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Utah Senate approves multiple bills, moves several measures to third reading and to the House
Summary
The Utah Senate on Feb. 3, 2006 approved a package of bills and committee assignments, including final passage or concurrence on bills ranging from health-care and consumer-protection measures to tax and land-use amendments; several bills were amended, circled or moved to third reading.
The Utah State Senate on Feb. 3 approved a string of measures and committee assignments, sending multiple bills to the House and placing others on the third-reading calendar.
Key actions included final passage of SB 108 (ethics and dental advertising amendments) by concurrence with House amendments, SB 139 (reportable transactions act), SB 146 (physician assistance and public health amendments), SB 119 (repeal of a large OHV decal requirement), HB 43 (sunset reauthorizations), SB 147 (Division of Consumer Protection amendments) and SB 94 (amendments to the Utah Comprehensive Health Insurance Pool). Several bills were circled (removed from immediate consideration) or substituted for later consideration, and a number of bills were moved to third reading for later final action.
Why it matters: these floor actions set the near-term legislative calendar and advance bills that affect professional licensing, consumer protections, health-care providers and local government responsibilities. Several measures carried unanimous or near-unanimous support on recorded…
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