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Votes at a glance: key bills the Utah Senate passed Feb. 27, 2007
Summary
A summary of notable floor votes and outcomes from the Utah Senate Feb. 27 session, including concurrence actions and third-reading passages; tallies and procedural notes drawn from the Senate transcript.
The following is a concise list of key bills acted on by the Utah Senate on Feb. 27, 2007, with outcomes as recorded on the floor. All tallies and motions are taken from the Senate transcript.
- Second Substitute Senate Bill 167 (Utah Sports Authority): Motion to concur with House amendments carried; final passage recorded 29 yes, 0 no. (concurrence; transmitted to House for action.)
- Senate Bill 241 (Election law modifications): Motion to concur carried; recorded 26 yes, 2 no, 1 absent; referred to the House.
- For Substitute Senate Bill 199 (Division of Real Estate / title insurance related amendments): Motion to concur carried; recorded 26 yes, 0 no, 3 absent; referred to the House.
- Senate Bill 227 (Utah Fire Prevention Board amendments — training/certification language): Motion to concur carried; recorded 28 yes, 0 no, 1 absent; referred to the House.
- Third Substitute Senate Bill 56 (Education Employee Association Amendments): Motion to concur / substitution passed on floor; recorded 20 yes, 8 no, 1 absent; referred to the House.
- Senate Bill 1 (Supplemental appropriations): Read under suspension of the rules and passed on final roll-call (25 yes, 2 no, 2 absent); bill to be returned to the House for further action/enrollment.
- House Bill 39 (Concealed weapons fees; as amended): Amendment adopted; HB39 as amended passed the Senate 26 yay, 0 nay, 3 absent; transmitted to the House.
- House Bill 79 (Concurrent enrollment — second substitute): Passed the Senate 26 yes, 0 no, 3 absent (substituted in Senate); transmitted to the House.
- House Bill 47 (Pilot program for Family Preservation Services): Passed 24 aye, 1 nay, 4 absent; signed in open session for enrollment.
- Second Substitute House Bill 134 (School and institutional trust lands amendments): Passed under suspension of rules 27 yes, 0 no, 2 absent; includes mineral-lease funding redistribution and a $1,000,000 two-year allocation for west desert wells (per floor handout).
- House Bill 145 (Farmer’s market exemptions): Passed 28 yes, 0 no, 1 absent; returned to the House.
- House Bill 243 (Energy policy amendments, as amended to strike funding lines): Passed as amended 27 yes, 0 no, 2 absent; funding lines removed on floor amendment so bill could proceed without a new appropriation.
This list is not exhaustive; the Senate handled many additional bills, motions to circle/uncircle, and calendar-management items during the session.
Votes, tallies and procedural dispositions are recorded in the official floor transcript and are summarized here for readers and local stakeholders.
