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Votes at a glance: Senate passes identity‑theft resolution and several bills, refers them to the House
Summary
The Utah Senate passed a concurrent resolution urging Congress to limit Social Security number use and approved multiple bills on mining fees, insurance pool funding, death‑certificate SS removal and higher‑education appropriations; votes are summarized below with tallies recorded on the floor.
SALT LAKE CITY — During the session the Utah Senate voted on a set of bills and concurrent resolutions that it passed and referred to the House, including a federal‑advocacy resolution and funding or technical changes to state programs.
What the Senate passed and sent to the House
- SCR 1 (identity‑theft): A resolution urging Congress to minimize use of Social Security numbers and curb identity theft passed by roll call (25 yes, 0 nay, 4 absent). Senator Walker presented the resolution and moved final passage.
- SB85 (mining test fees): Sponsor explained the bill would allow the commission to retain mining testing fees to fund MSHA‑required training; the Senate passed the bill and referred it to the House (25 yes, 0 nay, 4 absent). The sponsor cited fiscal figures in floor remarks (a fiscal note and a $2,721,700 figure noted in debate).
- SB82 (HIPPOOL): Amendments to the Utah Comprehensive Health Insurance Pool to create an ongoing funding base from existing insurance taxes were presented by Senator Davis and passed on final passage (24 yes, 2 nay, 3 absent); the bill was referred to the House.
- SB89 (death‑certificate Social Security numbers): Senator Walker described SB89 as removing Social Security numbers from death certificates; the Senate passed the bill (26 yes, 0 nay, 3 absent) and referred it to the House.
- SB90 (higher education enhancements): A $10.5 million package for colleges and universities was presented by Senator Hickman and passed the Senate (25 yes, 0 nay, 4 absent) and was referred to the House.
- SCR2 (back‑to‑school/constitution program): The Senate adopted an amendment to replace wording and passed the resolution (27 yes, 0 nay, 2 absent); it was referred to the House.
These procedural and final actions reflect the Senate’s disposition of multiple items on the day’s calendar; several debated bills will return to the floor for third reading or final votes later in the session.
