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Senate passes multiple bills including SB 42; several items placed on consent calendar
Summary
On day 15 the Senate adopted committee reports, placed numerous bills on the consent calendar, returned SB 54 (nurse practitioner bill) to committee for further consideration, and passed several House and Senate bills including SB 42 (public notice of court recording).
The Utah State Senate on day 15 handled a swath of procedural business and votes, taking committee reports, placing multiple bills on the consent calendar, returning one bill to committee, and passing a number of bills by unanimous or near-unanimous voice or roll-call votes.
Floor action included adoption of the standing committee reports and consent calendar placements (motion by Senator Van Tassel) and rules committee assignments sending bills such as SB 129 (driving privilege card amendments) and SB 131 (UCAT governance amendments) to the relevant committees. The Senate also voted to return third substitute SB 54 (nurse practitioner bill) from the second-reading calendar to the Business and Labor Committee after the sponsor said new stakeholder concerns had emerged. The sponsor explained that an email from the nurses' association president requested further consideration.
Several bills were then taken up and passed: House Bill 34 (technical/reporting changes) received 27 yea votes, 0 nays and 2 absent and will be sent to the House; House Bill 33 (reducing the Utah Fire Prevention Board membership) similarly received 27 yea votes, 0 nays and 2 absent; House Bill 37 (removing the sunset on the Worker Classification Coordinated Enforcement Act) was advanced; House Bill 21 (eliminating the statutory prohibition on county clerks releasing pre‑canvas election counts) passed with 27 yea votes, 0 nays and 2 absent; House Bill 46 (Veterans Affairs amendments) and House Bill 59 (state armory board and use of armory sale proceeds) were moved and passed as described on the floor.
Senate Bill 42, a bill requiring the Judicial Council to provide public notice when court proceedings are being recorded, was debated briefly by Senator Maine and passed by roll-call vote with the clerk reporting 26 votes in favor, 0 nays and 3 absent; it will be transmitted to the House. The clerk closed morning business and the chamber recessed for the afternoon.
Where vote tallies were recorded in the transcript, the article reports the clerk's counts. When the transcript records only voice approval or a unanimous consent direction, this article reports the floor's announced outcome.
