senate handled more than two dozen bills on consent and second-reading calendars during the session.
