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Votes at a glance: key measures passed, failed or circled in the Utah Senate on Feb. 23, 2001
Summary
The Senate disposed of a large number of bills in a busy floor session: notable actions included passage of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, Senate transportation and tax measures, passage of multiple House bills, a failed construction-contract reform (SB252), and the recall for reconsideration of a parental-discipline bill (HB387).
The Utah Senate's Feb. 23 floor session produced a mix of policy outcomes and procedural moves. Key roll-call results and formal actions recorded on the floor include:
- House Bill 83 (child-welfare changes): Senate passage as amended (24 ayes, 2 nays, 3 absent); returns to the House for further action.
- First substitute Senate Bill 252 (construction-contract 'no damage for delay' clause prohibition): failed on final passage (14 ayes, 13 nays); returned to staff for filing and later sent to interim study by motion.
- Substitute Senate Bill 234 (sales/use tax for botanical, cultural, recreational and zoological organizations): passed (23 ayes, 2 nays, 4 absent) and sent to the House.
- Senate Bill 256 (Transportation Amendments — UDOT condemnation/ROW authority): passed (26 ayes, 0 nays, 3 absent).
- Senate Bill 226 (property-tax notice of appeal): passed (25 ayes, 0 nays, 2 absent) and referred to the House.
- House Bill 387 (parental discipline provisions): package of amendments adopted on the floor (amendments 15–12); subsequent first-substitute floor tally recorded as 13–14 and the bill was returned to staff; a recall for reconsideration passed on division (count read in transcript as 14–10).
- House Bill 30 (vehicle towing reporting): passed (26 ayes, 0 nays, 3 absent).
- First substitute House Bill 107 (tourism marketing amendments): passed as amended (23 ayes, 5 nays, 1 absent); amendment replaced a prior $200,000 appropriation with 0 because funding was provided elsewhere.
- House Bill 78 (sales/tax exemptions for secondary-school events): passed (23 ayes, 3 nays, 3 absent) and will be signed in open session.
- Senate Bill 1 (Supplemental Appropriations Act): placed for second/third reading under suspension of rules and passed on the floor (recorded 24–3 with later transcript correction to 24 yes, 3 no, 2 absent per roll call). The bill was referred to the House for further action after floor passage.
Other administrative and procedural actions included multiple motions to lift bills from table, amendments being placed on bills, and caucuses called at lunch. Several bills were circled for later action (for example, SB276 was circled while staff prepared a substitute). The Senate recessed for lunch and scheduled reconvening at 2 p.m.
Tally notes: All vote tallies and recorded divisions are taken directly from the floor transcript; roll-call lines in the transcript are sometimes presented with partial or repeated names and were transcribed as recorded.
