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Votes at a glance: Utah Senate moves multiple bills Feb. 17
Summary
The Senate voted across numerous concurrence and reading calendar items Feb. 17: several bills passed and were transmitted to the House (e.g., SB48, SB14 concurrence, SB190, SB164, SB29, SB65, SB207, SB223, SB232 circled/amended, SB167, SB188, SB215, SB180, SB162, SB173, SB13 first-substitute advanced). See details below for vote tallies and outcomes.
The Utah Senate on Feb. 17 advanced scores of items on the concurrence and reading calendars. The following is a compact record of key actions and outcomes announced on the floor (all counts and outcomes quoted from the clerk’s roll-call announcements):
- SB48 (Second substitute, insurance cancellation & nonrenewal restrictions): Motion to concur carried; clerk announced 23 yes, 0 nay, 6 absent; referred to the House for further action.
- SB14 (Uniform Parentage Act): Senate concurred in House amendments; clerk announced 26 yes, 1 nay, 2 absent; referred to the House.
- SB190 (county officer amendment — clarifying offices that cannot be consolidated): Passed (clerk announced 27 yes, 0 nay, 2 absent); referred to the House.
- First substitute SB164 (tax subtraction for live organ donor expenses): Passed (26 yes, 1 nay, 2 absent); referred to the House.
- SCR 6 (resolution supporting Golden Rule project): Passed (26 yes, 0 nay, 3 absent); referred to the House.
- First substitute SB65 (alcoholic beverage control amendments): Passed (25 yes, 0 nay, 4 absent); referred to the House.
- SB207 (motor vehicle insurance coverage amendment — step-down clarification): Passed (24 yes, 0 nay, 5 absent); referred to the House.
- SB223 (oversight/enforcement of mobile-home repairs): Passed (24 yes, 0 nay, 5 absent); referred to the House.
- SB232 (executive director of Department of Health compensation): After amendment and a motion to uncircle, amended and passed (24 yes, 0 nay, 5 absent); referred to the House.
- SB29 (licensing of crane operators): Passed (25 yes, 0 nay, 4 absent); referred to the House.
- SB167 (penalties for false driver’s licenses and IDs): Passed (24 yes, 0 nay, 5 absent); referred to the House.
- SB188 (off-highway vehicles on designated roads): Passed (23 yes, 0 nay, 6 absent); referred to the House.
- SB215 (financial institutions as limited liability companies): First substitute passed (21 yes, 0 nay, 8 absent); referred to the House.
- SB180 (workers' compensation competitive bid requirements): Passed (22 yes, 0 nay, 7 absent); referred to the House.
- SB162 (2004 GO bond changes; USU Tooele campus lease buyout): Passed (19 yes, 1 nay, 9 absent); referred to the House.
- SB173 (Brownfields revisions): Passed (22 yes, 0 nay, 7 absent); referred to the House.
- First substitute SB13 (military income tax subtraction/tuition waivers): Motion to substitute carried and first substitute read for third time (roll calls recorded; substitute advanced).
Several other technical and procedural items were circled for later consideration or sent to committee. Where the clerk announced a roll-call result, the tally above follows the clerk’s floor announcement in the transcript.
