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Votes at a glance: key Senate floor outcomes, March 8, 2012
Summary
The Utah Senate acted on a range of bills during the March 8 floor session. Highlights: HB 9 (state employee compensation) passed 26–0; HB 162 (veterans task force) passed after amendment; HB 272 (autism pilot) passed 21–8; HB 115 (peer assistance pilot) passed 21–6; HB 15 (adaptive testing) passed 25–0. Details and next steps follow.
The Utah Senate handled dozens of measures on March 8. Below are concise summaries of several floor actions with outcomes recorded on the floor.
House Bill 162 — Veterans Reintegration Task Force (Sponsor: Senator Knudson) The Senate adopted an amendment reducing participation funding levels, then passed HB162 after waiving the third reading requirement. The chamber recorded the bill as amended and returning it to the House for further action (vote recorded on the floor: 23 yea, 1 nay, 5 absent as reported on the roll call summary).
House Bill 9 — State employee compensation (Sponsor: Senator Hilliard) Senator Hilliard moved a first substitute to fund an additional 1% compensation increase for state and higher‑education employees. The Senate adopted the substitution, waived the third reading requirement and passed the first substitute by roll call: 26 yea, 0 nay, 3 absent. The bill will be returned to the House for final action.
House Bill 15 — Statewide adaptive testing (Sponsor: Senator Stevenson) The Senate adopted several amendments (including alignment language on the Common Core and formation of a parent review committee) and passed HB15 under suspension of the rules: 25 yea, 0 nay, 4 absent. The bill was returned to the House.
House Bill 115 — Peer assistance and review pilot (Sponsor: Senator Osmond) The Senate adopted an amendment adjusting funding for the teacher mentor/peer assistance pilot and passed HB115 by roll call: 21 yea, 6 nay, 2 absent. The bill was amended and will return to the House for further action.
House Bill 272 — Autism pilot program (Sponsor: Senator Bramble) After adopting substitutions, amendments and intent language, the Senate passed fifth substitute HB272 21–8. The measure includes a two‑year pilot with roughly 350 children estimated to participate across PEHP, an autism treatment fund and Medicaid slots. The Senate’s adoption of intent language requires enrollment prioritization and limits enrollment after 01/01/2014; the bill returns to the House for concurrence.
Other floor business The Senate also handled and passed numerous other bills and conference reports (including SJR3 master study amendments, concurrence on several House amendments and conference reports such as the health care compact conference report). Many measures were adopted under suspension of the rules and will be returned to the House for the Speaker’s signature or further action.
Reminder on attribution: vote tallies and procedural outcomes are taken from the Senate roll calls and floor summaries as read into the record on March 8.
