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Votes at a glance: multiple bills placed for third reading or circled (SB194, SB195, SB203, SB206, SB199, SB172 and others)
Summary
On Feb. 18 the Senate placed several committee‑reported bills on the second- and third-reading calendars: SB194 (sales/use tax exemption) and SB206 (tobacco manufacturer reporting) were ordered to third reading; SB195 (tax revisions) was circled for later third‑reading; SB203 (fire-district property tax cap) was amended and ordered to third reading; HB46 (education capital outlay) was read and then tabled on third.
The Senate acted on multiple bills during the floor session:
- Senate Bill 194 (sales and use tax exemption for direct mail): Sponsor Senator Stevenson said the bill clarifies that electronically printed items from mailing lists are exempt; the Senate recorded 23 yes, 0 no and ordered the bill to be read for the third time.
- First substitute Senate Bill 195 (tax revisions): Senator Bramble described a package that includes a double-weighting sales allocation formula for multistate corporations and a phased corporate tax reduction; sponsors indicated the bill will be "circled" on third reading while additional information is gathered.
- Senate Bill 203 (property tax for county service areas / fire districts): Sponsor Senator Wadobs offered a floor amendment setting the special-district cap to 0.0025 per dollar of taxable value (committee amendment had been 0.002); the amendment passed and the bill was ordered to third reading (24 yes, 0 no recorded).
- Senate Bill 206 (nonparticipating tobacco manufacturer reporting): Senator Kilpack offered Amendment 3 correcting a stamping enforcement reference; the amendment was adopted and SB206 was read for the third time (25 yes, 0 no recorded).
- Second substitute Senate Bill 199 (energy office restructuring): Sponsor Senator Hatch introduced restructuring that moves programs into other agencies and the governor's office; the body uncircled the bill and ordered it to third reading (21 yes, 0 no recorded).
- House Bill 46 (Public Education Capital Outlay Act Amendments): Sponsor and proponents described moving from block funding to a per-pupil capital outlay distribution; HB46 was read for third but subsequently tabled on third due to fiscal-note concerns.
Roll-call tallies and procedural outcomes were recorded on the floor for each matter as noted above.
