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Utah Senate advances a broad package of bills on consent and third reading
Summary
The Utah Senate moved a large consent calendar and multiple third‑reading bills, approving measures on juvenile notice, water development loans, DOT settlement approval tiers, specialty license plates, blood donation by minors, and several technical and budget items; most passed unanimously and were returned to the House for signature or further action.
The Utah State Senate spent its morning moving a large consent calendar and finishing third‑reading work on a wide range of bills, approving measures the chamber’s leaders described as technical, revenue‑neutral or previously vetted in committee.
On the consent calendar the Senate passed Second Substitute House Bill 207, a juvenile‑procedure amendment that permits courts to provide parents with a written notice of rights and obligations in addition to oral on‑the‑record statements. The President directed a unanimous vote (24 yeas, 0 nays, 5 absent).
Other measures approved on consent included House Bill 247 (Water Development Amendments), which shifts administration of construction assistance loans to the Division of Drinking Water and was described as revenue‑neutral; Senate Bill 92, which allows local written policies for off‑duty law enforcement working with private security; and House Bill 40, which consolidates small bonding requirements for some state officers into the state’s $10 million commercial insurance pool.
The Senate also approved first‑ and second‑substitute bills on third reading. Notable items that passed and will go back to the House for further action or signature included: • First Substitute House Bill 34 — DOT settlement approval tiers for settlements above $100,000, $500,000 and $1,000,000 (27 yeas, 0 nays, 2 absent). • House Bill 45 — Vehicle Impound Amendments allowing warrantless seizure in certain hit‑and‑run circumstances (28 yeas, 0 nays, 1 absent). • House Bill 64 — Human Blood Procurement and Use, allowing 16‑ and 17‑year‑olds to donate blood with parental consent (28 yeas, 0 nays, 1 absent). • House Bill 56 — Expungement Amendments clarifying when an individual may apply for expungement (25 yeas, 0 nays, 4 absent).
Many other technical, fiscal and policy items were taken up and passed on recorded roll call votes, including bills addressing tobacco penalties and licensing, fire and construction code codification, impact fee reorganization, and a joint resolution on immigration. In most cases the Senate recorded yea votes in the mid‑20s and sent the measures to the House for the next procedural step.
Votes at a glance (selected items and outcomes): • HB207 (Juvenile Amendment): passed (24–0; 5 absent). • HB247 (Water Development Amendments): passed (23–0; 6 absent). • SB92 (Private security/off‑duty law enforcement policies): passed (24–0; 5 absent). • HB34 (DOT settlement tiers): passed (27–0; 2 absent). • HB45 (Vehicle impound): passed (28–0; 1 absent). • HB64 (Blood donation by minors): passed (28–0; 1 absent). • Multiple other bills on administration, public safety, and fiscal policy: passed by roll calls and forwarded to the House.
The President said the chamber will continue its third‑reading calendar later in the day; the Senate recessed for caucuses and planned to return at 2 p.m.
