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Utah Senate advances and passes a slate of bills, including tech, workers’ comp and law‑enforcement exemptions
Summary
On Feb. 5, 2001 the Utah Senate took final or concurrence action on a series of measures: it concurred with a House amendment to SB 21, passed HB 59 on workers’ compensation, approved SB 46 exempting full‑time officers from a licensure procedure for deception‑detection devices, and cleared SB 129 to adjust the medical‑malpractice cap, among others.
The Utah State Senate on Feb. 5, 2001 moved a cluster of bills forward, taking concurrence or final‑passage votes on measures spanning information‑technology code changes, workers’ compensation, law‑enforcement tools and tort limits.
A concurrence vote came on Senate Bill 21 (information‑technology commission amendments) after the House offered a technical code‑reference amendment; the Senate agreed to the House amendment and the clerk announced the concurrence passed with 24 yes, 0 no and 5 absent. Senator Steele urged the change to correct a statutory citation before moving forward.
House Bill 59 (workers’ compensation fund) was presented by Senator Eastman, who said the bill opens…
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