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Senate passes first substitute of child‑protection amendments after suspending three‑reading rule
Summary
After recalling first substitute Senate Bill 173 to the floor, senators voted to suspend the constitutional three‑reading requirement and passed the bill under suspension. The measure was advanced unanimously in the final voice/roll call recorded on the floor.
The Utah Senate reconsidered and advanced first substitute Senate Bill 173, a set of child-protection amendments, after recalling the measure and moving it to the top of the third‑reading calendar.
Senator Wyler moved to reconsider Senate Bill 173 and placed the first substitute on the top of the third-reading calendar. Because a committee transmittal error had omitted a technical committee amendment from the posted bill, the sponsor moved to suspend the constitutional three‑reading requirement so the corrected substitute could receive final passage the same day.
Under suspension of the rules, the Senate proceeded to a roll-call vote and passed first substitute SB 173 as amended. The clerk recorded the vote sequence for final passage as 23 yeas, 0 nays, with 6 absences. The sponsor and supporters emphasized the bill as a technical but important clarification to child-protection law and framed the expedited handling as correcting a committee reporting error.
Procedural note: The rules suspension and immediate final passage were enabled by a floor motion after senators acknowledged the committee transmittal had not included a technical amendment. The bill will be transmitted to the House/other necessary offices per standard legislative process.
