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Votes at a glance: multiple bills pass or are filed during Feb. 28 Senate session
Summary
The Senate recorded final actions on many bills on Feb. 28. Notable outcomes: HB372, HB436, HB117, HB137, HB322, HB1 30, HB133 and HB430 passed; HB248 and HB413 were filed/failed. Vote tallies and procedural notes are included.
During its Feb. 28 floor session the Utah Senate recorded final action on a slate of House and Senate bills. Below are key items, floor sponsors and the clerk-reported outcomes as announced on the journal.
- House Bill 372 (expenditure of local option transportation tax revenue): Sponsor Senator Kilpack; clerk reported passage to the House with Senate amendments (24 yes, 4 nay, 1 absent).
- House Bill 436 (legislative district adjustments): Sponsor S11; clerk reported passage (reported in floor remarks as 26–27 yes votes, 0 nay, 2 absent in the reading record).
- House Bill 117 (state records committee appeals): Sponsor Senator Goodfellow; passed under suspension (25 yes, 0 nay, 4 absent).
- House Bill 248 (executive and legislative coordination act): Sponsor Senator Butters; failed in the Senate and was returned to the House for filing (reported as 5 yes, 21 nay, 3 absent).
- House Bill 137 (medication-aid pilot program): Sponsor Senator Kilpack; after limited debate and a withdrawn amendment it passed (reported as 22 yes, 4 nay, 3 absent).
- House Bill 322 (divorce filing fee increase): Sponsor Senator Kilpack; passed (reported as 25 yes, 2 nay, 2 absent).
- Third substitute House Bill 133 (commercial transactions of personal property): Sponsor Senator Bramble; amendment adopted and bill passed (27 yes, 0 nay, 2 absent).
- House Bill 430 (Department of Financial Institutions pay plan): Sponsor Senator Hickman; passed under suspension (unanimous 'aye' votes recorded with absences noted by the clerk).
- House Bill 413 (comparative negligence amendment, tort reform): Sponsor Senator Thomas; after extended debate the bill was filed (clerk recorded 6 yes, 22 no, 1 absent) and will not pass at this time.
These outcomes reflect roll-call and voice votes recorded on the Senate floor; exact tallies and the official record should be confirmed in the enrolled bill journals for formal publication.
