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Senate approves a string of bills — tuition, health coverage, elections, and more — and transmits many to the House
Summary
On a busy floor day the Utah Senate passed numerous bills and resolutions — including measures on resident tuition for military families, state contract health coverage, election law changes, and others — and sent many items to the House for signature or further consideration.
The Utah Senate handled a broad slate of bills and resolutions during the floor session and sent many measures to the House or for signatures. Key items that cleared the chamber included:
- First substitute House Bill 254 (resident student tuition amendments): Sponsor Senator Knudson said the bill narrows eligibility to certain active‑duty military service members stationed outside Utah who maintain domicile in Utah; the measure was moved and sent to the House for signature. (Discussion and sponsor remarks at SEG 249–286.)
- House Bill 345 (physician dispensing in a PEHP employer clinic): Senator Vickers described the change as allowing physician dispensing in one PEHP clinic that serves some low‑income people; the motion to pass was placed and the bill was processed for the president's signature. (SEG 218–247.)
- House Bill 282 (state contract employee health coverage amendments): Introduced by Senator Bramble; the Senate moved the bill and recorded a favorable vote. (SEG 624–666.)
- House Bill 63 (records fee waiver appeal): The Senate passed HB 63 after sponsor explanation; the bill changes the scope of appeals to the state records committee and makes the appeal de novo. (SEG 887–910.)
- Several other measures and resolutions, including House concurrent resolution on Bonneville Salt Flats rehabilitation, towing surcharge amendments, election law amendments (House Bill 48, fourth substitute), and an insurance cleanup bill (HB 36), were presented, debated briefly, and passed or referred as recorded on the floor. (Multiple entries between SEG 943 and SEG 1760.)
Clerks read roll calls and recorded the ayes and nays for each bill on the calendar; bills that passed were transmitted to the House where noted or sent for enrolment and signature. Many of these items were technical fixes, local‑impact clarifications, or alignment with administrative practices.
Provenance: Multiple passage/roll-call and sponsor explanation lines spanning SEG 218 through SEG 1760.
