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Votes at a glance: key Senate actions Jan. 29
Summary
On Jan. 29 the Utah Senate advanced and passed multiple bills on third reading and moved others to third reading; highlights include passage of SB 12 (DUI courts), SB 25 (online voter registration), SB 26 (open-meetings records) and placement of several bills on the third reading calendar.
The Utah Senate took multiple floor actions on Jan. 29. Major outcomes and formal vote tallies recorded on the floor journal follow.
Passed on third reading and sent to the House
- Senate Bill 12 (DUI amendments): 27 yea, 0 nay, 2 absent; passed and forwarded to the House.
Passed on third reading and forwarded
- Senate Bill 25 (online voter registration): 27 yea, 0 nay, 2 absent; passed and will be forwarded to the House.
- Senate Bill 26 (Open and Public Meetings Act — minutes/transcripts): 27 yea, 0 nay, 2 absent; passed and will be forwarded to the House.
Placed on the third reading calendar for later action
- First substitute Senate Bill 27 (election law cleanup): placed after receiving 28 yea, 0 nay, 1 absent on second reading.
- Senate Bill 28 (prohibited activities for enhanced gang offenders): placed on third reading after receiving 24 yea, 1 nay, 0 absent.
- Senate Bill 33 (Utility Transmission Corridor Siting Task Force): placed on third reading after 25 yea, 1 nay, 3 absent.
- Senate Bill 38 (severance tax trust fund amendments): placed on third reading after recorded floor action; sponsor indicated an amended fiscal note will follow.
- Senate Concurrent Resolution 1 (employer-sponsored work program waiver request): passed second reading 22 yea, 3 nay, 4 absent and was placed on the third reading calendar.
- Senate Bill 40 (lawful presence verification for driver’s license and Real ID compliance): placed on third reading after 26 yea, 0 nay, 3 absent.
Other procedural actions included multiple bills read for the first time and committee referral, circling of bills for later consideration, and several motions to substitute or amend pending bills.
Where floor tallies were recorded, they are cited above; where only voice votes or procedural placements occurred the chamber announced the motion outcome on the floor. Official journal entries and reading-clerk communications provide complete roll-call records.
