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Utah Senate adopts committee reports and advances a slate of bills, including budgets and trade, liquor and business measures
Summary
The Utah Senate adopted standing committee reports, advanced a budget bill and approved multiple measures on third reading — including Senate Bill 33 (state-owned art inventory), Senate Bill 40 (state trade database), and a set of resolutions and joint resolutions — while several other bills were scheduled for further consideration.
The Utah Senate’s floor session included adoption of standing committee reports, the third reading and passage of several bills, and the transmittal of multiple measures to the House. Clerk and committee reports listed items recommended favorably for further consideration; Senator Hickman moved adoption of those committee reports and the motion passed.
Key measures acted on the floor:
- Senate Concurrent Resolution 4: A citation honoring Mario R. Capecchi, the University of Utah Nobel laureate, was read and the resolution passed (27–0, 2 absent) and was referred to the House.
- Senate Bill 33 (State-owned art inventory): Presented by Senator Madsen to refine inventory and care of state-owned art; recorded as passing the third reading (reported 28 yes, 0 nay, 1 absent).
- Senate Bill 40 (State trade database): Senator Madsen presented this measure to create a state trade database to track exporters; the measure passed on the floor (reported 29 yes, 0 nay).
- Senate Bill 30 (Consumer Sales Practice Act amendment): Senator Jones offered an amendment narrowing coverage to cut flowers and floral products; the bill, as amended, passed (reported 28 yes, 0 nay, 1 absent).
- A series of resolutions and joint resolutions moved under suspension of the rules, including concurrent and joint resolutions related to obesity awareness and alternate routes to teacher licensure; SJR3 (in-session employee compensation for 2008) passed and will be transmitted to the House.
Other measures presented included SB95 (markup reduction on alcoholic beverages for small distillers and certain beer sold at liquor stores), SB110 (foreign business entities and tribal law), SB131 (automatic enrollment for retirement savings), and SB60 (amendment to Labor Commission reporting). Several of these were read for the third time or otherwise advanced during the session.
Some bills were circled for later consideration (for example SB50 concerning medical benefits recovery and TEFRA liens) so sponsors could bring additional information back to the floor. Senate leadership adjourned early because of heavy snow and scheduled return at 10 a.m. the next day.
