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Senate advances multiple bills to third reading; assignments made and session adjourned
Summary
The Utah Senate advanced several bills (SB95, SB30, SB93, SB35, SB99 among them) to third reading on Jan. 30, 1998, assigned incoming bills to committees and adjourned until Monday; the floor session included votes, committee assignments, and public recognitions.
On Jan. 30, 1998 the Utah State Senate moved a package of bills forward and handled committee assignments and procedural business before adjourning.
Votes advanced several education and consumer-protection measures. Senate Bill 95 (Orderly School Termination Act amendment) passed to the third-reading calendar (26 ayes, 0 nays, 3 absent) after debate clarifying distinctions between provisional and career teacher status. Senate Bill 30 (school activities reporting) also passed to third reading (26 ayes, 0 nays, 3 absent); sponsors said the first report would be due Dec. 1998 and require coordination with school boards. Senate Bill 93 (higher-education presidential authority) was amended to change 'shall' to 'may' (making provisions permissive), the amendment passed and the bill advanced (20 ayes, 7 nays, 2 absent). Senate Bill 35 (recreation and tourism research/extension appropriation) — an appropriation item tied to Utah State University outreach — passed to the third-reading calendar (25 ayes, 3 nays, 1 absent) and will be reviewed among final funding items. Senate Bill 99 (motor vehicle consumer-protection amendment) clarified motor-home exclusions in Lemon Law language and passed to third reading (28 ayes, 0 nays, 1 absent).
Leadership also read communications assigning incoming Senate and House bills to standing committees (Education, Revenue and Taxation, Health and Environment, Judiciary, State and Local Affairs, and others) for further consideration. President Beatty reminded senators of Monday morning time-certain items and consent-calender listings. Senator Montgomery called attention to a campus cancer-awareness day next Thursday. The Senate adjourned until 10 a.m. Monday.
A summary of floor votes: SB95 (26–0–3 absent) to third reading; SB30 (26–0–3) to third reading; SB93 (20–7–2) to third reading after amendment; SB35 (25–3–1) to third reading; SB99 (28–0–1) to third reading. Several other bills were assigned to committees for preliminary stages.
