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Votes at a Glance: Key Senate Actions Feb. 14, 2000
Summary
On Feb. 14 the Utah Senate advanced or passed multiple measures on third reading or to the House, including HB64 (consent), SB199, SB146, SB62, SSB139 and others; most actions were unanimous or passed by clear margins.
The Utah Senate moved a slate of bills through the calendar on Feb. 14, advancing several measures to third reading or sending them to the House. Highlights from floor action follow.
- House Bill 64 (mobile and manufactured home amendments): Placed on the consent calendar and approved unanimously; recorded as 29 ayes.
- Senate Bill 199 (payment to dealer for vehicle use): Sponsor explained the bill permits dealers to charge mileage at the IRS rate when a purchaser keeps a vehicle and paperwork is not completed within 30 days; passed unanimously (29 ayes) and moved to third reading.
- Senate Bill 146 (school fee waivers amendment): Clarifies fee structure for alternative/remediation courses; senators discussed options for partial payments; bill passed unanimously (29 ayes) to third reading.
- Senate Bill 62 (Wildlife Resources Code: off‑reservation tribal hunting/fishing agreements): Sponsor described the bill as authorizing memoranda of understanding between governor and tribes with oversight by the wildlife board and Native American Liaison Committee; bill passed to third reading (recorded as unanimous vote in the roll call sequence).
- Substitute Senate Bill 139 (green‑belt farmland assessment): Alters rollback tax liability when government acquires part of a parcel so that the acquiring entity pays rollback taxes; passed to third reading (26 ayes, 0 nays, 3 absent).
- Senate Bill 167 and Senate Bill 228 (municipal energy and utility taxation technical changes): Companion bills to clarify the 6% cap on municipal/utility taxation were placed on the third reading calendar (SB167 recorded as unanimous, SB228 similarly recorded).
- Senate Bill 179 (use of county name restricted): Passed to third reading (23 ayes, 6 nays).
These floor actions also included committee assignments and a substituted rules resolution that was circled for further review. Several bills were circled for later consideration or had friendly amendments adopted on the floor; where senators declared conflicts of interest the disclosure was recorded on the roll call.
