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Utah Senate advances multiple bills on consent calendar and third-reading calendar
Summary
The Utah Senate adopted committee reports, passed multiple bills on the consent calendar and advanced several measures to third reading, including vehicle, criminal-law and law-enforcement-related bills; votes and recorded tallies were entered for each measure.
The Utah Senate met in floor session, adopted standing committee reports and moved a slate of bills through the consent calendar and onto third reading. Sponsors said the measures ranged from technical fixes and regulatory clarifications to veterans’ benefits and law-enforcement provisions.
Senate Bill 171, described by Senator Jenkins as clarifying auto-dismantler recycling and removing a county-regulation provision, passed on the consent calendar and was recorded as receiving 19 yea votes, 0 nay votes, 10 absent. The clerk directed the bill to be transmitted to the House for its consideration.
Other measures passed or advanced by voice or recorded vote included House Concurrent Resolution 1 (designating the first Wednesday in April as a public awareness day related to sexual-assault response), Senate Bill 238 (prostitution amendments to cover barter as well as monetary exchange), House Bill 179 (an exemption from a new license-plate fee for Purple Heart recipients), and House Bill 310 (clarifying motorcycles older than 30 years qualify for vintage vehicle registration). Recorded votes and voice votes were used as appropriate; sponsors noted the bills are being sent to the House for further action where needed.
On law-enforcement and criminal-justice topics, first substitute Senate Bill 82 (forcible entry amendments) was amended on the floor for a minor wording correction and passed with a recorded tally of 26 yea votes, 0 nay votes, 3 absent. Sponsors said the measure addresses certain equipment and body-worn camera/recording processes for officers. Senate Bill 189 (oil and gas conservation account amendments) and Senate Bill 183 (judicial salaries clarification) also cleared the floor with recorded tallies and were transmitted to the House.
Most measures on the consent calendar were described by sponsors as technical corrections, clarifications, or limited policy changes; several were explicitly characterized as noncontroversial during floor presentations. Where recorded tallies were available, those counts were included in the clerk’s announcement and are reflected in the legislative record.
The Senate recessed with plans to return for additional floor time later in the day; many bills were moved to the third-reading calendar or referred to committees as appropriate.
