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Senate clears consent calendar and advances multiple bills including water‑rights, licensing and crane‑operator certification
Summary
On the morning calendar the Senate adopted committee reports, passed multiple consent items and approved several bills on second and third reading (including SB177 on water‑right extension, SB127 land‑use clarifications, SB163 written‑statement penalties, SB92 crane‑operator certification and ceremonial recognition for Hogle Zoo).
The Utah Senate moved several routine and substantive measures forward during the session. Committee reports were adopted and several items were placed on and approved from the consent calendar. Notable actions recorded on the floor included:
- House Bill 210 (county ordinance amendment) and other house bills and resolutions (consent calendar items) were approved and returned to the Speaker; votes and clerk confirmations occurred on the record.
- Senate Bill 177 (water‑right application amendment): Senator Hatch described the measure to qualify the Bureau of Reclamation for an extension beyond a 50‑year perfection requirement; the Senate passed SB177 and referred it to the House (vote recorded: 27 yes, 0 nay, 2 absent).
- First substitute Senate Bill 127 (land‑use and county‑recorder clarifications): Sponsor Senator Knudson outlined amendments to streamline boundary adjustments, recorder recording procedures and public‑hearing safeguards; amendment(s) were adopted and the bill advanced to the third‑reading calendar (vote recorded: 26 yes, 0 nay, 3 absent).
- Second substitute Senate Bill 163 (written statements under penalty of perjury): Sponsor Senator McCoy explained the bill aligns statute with pending judiciary rules and clarifies penalties for false written statements; the Senate advanced the bill.
- Substitute Senate Bill 92 (crane‑operator certification): Senator Davis presented a substitute to certify crane operators; the Senate approved the measure and recorded a roll‑call vote (vote recorded in transcript).
- Recognition: Senator Hale introduced representatives from Hogle Zoo and the chamber read an official citation commemorating the zoo’s 75th anniversary; the citation recounted the zoo’s history and visitor statistics.
Several of the items above were advanced or passed with recorded roll‑call votes and were transmitted to the House for further consideration where indicated.
