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Senate roundup: bills and resolutions the chamber advanced Feb. 28
Summary
On the Feb. 28 floor the Utah Senate advanced a set of bills and concurrent resolutions (including SJR/SCR items and multiple third‑reading items) and scheduled several items for further action. Several measures were passed by roll call and sent to the House for consideration.
During the morning floor session the Utah Senate moved multiple bills and resolutions through third reading or concurrence and transmitted items to the House. Highlights from the transcript record:
- First substitute Senate Bill 99 (State Vehicle Efficiency Requirements): sponsor Senator Jenkins explained amended language to include hybrids and alternative fuels; recorded as receiving 25 yea, 2 nay, 2 absent and the bill was sent to the House for the Speaker’s signature.
- Senate Bill 215 (public school comprehensive emergency response plan amendments): Senator Osman said the bill requires districts to add procedures to notify students off campus during a lockdown; roll call recorded 28 yea, 0 nay, 1 absent; bill sent to the House.
- SCR 7 (comprehensive statewide wildland fire prevention, preparedness, and suppression policy): Senator Vickers presented and the resolution passed on a recorded vote (28 yea, 0 nay, 1 absent).
- SCR 8 (Canyonlands National Park 50th anniversary): Senator Hankins presented the recognition; the resolution passed (27 yea, 0 nay, 2 absent).
- Senate Bill 68 (veteran service centers at institutions of higher education): passed on floor with 29 yea votes (no nays recorded in excerpt) and was sent to the House.
- First substitute Senate Bill 131 (student leadership grant): passed with 24 yea, 2 nay and 3 absent as recorded on the floor.
- Second substitute Senate Bill 59 (independent entities financial transparency): sponsor described inclusion of independent entities (including the Utah Dairy Commission); roll call recorded 28 aye, 0 nay, 1 absent and the bill was read for a subsequent stage.
Several other bills were listed as transmitted from the House earlier in the session and were referred to the rules committee for assignment. The chamber also scheduled HJR 24 recognizing Weber State University's anniversary for immediate floor consideration and passed it under suspension of rules.
The transcript shows recorded tallies where provided; when the clerk’s wording in the live record was garbled the article reports the votes as recorded in the official floor transcript rather than attempting outside correction. For bills advanced to later readings the Senate indicated next procedural steps (e.g., read for a third time, transmitted to House).
