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Senate passes several House bills and resolutions, including school board and workers' compensation fixes
Summary
On the second‑reading calendar the Senate moved a set of House bills and resolutions: first substitute HB 3,002 (State Board of Education boundaries) passed unanimously in the Senate; HB 3,003 (workers' compensation technical fix) and HB 3,004 (State Board of Regents amendments) also passed and will be returned to the House for signature; several concurrent resolutions were approved.
The Utah Senate used suspension of the rules to consider a package of House bills and concurrent resolutions, passing each and returning them to the House for signature.
Unidentified Speaker 1 presented first substitute House Bill 3,002, which replaces State Board of Education district boundaries and sets staggered election dates for the 15 state school board seats. The sponsor said each state board district would represent roughly 180,000 people. The Senate passed the bill under suspension of the rules; the clerk recorded first substitute HB 3,002 as passing 24‑0 with 5 absent.
House Bill 3,003, described by Unidentified Speaker 18 as a drafting fix to earlier workers' compensation legislation (SB 35), was moved under suspension and passed by the Senate; the transcript records the final tally as 26‑0 with 3 absent and the bill will be returned to the House for enrollment and signature.
House Bill 3,004, amending language in statute to define rural representation on the State Board of Regents by county classes rather than metropolitan statistical area designations, was also presented and debated briefly. The Senate passed HB 3,004 with 23 yea, 3 nay and 3 absent, and the bill will be returned to the House for the Speaker’s signature.
The Senate also unanimously approved House Concurrent Resolution 301 recognizing the 75th anniversary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter‑day Saints’ welfare system and took action on several other House messages placed on the second reading calendar.
