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Utah Senate advances multiple bills on third-reading calendar; SB 29 amendment tightened access to controlled-substances database
Summary
On Day 3 of the Utah Senate session, lawmakers adopted an amendment to tighten access to the Controlled Substance Database and approved a slate of third-reading bills (SB 17, SB 29, SB 31, SB 32, SB 33, SB 28) that were sent to the House; SJR 1 was deferred.
The Utah State Senate on Day 3 moved several measures forward and adopted a floor amendment to the Controlled Substance Database bill intended to restrict direct, unfettered access.
Senator Steve Christensen moved Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 29, saying the Utah Medical Association had asked for clearer controls on how users gain access to the database. The amendment requires requests to go through a third party (identified in debate as DOPL or the health department) to verify entitlement before specific information is returned, rather than allowing broad, direct searches of the database. The Senate adopted the amendment and later passed SB 29 by voice/roll-call with a recorded tally of 25 yay, 0 nay, 4 absent; the bill will be transmitted to the House.
Other third-reading actions on the calendar included:
• Senate Bill 31 (State Agency Reporting Amendments): Senator Osman described the measure as a standardization of timing and content for agency reports to the legislature; the Senate passed SB 31 as amended (26 yay, 0 nay, 3 absent) and sent it to the House.
• Senate Bill 32 (State Highway System Amendments): Senator Van Tassel said SB 32 transfers two small highway sections into the UDOT system; the bill passed (24 yay, 0 nay, 5 absent) and will go to the House.
• Senate Bill 17 (Water and Irrigation Amendments): Senator Dayton described cleanup provisions and clarifications for well-digger licensing; SB 17 passed by roll call (26 yay, 0 nay, 3 absent) and will be transmitted to the House.
• Senate Bill 33 (Reauthorization of Veterans Reintegration Task Force): Senator Knudson said the bill continues studies and creates a statewide action plan for returning service members; SB 33 passed as amended (25 yay, 0 nay, 4 absent) and will be sent to the House.
• Senate Bill 28 (retirement/tier participation and CPI adjustment): Senator Weiler reviewed substantive floor amendments clarifying tier 1/tier 2 participation rules, noting an example involving John Dougal and that a post-retirement $15,000 limit would be indexed to CPI; the body moved the bill toward third-reading consideration (floor call recorded 24 yay, 0 nay, 5 present for the read action on the floor). The measure was discussed in relation to coordination with SB 4 and procedural requirements for immediate effect if two-thirds approval is achieved.
Senate Joint Resolution 1 (American Indian Holocaust Memorial Museum) was moved to 'circle' (deferred) at Senator Reid's request and the motion passed.
The Senate’s clerk recorded the vote tallies cited above; where individual roll-call names were read aloud during votes, the clerk’s summary and the announced tallies were used to report outcomes.
