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Votes at a glance: Senate clears several special-session items, sends others to conference
Summary
The Senate approved a set of technical and procedural measures—including HJR301 (federal grant approval) and SB3004 (securities amendments)—appointed and received conference committee reports on transportation allocations, and refused House concurrence on one tax-access amendment, sending it back for further negotiation.
The Utah Senate handled several additional items during the special floor session alongside the HB3001 and HB3004 debates.
Key outcomes: - House Joint Resolution 301 (approval for Department of Natural Resources to accept federal funds tied to desert tortoise habitat acquisitions with a state match in Snow Canyon State Park) passed the Senate by roll call, 27 yes, 0 no, 2 absent. - Senate Bill 3004 (securities amendments, as amended by the House) was concurred in and passed by the Senate, roll call 28 yes, 0 no, 1 absent; the amendment moved back the reporting effective date and clarified penalty considerations. - On Senate Bill 3002 (access to information gained by the State Tax Commission), the Senate debated House amendments; a motion to concur failed (11 yes, 17 no, 1 absent) and the Senate subsequently voted to refuse to concur and request the House to recede from its amendments. - Conference committees were appointed (and in some cases reconstituted) to resolve deadlocks—most notably on HB3001 (transportation funding allocation)—and the Senate accepted a committee report that produced a 35/55 ongoing allocation compromise.
Several procedural motions to circle/uncircle bills and to saunter (take a recess/break) were recorded while conference committees met. The Senate left outstanding items (notably continuing conference negotiations on SB3002) pending later action by conferees and the House.
The floor actions captured both the technical nature of many special-session items and partisan and policy tensions over budget numbers and implementation details.
