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Senate advances multiple House bills on consent calendar; key measures moved to third reading
Summary
The Utah Senate cleared a lengthy consent calendar and advanced dozens of House bills by unanimous or near‑unanimous votes, placing several items on the third‑reading calendar while moving others to the bottom of that calendar for later action.
The Utah State Senate on the morning calendar cleared a packed consent calendar and advanced a number of bills to third reading.
On the consent calendar, senators approved measures ranging from protections for electronic records (House Bill 118) to pawn‑shop record access (HB 239) and revisions to youth‑offender statutes (HB 326). Sponsor remarks focused on narrow technical fixes and clarifying language; HB 118’s sponsor described the bill as preventing warrantless access to emails left on servers beyond 180 days.
Several bills were placed at the bottom of the third‑reading calendar after receiving unanimous or near‑unanimous support. Where recorded votes were taken, the clerk read tallies aloud for the record and President Wadhams certified outcomes. The consent calendar concluded with open session returns to the House for signature as required.
Procedural note: the Senate used voice votes and unanimous consent for multiple small or noncontroversial measures, reserving roll‑call tallies for contested or recorded items.
What happens next: Most consent items will be returned to the House for the speaker’s signature or proceed to the third‑reading calendar for final passage at a later time.
