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Votes at a glance: consent calendar and selected measures from the Utah Senate floor session
Summary
The Senate passed many consent-calendar bills and several substantive measures — including an energy and carbon-reduction substitute (SB202) and funding for meth-decontamination standards (SB209) — while other contested bills either advanced for further reading (SB297, SB210) or failed (SB194).
The Utah Senate conducted a packed floor session that cleared numerous consent-calendar items, moved several substantive measures forward and registered a notable floor defeat.
What passed on the consent calendar and by roll call (selected):
- Second Substitute Senate Bill 152 (conference committee report adopted) — roll call: 27 yes, 0 nay, 2 absent; transmitted to the House. - Senate Bill 228 (Regulation of Wells) — unanimous consent: directed to the House. - Senate Bill 263 (self-authentication of documents) — unanimous consent; referred to the House. - House bills presented and passed as amended included HB178 (jurisdiction for prosecution), HB312 (crime victim reparations revisions), HB314 (offense-definition adjustment), HB327 (enticement of a minor by electronic means) and multiple others; these were returned to the House where indicated. - First Substitute Senate Bill 202 (Energy Resources and Carbon Emission Reduction Initiative) — passed on roll call (28 yes, 0 A, 1 absent); sponsor described renewable-energy standards, carbon-sequestration credits and a competitive environment for wind development. - Senate Bill 209 (Methamphetamine Decontamination Standards and Funding) — amendment adopted and bill ordered for third reading (27 yes, 0 nay, 2 absent); provides $500,000 to develop remediation standards. - First Substitute Senate Bill 197 (Preferred Drug List revision) — passed (29 yes, 0 nay).
Contested or highlighted actions:
- Senate Bill 297 (animal torture/cruelty) was advanced for third-reading procedure after a failed amendment to reduce certain penalties; procedural tally was 22 yes, 6 no, 1 absent. - Senate Bill 194 (metal theft amendments and penalties) failed on third reading (13 yes, 14 no, 2 absent) after protracted debate about fingerprints, cash payments over $100 and restitution mechanisms. - Senate Bill 210 (proof of citizenship to register to vote) advanced for third-reading procedure (16 yes, 10 no, 3 absent) following extended exchanges on tribal accommodations and remote registration logistics.
Other committee and scheduling actions: the body set House Bill 412 as time certain at 3:30 p.m. and reassigned HB202 (employee-benefit amendments) to the Retirement Committee; the Senate also circled and uncircled a number of bills and announced a recess until 3:00 p.m.
The session included multiple procedural and housekeeping votes; the clerk transmitted numerous House-passed measures for signature and enrollment at the end of the floor period recorded in the transcript.
Votes and actions listed here match roll-call tallies and procedural outcomes recorded on the Senate floor during the session.
