Votes at a glance: key appropriations and measures the Utah Senate advanced Feb. 22

Several Senate and House-origin financial and policy bills were taken up in a concentrated session of roll-call votes and suspensions on Feb. 22.

- First substitute Senate Bill 251 (nepotism clarification): advanced to third reading, 15 ayes, 12 nays, 2 absent (floor tally announced). - House Bill 117 (child removal/warrant): amendment adopted and advanced to third reading, 19 ayes, 8 nays, 2 absent (floor tally announced). - Senate Bill 112 (appropriation for assistive technology): as amended (reducing a $150,000 line item to $75,000) passed under suspension; clerk announced 24 ayes, 0 nays, 5 absent. - First substitute Senate Bill 217 (domestic-violence shelter funding — San Juan County): substitute accepted and passed under suspension, announced as 24 ayes, 0 nays, 5 absent; includes $100,000 for a battered-women’s shelter and nonlapsing appropriation language. - House Bill 111 (appropriation for water-quality protection): passed under suspension, announced 27 ayes, 0 nays, 2 absent. - A slate of House fiscal bills (including HB128, HB77, HB71, HB53, HB204 and others) were lifted, amended for fiscal amounts on the floor and advanced to the third reading calendar or passed and returned to the House for signature; recorded tallies and amendment details were announced on the floor for each measure.

Many of the floor actions were taken under suspension of the rules and included technical amendments to fiscal notes; readers interested in an item-by-item roll call should consult the official Senate journal for full vote lists and amendment text.