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Votes at a glance: bills the Utah Senate advanced Feb. 5, 1999
Summary
The Senate advanced a set of bills to third reading and passed others in unanimous or near‑unanimous votes, including measures on water commission funds, health‑insurance deductions, road‑fund redistribution, construction QA, and fair‑housing appeals. (Transcript-based)
During its Feb. 5, 1999 session the Utah Senate advanced or recorded passage for multiple items. Key outcomes on the floor:
- House Bill 200 (Water Commissioner Amendments): Sponsor Senator Beverly Evans said the measure creates a water commission trust fund per the state auditor’s recommendation and is not new money. Announced result: 28 ayes, 0 nays, 1 absent; bill returned to the House for final signatures.
- Senate Bill 10 (asset/value limitation amendment): Amendment adopted limiting the car‑value calculation to 40% of specified reference value; roll call reported 28 ayes, 1 nay; SB10 passed to the third‑reading calendar.
- Substitute House Bill 48 (Approval required for marriage of a minor): Extensive floor debate and a friendly amendment replacing the phrase 'premarital education' with 'counseling' were adopted. The Chair announced the substitute will be placed on the third‑reading calendar; the transcript contains a garbled vote announcement for the roll call (quoted in transcript as 'Subsitute house bill 48 has 23 6. 20 6 aye votes, 3 nay votes').
- House Bill 25 (income tax deduction for health insurance): Sponsors said the bill would raise the allowable deduction for self‑employed individuals to 100% and carries an estimated fiscal note; roll call recorded 29 ayes (unanimous) and the bill was placed on the third reading table.
- House Bill 31 (income tax definitions related to disabled persons): Clarifies deduction eligibility for disabled dependents 18–21 not in school; roll call recorded 28 ayes, 0 nays, 1 absent.
- House Bill 24 (B and C fund redistribution corrections): Sponsor described holding small counties harmless after unintended impacts under a prior formula; roll call recorded 27 ayes and 2 absent.
- Second substitute Senate Bill 38 (quality assurance on construction of public buildings): Establishes qualifications and insurance requirements for testing labs used on DFCM projects; roll call recorded 29 ayes and bill passed to third reading.
- Senate Bill 92 (fair housing amendments): Sponsor said the measure streamlines appeals to avoid conflicts between investigators and ALJs; roll call recorded 28 ayes, 0 nays, 1 absent.
- Senate Bill 113 (financial services amendments): Senate moved SB113 to third reading after extended debate; roll call announced 27 ayes, 1 nay, 1 absent. Senators requested comparative state‑law materials and consumer‑impact information ahead of final action.
These votes reflect the Senate’s movement of multiple bills to the third‑reading calendar and several unanimous or near‑unanimous approvals. For bills where the transcript reports numeric results clearly, counts are listed above; where the transcript audio/text was garbled, the entry notes that fact.
