Votes at a glance: Key floor actions on March 5, 2008, Utah Senate

Here are the principal roll-call outcomes recorded on the Utah Senate floor on March 5, 2008:

- House Bill 140 (booster seats): Passed the Senate, 17 yes / 11 no / 1 absent; returned to the House for signature. - First Substitute House Bill 198 (State Agency Energy Efficiency): Passed the Senate 25 yes / 0 no / 4 absent; returned to the House for signature. - House Bill 2 (New fiscal-year supplemental appropriations, as amended on the floor): Passed the Senate 26 yes / 1 no / 2 absent; returned to the House for further action (amendments require conference committee reconciliation). - First Substitute House Bill 5 (Revenue bonds, capital projects): Amended on the floor and passed; roll recorded 24 yes / 1 no / 4 absent; returned to the House due to Senate amendment. - House Bill 406 (traffic code & temporary higher-speed zone): Passed the Senate 19 yes / 9 no / 1 absent; returns to the House with DOT reporting requirement. - House Bill 303 (phosphorus limit in household dishwasher detergent): Passed the Senate 19 yes / 7 no / 3 absent; returned to the House for further action. - Additional bills passed under suspension included HB445 (nursing home amendments), HB467 (motor vehicle insurance arbitration amendments), HB472 (charter-school building/enrollment amendments) and several concurrence actions; specific roll-call tallies are recorded in the floor transcript and were signed in open session as noted on the record.

These items will proceed through the usual enrollment and signature process; where the Senate amended House measures, the House must act or the chambers will appoint conference committees.