Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Legislative Votes Summary topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Votes at a glance: March 1, 2010 Utah Senate — bills passed, amended and referred to the House
Summary
The Senate approved or acted on multiple bills March 1, 2010, including SB118, SB143, HB294 (as amended), SB59, SB164, SB129, SB180, SB212, SB232, SB108 and others; this roundup lists outcomes and key details.
Today’s Senate session produced a series of final actions and referrals to the House. Below are the bills on which the Senate recorded formal outcomes, with brief notes on the action and vote tally.
- SB118 (Uniform Probate Code amendments): Sponsor explained changes to homestead/exemptions and heir classes (stepchildren added); passed by roll call (25 yea, 0 nay).
- SB143 (grand jury in municipal cases where an elected official is accused): Allows a municipality to call a grand jury to investigate such complaints privately; passed (26 yea, 0 nay, 3 absent).
- HB294 (Health systems reform / risk adjuster): Passed as amended (see separate coverage). Roll call: 23 yea, 4 nay, 2 absent. Amendment added a sunset for the statewide risk-adjuster mechanism.
- SB59 (instructions to local school boards/charters on gang prevention and intervention policies): Passed under suspension (22 yea, 1 nay, 6 absent).
- SB164 (surety requirements for small mining operations): Brings statute in line with current reclamation practice (allowing average cost per acre); passed (25 yea, 0 nay, 4 absent).
- SB129 (motor vehicle franchise—second substitute): Limits abusive site-control agreements, clarifies audit/chargeback process; passed (23 yea, 0 nay, 6 absent).
- SB180 (exploitation of a vulnerable adult): Amendment removed requirement to prove financial gain for felony; bill passed as amended (23 yea, 0 nay, 6 absent).
- SB212 (pawnshop reporting amendments): Closes a reporting loophole for pawnshops to improve stolen-property recovery; passed (25 yea, 0 nay, 4 absent).
- SB232 (Judicial Administration Amendments): Amendments include unanimous decision language for a hiring-freeze panel; passed (25 yea, 0 nay, 4 absent).
- SB108 (third substitute; judicial nominating commission changes): Amendments altered application language and reallocated some staff responsibilities; passed (18 yea, 9 nay, 2 absent) and sent to the House.
Several bills were circled for later consideration, and multiple items were placed on second-reading calendars or assigned to standing committees. The Senate adjourned until 9 a.m. the following day.
For each bill above, the Senate record provides the sponsor’s floor explanation and the roll‑call tally where recorded; text and fiscal notes will be transmitted with the enrolled bills when forwarded to the House.
