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Utah Senate advances scores of bills, adopts committee reports and places several measures on consent
Summary
On Feb. 18, 2011, the Utah State Senate adopted committee reports, placed items on the consent calendar and approved multiple House and Senate measures in a floor session that included votes on bills ranging from disability language updates to education funding accountability.
The Utah State Senate met in a floor session on Feb. 18, 2011, where senators adopted committee reports, moved numerous bills through final or intermediate action, and placed several measures on the consent calendar.
Senate President Wadsworth called the session to order, confirmed a quorum and the Senate adopted the Rules Committee report after Senator Jenkins moved to adopt it. The body then considered a consent calendar and multiple third‑reading items.
Senator Lyle Hilliard presented substitute House Bill 230, a measure that updates statutory language to use more respectful terminology for people with disabilities. "This bill goes through the law and uses more correct terms on people with disabilities," Hilliard said, and the Senate directed a recorded unanimous first‑substitute vote; the President announced the bill had received 23 yea votes, 0 nays and 6 absent and that it would be returned to the House.
Senator Jones described…
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