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Votes at a glance: key bills moved or passed on the Utah Senate floor, Feb. 17, 2003
Summary
A roundup of notable roll-call outcomes from the Feb. 17 Senate session: ceremonial and consent measures passed unanimously or by voice, and several substantive bills were advanced to third reading or sent to the House with recorded tallies.
Here are the principal procedural outcomes and final votes recorded on the floor during the Feb. 17 session.
• Second Substitute Senate Bill 91 (funeral services) — Senate concurred with House amendments; roll call recorded unanimous support and the bill was transmitted for the President’s and Speaker’s signatures (second substitute received 28 aye votes, no negatives).
• Senate Bill 97 (county annexation amendment) — Senate concurred with House clarification requiring majorities in both counties for certain annexations; recorded as passed (28 aye votes, no nays).
• House Bill 171 (Pamela Atkinson Homeless Trust account) — Considered on the consent calendar, tributes were given and the measure was passed by unanimous consent of senators present (25 aye votes, 4 absent). The President signed the bill in open session.
• First substitute Senate Bill 29 (legislative access to Judicial Conduct Commission rulings) — Passed by the Senate and referred to the House (24 aye, 0 nay, 5 absent as recorded on the floor).
• Second substitute Senate Bill 58 (renaming Division of Youth Corrections) — Passed (26 aye votes recorded; 3 absent) and sent to the House.
• First substitute Senate Bill 87 (library amendment bill) — Approved by roll call and referred to the House (26 aye, 3 absent).
• Second substitute Senate Bill 89 — Adopted and sent to the House (recorded as 28 aye, 0 nay, 1 absent).
• Senate Bill 108 — After defeating a broader substitute (6–23), the Senate advanced the clarifying bill to third reading (25–4).
• Third substitute Senate Bill 27 (involuntary commitment) — Adopted and sent to the House (recorded as 21 aye, 8 nay), per the third‑substitute roll call.
• Senate Bill 66 (beer-tax increase to fund DUI enforcement) — Moved to third reading with a recorded vote (19 aye, 9 nay, 1 absent).
Several other bills were circled, circled/uncircled for later action, or passed by committee reports and placed on various calendars. For fuller procedural context, see the timeline entries and the full transcript excerpts referenced below.
