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Votes at a glance: bills and resolutions the Utah Senate advanced Feb. 1, 2011
Summary
A summary of measures the Utah Senate passed and sent to the House on Feb. 1, 2011, including several appropriation bills, technical amendments and commemorative resolutions with vote tallies and brief descriptions.
During its Feb. 1, 2011 session the Utah Senate advanced multiple bills and resolutions to the House. Below are the principal measures, short descriptions and the clerk’s recorded vote tallies as announced on the floor.
- First Substitute Senate Bill 98 (Securities Related Amendments): Clarifies licensing of investment advisors and the de minimis exemption for out-of-state advisors. Passed by unanimous recorded vote (25–0, 4 absent).
- First Substitute Senate Joint Resolution 7 (Fibromyalgia Awareness Day): Designates May 1231 as Fibromyalgia Awareness Day and urges parity and access to care; passed unanimously (26–0, 3 absent).
- Senate Bill 106 (Exploitation amendments): Creates a separate exploitation act with enhanced provisions for exploitation of minors and vulnerable adults; passed (25–0, 4 absent) and forwarded to the House.
- First Substitute Senate Bill 1 (Public Education base budget): See separate coverage for full debate; principal roll-call noted on the floor as 19–7 with 3 absent when advanced under suspension of rules.
- Senate Bill 121 (Automobile Franchise Act amendments): Technical cleanup to dealer/manufacturer promotion and dealer location rules; passed (27–0, 2 absent) and transmitted to the House.
- Senate Bill 39 (Children’s Justice Center Program Amendment Act): Adds Sanpete and Sevier counties to the program, replaces interlocal agreement language with an MOU and allows a licensed nurse practitioner to serve on advisory boards; passed (26–0, 3 absent).
- First Substitute House Bill 5 (Business, Economic Development and Labor base budget): Committee reported ~7% savings (~$8,000,000); passed final passage (28–5, 4 absent) and was signed by the President in open session for transmittal to the House.
- First Substitute House Bill 6 (Executive Offices and Criminal Justice base budget): Passed (22–4, 3 absent) and forwarded to the House.
- First Substitute House Bill 7 (Infrastructure and General Government): Committee achieved a 7% cut overall (largest reduction was transportation); passed (20–3, 6 absent).
- First Substitute House Bill 8 (Social Services base budget): Passed final passage (28–6, 3 absent); sponsors noted deep and difficult cuts totaling roughly $49.9 million in state funds and about $53 million in federal funds (combined reduction ~ $103 million of program-level funds).
- Senate Joint Resolution 8 (Ronald Reagan Day): Suspended rules and passed designating Feb. 6 as Ronald Reagan Day in recognition of the 100th anniversary of his birth (23–0, 6 absent).
- Senate Bill 115 (School performance reporting): Amendment adopted to require publication of current-year test results; SB115 passed (25–0, 4 absent) and was sent to the House.
- First Substitute Senate Bill 119 (School district superintendents amendments): Substituted to clarify notification/authorization procedure when local boards hire non-educator CEOs; passed (25–0, recorded) and forwarded to the House.
Several motions to suspend the rules were made to expedite consideration and passage; those procedural votes were carried by voice or unanimous recorded count as announced by the presiding officer.
This roundup captures the measures discussed and the roll-call tallies as recorded on the Senate floor; tally counts are those announced by the presiding officer or clerk during the session.
