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Senate advances broad package of bills, passes Taiwan relief resolution
Summary
On Jan. 31 the Utah Senate read in many bills, approved multiple measures on the consent and third-reading calendars and passed HJR 10 (a Taiwan relief and diplomatic-resolution) under suspension of the rules; several bills recorded unanimous or near-unanimous support.
The Utah Senate on Jan. 31 introduced and advanced a broad package of bills, adopted committee reports and completed a number of floor votes, including a resolution urging humanitarian aid to Taiwan and cautioning against military intervention.
Key outcomes recorded on the floor included:
- House Bill 169 (school safety programs, Rep. Bigelow): consent calendar vote recorded as 23 ayes, 0 nays, 6 absent; sent back to the House for enrolling.
- Senate Bill 127 (county recorder amendments, Sen. Montevens): consent calendar vote recorded as 24 ayes, 0 nays, 3-5 absent (transcript shows an attendance notation); sent to the House.
- First substitute Senate Bill 75: sponsor moved substitute language; after floor amendments and an extended floor procedure the first-substitute passed by roll call, 26 ayes, 0 nays, 3 absent; forwarded to the House.
- Senate Bill 6 (Uninsured Motorist Database reauthorization, Sen. Steele): passed third-reading roll call, 26 ayes, 0 nays, 3 absent.
- Senate Bill 40 (uninsured motorists enforcement, Sen. Steele): passed with 27 ayes, 0 nays, 2 absent (see separate article for full debate and detail).
- Substitute Senate Bill 101 (state building ownership authority amendments, Sen. Knudson): passed third reading, 27 ayes, 0 nays, 2 absent.
- Substitute Senate Bill 73 (telephone corporation definition amendments, Sen. Jones): advanced on third reading following corrections; recorded ayes on the roll call.
- Senate Bill 113 (athletic trainer licensure exemption, Sen. Valentine): advanced and recorded ayes on second/third reading as described; sponsors said the exemption applies to nationally certified trainers within scope of practice and under physician supervision.
- Senate Bill 39 (expedited visitation enforcement program extension, Sen. Peterson): passed third reading with statistical briefing from sponsor about mediation outcomes; roll call recorded 28 ayes and 1 absent.
- Senate Bill 96 (timely payments for contracted health-care providers, Sen. Montgomery) and other health and tax bills: moved forward with roll-call tallies noted on the floor.
- House Joint Resolution 10 (HJR 10) — Resolution on Taiwan (Rep. Throckmorton): after a presentation by the Consul General from San Francisco and remarks welcoming a delegation, the Senate suspended the rules, read the resolution for second, third and final time and passed it by roll call, 26 ayes, 0 nays, 3 absent; the resolution was signed by the president in open session and forwarded to the House for enrolling.
Many bills were read in for the first time and were assigned to Rules for referral. Senate leaders emphasized an intent to move through the third-reading calendar and then take House bills on Wednesdays and Thursdays according to tradition. The Senate adjourned and reconvened the following day at 10:00 a.m.
A "votes at a glance" list below extracts bills with recorded final tallies as noted on the floor: (see actions array for details).
