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Votes at a glance: bills the Senate moved or passed on Feb. 14, 2003
Summary
A summary list of bills taken up Feb. 14, 2003 on the Utah Senate floor, including concurrence actions and final passage tallies; bills will be transmitted to the House or signed as noted.
The Utah Senate completed a lengthy concurrence and third-reading calendar on Feb. 14. Below are the principal actions recorded on the floor and the Senate's outcomes as announced by the presiding officer or clerk.
- Senate Bill 9 (Comprehensive Health Insurance Pool Amendment): concurrence adopted; roll call announced 29 ayes, 0 nays; referred to the Speaker for signature.
- Senate Bill 21 (Amendments to the Interlocal Cooperation Act): concurrence adopted; roll call passed and referred for signature.
- Senate Bill 26 (Sunset Act reauthorization): concurrence adopted; roll call recorded 27 ayes, 1 nay, 1 absent; referred for signature.
- Senate Bill 49 (Driver license and identification card amendments): concurrence adopted; roll-call announced 28 ayes, 0 nays; referred for signature.
- House bills passed on final vote and returned to the House for their signature include HB42 (water-user notification amendments), HB188 (State Parks fee/eligibility amendment), HB172 (background investigations of peace officer candidates), HB174 (unemployment insurance fraud amendments) and numerous others called during the day; recorded roll-call tallies were announced for each on the floor.
- Senate Bill 46 (Hold-harmless provision for rural counties): passed third reading on a closer vote (15 ayes, 9 nays, 5 absent); will be sent to the House for further consideration.
- Various other bills were substituted or circled for later consideration; the Rules Committee filed assignments for many bills (see rules report on file).
All vote tallies and the clerk's formal record should be consulted for exact roll-call lists by senator name; the floor announcements provide the official outcomes to be transmitted to the House or to be signed in open session as noted.
