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Votes at a glance: Bills moved, circled and passed in the Utah Senate on Jan. 26, 2001
Summary
On Jan. 26 the Utah Senate advanced a series of bills and procedural motions: several Senate and House bills were "circled" (deferred), multiple House bills passed third reading and the body moved several amended bills back to the House for signature.
A sequence of procedural motions and roll-call votes on Jan. 26, 2001, left several measures either circled (deferred) or advanced in the Utah State Senate. Below are the principal actions recorded on the floor.
- Third substitute Senate Bill 27: Motion to circle; motion carried on voice vote (circled). (Motion: floor; action: circled.)
- Senate Bill 34: Motion to circle; motion carried on voice vote (circled).
- Senate Bill 47 (ballot labeling): Senator Peterson explained the measure to standardize ballot descriptions; the Senate ordered third reading and the clerk reported SB47 received 25 ayes, no nays and passed third reading.
- Senate Bill 53 and Senate Bill 105: Each was moved to be circled (deferred) by the sponsor; motions carried on voice votes.
- House Bill 21 (mailing requirements to state and political subdivisions): Senator Spencer explained that filings and fee payments mailed with a valid postmark would be considered filed/paid on the mailing date; HB21 received 27 ayes, no nays and two absent and will be returned to the House for the speaker's signature.
- House Bill 27 (electronic government services amendments): Presented by Senator Steele; HB27 received 27 ayes, no nays and two absent and will be returned to the House for signature.
- Substitute House Bill 29 (election law technical amendments): Presented by Senator Knudson; the clerk reported substitute HB29 received 28 ayes, no nays and one absent and it passed and will be referred back to the House for further action because it was amended.
- House Bill 32 (unauthorized utility charges/cramming amendments): Senator Blackham presented HB32; clerk reported 27 ayes, no nays and two absent; HB32 passed and will be referred back to the House because of amendment.
- House Bill 33 (clarification of time limits for reunification services): Senator Wright presented HB33; clerk reported 26 ayes, no nays and three absent; HB33 passed and will be returned to the House because of amendments.
- House Bill 59 (workers' compensation fund) and other procedural items: HB59 was circled to allow members time to post amendments. Several resolutions and personnel items (including HJR 3) were placed on the third-reading calendar and recorded as passed to third reading by roll call.
- House Bill 65 and House Bill 54 were placed on the third-reading calendar following floor action; HB65 was reported as having received 27 ayes and passed to third reading. HB54 was placed on the third-reading calendar (clerk reported 24 ayes, 1 "may" vote, and 4 absent) with statutory clarifications to be provided by the sponsor before further action.
The Senate adjourned until 10 a.m. Monday morning. Bills that were circled will return to later calendars per usual legislative practice, and bills passed to third reading await final consideration on the third-reading calendar or completion of routing back to the House where required.
