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Votes at a glance: Senate advances a slate of bills on technical fixes, records, energy, education and health
Summary
The Utah Senate adopted multiple bills on Feb. 21, including measures on technical code corrections, open-records protections, energy/solar compromise, nursing initiatives, local education-technology funding, insurance contract standards and unclaimed property amendments; most passed by roll call and were transmitted to the House.
The Utah State Senate used its consent calendar and roll-call votes on Feb. 21 to advance a broad slate of bills across topics including legal-technical corrections, open-records protections, energy policy, public-safety regulation and workforce initiatives.
Key outcomes recorded on the Senate floor include:
- SB 116 (revisers technical corrections to the Utah Code): sponsor Sen. Okerlund presented the bill and the chamber moved to pass it on roll call.
- SCR 8 (in support of federal legislation to create a national park in the Escalante Canyons area): presented by Sen. Okerlund and passed by roll call (reported as 21 yea, 4 nay, 4…
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