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At a glance: key Senate votes and committee actions from Jan. 30, 2005
Summary
The Senate cleared numerous bills on Jan. 30, 2005, including unanimous or near-unanimous approvals for telecommunications, insurance, arbitration, records-access and other measures; this roundup lists the primary actions and recorded tallies.
The Utah Senate handled dozens of bills on Jan. 30. Highlights of recorded floor action and committee placements include the following (votes and outcomes are drawn from the floor record):
- SB 4 (Uninsured motorist property-damage coverage): Sponsor Senator Eastman explained the measure and the Senate passed it (26 yes, 0 no; 3 absent).
- SB 98 (Motor vehicle registration/title change): Senator Kilpack described a wording change affecting signature requirements. The Senate recorded 24 yes, 2 no, 3 absent and read the bill for a third time.
- First substitute SB 108 (Telecommunications revisions): Sponsor Senator Bramble characterized the bill as a consensus product to permit retail pricing flexibility while allowing PSC oversight; recorded as passed (26 yes, 0 no; 3 absent).
- SB 120 (Allocation of trust-land proceeds to teacher education programs): Senator Hatch explained distribution among state teacher-education programs based on graduates; vote recorded as 27 yes, 0 no; 2 absent.
- First substitute SB 104 (Judiciary and arbitration technical amendments): Senator Hilliard explained changes to arbitration docketing and protective order language; passed (27 yes, 0 no; 2 absent).
- Substitute SB 26 (Public utilities/energy policy): Consensus energy bill requiring independent evaluation steps for major projects; passed (27 yes, 0 no; 2 absent).
- Second substitute SB 43 (Class B misdemeanor for knowingly giving false info to government): Sponsor Senator Hallowell said the bill responds to problematic false reports; passed (27 yes, 0 no; 2 absent).
- SB 116 (Arbitration subpoena authorization): Allows subpoenas in arbitration with party stipulation; passed (28 yes, 0 no; 1 absent noted).
- First substitute SB 44 (GRAMA amendments — government records access): Sponsor Senator Walker described technical and procedural changes to limit abusive voluminous requests and permit alternative inspection; passed as amended (26 yes, 0 no; absences noted).
- House Bill 240 (Washington County disaster loan program): Lifted from rules, heard in Committee of the Whole with mayoral testimony, then passed under suspension of the rules for final passage (yes votes recorded; absences noted).
Several bills were circled or uncircled for future consideration and the Senate reported multiple committee referrals and consent-calendar placements. For bills placed on the second- or third-reading calendar, procedural motions and sponsor commitments were recorded on the floor.
