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Votes at a glance: Major Utah Senate floor actions, Jan. 27, 1998
Summary
On Jan. 27, 1998, the Utah Senate advanced multiple bills including SB16, SB25, SB29, SB4 and SJR11; several measures were sent to the House or placed for third reading after recorded roll calls and floor debate on fiscal and policy points.
The Utah State Senate on Jan. 27 considered a busy floor calendar and recorded votes on a number of bills and resolutions.
Among the outcomes recorded on the floor that day: Senate Bill 16 (transfer of agricultural land within city) was read and passed to the House for consideration (floor announcements recorded the bill as carrying aye votes with no recorded nay votes in the transcript). Senate Bill 25 (uniform allowance for the Utah Highway Patrol) passed and was reported as having 27 aye votes and no nay votes after the presiding officer corrected an initial tally announcement. Senate Bill 29 (appropriation related to moving and expanding the Botanical Gardens at Kaysville) was advanced; the presiding officer recorded 17 aye votes and 8 nay votes with 4 absent. Substitute Senate Bill 97 (Snowboard Utah license-plate decals) was presented, debated and advanced to the third-reading calendar (transcript reports show the roll call result as recorded on the floor). Senate Bill 5 (judicial custody of youth to Division of Human Services with committee amendments) was advanced and announced as having received 27 yay votes. Senate Joint Resolution 11 (legislative expense reimbursement rules) was moved under suspension of the rules and, after roll-call votes and a required revote, was announced in the transcript as having received 19 yay votes, 7 nay votes and 3 absent and was passed to the House. Several other administrative and rule-related bills (including SB82, SB85 and SB86) were considered and sent to the third-reading calendar.
Floor debate frequently focused on fiscal notes, implementation logistics and the appropriate mechanism for policy (for example, several senators debated whether the Olin Walker Housing Trust Fund objective should be an appropriation rather than a concurrent resolution). Members also used 'circle' motions to temporarily set aside some measures for further information or amendment.
This summary lists outcomes as recorded on the floor in the session transcript; where the transcript recorded subsequent corrected tallies, this summary reflects the final announced figure in the transcript rather than interim counts.
