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Votes at a Glance: Utah Senate Advances Multiple Bills on Consent and Third-Reading Calendars
Summary
On Feb. 22, 2007 the Utah Senate approved a wide set of consent-calendar and third-reading measures — including tax and property items, education and public-safety-related bills — often by unanimous consent or recorded roll calls; several bills were referred to the House.
During the Feb. 22, 2007 floor session the Utah Senate cleared a substantial slate of bills on the consent and third-reading calendars, moving many items to the House or finalizing Senate passage.
Notable consent- and third-reading actions included unanimous or near-unanimous approval of a series of house and senate bills: first substitute House Bill 142 (fee in lieu of property tax amendment) passed with an announced unanimous vote (26–0, 3 absent) and was returned to the House for signature; House Bill 293 (centrally assessed property) passed on a unanimous voice/recorded vote and was sent back to the House; House Bill 23 (Employment Security Act amendments) and House Bill 307 (certified investment adviser) both passed and were returned to the House per the clerk's announcements.
Other business included passage of House Bill 188 (easement realignment in eminent domain actions), House Bill 285 (Land Use Development Management Act amendments), House Bill 335 (local government charitable contributions), House Bill 337 (post-employment benefit trust funds), House Bill 367 (Global Positioning Reference Network/AGRC advisory committee), and House Bill 261 (expiration of gift certificates). Vote tallies were recorded in the floor record for each action and bills were either signed by the president in open session or returned to the House for consideration.
On the Senate side, sponsors presented and the chamber acted on measures including: second substitute SB195 (Fish Health Amendments) amended and passed (23–0, 6 absent) after Senator Peterson offered a technical amendment allowing department observers during inspections; SB262 (real property amendments) passed (25–1, 3 absent) concerning arbitration in HOA/condominium contexts; first substitute SB61 (affordability of medical assistance funds) passed (22–1, 6 absent) with the sponsor citing a fiscal-note comparison between average home and institutional care costs; SB205 (Alcoholic Beverage Control Amendments) passed under suspension of the rules (24–0, 5 absent); and SB236 (Trademark Protection Act) passed following a sponsor amendment and conflict disclosures (25–0, 4 absent) and was referred to the House.
Procedural actions recorded included circling several bills for later consideration (for example SB192 and SB201), appointing a conference committee on an earlier House–Senate disagreement (fourth substitute HB236), and resolving into and dissolving a Committee of the Whole to accept a citation for United Parcel Service's centennial.
Vote tallies and procedural dispositions are recorded in the Senate floor transcript and constitute the official floor actions for the session. Where the floor record included a numeric roll-call, that tally is reported here; when only unanimous voice consent was recorded, the clerk announced the unanimous result.
