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Senate advances dozens of bills; appropriations, reforms and consent items move forward
Summary
The Utah Senate on Feb. 28, 2000 advanced a slate of concurrence, consent and third‑reading bills — including appropriations, public‑safety measures and administrative reforms — recording tallies for multiple bills that will be sent back to the House for final signatures or sent on to third reading.
The Utah State Senate spent most of its Feb. 28 session moving a heavy concurrence and third‑reading calendar, approving appropriations and a range of policy bills and recording roll‑call tallies for transmission or further consideration.
On concurrence and consent, the Senate agreed to House amendments and recorded final passage or transmission to the House for signature on several appropriations: Senate Bill 11 (associations of governments appropriation) passed with 27 aye votes and no nays; Senate Bill 136 (Utah State Fair Park appropriation) passed 24–4 with one absent after the House reduced the appropriation from $230,000 to $220,000; and Senate Bill 150 (airport authority appropriation) passed 27–1 (one absent) after the House pared a requested $2,000,000 down to $200,000 in ongoing revenue.
The consent calendar included Substitute House Bill 222, an amendment to subpoena powers described by the sponsor as a compromise between press associations and prosecutors; the Senate directed a unanimous vote to record support and will sign the bill in open session.
On third reading, the Senate recorded unanimous or near‑unanimous votes on numerous bills that will be returned to the House for final signature and enrollment. Examples recorded on the floor included Second Substitute House Bill 178 (property tax certified rate adjustments) at 28–0 and House Bill 60 (criminal‑offense definition clarifications) at 28–0. Several administrative and policy bills also passed on third reading, including House Bill 97 (employee cost‑savings incentives) and House Bill 109 (legislator defined‑contribution retirement option), each recorded as passing on the floor.
Members also used procedural actions to place major appropriation bills (Senate Bill 1, Senate Bill 3, and the House supplemental appropriations bill) at the top of the second‑reading calendar for action later in the day.
The Senate recessed for lunch at 2 p.m., with several bills headed back to the House for final processing and other measures advanced to third reading.
