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Votes at a glance: key bills passed and failed on the Utah Senate floor
Summary
Quick list of floor outcomes recorded during the session: several consent calendar measures passed (HB 273, HB 269, HB 332, SB 246, SB 232, SB 194, SB 244 among others) while contested measures such as SB 221 (proximity/alcohol) and SB 208 (air-quality penalties) failed.
The following is a concise roll-up of recorded actions on bills during the Senate floor session.
Passed (selected items): - House Bill 273 (interest-rate swap amendments): recorded as passed (25–0) on the consent calendar. Sponsor: Sen. Harper. - First substitute SB 246 (licensing for behavioral analysts / autism providers): passed (28–0). Sponsor: Sen. Shiozawa. - Senate Bill 232 (Higher Education Performance Funding), as amended (excludes UCAT): passed (27–0). Sponsor: Sen. Urquhart. - Senate Bill 230 (Utah Prairie Dog Management appropriation), amended to $400,000: passed (27–0). Sponsor: Sen. Vickers. - First substitute SB 233 (attorney general contingency-fee contracts): passed (recorded unanimous/large aye count). Sponsor: Sen. Adams. - Senate Bill 194 (Arts and Culture Business Alliance fund): passed (25–2 recorded; counts on floor show passage under suspension). Sponsor: Sen. DeBacus. - First substitute SB 244 (DEQ board consolidation with amendment): passed (23–2 recorded). Sponsor: Sen. Dayton. - Senate Bill 278 (motion picture incentive cap increase): passed on consent (21–0 recorded). Sponsor: Sen. Bramble.
Failed or returned to staff (selected items): - First substitute SB 221 (alcohol proximity/playground clarification): failed on roll-call (10–17). Sponsor: Sen. Eckhart. - SB 208 (air-quality penalty and statute-of-limitations amendments): failed on roll-call (12–14) after amendment. Sponsor: Sen. Escamilla.
Procedural outcomes: - SB 199 (local government revisions / "metro townships") saw prolonged debate; the Senate failed to suspend the constitutional three-reading requirement and instead placed the third substitute on the third-reading calendar for a later final reading.
Counts and details above are drawn from floor roll-call announcements and sponsor remarks recorded on the Senate floor during the session. If a bill was discussed but not finally passed in this transcript, the item is noted under procedural outcomes or as failed/returned to staff.
