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Senate advances broad slate of bills; many measure pass on consent or unanimous votes
Summary
The Utah Senate on Feb. 13, 2001, moved numerous bills through committee reports, the consent calendar and third reading, approving a package of measures ranging from search-warrant timing and nonprofit-code cleanups to changes in licensing and public-safety rules.
The Utah State Senate on Feb. 13 advanced a large package of legislation, clearing multiple bills by voice vote or recorded roll call and sending several to the House for final action.
On the consent calendar the chamber passed House Bill 226 (proof of hunter education) and House Bill 230 (search-warrant timing), each approved unanimously or by overwhelming margin and returned to the House for signature. The governor also notified the Senate that he had signed a set of bills that included earlier measures such as S.B. 6, S.B. 9 and H.B. 184.
On third reading the Senate approved S.B. 84, which revises the State Olympic Coordination structure and reporting responsibilities; Senate clerks recorded 27 aye votes and no nays. Senators also passed S.B. 139 (Nonprofit Corporation Act amendments), S.B. 157 (vehicle safety inspection amendments) and other third-reading items, most by unanimous or near-unanimous tallies.
First-substitute and second-substitute measures were also advanced. The chamber adopted a number of committee reports and placed bills on second- and third-reading calendars following motions from the rules committee.
Several measures were explicitly recorded and will be referred to the House for further action; for example, first-substitute S.B. 106 (uniform commercial code secure-transit exemptions) succeeded on a roll call after the Senate concurred in House amendments. Other items were circled for fiscal-note updates and later taken up on third reading.
The Senate recessed at 11:45 a.m. and planned to continue the third-reading calendar in the afternoon and on subsequent days.
Votes at a glance (selected items): - S.B. 84 (State Olympic Amendment): passed, recorded 27–0, referred to the House. - S.B. 139 (Nonprofit Corporation Act amendments): passed, recorded 27–0, referred to the House. - First substitute S.B. 69 (medical claims amendment): passed, recorded 27–0, referred to the House. - Second substitute S.B. 53 (Trust Deed Law Amendments): passed, recorded 26–1, referred to the House. - S.B. 138 (minimum-wage preemption): passed to third reading, recorded 17–9–3 (aye–nay–absent).
The Senate’s procedural record shows broad bipartisan support for many technical and administrative bills and more divided debate on items affecting local authority and labor standards.
