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Senate advances a slate of House bills and joint resolutions; calendar changes set for tobacco measures
Summary
On the Senate floor, members adopted numerous committee reports and advanced a broad set of House bills and resolutions (including HB118, HB115, HB125, HB178, HB176, HB275, HJR23, HJR27, HB181 and others), with many items placed on the third-reading calendar; leadership also rearranged the calendar to prioritize tobacco-tax measures for the next sitting.
The Utah Senate spent the session taking up standing committee reports, moving several bills through floor procedure and rearranging the calendar to prioritize tobacco tax measures.
The Senate adopted committee reports and placed multiple bills at the bottom of the second- or third-reading calendars. Notable floor actions and roll-call outcomes recorded in the transcript include:
- House Bill 118 (Economic Development Incentives Modification): passed roll call 22 yea, 0 nay, 7 absent; placed on third-reading calendar. - House Bill 115 (counsel for indigence in juvenile proceedings): passed 28 yea, 0 nay, 1 absent; placed on third-reading calendar. - House Bill 125 (kidnapping/offender registry amendment): passed 26 yea, 0 nay, 3 absent; placed on third-reading calendar. - House Bill 178 (Bureau of Criminal Identification Fee Amendments, first substitute): passed 28 yea, 0 nay, 1 absent. - House Bill 176 (continuing education for electricians/plumbers): passed 23 yea, 3 nay, 3 absent. - House Bill 275 (Division of Real Estate recodification, first substitute): passed 25 yea, 0 nay, 4 absent. - House Joint Resolution 23 (sale of real property at Utah State Developmental Center): passed 25 yea, 0 nay, 4 absent. - House Joint Resolution 27 (Authentic Charity Healthcare resolution): passed 24 yea, 0 nay, 5 absent. - House Bill 181 (Condominium Association common expenses; technical correction): passed 24 yea, 0 nay, 5 absent. - House Bill 265 (real property amendments — golf course valuation, first substitute): passed 28 yea, 0 nay, 1 absent.
Leadership also lifted and circled tobacco-related bills (House Bill 196; Senate Bill 40) to be taken up at the top of the second-reading calendar for the next day. The Senate concluded by addressing a motion to reconsider Senate Bill 99 (water-rights changes), which failed on voice vote.
These votes reflect a busy floor session advancing a mix of technical corrections, regulatory changes, fee adjustments and policy resolutions.
