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Votes at a glance: Utah Senate advances education budget, appropriations and a string of House bills
Summary
On the floor the Senate passed multiple bills on a range of topics — public education budget amendments (SB2), supplemental appropriations (SB3), EV charging rules (HB19), and others — and moved several measures to third reading; recorded tallies for key items are listed.
The Utah Senate on the floor handled a long consent and second‑reading calendar, approving dozens of House and Senate bills across policy areas. Key recorded outcomes on the floor included:
- House Bill 19 (Electric vehicle charging service amendments): sponsor explained it would clarify that entities reselling electricity solely for EV charging are not public utilities. Clerk reported the vote as recorded on the floor (24 yea, 0 nay, 5 absent).
- First Substitute House Bill 199 (park‑model recreational vehicles titling): passed (26 yea, 0 nay, 3 absent).
- House Bill 349 (repeal of transportation‑related funds): passed (27 yea, 0 nay, 2 absent).
- First Substitute House Bill 405 (post‑secondary school state authorization): passed and sent to the House for signature.
- Second Substitute House Bill 367 (physical therapy: trigger‑point dry needling): after amendment and debate the Senate passed the measure (25 yea, 2 nay, 2 absent).
- Senate Bill 2 (public education budget amendments): sponsor Senator Hilliard outlined $134.5 million in ongoing revenue and several program allocations; the Senate voted to pass SB2 under suspension (27 yea, 0 nay, 2 absent).
- Senate Bill 3 (current fiscal‑year supplemental appropriations): passed under suspension (28 yea, 0 nay, 1 absent).
- House Joint Resolution 6 (HJR6) on Stericycle relocation permitting process: after extended debate, the Senate moved it to third reading (recorded 22 yea, 2 nay, 5 absent for the motion to read).
Senators repeatedly used the procedure to "suspend the three‑reading requirement," advancing bills under suspension when there was limited floor controversy. Several bills were circled for additional work or moved to the third‑reading calendar for further amendment. Many items were transmitted back to the House for the speaker’s signature after passage on the Senate floor.
