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Utah Senate moves dozens of measures through consent and concurrence calendars
Summary
The Utah Senate adopted a broad consent calendar and concurred with House amendments on several bills, passing numerous measures by voice or roll-call votes including bills on Medicaid autism waivers, overdose reporting, school employee background checks and charter school authorization.
The Utah Senate used the consent and concurrence calendars to advance a large set of bills with largely unanimous or lopsided votes, sending the measures back to the House for enrollment or further action.
On the consent calendar, the Senate approved House Bill 184 (Medicaid autism waiver), recording 24 yea votes and 0 nays; Senator Stevenson presented the bill and waived further discussion. House Bill 277 (Overdose Reporting Amendment) passed with voice concurrence after sponsor remarks. Several other House bills addressing public safety, taxation, land use and administrative changes were adopted and placed on the second-reading calendar or returned to the House for signature.
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