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Senate passes wide slate of bills Feb. 14; votes at a glance
Summary
On Feb. 14 the Utah Senate passed a large group of bills on consent and the floor, including measures on unemployment eligibility, medical-reserve liability, water-rights adjudication, HOV lane permits, property-tax procedures and behavioral-health teletherapy. Vote tallies and procedural motions are listed below.
The Utah State Senate completed a busy floor session on Feb. 14, advancing and passing a package of bills across policy areas. Key outcomes and vote tallies recorded on the floor are summarized below.
What passed (selection and vote counts)
- First Substitute House Bill 21 (Workforce Services Amendments): Sponsor Senator Reid said the bill limits eligibility for unemployment benefits for certain persons located abroad and makes technical changes. Motion to pass recorded as a unanimous vote of senators present; enrollment directed.
- House Bill 70 (membership balancing for [named body] and related changes): Passed, recorded as 25 yea, 0 nay, 4 absent.
- House Bill 48 (Medical Reserve Corps Amendments — extend liability coverage): Passed, recorded as 28 yea, 0 nay, 1 absent. Sponsor Senator Shiozawa and Senator Van Tassel discussed exclusion of EMS volunteers in some rural counties; sponsor cited existing liability insurance and…
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