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Senate advances suite of bills; key votes and outcomes from Feb. 24 session
Summary
The Utah Senate moved dozens of measures forward on Feb. 24, 2003, including concurrence on SB106 and final passage or advancement of several bills; contested items included a term‑limits repeal and a failed measure to open publicly funded shooting ranges to wider public use.
The Utah State Senate on Feb. 24, 2003, advanced a broad slate of legislation and recorded multiple roll-call outcomes across a full day of debate.
Among the measures acted on were the concurrence and transmission of Senate Bill 106 (limits on special operations using unmarked vehicles), passage of election-law disclosure clarifications and other items, and the advancement of several bills to third reading or referral to the House.
Votes at a glance: SB106 (concurrence with House amendment) — Concurred; roll-call outcome recorded as 17 ayes, 12 noes; will be sent to the House for the Speaker’s signature. SB196 (election law disclosure) — final passage, 28 ayes, 0 nays; referred to the House. SB179 (notice-of-claim / governmental immunity procedural language) — third substitute passed unanimously, 29 ayes; referred to the House. SB200 (state auditor duties expansion) — passed, 27 ayes, 0 nays; referred to the House. SB204 (pay for National Guard service time, first substitute) — placed on third reading, 27 ayes, 0 nays. SB240 (repeal of legislatively imposed term limits) — passed, 17 ayes, 12 noes; referred to the House. SB140 (prescription drug assistance program) — passed to third reading, 26 ayes; sponsor projected program growth and an estimated cost shift to manufacturers. SB190 (expansion of uses of publicly funded shooting ranges) — failed on final vote, 10 ayes, 17 noes. SB172 (hazardous-waste regulation and tax policy task force) — approved and forwarded to the House, 27 ayes. SB225 (limitations on judgments against governmental entities) — passed to third reading, 23 ayes, 5 noes.
Many other bills were circled for later work, amended in committee, or advanced with committee referrals. Where votes recorded a clear tally, this article reports the counts the Senate announced on the floor. For bills passed or advanced, the next procedural steps are either referral to the House for consideration or placement on the Senate third-reading calendar. No final gubernatorial action occurred in the floor session recorded here.
Procedural notes: several bills were “circled” (set aside for later action or amendment) and numerous committee reports and House communications were read into the record. The Senate also hosted Ambassador Peter Moser of Austria and approved House Bill 46 regarding honorary consulate license plates.
