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Votes at a glance: Bills advanced or passed on Senate floor Feb. 9, 2010
Summary
The Utah Senate advanced or passed several bills and resolutions — including SB90 (mental health), SB53 (voter challenges), SB103 (adverse possession changes), SB104 (renewable energy), SB117 (memorial highway) — forwarding them to the House or placing them on third reading as noted below.
Key recorded floor outcomes from Tuesday’s Senate session (as announced on the floor):
- First Substitute Senate Bill 90 (Mental Health Professional Practice Act Amendments): Passed on a roll call; recorded as 25 yea, 0 nay, 4 absent; forwarded to the House.
- Senate Concurrent Resolution 2 (Reducing Prescription Drug Misuse): Passed on roll call; recorded as 24 yea, 1 nay, 4 absent; to be transmitted to the House.
- Senate Concurrent Resolution 4 (Dental‑care concurrent resolution supporting Regents Caring Foundation): Passed and forwarded to the House.
- Senate Bill 53 (Voter Challenge Revisions): Passed on roll call; recorded as 27 yea, 0 nay, 2 absent; forwarded to the House.
- Senate Bill 103 (Adverse Possession of Real Property): Passed as amended after adoption of Amendment 1 (safeguarding existing adverse‑possession rules); recorded as 26 yea, 0 nay, 3 absent; forwarded to the House.
- Senate Bill 104 (Renewable Energy Modifications — compressed‑air storage): Advanced to the third‑reading calendar after roll‑call/voice vote.
- Senate Bill 117 (Pete Suazo Memorial Highway): Passed under suspension of the rules; recorded as 25 yea, 0 nay, 4 absent; forwarded to the House.
Several bills were also circled or placed on the consent calendar for later action (examples include SB55 and SB108). For each item listed here, the Senate clerk announced the roll‑call totals on the floor.
