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Senate reads dozens of bills for third reading; key votes and outcomes
Summary
The Utah Senate adopted motions to read numerous House and Senate bills for third reading, placing many on calendars or passing them with wide majorities. This roundup lists the bills called for third reading and their announced vote tallies, and notes several items that drew substantive floor discussion.
The Utah Senate on the floor session read and advanced dozens of bills, adopting committee reports and placing measures on the consent, second-reading and third-reading calendars.
Several bills were read for a third time with roll-call tallies announced by the presiding officer. Among them: House Bill 25 (water rights protections) received 24 yeas, 0 nays, 5 absent; House Bill 198 (strengthening college and career readiness) received 17 yeas, 6 nays, 6 absent and was circled on third due to a fiscal note; First Substitute House Bill 112 (hearing instrument specialist amendments) received 21 yeas, 3 nays, 5 absent; House Bill 34 (personal injury damages amendments) received 24 yeas, 0 nays, 5 absent; First Substitute House Bill 91 (campaign contributions guidance) received 25 yeas, 2 nays, 2 absent; First Substitute House Bill 148 (state risk‑pool primary care clinics) was read for third time with a majority reported; Third Substitute House Bill 173 (recovery dog training) received 25 yeas, 0 nays, 4 absent; Second Substitute House Bill 272 (forensic mental health coordinating council) received 25 yeas, 0 nays, 4 absent; House Bill 11 (death‑penalty procedure) was announced as having received 15 yeas, 12 nays, 2 absent; House Bill 35 (parenting‑time exceptions) received 26 yeas, 2 nays, 1 absent. Additional bills listed on the agenda were referred to committees or assigned by the Rules Committee.
The session combined routine procedural actions with a handful of bills that drew extended floor discussion — notably HB 25 (water law clarifications), HB 35 (family law parenting‑time changes), HB 91 (campaign contribution reporting guidance) and HB 11 (death‑penalty procedure). The Senate adopted motions to place bills on the consent calendar and to adopt standing committee reports by voice votes before taking recorded roll-call votes on individual measures.
Procedurally, the Senate used standard motions — to uncircle, to substitute, to circle on third for fiscal reasons, and to set time‑certain debate — and recessed briefly for a 15‑minute saunter with return scheduled midafternoon. Several bills with fiscal notes were tabbed for later consideration.
