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Utah Senate passes a package of third‑reading measures and advances transportation, consumer‑protection and tax‑administration bills
Summary
The Utah Senate moved and passed multiple bills on third reading, including measures on state engineer fees, family employment program changes, payday‑lending oversight, CDL federal compliance, and road jurisdiction transfers; several second‑reading items were circled for later consideration.
The Utah Senate on the floor advanced and passed a slate of third‑reading measures, sending them to the House for further consideration.
Senators approved Senate Bill 8, which keeps state engineer fees with the agency that collects them; the roll call showed 26 yes votes, 0 nays, with three absent. The chamber also passed Senate Bill 14, a change to the Family Employment Program tied to federal TANF participation requirements, 27–0 with two absent.
On consumer protection, Senate Bill 16, an update to the Lending Registration Act to strengthen oversight of payday and Internet lenders and to add a 24‑hour contract rescission right and penalty authority for the Department of Financial Institutions commissioner, passed 28–0 with one absent. Senate Bill 19, a commercial driver’s license compliance bill the driver’s license division requested to meet federal requirements, passed 28–0 with one absent. Senate Bill 20, a transportation committee bill implementing limited jurisdictional road transfers (including combining SR‑41 into SR‑28 in Nephi and removing a segment of SR‑195 in Salt Lake), passed and will be sent to the House.
Senate Bill 10, amending the Industrial Assistance Fund to create a rural fast‑track program, was initially circled for further review; sponsors later uncircled the bill and brought it to final passage after committee data showed a large share of prior fund use in rural areas. SB10 passed and was referred to the House.
Other second‑reading items were handled as business: SB25 (warranty deed technical amendments), SB27 (technical amendments on assumption of indebtedness on residential real property) and SB28 (allowing county recorders to record water conveyance easements) were approved; SB32 (correction to administrative rules filing references) was also passed. Several items were circled for follow‑up.
The Senate also considered and advanced additional labor and unemployment‑related measures and approved procedural motions to adopt standing committee reports and place bills on the second‑reading calendar. The body adjourned to reconvene at 10 a.m. the next day.
