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Utah Senate advances broad package of bills; key votes move measures on education, Medicaid and taxes forward
Summary
The Utah Senate on Feb. 29, 2012, adopted a wide-ranging set of bills and amendments, approving measures on education reform, Medicaid changes, telecommunications, and a severance-tax constitutional proposal while passing multiple House bills to third reading. Several items were amended on the floor following extended debate.
The Utah State Senate spent its Feb. 29 session considering a large package of bills and floor amendments, approving numerous measures and sending them to third reading or forwarding them to the House.
Among the bills the Senate advanced were measures on taxation, health care and education. First substitute H.B. 323 (sales and use tax collection amendments) passed on a roll call of 25-0; the measure aims to align sales-tax remittance with receipt of payment by sellers. Second substitute H.B. 75 (property taxation of low-income housing), after substitution and an amendment to change penalties from a per-unit to a per-project basis, passed 25-0. H.B. 108 (Internet gambling) passed 26-1, preserving Utah's prohibition on gambling and authorizing the state to opt out should federal law change. H.B. 98 (continuous eligibility for…
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