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Utah Senate approves multiple bills on second and third readings; several measures circled for amendment
Summary
The Utah State Senate adopted a block of committee reports and passed numerous bills on second and third reading, including measures on e‑verify, HOA reserve accounts, off‑highway vehicle liability, civics education, and a state federal‑lands resource plan. Several bills were circled for amendment and returned to the House as required.
The Utah State Senate opened its morning session with ceremonial remarks, then moved quickly through committee reports and a series of bills on the second and third reading calendars.
Clerks reported that the House had concurred in Senate amendments on substitute House Bill 204 (Protection of Athletes with Head Injuries) and transmitted it for signature. The chamber adopted multiple standing committee reports, which placed affected bills on later calendars.
On roll-call votes the Senate recorded the following outcomes during the morning session: Senate Bill 238 (verification of employment status/e-verify) passed (20 yea, 3 nay, 6 absent); First Substitute Senate Bill 89 (HOA reserve accounts) passed (25 yea, 0 nay, 4 absent); House Bill 68 (off-highway vehicle operator responsibilities) passed (26 yea, 1 nay, 2 absent); House Bill 180 (debt collection data match with worker registry) passed (24 yea, 1 nay, 4 absent); First Substitute House Bill 263 (local district services amendments) passed (24 yea, 0 nay, 5 absent); First Substitute House Bill 74 (municipal justice court retention election change) passed on second reading (26 yea, 2 nay, 1 absent) and was placed on the third-reading calendar; First Substitute House Bill 115 (mechanics’ lien amendments) was placed on third reading; and multiple other bills advanced to the third-reading calendar or were returned to the House for signatures.
Several bills were 'circled' or 'uncircled' — standard floor practice when amendments are being prepared or sponsors are absent — including SB 73, SB 89, SB 279 and others. The Senate also agreed to reconsider a previous third-reading defeat of SB 65 and placed it back on the third-reading calendar.
The chamber recessed for lunch and planned further floor work in the afternoon session.
Votes listed above were read by the clerk on the floor and recorded in the session minutes. Where votes were announced but individual member roll-call names were not recorded in the transcript, the clerk reported only the tallies.
