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At-a-glance: bills the Utah Senate advanced or read today
Summary
The Senate placed numerous bills on calendars, circled or read several for third reading and approved a number of measures by recorded vote; notable actions included passage of SB22, SB23, SB26, SB27 and HB1, and third-reading moves on SB33, SB40 and SB24.
During the floor session the Senate moved many bills through committee assignment, calendar placement and final or third-reading actions. Key outcomes recorded on the floor included:
- Senate Bill 22 (timing of ballot items): final passage recorded as 29–0; referred to the House. - Senate Bill 23 (polling requirements clean-up): final passage recorded as 29–0; referred to the House. - Senate Bill 26 (Fire Management Areas): recorded as 29–0; referred to the House. - Senate Bill 27 (Trustee sale excess proceeds): recorded as 27 yes votes; referred to the House. - Senate Bill 30 (Consumer Sales Practice Act amendment): circled for scheduling. - Senate Bill 33 (state-owned art inventory): read for the third time (26 yes, 0 nay, 3 absent). - Senate Bill 40 (state trade database): read for the third time with a favorable vote. - Senate Bill 24 (retirement/divorce technical revisions): read for the third time (27 yes, 0 nay, 2 absent). - House Bill 1 (minimum school program budget): final passage recorded as 27–0 with 2 absent; returned to the House. - Senate Resolution 2 (honoring James L. Sorensen): adopted as a time-certain item; final passage recorded on the floor.
Some measures were circled (scheduled) or uncircled for placement on reading calendars, and several items were referred to standing committees as recommended by the Rules Committee.
