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Senate floor recap: bills and resolutions sent to third reading or final passage, Feb. 28, 2008
Summary
The Senate recorded multiple procedural and final votes: several bills were advanced to third reading (HB121 amended, HB177, HB182, HB309, HB323) and some items were circled or failed (first substitute HB223 failed); resolutions honoring Gordon B. Hinckley and declaring March colorectal cancer awareness month passed.
The Utah Senate’s Feb. 28 floor session produced numerous procedural and final actions. Items advanced to the third-reading calendar and final-passage resolutions included the following highlights.
Votes and outcomes - House Bill 121 (Charges for Services to Incarcerated Persons): Amendment 4 adopted; bill advanced to third reading (25 yes, 3 nay, 2 absent). The amendment sets reimbursement for ER physicians at a negotiated standard (65% of PEHP amount in Salt Lake County) and establishes a Medicaid-rate baseline for facilities.
- House Bill 177 (County and Municipal Land Use Regulation of Potential Geologic Hazard Areas): Ordered read for the…
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