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Day 45: Senate moves dozens of bills; concurrence and second-reading calendar produce multiple passings
Summary
On Day 45 the Utah Senate handled a large concurrence and second-reading calendar, approving numerous bills including SB 43 (education funding change), SB 69 (prejudgment interest revisions), SB 179 (procurement revisions), HB 71 (distribution of intimate images), HB 94 (workers’ compensation for state-funded in-home workers) and several others; votes were recorded and most measures were sent to the House for signature or enrollment.
The Utah State Senate spent its Day 45 floor session handling a lengthy concurrence calendar and an extensive second-reading calendar, approving a broad set of bills with mostly bipartisan support. Highlights and formal outcomes from the floor session included:
Votes at a glance
- SB 43 (Intergenerational Poverty Interventions in Public Schools): Senate concurred with a House amendment that reduced a funding line cited on the floor from $5,000,000 to $1,000,000. The Senate roll call recorded 24 yea votes, 1 nay, 4 absent; the bill was placed on the concurrence calendar and transmitted.
- First substitute SB 57 (Autism Services Amendments): Sponsor reported negotiated language with insurers; Senate concurred in House amendments and will return the enrolled bill to the House.
- Fourth substitute SB 69 (Prejudgment Interest Revisions): Technical change to identify a cross-claim plaintiff; the Senate concurred and the motion passed on roll call (counts recorded on the floor).
- SB 75 (Primary Care Grants Amendments): Senate concurred after a small wording change (from "ongoing" to "one-time"); the motion to concur passed.
- Third substitute SB 179 (Procurement Revisions): Sponsor described regional procurement thresholds and negotiated compromise; the bill passed by roll call (recorded as 22 yea, 1 nay, 6 absent) and was transmitted to the House.
- First substitute SB 193 (Naturopathic Practice Act Amendments): House made technical changes; Senate concurred and recorded 23 yea, 1 nay, 5 absent.
- SB 268 (Prison Relocation Commission): Senate concurred on the motion; recorded tally was 21 yea, 1 nay, 7 absent.
- HB 71 (Distribution of Intimate Images): Discussed and amended to protect targeted victims versus hosting websites; passed on suspension of rules and roll call.
- HB 370 (Canal Safety Amendments): Senator Van Tassel successfully moved an amendment changing a statutory duty from "shall" to "may" for conservation district involvement; the bill passed under suspension.
- HB 212 (DNA Collection Amendments): Floor discussion emphasized Utah’s procedural safeguards—samples cannot be processed until a preliminary probable cause hearing—then the Senate passed the bill under suspension of rules.
- HB 94 (Workers' Compensation and Home and Community-Based Services): Sponsor explained this provides workers' compensation for state-funded in-home service workers (SAS/MEDICAID waiver); the bill passed (roll call recorded 26 yea, 0 nay, 3 absent). The sponsor said the fiscal estimate was roughly 3.18% of affected employees' salary and the bill includes an implementation date of 07/01/2015.
Procedure and next steps
Several other bills were circled, uncircled, substituted, or sent to conference committees (for example HB 61 on clean air programs). The Senate appointed conference committees where the House refused to concur on Senate amendments. A conference report on local-government inspection amendments (First Substitute SB 184) was adopted and the bill moved to the third-reading calendar. The Senate recessed for caucus near 2:00 p.m. after completing the day’s listed concurrence and second-reading items.
This roundup lists formal floor outcomes recorded during Day 45. For bills with detailed fiscal notes or enrollment steps, committee documents, the enrolled bill and the House transmittal provide the final authoritative text and fiscal detail.
