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Votes at a glance: Utah Senate advances multiple bills on consent and third reading
Summary
The Senate adopted many committee reports and passed a slate of bills on Feb. 14 (consent and third‑reading actions), including HB19, SB66, SB135, SB36, SB136, SB142, SB101, SB21 and others; most passed unanimously or with large majorities as recorded in the floor minutes.
The Utah State Senate on Feb. 14 moved a large number of bills through committee reports, the consent calendar and third reading with mostly unanimous or near‑unanimous recorded votes.
Key floor actions recorded in the minutes include:
- First substitute House Bill 19 (insurance law technical amendments): passed by recorded voice/rotation with an explicit tally entered as 24 yeas, 0 nays, 5 absent; will be returned to the House for further action.
- Senate Bill 66 (military leave for elected officials; temporary appointment procedure for activations between 30–365 days): recorded as passing with 23 yeas, 0 nays, 6 absent; forwarded to the House.
- Senate Bill 135 (Department of Public Safety duties cleanup): passed with a recorded tally of 22 yeas, 0 nays, 7 absent.
- The Senate concurred with House amendments on SB35 (construction licensees) and adopted sponsor intent language prior to final passage.
- First substitute SB36 (Concealed Firearm Act amendments) concurred with House amendments and passed on a recorded vote (25 yeas, 0 nays, 4 absent) to be returned to the House for signature of the Speaker.
- First substitute SB136 (voting and abandoned vessels provisions) and other bills (e.g., SB142 public official contact information; SB101 securities enforcement) were moved through the calendar with recorded votes; SB101 was recorded as passing 27 yeas, 0 nays, 2 absent.
- Tax bills including first substitute SB21 (tax domicile/residency revisions, as amended) passed on final reading with recorded tallies (26 yeas, 0 nays, 3 absent). Third substitute SB125 (property tax exemption for charter school‑owned property) passed (23 yeas, 0 nays, 6 absent).
- Second substitute SB108 (joint use of water infrastructure) was adopted and passed to the third‑reading calendar with a recorded 26 yeas, 0 nays, 3 absent.
Some roll call and tally lines in the transcript are garbled or abbreviated in places; the article lists the vote outcomes as recorded in the Senate floor minutes and notes where the transcript record is unclear. All bills that were recorded as passed will be forwarded to the House or to the next procedural step as indicated in the floor remarks.
The Senate adjourned to meet at 10 a.m. the following day.
