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Votes at a Glance: Bills Advanced by the Utah Senate on Day 30
Summary
The Senate advanced a broad slate of bills to the House on Day 30, including measures on dead-body permits, homeschooling, rainwater capture, rent assignment law, juvenile court staffing, and multiple fiscal and public-safety bills; roll-call tallies are listed where recorded.
On Day 30 the Utah Senate moved a substantial group of bills through third reading and recorded votes, often after brief comment or as part of previously held hearings. Highlights and recorded tallies include:
- HB 223 (technical cleanup to criminal code on child homicide/statute of limitations): unanimous recorded consent on the consent calendar (19 yeas, 0 nays, 10 absent). (SEG 303-323)
- SB 142 (disposition of a dead body): passed (24 yeas, 0 nays, 5 absent). Sponsor said the bill requires permits before disposing of a body by methods that make the body unavailable for investigation or autopsy. (SEG 622-662)
- SB 146 (homeschooling amendment): passed (24 yeas, 0 nays, 5 absent); requires districts to issue homeschool exemption certificates within 30 days. (SEG 663-705)
- SB 58 (collection and use of precipitation): passed (24 yeas, 2 nays, 3 absent); bill authorizes public water suppliers to allow customers to capture and use precipitation within the supplier's water-right framework, with reporting to the state engineer; debate focused on jurisdictional and property-right questions. (SEG 706-872)
- SB 54 (Uniform Assignment of Rent Act): passed (26 yeas, 0 nays, 3 absent). Sponsor noted differing implementation dates depending on pending case status or security-interest dates. (SEG 873-909)
- Multiple other bills and substitutes were called, circled or passed on the calendar (e.g., SB 150, SB 160, SB 159, SB 116 substitute, SB 118, SB 133, SB 154, SB 161, SB 159 first substitute). Where recorded tallies were provided, those are noted on the floor and the bills were forwarded to the House. (Multiple SEG references throughout the transcript)
Why it matters: The day's activity demonstrates the legislature advancing both technical fixes and substantive policy across education, public health, water law and public safety. Several bills had prior hearings and were expedited on the floor to accommodate the legislative calendar.
Next steps: Most bills passed by the Senate will be transmitted to the House for its consideration or further conference committee work if needed.
