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Senate clears wide set of bills on consent and third-reading; several measures passed unanimously
Summary
On March 7, 2011 the Utah Senate advanced and passed a large consent calendar and several third-reading bills, including measures on veterans IDs, charter school property tax, ballot placement, and emergency responder fees; multiple items were circled, amended or referred to interim study.
The Utah Senate moved briskly through a long consent calendar on March 7, passing multiple bills and taking a series of procedural steps to clear the floor for the final week of the 2011 session.
On the consent calendar, the chamber unanimously approved House Bill 86, allowing a veterans designation on driver licenses and ID cards; Senator Dayton moved the bill and the President recorded a unanimous vote (26 yea, 0 nay, 3 absent). Senate Bill 278, clarifying property tax exemption treatment for public charter schools by defining a charter school as a district for property-tax exemption purposes, passed unanimously as well (25–0 recorded in that sequence). First substitute House Bill 143, setting ballot listing by random selection rather than alphabet or party, was also approved and returned to the House for the Speaker’s…
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