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Utah Senate advances a broad package of bills, sends measures to the House
Summary
On Feb. 22 the Utah Senate approved a slate of bills on the consent and third‑reading calendars — from health and education items to utility and public‑safety measures — and forwarded them to the House, while circling a handful for further review.
SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Senate on Feb. 22 moved a wide group of bills through the chamber, approving multiple measures on the consent and third‑reading calendars and forwarding them to the House for further action.
The chamber recorded unanimous or near‑unanimous passage for a series of bills presented on the consent calendar. Senator Van Tassel summarized Senate Bill 33 as a measure to allow the Department of Health to appoint a Native American liaison to coordinate health activities with tribal communities; the Senate recorded SB 33’s passage as having received 24 yeas, 0 nays and 5 absent, and the bill will be sent to the House.
Other consent calendar measures that passed included Senate Concurrent Resolution 1, which recognizes Crisis Intervention Team training for law enforcement and encourages coordination with mental‑health…
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