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Votes at a glance: key bills passed on Utah Senate floor Jan. 30, 2003
Summary
The Utah Senate recorded final actions on multiple bills during its Jan. 30 floor session. Notable outcomes included passage of SB 9, HB 4, SB 84, SB 85, HB 21, HB 26 and others; recorded vote tallies are provided.
The Senate took roll-call and voice votes on a sequence of bills during its Jan. 30, 2003 floor session. The chamber recorded these notable outcomes (tallies as announced on the floor):
- Senate Bill 9: Passed — 24 aye, 0 nay, 5 absent; referred to the House for further consideration.
- House Bill 4 (viatical settlements): Passed — recorded as 23 aye votes when amended in the Senate and referred back to the House (transcript lists 21 then 23 aye votes in the discussion; the clerk later states 23 aye votes).
- Senate Bill 84 (real-property voluntary environmental restrictive covenants): Passed — 21 aye, 0 nay, 8 absent; referred to the House.
- Senate Bill 85 (underground storage tank assurance fund): Passed — 20 aye, 1 nay, 8 absent; referred to the House.
- House Bill 21 (state building ownership authority recodification): Passed — 19 aye, 10 absent; no nay votes reported and the bill will be signed by the president for enrollment.
- House Bill 26 (state general-obligation bond act): Passed — 24 aye, 0 nay, 5 absent; will be returned to the Speaker for signature.
- House Bill 181 (security requirements and use of Social Security numbers by insurer ID cards): Passed — transcript records the roll-call and says the bill received 23 aye votes with 6 absent after amendment and will be referred back to the House.
Other bills circled, amended or passed to third reading during the session included SB 47, SB 49 (passed to third reading with 23 aye votes), SB 58 (circled), SB 48 (moved to third reading calendar), SB 103 and others. Where transcripts gave differing intermediate tallies during discussion, the article above uses the floor clerk’s announced final tally where available.
Procedural note: Several measures were circled for further committee work or time-certain scheduling rather than final passage; SB 34 was set for a Monday time certain at approximately 10:30 a.m. so an amended fiscal note and additional review can be completed.
