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Senate reads dozens of bills for first time and refers them to rules committee
Summary
During the Jan. 15, 2001 session the Utah Senate's clerk read a long list of Senate bills (SB 4 through SB 105 and several joint rules resolutions); the body noted those bills will be referred to the rules committee and the rules committee later recommended assignment of many bills to standing committees.
On Jan. 15, 2001 the Utah State Senate clerk read the short titles of an extensive set of bills for first reading, including measures on a wide range of subjects (public education amendments, tax matters, health and mental health task forces, drivers' license and traffic management amendments, hate crimes amendments, and others). After the first reading the clerk and presiding officer stated the bills "will be referred to the rules committee."
Later in the session the rules committee reported assignments of specific bills to standing committees and recommended placement of several bills on the second-reading calendar. The rules committee's report assigned bills such as those dealing with education (e.g., state textbook commission and teacher quality amendments) to the Education Committee, mental health and foster-care task force measures to Health and Environment and related committees, and transportation and public safety matters (traffic management, highway construction limits) to the Transportation and Public Safety Committee. The senate adopted the rules committee's report by voice vote.
The transcript lists each bill title as read; the clerk and the rules committee noted the administrative referral and the committee assignments were adopted by the body without roll-call tallies recorded in the transcript excerpt.
For full bill text and official committee records, the senate journal and the rules committee docket should be consulted.
