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Senate advances a string of bills: gang‑penalty, reckless‑endangerment, childcare tax credit, venue changes and employee pay
Summary
On Jan. 29, 1999 the Utah Senate passed several measures and advanced others: SB 16 (gang penalty enhancement) and SSB 33 (venue changes) passed unanimously; SB 32 (reckless endangerment), SB 73 (childcare contribution tax credit) and SB 95 (assistive technology appropriation) also passed on recorded roll calls; HJR 6 (in‑session employee compensation) passed under suspension and will be enrolled.
The Utah Senate took a series of floor votes on Jan. 29, 1999, approving criminal‑code changes, tax incentives and personnel resolutions and forwarding several measures to the House for consideration or enrollment.
Senate Bill 16: Gang penalty amendment — Sponsor Senator Hall offered an amendment to the short title to make the measure clearer to the public; the floor amended the short title to read 'gang penalty enhancement.' The Senate then called the question and President Beatty announced: "Senate Bill 16 has 29 aye votes, which is unanimous and will be passed to the House for their consideration." (vote recorded on the floor).
Senate Bill 32: Reckless endangerment — Senator Edgar Allen described the bill as filling a…
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