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Senate advances bills on retirement, taxes and workplace safety; SB29 passes
Summary
On the floor the Utah Senate passed Senate Bill 29 (retirement systems cleanup) and approved multiple procedural referrals and calendar placements; the chamber also moved several bills (including SB19 and SB33) to third reading or to committee calendars.
The Utah Senate used its floor session to move a series of bills through readings and committee referrals and to record several votes. Lawmakers debated and voted on retirement and administrative measures, set multiple bills for further consideration and addressed procedural business.
Senate Bill 29, described by its sponsor as an annual cleanup for the retirement system, was read for the third time and passed on the floor; the chair recorded it had received 26 "yay" votes, 0 "nay" votes and 3 absent. The bill will be transmitted to the House for further consideration.
Senate Bill 19, a phased-retirement pilot allowing vested employees to work reduced hours while collecting a portion of salary and retirement benefits, was presented in detail by its sponsor; senators heard that URS actuaries found no cost to the retirement system and were told agencies would have to opt in. The Senate moved SB19 to a third reading; the clerk recorded 0 nay votes and 4 absent when the motion to read for a third time was announced.
Senate Bill 33 (Occupational Safety and Health amendments) was presented by its sponsor as strengthening enforcement and adding administrative order authority; the Senate moved SB33 to the third-reading calendar.
Other bills and House messages were read in en bloc committee referrals and placed on consent or second-reading calendars as listed by the reading clerk.
After those actions senators made scheduling announcements and the body adjourned until 11 a.m. the following day.
