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Votes at a glance: key outcomes from the Utah Senate floor session
Summary
The Senate recorded procedural and final votes on several bills during the session: SB 93 (consent), SB 45 (third reading passage), SB 16 (antitrust amendments passed), SB 50 (substitute ordered to third reading), and SB 55 (second substitute ordered to third reading). Tally details and next steps are listed below.
This floor session produced the following recorded actions and tallies (as recorded on the Senate floor transcript):
- Senate Bill 93 (boiler and elevator safety technical correction): Consent calendar—recorded as 27 yes, 0 nay, with 2 absent; referred to the House. (Transcript: consent vote announced; president recorded 27 yes votes.)
- Senate Bill 45 (oil and gas conservation account amendments): Third reading passage—recorded as 27 yes votes, 0 nay with 2 absent; referred to the House. (Transcript: roll-call recorded and bill referred.)
- Senate Bill 16 (antitrust/Illinois Brick repealer as amended): Final passage—recorded as 26 yes votes, 0 nays, with 3 absent; passed and referred to the House. The Senate adopted an amendment to provide court supervision of attorney fees and included notification and right-to-intervene language for the Attorney General's Office.
- Senate Bill 50 (first substitute, jail funding/core rate): Motion to read the first substitute for the third time recorded 26 yes, 1 nay, with 2 absent; substitute ordered to third reading. The transcript records the action to move the substitute to third reading, but does not show final passage or appropriation in the provided segments.
- Senate Bill 55 (second substitute, election reform): Motion to order the second substitute to third reading recorded 26 yes, 0 nays; the body adopted an amendment adding "a candidate's" and "sexual orientation" to the pledge language. Sponsor noted drafting cleanups would be needed for mens rea and penalty language.
These tallies and next steps are taken directly from the floor transcript. For any item where a bill was "ordered to third reading" the transcript does not necessarily include final funding actions or final enrolled law text; subsequent floor action, conference committee work, or House consideration may follow.
