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Votes at a glance: Senate passes and advances dozens of bills in evening session
Summary
The Utah Senate moved dozens of House concurrence items and second/third-reading bills during the evening floor session — including measures on controlled-substance databases, procurement changes, broadband outreach, campaign and finance rules, and multiple education and child-welfare bills. Several fiscal-note items were circled pending House-provided funding lists.
The Utah Senate’s evening floor session was a marathon of scheduling and votes: the chamber concurred with or advanced numerous House-originated bills, moved items to the top of third- and second-reading calendars, and used suspension-of-rules procedures to expedite passage where sponsors requested it.
Notable floor actions and outcomes included:
- First Substitute House Bill 395 (controlled substance database amendments): Passed, clerk recorded 22 yeas, 0 nays, 7 absent; will be sent to the House (SEG 751–756).
- Second Substitute House Bill 213 (digital citizenship in public schools): Passed under suspension of readings, roll call reported 23 yea, 1 nay, 5 absent (SEG 813–839).
- House Bill 76 (insurance cancellation and nonrenewal amendments): Passed with 23 yea votes, 0 nays, 6 absent; to be signed by the president pro tem (SEG 1156–1158).
- House Bill 115 (public safety retirement for dispatchers): Passed 23–1 with 5 absent (SEG 2264–2266).
- Third Substitute House Bill 291 (procurement changes — clarifies grants are not subject to procurement code): Passed 23–0 with 6 absent (SEG 2372–2376).
- First Substitute House Bill 406 (natural gas vehicle amendments): Advanced or circled as procedural scheduling (SEG 2159–2164).
- House Bill 326 (federal funds commission extension): Passed 21–4 with 4 absent (SEG 1716–1720).
- Third Substitute House Bill 207 (educator tax credit study): After substitute and circle, passed 21 yay, 6 nay, 2 absent and will be sent to the House (SEG 1788–1791).
- A large set of concurrence items from the House were taken up and many were concurred (SB 202, SB 204, SB 216, among others), each recorded by clerks in roll-call tallies (SEG 1210–1260, 1424–1533).
- Several fiscal-note bills were repeatedly circled by the Senate pending a House-provided list of approved funding amounts; senators emphasized the importance of correct appropriation details before moving bills for final passage (multiple references, e.g., SEG 572–616, 619–632).
What to watch: Several bills were circled to allow sponsors to obtain House-provided fiscal lists or to refine amendments before final action. The clerk’s roll-call readouts in the transcript record exact tallies where taken; any final effective dates or implementing rules will depend on subsequent enrollment and interchamber reconciliation where a bill was amended and returned to the House.
Selected roll-call tallies and dispositions are recorded in the floor transcript and summarized above; reporters covering specific programmatic bills should consult the House packet and fiscal notes for final appropriation figures and for any conference-committee outcomes.
