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Votes at a glance: Key bills the Senate approved Jan. 17, 2006
Summary
On Jan. 17 the Utah Senate completed a busy floor day, moving numerous consent and third‑reading calendar items including bills on price controls during emergencies, public safety vehicle markings, identification/Real ID compliance, and several others; the session recorded mostly unanimous or near‑unanimous votes and referred measures to the House as appropriate.
The Utah Senate recorded floor action on a range of consent and third‑reading items during its Jan. 17, 2006 session. Below are the principal bills and the outcomes as recorded on the floor.
- Senate Bill 66 (price controls during emergency amendments): sponsor explained the amendment narrows the emergency trigger to territory directly affected; passed by recorded unanimous vote (reported in transcript as 26 yes, 0 nay, 3 absent).
- House Bill 235 (public safety vehicle marking lights): restricts blue flashing lights to emergency vehicles; passed by recorded unanimous vote (reported 26 yes, 0 nay, 3 absent) and was signed by the president in open session for return to the House.
- Senate Bill 164 (repeal of ordination by Internet): sponsor noted courts had struck down prior restriction; passed (reported 26 yes, 0 nay, 3 absent) and referred to the House.
- Several other bills taken by the Senate on Jan. 17 and recorded as passed and returned to the House included: HB 29 (township amendments; passage reported 23 yes, 0 nay, 6 absent), HB 20 (Commercial Driver Training School Act amendments; recorded 25 yes, 0 nay, 4 absent), HB 21 (child welfare revisions; recorded 25 yes, 0 nay, 4 absent), HB 23 (parental defense; recorded 24 yes, 0 nay, 5 absent), HB 71 (economic development sunset modification; recorded 24 yes, 0 nay, 5 absent), SB 101 (county assistance to nonprofit entities; recorded 26 yes, 0 nay, 3 absent), SB 117, SB 158 and others were also approved and referred.
- Senate Bill 141 (response to HIPAA changes allowing surviving spouse access to certain medical records): passed as recorded (reported 25 yes, 0 nay, 4 absent) and referred to the House for further action.
These vote tallies are taken from the Senate transcript as announced on the floor; the transcript contains some shorthand and brief transcription artifacts in roll call phrasing. Where the transcript lists a bill as "referred to the House," that is the procedural next step recorded on the floor.
