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Senate advances multiple bills, passes HCR 4 honoring troopers and approves compensation changes
Summary
The Utah Senate placed numerous bills on reading calendars, read and passed several measures on the floor (including HCR 4 supporting roadside memorials for fallen troopers, House Bill 4 on compensation, and consumer-credit and land-use bills), and assigned many bills to standing committees for further work.
During the afternoon floor session the Utah Senate handled committee reports, placed bills on reading calendars and recorded several roll-call outcomes.
Key roll-call outcomes and motions
- Substitute Senate Bill 267 (land use): Passed on third reading with 25 yes, 0 no, 4 absent; referred to the House for its action.
- Substitute Senate Bill 268 (omnibus land-use disputes): Passed after floor discussion; recorded tally 26 yes, 2 no, 1 absent; referred to the House.
- House Concurrent Resolution 4 (supporting Utah Highway Patrol use of white crosses as roadside memorials): Brought up under suspension of the rules, the chamber passed HCR 4 by roll call, 28 yes, 0 no, 1 absent. The body also read a formal citation recognizing Sergeant Hobie M. Metz for his actions at a March 1, 2005 vehicle crash.
- Senate Bill 252 (consumer credit code changes regarding class-action waivers): After reconsideration and debate, the first substitute passed final passage with 25 yes and 4 no and was referred to the House.
- House Bill 4 (state agency and higher education compensation amendments): Considered under suspension of the rules, the Senate approved H.B. 4 (including a 2.5% cost-of-living adjustment and related retirement/insurance provisions) by roll call, 24 yes, 5 no, and returned the enrolled bill to the House for signature.
Other floor activity
- A number of committee reports were adopted and bills were assigned to standing committees (Health & Human Services, Education, Governmental Operations, Natural Resources, Transportation, Judiciary, Revenue & Taxation) to ensure committee hearings ahead of later floor consideration.
- House Bill 188 (GRAMA revisions) was removed from the consent calendar and substituted on the floor; the first substitute was circled so members could review the changes.
- Scheduling: leadership announced the next-day floor and committee schedule and the Senate adjourned to 9 a.m. the following day.
The session moved several measures forward while leaving some items (including third-reading action on a few substitutes) for subsequent floor days.
