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Votes at a glance: key Senate actions March 5, 2012
Summary
On March 5 the Utah Senate advanced many bills under suspension of the rules; notable final votes included unanimous or near‑unanimous passage of property tax smoothing and education and public‑safety measures, while a late airport lease bill (SB 292) failed to advance.
The Senate took final action on a broad set of measures during its March 5, 2012 floor session. Below are selected recorded outcomes and short notes to help readers and officials track what moved and where further work is expected:
- First Substitute, Senate Bill 272 (property tax rate amendments): Passed 29 yeas, 0 nays; forwarded to the House. Sponsor said the bill smooths redemption calculations to reduce short‑term volatility in certified property tax rates.
- Senate Bill 281 (mortgage and financial fraud investigations): Passed 24 yeas, 2 nays; forwarded to the House. Sponsor referenced a multistate settlement that would bring about $171,000,000 to Utah, with about $23,000,000 to the state.
- Senate Bill 206 (warrant process/database): Passed 26 yeas, 0 nays; forwarded to the House. Sponsor reported roughly 200,000 unpaid warrants statewide and described a contractor‑assisted outreach process.
- Senate Bill 284 (concurrent enrollment amendments): Amended on the floor and placed on the third reading calendar (tallies and amendment votes recorded during floor debate). Sponsors emphasized exemptions for free/reduced‑price lunch students and technology‑intensive courses; Regents oversight of fee schedules was requested.
- Senate Bill 286 (college readiness assessment): Passed 29 yeas, 0 nays; forwarded to the House. Sponsor described a $500,000 appropriation for an online college‑readiness tool to diagnose math gaps early.
- Senate Bill 40 (cosmetic medical procedures, as amended): Passed 21 yeas, 7 nays, 1 absent; forwarded to the House. Substitutions and amendments were adopted, including a truth‑in‑advertising amendment dealing with the term “medical” in business names.
- Senate Bill 292 (airport operator lease agreements): The motion to advance the late‑introduced bill to third reading failed on the floor; the measure was filed after considerable debate about stakeholder participation and the lack of a public hearing.
Many other bills (appropriations, concurrent resolutions and technical corrections) were also acted on during the day and will be forwarded to the House or placed on the Senate third‑reading calendar as recorded in the floor minutes.
For reporters and stakeholders: this list highlights floor outcomes and directs readers to the House for the next action step on bills that passed the Senate. The transcript contains roll‑call excerpts and block references to each recorded vote for verification.
