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Votes at a glance: Bills the Senate moved March 1, 2000
Summary
On March 1 the Utah Senate disposed of numerous bills by unanimous consent or roll-call, including telehealth commission creation, several consent-calendar measures, unemployment-insurance reductions, and other statutory amendments; a selection of final tallies and next steps are listed.
The Senate disposed of a large number of bills during its March 1, 2000 floor session. Below are key outcomes and immediate next steps as recorded on the floor (votes and outcomes taken verbatim from clerk announcements and the presiding officer’s statements):
- Third Substitute House Bill 35 (catastrophic mental-health parity): Passed Senate by roll call, 21 aye, 7 nay, 1 absent; returned to the House for enrollment.
- First Substitute House Bill 320 (public utility amendments): Passed the Senate, recorded as 16 aye, 12 nay, 1 absent; returned to the House for enrollment.
- Substitute House Bill 185 (coverage of emergency medical services, prudent layperson standard): Passed Senate, recorded at 19 aye, 9 nay, 1 absent; returned to the House for filing and enrollment.
- First Substitute House Bill 345 (unemployment insurance amendments): Passed under suspension of rules (clerk recorded passage); will be signed by the president and returned to the House.
- House Bill 72 (Utah Telehealth Commission): Passed and will be signed by the president and returned to the House for filing and enrollment.
- Multiple consent-calendar items were approved by unanimous voice or direction to record unanimous ayes (examples on the consent calendar included Substitute House Bill 158; House Bill 340; House Bill 71; House Bill 267; House Bill 397; many others were read and returned to the House for filing/enrollment). Where the clerk recorded a specific roll-call tally on the floor, that tally is reported above verbatim.
Next procedural steps: Bills that passed the Senate were either signed by the president in open session and returned to the House for enrollment, or, if they required further action, were flagged by the clerk for transmittal. The Senate recessed for a caucus and intended to return at 2:00 p.m. for additional items (advise-and-consent and remaining calendar items).
