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Senate advances consent calendar and multiple bills; restitution and education measures clear body
Summary
The Utah Senate on Day 16 passed a series of consent-calendar measures and moved a set of bills to the House, including SB 161 on restitution, SB 122 (student leadership pilot), SB 162 (concurrent enrollment amendments) and several House bills on licensing and elections. Many passed unanimously or by large margins.
The Utah Senate convened on Day 16 and approved a package of consent-calendar bills and multiple measures after floor presentations and limited debate.
House Bill 42, which repeals a health-insurance mandate review, passed on the consent calendar with a unanimous vote (25‑0). House Bill 45, renewing the insurance commissioner's authority to coordinate with other states, and House Bills 46 and 51 (licensing-related technical changes) were likewise adopted and sent to the House for the Speaker's signature.
On the third-reading calendar, the chamber passed first substitute Senate Bill 43 on financial and economic literacy (23‑0 reported on roll call) and Senate Bill 122, which authorizes a $240,000 pilot to expand student leadership/soft-skills programming to roughly 24 qualifying schools (28‑0). Senate Bill 162, which allows institutions to require that concurrent-enrollment students pay some course fees, passed 26‑2 after debate over whether fees would pose a disincentive.
A time‑certain item, Senate Bill 161 (restitution amendments), was read for a third time and passed 29‑0; sponsors described it as strengthening mechanisms to ensure court‑ordered restitution is collected — including tax‑offsets and coordination with state debt collection offices.
Several bills were circled or substituted to allow additional technical changes (for example, SB 56 and SB 57 were temporarily circled or replaced with substitutes), and senators made routine announcements about scheduled time‑certain items and hosted events.
The session concluded with scheduling announcements and recognition of visiting student groups.
