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Votes at a glance: key roll-call outcomes from the Utah Senate floor session
Summary
The Senate recorded roll-call outcomes on multiple measures during the session, including unanimous or strong majorities on bills covering online education (S.B.178), health reform (H.B.144), indoor clean air (H.B.245 substitute advancement), Medicaid continuous eligibility (H.B.98) and several tax, criminal and education measures. This roundup lists outcomes and next procedural steps.
The following is a concise roundup of key procedural outcomes and recorded roll‑call tallies announced on the Senate floor during the session covered by the transcript.
- First substitute S.B. 178 (statewide online education program): passed (roll-call recorded 29 yea, 0 nay); substitute replaces original and moves to third reading.
- Third substitute H.B. 144 (health system reform amendments): passed (roll-call recorded 26 yea, 0 nay, 3 absent); substitute placed on the third-reading calendar.
- Third substitute H.B. 245 (Utah Indoor Clean Air Act amendments for e-cigarettes and hookah bars): advanced and placed at the bottom of the third-reading calendar after roll-call recorded 26 yea, 0 nay, 3 absent.
- H.B. 305 (construction code revisions, conference committee report): committee report adopted and first substitute placed at the top of the third-reading calendar; floor adopted the conference committee report by voice vote.
- H.B. 86 (posting of trespass; Class B misdemeanor): passed (roll-call recorded 27 yea, 0 nay, 2 absent) and will return to the House for the speaker’s signature.
- First substitute S.B. 244 (reporting options for auto insurance; amended): passed (roll-call recorded 26 yea, 0 nay, 3 absent) as amended.
- First substitute S.B. 191 (accountability for school attendance): passed (roll-call recorded 19 yea, 6 nay, 4 absent) after adoption of a friendly amendment exempting registered homeschoolers.
- Second substitute H.B. 237 (child welfare amendments): floor action reported as having received 25 yea, 1 nay, 3 absent after amendment; the bill is returned to the House for further consideration.
- First substitute H.B. 98 (continuous eligibility for Medicaid): passed (roll-call recorded 26 yea, 0 nay, 3 absent) and will be signed in open session.
Several other bills were uncircled, substituted, circled, or returned to rules during the session; committee reports were adopted en masse and many measures were placed on either the consent or third‑reading calendars. Where the Senate amended a House bill, bills will return to the House for concurrence.
This roundup reflects only the tallies and procedural outcomes announced on the Senate floor in the provided transcript; any statutory text changes, fiscal notes, or implementing instructions are recorded only where stated on the floor.
