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Senate clears broad consent and third-reading calendar; multiple bills pass
Summary
The Utah Senate on Feb. 25, 2004 passed a large consent calendar and several third-reading bills including technical corrections to robbery law (HB222), mail-order tobacco sales restrictions (sub. HB202), and multiple substitute Senate bills referred to the House.
The Utah State Senate advanced and passed numerous bills on Feb. 25 as part of its consent and third-reading calendars. The chief clerk transmitted multiple House-passed measures for first readings and the Senate disposed of a long list of consent items by unanimous voice votes or roll calls.
Notable consent-passage items include HCR 2 (a resolution urging Congress to fulfill its funding promise for the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act), which passed unanimously with 23 recorded ayes and six absent. House Bill 222, a technical correction to the robbery statute, passed unanimously (24 ayes recorded, 5 absent). First substitute HB202 (mail-order tobacco sales) — introduced as a students’ reform from Copper Hills High School to require age-verified signature on tobacco deliveries — received unanimous approval (23 ayes, 6 absent). House Bill 78 clarifying deposits to the School Land Trust Program was described as a technical correction and passed unanimously; supporters noted the Treasury practice affects relatively small sums (example cited on the floor: roughly $7,400).
On the Senate side, first substitute SB170 (public transit district amendment) passed on a roll-call vote (23–0, 6 absent) and will be referred to the House. Other Senate bills cleared third-reading and were sent to the House, including SB204 (redevelopment agency changes), SB26 (public safety retirees’ cost-of-living adjustments), and several public-safety, traffic and criminal-code bills that had floor amendments or coordinating clauses.
The floor also included routine communications from the House about bills sent for concurrence and return, and senators handled procedural requests such as the House’s request to return HB230 (Property Tax Levy for Education), which the Senate granted following a motion and vote.
Most consent and unanimous-roll-call votes were completed quickly; the chamber reserved longer debate for larger policy bills such as SB55 and SB208.
The Senate adjourned for lunch with a scheduled 2 p.m. reconvening.
