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Votes at a glance: Key bills the Utah Senate advanced on Day 17
Summary
The Senate moved a slate of bills through second and third readings on Day 17, approving a set of consent-calendar items and advancing judiciary, water, wildfire and healthcare measures. This roundup lists each bill mentioned on the floor with its immediate outcome.
On Day 17 the Utah State Senate advanced a package of bills on the consent calendar and completed third-reading action on several measures. Most items passed without extended floor debate and will be sent to the House (or, for House bills, returned for signatures). Below are the key bills the chamber acted on and their immediate outcomes.
- SB 58 (Municipal and county officials' attendance at school district board meetings): Sponsor Senator Harper described the measure as a technical clarification of when mayors or designees may attend school board open or closed sessions; passed to the House on unanimous consent.
- SB 79 (Impeachment amendments): Presented by Senator Adams; the Senate recorded 26–0 (3 absent) and passed the bill to the House.
- SB 95 (Town amendments – cross-reference correction): Senator Iwamoto said the bill corrects an incorrect statutory cross-reference; the bill passed and will be sent to the House.
- SB 140 (Healthcare Providers Immunity from Liability Act reauthorization): Senator Vickers explained the bill extends the act's sunset to 2020 so that health-care professionals rendering gratuitous emergency care in good faith remain protected from civil liability; the Senate passed the reauthorization and transmitted it to the House.
- HB 13 (Jail reimbursement amendments), HB 78 (Generator site access permits), HB 106 (Wildlife amendments): Carried by senators and described on the floor; each passed on recorded vote and will be sent to the House for signatures.
- SB 81 (District Court Judge Amendments): Senator Urquhart moved to add a judge to the Fifth District Court based on caseload; the Senate passed the bill by roll-call and will transmit it to the House.
- SB 35 and SB 40 (water-related measures): Senators Dayton and colleagues addressed water-application and withdrawal and other water-law items; SB 35 was circled for later action and SB 40 passed on third reading as recorded.
- SB 56 (Wildland Fire Policy): Senator Vickers presented policy language to guide suppression and protection priorities including critical wildlife habitat consideration; the Senate passed the bill and will send it to the House.
Most items on the consent calendar were approved by voice or unanimous roll call with little floor debate. Where recorded tallies were read into the record, the clerk or presiding officer announced the counts before sending the bills on for transmittal.
