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Utah Senate Adopts Prior Rules, Suspends Reading of Bills’ Long Titles
Summary
The Utah State Senate voted to adopt the same Senate, joint and interim rules used in the prior session and approved suspending reading long titles of bills and resolutions, with the President recording 27 yays for the suspension vote meeting the constitutional two-thirds requirement.
The Utah State Senate adopted the same Senate, joint and interim rules as used in the prior session and approved a motion to suspend the reading of bills’ long titles, a procedural step permitted under the Utah Constitution and the joint rules of the legislature.
Senator John Valentine moved that the Senate adopt the previously used rules; the motion was put to the Senate and a vote was recorded. Later the President announced the motion to suspend reading the long titles of all bills and resolutions passed with 27 yays, meeting the two-thirds constitutional threshold to do so.
The suspension of long-title readings is a standard procedural practice that streamlines floor proceedings by allowing only short titles to be read when bills are introduced. Supporters noted it helps the chamber move efficiently through the large number of first readings at the opening of session.
The body recorded its votes in voice and roll-call exchanges associated with adoption of rules and the suspension motion. Senate leadership said the adopted rules and the suspension would apply to this session and facilitate floor operations and the processing of introduced legislation.
