Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Legislative Actions topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Votes at a glance: key Senate actions and outcomes on Feb. 25
Summary
The Utah Senate took final or procedural action on multiple measures Feb. 25; this roundup lists notable bills that were concurred, amended, advanced or passed on the floor with reported tallies and next steps.
The Senate recorded votes or procedural actions on multiple bills during the Feb. 25 floor session. Key outcomes included:
- SB142 (public official contact information): Senate concurred with House amendments and passed by roll call (reported 20 yea, 0 nay, 9 absent). The bill will be returned to the House for the Speaker’s signature.
- SJR12 (immigration joint resolution): Senate concurred with House amendments and passed (reported 24 yea, 0 nay, 5 absent). The resolution recognizes that the U.S. Congress has "assumed" authority over immigration policy while urging other actions; it will be forwarded to the House for the Speaker’s signature.
- First substitute SB131 (Unincorporated Business Entities): Uncircled and passed on the floor (reported 24 aye, 0 nay, 5 absent); effective dates and technical drafting to follow.
- SB276 (Personal Property Audit Allocation): Amendment adopted to shift audit costs to the taxing entity for which the audit was performed; bill passed (reported 19 aye, 0 nay, 10 absent).
- SB198 (Division of Housing and Community Development Amendments): Bill passed for third reading (reported 18 yea, 0 nay, 11 absent).
- SB314 (Alcoholic beverage amendments): Major package amended on the floor (Amendment No. 4 adopted) and passed on roll call (reported 23 yea, 2 nay, 4 absent).
- SB270 (sales-tax rate and food tax restoration): Sponsor’s amendment (reduce state rate to 4.38%) adopted and the bill moved to the third-reading calendar for further action; recorded roll-call indicated the motion passed (roll-call counts recorded on the floor as 16–17 yea, 9 nay, 4 absent in the transcript record).
- SB137 (Medicaid amendments / Preferred Drug List): Passed on roll call (reported 16 yea, 10 nay, 3 absent); sponsors directed certain savings toward mental-health providers and emergency dental services.
- HB212 (charges by health providers for medical records): Passed on consent (reported 18 yea, 0 nay, 11 absent) and referred to the House for further action.
These counts are taken from the clerk’s roll-call reports on the floor; detailed vote-by-name lists were read during roll calls for several measures and are captured in the official Senate record.
