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Votes at a glance: key Senate floor outcomes, March 5
Summary
A session roundup of final‑action votes and significant procedural outcomes on March 5: multiple bills were read for a third time or passed and transmitted to the House; SB 164 failed. Includes vote tallies shown on the record.
The Utah Senate acted on a broad set of bills during the March 5 floor session. Below are key outcomes as recorded on the floor:
- Second substitute, Senate Bill 63 (putative‑father registry compact): passed and transmitted to the House (21 yay, 4 nay, 4 absent). - First substitute, Senate Bill 19 (State Tax Commission qualifications): passed and transmitted to the House (22 yay, 4 nay, 3 absent). - First substitute, Senate Bill 88 (child interview access amendments): passed and transmitted to the House (26 yay, 0 nay, 3 absent). - Senate Bill 209 (school grading revisions): read for a third time and advanced (17 yay, 8 nay, 4 absent). - Senate Bill 211 (water‑rights amendments): read for a third time and advanced (25 yay, 1 nay, 3 absent). - Senate Bill 164 (air‑quality preemption): failed on final passage (14 yay, 11 nay, 4 absent); clerk recorded filing. - Senate Bill 212 (invasive species / quagga mussel checkpoints): passed and will be sent to the House (25 yay, 0 nay, 4 absent). - Senate Bill 167 (drone regulation, second substitute): adopted and read for a third time (28 yay, 0 nay, 1 absent). - Senate Bill 224 (renewable energy tax credit amendments): passed and sent to the House (28 yay, 0 nay, 1 absent). - First substitute, Senate Bill 48 (E911/poison control funding cap): roll call returned 12 yay, 8 nay, 9 absent; clerk indicated bill would be sent to staff for enrolling and noted procedural issues.
Several other bills were circled for later consideration, committee assignments were announced and the Senate adjourned until 10 a.m. the following morning. This roundup lists floor tallies as announced by the clerk or recorded on roll call during the March 5 session.
