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Senate advances a package of bills on consent and third‑reading calendars
Summary
On Jan. 25 the Utah Senate approved a set of bills on consent and third reading, including SB86 (EMS amendment), SB125 (electronic transactions), SB115 (trauma system), and SB109 (child abuse database update); several passed unanimously or with strong majorities and were sent to the House for consideration.
During the Jan. 25 session the Utah Senate moved multiple bills forward on the consent and third‑reading calendars.
On the consent calendar the Senate recorded a unanimous action on Senate Bill 86 (emergency medical services amendment): the chair directed a unanimous vote of senators present and reported 24 ayes, 0 nays and 5 absent; the bill will go to the House.
On third reading, Senator Hilliard presented Senate Bill 125 (Uniform Electronic Transactions Act), explaining the bill creates a procedure for electronic communications to form binding contracts and requires mutual assent before a party may be required to use electronic contracting. The Senate vote was recorded as 26 ayes, 0 nays, 3 absent and the bill passed to the House.
Senate Bill 115 (trauma system amendments), sponsored by Senator Montgomery, was described as establishing a statewide trauma system developed over several years by a broadly representative task force; after discussion the Senate recorded 23 ayes, 4 nays and 2 absent and sent the bill to the House.
Senate Bill 109, to add a birth date field to entries in the child abuse database to reduce misidentification, passed with 27 ayes, 0 nays and 2 absent and will be transmitted to the House (the sponsor asked to have his vote recorded later to reflect his presence).
