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Senate advances a slate of bills; summaries and roll-call results
Summary
On Feb. 9, 1999 the Utah Senate advanced several bills to third reading or passage, including bills on credit-card competitiveness, road funding, injured-worker reemployment, higher-education engineering funding, strategic education planning, and two bills circled for further consideration. Vote tallies and brief outcomes are listed below.
The Utah Senate on Feb. 9, 1999 moved a number of bills forward during routine floor action, recording roll-call votes and committee referrals.
Among the items advanced or passed: Senate Bill 113 (credit-card/market competitiveness) passed with a roll-call recorded as 20 aye, 7 nay, 2 absent and was referred to the House for further action. House Bill 24 (B and C Road Fund adjustment) was uncircled and passed with 28 aye, no nays and one absence; it was signed by the president in open session and sent to the speaker for the House signature. Senate Bill 117 (Utah Injured Worker Reemployment Act) passed to the third-reading calendar with 27 aye votes, no nays and two absences; the sponsor said the measure extends the statute’s sunset for 10 years and affects an estimated 4,000–5,000 seriously injured workers annually. Senate Bill 112 (engineering and pre-engineering appropriation for higher education) and Senate Bill 114 (strategic planning for educational excellence) were both advanced to third-reading calendars (SB 112: 27 aye; SB 114: 23 aye, 2 nay, 4 absent). Substitute Senate Bill 98 and Senate Bill 92 were circled (placed on hold) by the body for further consideration.
Votes and formal outcomes recorded on the floor are summarized here to ensure transparency about what the chamber formally decided on Feb. 9, 1999. For complete debate and recorded roll call details, see the transcripts for each bill’s floor discussion.
Votes at a glance: - SB 113 (third reading): 20 aye, 7 nay, 2 absent; referred to the House. - HB 24 (uncircled and passed): 28 aye, 0 nay, 1 absent; signed by the president and sent to the speaker. - SB 117 (third reading calendar): 27 aye, 0 nay, 2 absent. - SB 112 (third reading calendar): 27 aye, 0 nay, 2 absent. - SB 114 (third reading calendar): 23 aye, 2 nay, 4 absent. - SB 45 (domesticated elk harvesting): advanced to the third reading calendar after debate (clerk recorded passage; roll-call tallies recorded on the floor). - SB 92 and Substitute SB 98: circled (held for later action).
The Senate concluded the day with announcements and adjournment until 10:00 a.m. the following day.
The above descriptions reflect actions recorded in the Feb. 9, 1999 floor transcript and list vote tallies as announced on the floor.
