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Votes at a glance: Utah Senate moves multiple bills forward on Feb. 1, 2006 session
Summary
The Senate took roll‑call or procedural action on a bundle of bills including SB 75 (first substitute), SB 123, SB 147, SB 94, SB 74, SB 155, and HB 43; most measures were reported with unanimous yes tallies and several bills were circled for later action.
The Utah Senate used a busy floor calendar to advance or act on a series of bills covering consumer protection, land use, insurance pools, government immunity and other topics during the Feb. 1, 2006 session.
Key outcomes recorded on the floor (as announced by the chair or reading clerk):
- First Substitute Senate Bill 75 (uSTAR initiative): Amendment 1 adopted on the floor; roll‑call result announced as 28 yes, 0 no, 1 absent. The bill was placed for third reading on the calendar.
- Senate Bill 123 (Utah consumer credit code amendments): Amendment moved and adopted; clerk announced SB 123 received 25 yes votes, 0 nay votes and 4 absent and it will be read for the third time.
- House Bill 43 (sunset review and reauthorization, including Motor Fuel Marketing Act extension): Amendment changing a repeal/expiration date was adopted to extend the marketing act by one year; the chair announced the bill had received recorded votes as read on the floor (see transcript). (Transcript contains an anomalous numeric reading in the roll‑call announcement; see audit note.)
- Senate Bill 147 (division of consumer protection amendments): Moved for third reading and the clerk reported 25 yes, 0 nay, 4 absent; the bill will be read for a third reading per the calendar.
- Senate Bill 94 (Utah Comprehensive Health Insurance Pool amendments): After sponsor explanation and a call of the question, the reading clerk reported 24 yes, 0 nay, 5 absent; the bill will be read for a third time.
- Senate Resolution 3: Second reading taken and the motion to circle passed (procedural hold).
- Senate Bill 74 (privatization task force): Moved and roll call reported as 25 yes, 0 nay, 4 absent; bill to be read for third time.
- First Substitute Senate Bill 113 (governmental immunity limits): Committee substitute adopted on the floor that caps aggregate government immunity at $10,000,000 and directs an interim study; the bill was circled for later action.
- First Substitute Senate Bill 155 (county and municipal land‑use provisions): Characterized as a technical cleanup to last year's major land‑use bill; roll call reported as 27 yes, 0 no, 2 absent and will be read for third time.
Procedural notes: multiple bills were 'circled' or 'uncircled' (a procedural scheduling step) during the session. Several bills included technical or placement amendments adopted on the floor.
Recorded roll calls and tape: the session transcript records multiple roll calls and voice votes; when the transcript contained unclear numeric reads (for example an apparent "424 yes votes" announcement in the HB 43 sequence) that text is faithfully transcribed but flagged in the audit for clerical transcription ambiguity.
This summary lists outcomes as reported on the Senate floor; specific vote tallies and final enactment status should be confirmed with the official Senate journal and final enrollment documents.
