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Senate: quick roundup of concurrence and consent actions, Feb. 22, 2001
Summary
The Utah Senate moved a large concurrence/consent calendar, passing multiple bills (education, licensing, procurement, taxation adjustments) and referring several measures to the House or third reading; votes and outcomes below summarize the floor record.
The Senate handled a broad concurrence and consent calendar and recorded final or referral actions on many bills during the Feb. 22 floor session. Highlights and formal outcomes included the following (floor vote tallies and directions taken on the day):
- Senate Bill 7 (State Textbook Commission amendment): Sponsor explained a House amendment designed to require multi-district textbook selection when three or more districts participate. The Senate concurred; recorded passage with 24 ayes, 0 nays, 5 absent. (Will be transmitted to the House.)
- Second Substitute Senate Bill 146 (performing unlawful marriages): Senate concurred in House amendments (language edits and definitions for misdemeanor/felony); recorded as concurred and referred to the House (22 ayes; 7 absent as recorded during roll call).
- House Bill 104 (Rural mental health professional financial assistance grants): The Senate agreed unanimously to record an affirmative vote of senators present (no recorded nays); HB104 passed and will be signed and returned to the House for the speaker’s signature.
- House Bill 28 (Independent Entities Act): Final passage moved by Senator Evans; roll-call recorded 27 ayes, 0 nays, 2 absent; to be signed and returned to the House.
- House Bill 113 (Surreptitious administration of a substance): Sponsors clarified intent and penalties (ranges from misdemeanor to second- or third-degree felony depending on substance); HB113 passed on final passage (26 ayes, 3 absent).
- Additional consent/technical bills passed or were placed on concurrence/third-reading calendars: HB36 (retirement office housekeeping), HB51 (Workforce-services technical amendments), first substitute HB132 (Veterinary Practice Act amendments), HB228 (Construction Trades Licensing Act cleanup), and multiple others. Many were sent to the House for enrollment/signature or advanced to third reading as indicated by the presiding officer.
The Senate also recorded communications from the governor and the House, introduced SJR13 (use of state property for filming) on first reading, and circled several bills for further amendment or consideration. Several bills were circled (deferred) for later action and a recess was called at the close of the day's floor session.
