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Votes at a glance: bills the Utah Senate approved Feb. 14, 2001
Summary
A roundup of bills the Utah Senate approved on Feb. 14, including votes and brief purpose statements for each item passed during the floor session.
SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Senate on Feb. 14 recorded roll-call votes or unanimous consent on many bills on its calendar. Below are the measures the chamber approved that day and their recorded action.
- First Substitute House Bill 234 — Law enforcement and special function officer amendments: passed by unanimous consent on the consent calendar; recorded as a unanimous aye (president declared unanimous vote). (Consent calendar recorded SEG 199–239.)
- House Bill 197 — Waiver of tuition by state colleges or universities: passed 26–0 (three absent); under final passage (SEG 241–304).
- First Substitute House Bill 179 — Voluntary Contributions Act (payroll deductions for PAC contributions): passed 17–12; amendment requiring PACs to pay administrative costs failed 17–12 (see separate coverage). (SEG 305–959).
- Second Substitute Senate Bill 53 — Trust deed law amendments: passed (25–0 recorded). (SEG 1230–1236).
- House Bill 185 — Repeal of Mammography Quality Assurance Advisory Committee: passed 25–0 (four absent). (SEG 1240–1302).
- House Bill 91 — State Capitol Preservation Board amendments: passed 24–0 (one absent). (SEG 1304–1355).
- House Bill 224 — Notice and reasonable efforts for children in custody on grounds other than abuse or neglect: passed 24–0 (five absent). (SEG 1356–1406).
- House Bill 232 — Certified child welfare social service worker amendments (classification and pay differentiation): passed 25–0 (four absent). (SEG 1408–1463).
- House Bill 231 — Electoral college amendments (cleanup): passed 26–0 (three absent). (SEG 1490–1540).
- House Bill 58 — School uniform amendments (exemption process): passed 27–0 (two absent). (SEG 1542–1609).
- House Bill 194 — State highway designation (local naming): passed 29–0 (no absences). (SEG 1610–1676).
- First Substitute House Bill 90 — Residential facilities for persons with disabilities (conformity to federal law): passed 26–0 (three absent). (SEG 1678–1725).
- Senate Bill 67 — Redistribution of Olympic revenue (amendment adopted, bill passed): passed 25–1 (three absent). (SEG 1726–2081).
- HJR 6 — Resolution urging Congress to regulate poll-closing times: passed 24–2 (three absent). (SEG 2083–2161).
- Senate Bill 187 — Prohibiting state departments/entities from employing contract lobbyists with appropriated funds: passed 25–2 (two absent). (SEG 2176–2232).
- Senate Bill 109 — Amendments to the Utah Uniform Anatomical Gift Act and donor registry provisions: passed to third-reading calendar (22–0 recorded; seven absent); sponsors cited increases in organ and tissue donations under similar measures. (SEG 2476–2782).
The Senate ended the day's floor action by placing Senate Bill 70 back on the second-reading calendar for amendment and public review and then recessed until 2 p.m.
