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Votes at a glance: House and Senate measures passed on Day 12
Summary
Several bills were placed on consent and passed on the Senate floor, including technical building and fire code amendments, reauthorizations, and election law changes; House Bill 35 was recalled and later placed on the third reading table for fiscal review.
The Utah Senate completed a series of consent and recorded votes on Day 12. Major outcomes and recorded tallies were:
- House Bill 27 (General Building Contractor Amendments): passed 26‑0 (3 absent). The measure is a technical correction related to elevator contractor provisions.
- House Bill 45 (State Fire Code Amendments): passed 27‑0 (2 absent). The bill clarifies definitions, including a definition relating to premix antifreeze in fire suppression systems.
- Senate Bill 131 (Reauthorization of the Utah Commission on Aging): passed 23‑0 (6 absent) and will be forwarded to the House.
- Senate Bill 135 (Sunset reauthorization in human services): passed 24‑0 (5 absent) and will be forwarded to the House.
- House Bill 243 (Municipal Election Revisions): passed 25‑0 (4 absent). The bill modernizes nomination and petition provisions for municipal elections.
- House Bill 37 (Child Support Guidelines Advisory Committee extension): passed 25‑0 (4 absent).
- House Bill 22 (Centralized New Hire Registry): passed 24‑0 (5 absent) to comply with federal requirements for workforce services and unemployment insurance.
- Senate Bill 35 (New Motor Vehicle Warranties Act Amendments — RV warranties): passed to the third reading calendar 24‑1 (4 absent) after floor debate on mediation selection and cost.
- House Bill 35 (Extension of Recycling Market Development Zone Tax Credits) was recalled from the House under suspension of rules because the bill carries a fiscal note of over $2,000,000 to the Education Fund; the Senate later reconsidered and placed it on the third reading table for fiscal review.
Several other bills were assigned to committees or circled for further floor consideration. Where recorded votes were taken, tallies above match the Senate clerk's announcements on the floor.
