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Senate advances scores of bills in brisk Jan. 30 floor session
Summary
The Utah Senate cleared a large package of bills Jan. 30, 2002, approving consent and committee items on a range of topics — from electronic-government measures and school-policy changes to insurance and public-works items — most by unanimous or large marginals on roll-call votes.
The Utah State Senate convened Jan. 30 and moved a wide set of measures forward, approving a mix of consent-calendar items and third‑reading bills with little extended debate.
On consent and concurrence motions the Senate recorded several unanimous or near‑unanimous outcomes. Notable tallies included S.B. 23 (workforce services amendment), which passed concurrence by roll‑call (26 ayes, 0 nays, 3 absent); S.B. 123 (venue for consumer transactions), which the president declared unanimously in favor among those present (22 ayes, 0 nays, 7 absent); and a pair of electronic-government bills, H.B. 21 and H.B. 22, that the chamber passed on roll calls (H.B. 21 — 26 ayes, 0 nays, 3 absent; H.B. 22 — 24 ayes, 0 nays, 5 absent).
Other floor actions included passage of H.B. 6 (renaming to the State Bureau of Investigation) and H.B. 7 (net metering for small distributed generation). H.B. 6 was recorded as passing on a roll call (27 ayes, 0 nays, 2 absent). H.B. 7, authorizing customer‑sited systems up to 25 kilowatts to feed into the grid, passed on a roll call (28 ayes, 0 nays, 1 absent). The chamber also approved H.B. 5, which clarifies principals’ authority to waive school uniform policies (27 ayes, 2 nays, 0 absent).
Committee and housekeeping measures moved on without extended debate; repeated items to repeal inactive advisory committees (for example H.B. 9) passed by roll call. Several bills were circled and substituted for further floor consideration; where substantive debate occurred the Senate held recorded roll calls or directed bills to the third‑reading calendar.
The Senate closed the session after making the day’s dispositions and returning transmitted House items for enrollment or signature. Bills forwarded to the House or moved to third reading will return to the chamber for final votes or further action as needed.
