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Senate advances a broad set of bills to third reading, including insurance, energy, water and housing measures
Summary
During the Jan. 25 session the Utah Senate advanced numerous bills from the second-reading calendar to third reading (SB 11, SB 13, SB 15, SB 16, SB 18, SB 22, SB 23, SB 24, SB 25, SB 27, SB 28, SB 29, SB 31, SB 32 and others), typically by recorded roll-call votes; most were technical, committee-recommended, or policy-specific measures with limited floor debate.
The Utah Senate used the Jan. 25 floor session to move a large batch of bills from second to third reading. Sponsors or committee chairs presented short summaries and senators moved the measures to third reading by roll-call votes. Key items advanced that day included:
- SB 11 (Cancellation of auto insurance coverage): Sponsor Senator Harper described the bill as a consumer-protection measure to prevent post-cancellation automatic withdrawals; the Senate recorded 27 yea votes and advanced it to third reading.
- SB 13 (State Facility Energy Efficiency Fund Amendments): Senator Jenkins said the bill requires "if available" post-construction objective verification of energy savings and annual reporting; motion to third reading carried (0 nay, 3 absent recorded).
- SB 15 and SB 16 (apportionment of business income/ tax-credit amendments): Sponsors characterized these as revenue-and-taxation committee bills with technical or clarification provisions; both were advanced to third reading by recorded votes.
- SB 18 (Workforce service job listing): Uncircled and readied by Senator Knudson; would require local education agencies to post job openings on the state site to help veterans and other jobseekers.
- SB 22 (Foreclosure of residential rental property): Sponsor Senator Harper explained tenant-protection clarifications for bona fide renters; the bill moved to third reading after an amendment.
- SB 23 (Water law—protected purchaser): Senator Dayton said the substitute clarifies 'paper water' protections and requires proof of payment for 4 of the last 7 years for certain claims; moved for third reading.
- SB 24 (Utah Housing Corporation sunset extension): Chair Weiler said the committee unanimously recommended extending the Utah Housing Corporation sunset date by 10 years; advanced to third reading.
- SB 25 (Ballot ordering and cleanup), SB 27 (Absentee ballot timing), and SB 28 (Water system conservation-pricing): Committee sponsors summarized the bills; SB 28 discussion focused on requiring increasing-block rate structures and customer billing notices; all were advanced to third reading.
- SB 29 (Retirement systems amendments), SB 31 (Tax commission levy process automation), SB 32 (Hospital provider assessment reauthorization) and other committee bills were similarly advanced with roll-call votes, with SB 32 recording at least one nay vote during the session.
Most of these measures were presented as committee bills or technical cleanups and received relatively brief floor discussion. Where senators raised questions, sponsors or committee chairs summarized committee work and said the bills were recommended by interim committees.
