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Senate refuses to receive House amendments to HB 28 and agrees to appoint conference committee
Summary
The Utah Senate voted to refuse the House request to receive Senate amendments to House Bill 28 (Transportation Planning Task Force Reauthorization), citing an imbalance in membership; a conference committee will be appointed and a senator volunteered to serve.
The Utah Senate voted on Feb. 27 to refuse the House's request to receive Senate amendments to House Bill 28, a measure reauthorizing the Transportation Planning Task Force. Senator Walker moved that the Senate refuse to receive the House communication and asked for a conference committee; the motion passed by voice vote.
Walker said the House amendments enlarged the task force "with an inordinate number of House members and no Senate members," and said a conference committee was needed to resolve the disagreement. After the motion passed, the Senate indicated it would appoint a conference committee; Senator Wadipes volunteered to serve.
The clerk had reported that the House "refused to concur" with the Senate amendments to HB 28 and requested the Senate receive those amendments. The Senate treated that request as not acceptable and moved to conference. The floor record does not contain a roll-call tally for the motion, only the voice vote result "motion passes." The specific membership changes in the House version were described on the floor as adding more House members and omitting Senate representation.
Next steps: the Senate must formally appoint the conference committee and the committee will meet to reconcile the House and Senate versions of HB 28. The transcript does not record a subsequent formal appointment vote or the full membership of the committee beyond the voluntary offer by Senator Wadipes.
