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Votes at a glance: key measures advanced on the Senate floor Feb. 22, 1999
Summary
Multiple bills were moved, circled or advanced to third reading on Feb. 22, 1999, including S.B. 220 (condominium/timeshare assessment), S.B. 177 (nuclear waste), S.B. 195 (mental-health licensing), S.B. 148 (financial records privacy), S.J.R. 9 (pedestrian rights) and several House bills; several items were circled for later consideration.
The Utah Senate considered a broad set of measures on Feb. 22, 1999. Below are key floor outcomes reported during the session:
- Senate Bill 220 (Condominium ownership/timeshare assessment): Sponsor presented the bill clarifying assessor treatment of timeshare intangible costs (marketing, exchange programs). The bill passed a recorded floor vote and advanced on the calendar (floor reported 24 ayes, 3 nays, 2 absent).
- Substitute House Bill 44 (Manslaughter/aggravated murder clarifying language): Uncircled and passed on a roll-call, recorded as 28 ayes, 0 nays, 1 absent; the substitute will return to the House for further consideration.
- First substitute Senate Bill 195 (Mental-health therapists licensing): Advanced to the third-reading calendar; recorded floor support (24 yea, 0 nay, 5 absent).
- Senate Bill 148 (Privacy of financial records): Advanced to third reading with recorded support (25 yea, 0 nay, 4 absent); bill sets a written-request process for law enforcement to obtain limited "unprotected" financial account information and addresses reimbursement to institutions for copying costs.
- Senate Bill 177 (High-level nuclear waste): Advanced to third reading with a recorded favorable vote (27 yea, 0 nay, 2 absent); sponsor described the bill as removing limited liability and prohibiting easements to transport high-level radioactive waste into Utah.
- S.J.R. 9 (Resolution urging pedestrian-rights enforcement): Advanced to third reading (26 yea, 0 nay, 3 absent); senator cited rising pedestrian fatalities and urged local governments to enforce pedestrian ordinances.
- House Bill 49 (School survey access and parental consent): Advanced to third reading (26 yea, 0 nay, 3 absent); requires parental access to surveys used in local schools and limits permission slips to specific activities.
- Substitute House Bill 11 (Judicial debt collection amendments): Advanced to third reading (27 yea, 0 nay, 2 absent); discussion highlighted potential revenue from improved debt collection and concerns about fiscal notes and enforcement on indigent defendants.
Several other bills were circled (set aside) or placed on second- and third-reading calendars during the session. Sponsors announced scheduling changes (notably moving the bonding bill to 9:30 a.m. the following morning) and the Senate adjourned until 9:00 a.m. the next day.
