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Utah Senate advances package of bills, sends multiple measures to the House
Summary
The Utah Senate voted on a broad set of bills Jan. 31, 2000, advancing measures on uninsured motorist databases, telephone-corporation definitions, bonding authority, and several House bills; most cleared easily by recorded roll calls.
The Utah State Senate on Jan. 31 advanced a wide range of measures, sending several bills to the House for consideration and placing others on the third‑reading calendar.
Among the bills the Senate passed were the reauthorization and amendment of the uninsured‑motorist database (Senate Bill 6 and Senate Bill 40), a substitute amendment changing issuing authority for lease revenue bonds from the State Building Board to the smaller State Bonding Commission (Substitute S.B. 101), and a statutory definition clarifying which telephone corporations fall under the Public Service Commission (Substitute S.B. 73). The chamber recorded roll‑call tallies during the session; for example, S.B. 40 passed with 28 ayes and no nays (one absent), and Sub. S.B. 73 was announced with 27 ayes and no nays.
Other measures moved to the House included bills on athletic‑trainer licensure exemptions (S.B. 113, 26 ayes, three absent), medical‑claims timing obligations for providers (S.B. 96, 27 ayes), transportation and UDOT relocation work (S.B. 78, 27 ayes), and a six‑month sunset change for the Health Policy Commission (S.B. 138, 27 ayes). A fuel tax refund amendment (S.B. 130) was amended on the floor to change a threshold in the diesel category from 8,000 to 7,000 gallons based on load‑weight considerations; that amendment was adopted and the bill passed to the House.
On House bills, the Senate advanced multiple measures to the third‑reading calendar, including changes to wildlife trespass penalties and provisions affecting waste‑tire recycling and oil and gas conservation funding. A capital‑improvements appropriation of $1,500,000 for state facilities was discussed and placed on the third‑reading calendar.
What this means: most of the package moved forward with bipartisan support and few recorded nays; several items carried brief technical debates or clean‑up amendments. Where the record shows close scrutiny, senators requested fiscal‑office follow‑up (for example, on S.B. 96) before final implementation.
The Senate recessed and later adjourned to reconvene at the appointed time; bills passed on Jan. 31 were transmitted or placed on the third‑reading calendar as noted.
