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Senate advances a slate of bills Feb. 16; many passed and forwarded to the House
Summary
The Utah Senate on Feb. 16 approved numerous bills across third‑reading business — including measures on unemployment insurance, higher education stipends, offender registry review, property and tax code cleanups, and public‑safety provisions — and forwarded most passed items to the House for concurrence or signature.
The Utah State Senate completed an extensive third‑reading calendar on Feb. 16, moving a large group of House and Senate bills forward by recorded vote or unanimous consent.
Among the bills the Senate passed and transmitted to the House or signed in open session were House Bill 285 (consolidating funds into a Success Stipend, freeing approximately $39,000 for that stipend), House Bill 13 (shortening the time window for offender registry removal from 10 to five years), and House Bill 277 (adding “etching” to graffiti code). The Senate also approved Senate measures including SB49 (Military Installation Development Authority amendments), SB150 (local and special service district amendments), SB156 (elected official post‑retirement benefit alignment), SB57 (blasting permit authority revisions), SB100 (funding a law‑library self‑help center), SB62 (cigarette tax restricted account allocations), and others. Several of these passed with unanimous tallies reported on the floor; the clerk recorded final vote tallies at the time of passage.
Procedurally, the chamber adopted the Rules Committee report assigning bills to standing committees and placed many items on consent or second‑reading calendars according to committee recommendation. After formal roll calls and announcements, most passed bills were forwarded to the House for signature or further action as required by legislative procedures. Where votes occurred, the president announced yea/nay counts on the floor immediately following the roll calls.
Next steps: Bills forwarded to the House will be returned to the Senate if further concurrence or signature is required; bills placed on the third‑reading calendar will reappear for final action on subsequent days. Several bills that passed were readied for enrollment or signed by the president in open session as noted on the floor.
Votes at a glance (selected outcomes announced on the floor): HB285 — passed (26 yea, 0 nay, 3 absent); HB13 — passed (27 yea, 1 nay, 1 absent); HB277 — passed (26 yea, 2 nay, 1 absent); SB49 — passed (27 yea, 0 nay); SB150 — passed (27 yea, 0 nay); SB156 — passed (26 yea, 1 nay, 2 absent); SB57 — passed (27 yea, 0 nay); SB100 — passed (27 yea, 0 nay); SB62 — passed (26 yea, 0 nay, 3 absent).
