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Senate advances and passes scores of bills; key votes include tax, education, and recreation funding measures
Summary
On the floor the Utah Senate adopted committee reports, passed a slate of bills (including SB216, SB262, SB256, SB234), and approved a funding measure to create an Outdoor Recreation Grant Program; several bills were placed on third reading or sent to the House.
The Utah Senate spent the floor session adopting committee reports, uncircling bills for debate and passing a broad slate of legislation spanning tax administration, education, energy, water, criminal penalties, and funding programs.
What passed (selected roll-call results reported on the floor): SB216 (reading intervention software accountability amendments) passed (21 yea, 2 nay); SB262 (Upstart amendments) passed (23 yea, 0 nay); SB256 (Regents scholarship amendments) passed (22 yea, 0 nay); SB234 (school turnaround substitute) passed (28 yea, 4 nay, 5 absent) — see separate coverage; SB252 (special election framework) passed (24 yea, 0 nay); SB258 (first substitute — naloxone/opiate-related provisions) passed (24 yea, 1 nay); SB260 (first substitute on assignable right of first refusal) passed (26 yea, 0 nay); SB251 (local government criminal penalty amendment) passed (26 yea, 0 nay); SB266 (DCFS appeals bill) passed (26 yea, 0 nay); SB53 (energy amendments, as amended) passed (26 yea, 0 nay); SP2-64 (Outdoor Recreation Grant Program, first substitute) passed as amended (18 yea, 6 nay, 5 absent). Several House bills were placed on the third-reading calendar, including HB52 (Political Contribution Reporting Amendments) and HB172 (waiver petition for certain UESP accounts); HB52 was placed on third reading after a recorded vote of 24-0; HB172 was placed on third reading as well (24-0).
Procedural notes: the Rules Committee recommendations for bill assignments were read and adopted; multiple bills were circled or uncircled to manage floor scheduling. Several measures were transmitted to the House for its consideration after passage in the Senate.
Next steps: passed Senate measures will proceed to the House for its consideration; bills placed on third reading will be scheduled for subsequent floor action.
