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Senate passes broad package of bills on consent and third reading; key votes at a glance
Summary
The Utah Senate on Feb. 20 adopted a large set of committee‑recommended and third‑reading bills (consent items plus substantive measures). This roundup lists each bill recorded on the floor and the Senate’s third-reading outcome.
During the Feb. 20 afternoon session the Utah Senate adopted multiple standing committee reports and approved several bills on second or third reading. The floor record includes consent-calendar placements, committee assignments, and roll-call votes on many third-reading items. Below are the primary floor actions and outcomes recorded on that day.
Key votes and outcomes (as recorded on the Senate floor):
- SB 89 (amendments to definition of public utility): Passed, 24 yea votes, 5 absent (sent to House). (topic on third reading: uncircled and passed.)
- SB 55 (first substitute — pharmaceutical dispensing amendments): Amendment 3 adopted; bill passed third reading, 24–0 (5 absent). (See separate article.)
- SB 63 (compact for interstate putative father registry sharing): Passed third reading, 25–3, 1 absent.
- SB 176 (local funding for rural health care amendments): Passed third reading, 26–0, 3 absent.
- SB 92 (bridal/theft amendments for refiners): Passed third reading, 24–1, 4 absent.
- SB 60 (fuel excise tax amendments): Amendment adopted; passed third reading, 25–1, 3 absent. (See separate article.)
- SB 136 (local elections/referendum clarifications): Passed third reading, 24–1, 4 absent.
- First substitute SB 180 (property tax modifications): Passed third reading, 21–4, 4 absent. (See separate article.)
- First substitute SB 139 (transportation funding revisions): Motion to circle carried (no roll-call outcome recorded on floor at that time).
- SB 86 (legislative per diem statutory correction): Passed third reading, 24–0, 5 absent.
- SB 61 (property tax notice amendments; Truth-in-Taxation timing): Two amendments adopted (technical date change and mailing timeframe); passed third reading, 26–0.
- First substitute SB 56 (risk management amendments — use of school property for civic purposes): Substitute adopted; passed third reading, 24–0, 5 absent.
Process notes: committee reports were read and bills assigned to standing committees early in the session; several items were placed on the consent calendar and approved without separate debate. Multiple bills included adopted amendments on the floor; when amendments were procedural or clerical they were accepted by voice or roll call as recorded.
Next steps: Bills that passed third reading will be enrolled and transmitted per Senate procedure; those on the consent calendar will follow the regular enrollment/transmittal process.
