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Senate clears broad consent calendar and passes multiple bills on third reading
Summary
The Utah Senate moved a large consent calendar and recorded multiple third‑reading votes, including bills on mortgage licensing, election-law penalties, justice-court pay scheduling and appropriations for a tactical training center.
The Utah Senate handled a broad consent calendar and recorded votes on a series of bills across committees on Thursday morning.
House Bill 128 (Utah Residential Mortgage Practices Act Amendment) was explained by Senator Niederhauser as streamlining licensing for principal lending managers and passed on unanimous recorded action with 26 yeas, 0 nays and 3 absent. House Bill 159 (Professional Employer Organization Licensing Act) also passed unanimously following sponsor remarks about interim work-group reforms and insurance oversight.
On the third-reading calendar, the body passed Senate Bill 193 clarifying election-law penalties (e.g., classifying voting in another person's name as a third-degree felony) by a recorded vote and Senate Concurrent Resolution 5 urging congressional action on immigration reform passed unanimously and will be transmitted to the House.
The Senate also approved appropriations and substituted measures on third reading, including Senate Bill 287 (an appropriation for the Swanson Tactical Training Center) and first-substitute versions of bills such as Senate Bill 47, a comprehensive rewrite affecting special service districts and related local-government code sections.
Votes at a glance: - House Bill 128: 26 yea, 0 nay, 3 absent (consent) - House Bill 159: 26 yea, 0 nay, 3 absent (consent) - Senate Bill 97 (Immigration Task Force): 25 yea, 1 nay, 3 absent - Senate Bill 193 (Election Law): 26 yea, 0 nay, 3 absent - Senate Bill 287 (Swanson Tactical Center appropriation): 28 yea, 0 nay, 1 absent - Selected substituted bills (e.g., SB47): first substitute passed for third reading with recorded tallies as noted on the floor.
The Senate recessed for a committee-of-the-whole recognition and returned later in the day; remaining substituted bills were scheduled for third-reading action per the legislative calendar.
