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Utah Senate advances and passes a slate of bills; committee reports and floor substitutions clear the calendar
Summary
The Utah Senate adopted committee reports, substituted several bills and approved third readings on a variety of measures including continuing-education rules for trades, HOA information-request penalties, and education- and economic-development-related bills. Multiple bills passed on roll-call votes during the floor session.
The Utah Senate met in floor session and moved a broad package of legislation through committee report adoption, substitutions and third readings.
Senate leaders placed dozens of bills on the second-reading and consent calendars after committee reports were adopted by voice vote. Key floor actions included passage of Senate Bill 186, which lists continuing-education requirements for licensed professions and trades; the Senate recorded 25 yeas and 0 nays on the motion to read SB 186 for a third time. Senator Knudson explained examples included in the list, noting attorneys, CPAs and various health and trade professions are singled out for specific hour requirements.
The Senate also approved procedural substitutions and re-circling for bills such as Senate Bill 259 (medical cannabis amendments) and adopted a floor amendment to Senate Bill 218 (Nonprofit Corporation Act amendments) after Senator Hilliard said the change addressed concerns raised by United Way about director consent and electronic communications.
Senate Bill 220, introduced by Senator Weiler, created a civil remedy and fine for homeowners associations that fail to comply with legally required information requests; the sponsor described a $300 fine recoverable in small-claims court. The body approved the bill for third reading and proceeded with a favorable roll-call.
Education-related measures moved as well: a first substitute to Senate Bill 145 asked the STEM Action Center Board to work with the State Office of Education and return recommendations for future physics-education legislation; the substitute carries no appropriation. The Senate recorded the third-reading roll call and ordered the substitute read for third time.
Other governance- and higher-education-related measures advanced, including a first substitute for SB 223 addressing USTAR governance and commercialization revenue splits; the substitute was adopted and passed by roll call.
What passed (selected roll-call outcomes announced on the floor): - SB 186 (continuing education list) — announced 25 yeas, 0 nays (ordered read for third time and advanced). - SB 218 (Nonprofit Corporation Act, as amended) — announced 23 yeas, 0 nays (ordered read for third time and advanced). - SB 220 (penalty for HOA nonresponse) — announced 25 yeas, 0 nays (ordered read for third time and advanced). - First substitute SB 145 (physics education recommendations) — announced 23 yeas, 1 nay, 5 absent (ordered read for third time and advanced). - First substitute SB 223 (USTAR governance) — announced 25 yeas, 0 nays, 4 absent (passed).
Several items were uncircled and substituted on the floor — a procedural step that replaces the bill text with a first substitute for consideration. Where sponsors offered floor amendments, the body generally adopted them by voice vote before moving to roll-call.
The session closed with additional circling/substitutions and a recess.
Votes at a glance lists the floor tallies as announced by the clerk on the record; names of voting members were recited in the roll calls but not all individual tallies are reproduced here. The Senate will transmit bills as required to the House or to the appropriate executive for signature or further action.
