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Senate clears a slate of House bills and resolutions, approves landfill and PILT measures
Summary
On a busy floor calendar the Utah Senate approved multiple House bills on third reading, passed a resolution authorizing Energy Solutions to seek a landfill permit, and adopted a concurrent resolution urging reliable PILT payments; several bills were advanced under suspension of rules.
The Utah Senate passed a series of bills and resolutions during a floor session that combined routine third‑reading votes with several policy items advanced under suspension of the rules.
What passed (selected items from the floor record): - HJR 2 (joint resolution urging consideration of moving Department of the Interior and U.S. Forest Service headquarters to Utah): adopted unanimously on the floor with a unanimous recorded vote indicated by the presiding officer. - House Bill 243 (Division of Real Estate cleanup amendments): third reading passed after sponsor remarks. - House Bill 99 (technical changes to peace‑officer referrals for the mentally ill): passed on third reading with roll call recorded. - House Bill 119 (assault processing/definition changes to align with federal law): passed on third reading. - House Bill 174 (Utah Digital Health Service Commission membership and security duties): passed with no extended discussion. - House Bill 162 (license plate transfer amendments): passed on third reading; allows DMV to transfer plates to new owners in used‑vehicle sales in certain cases. - House Bill 145 (pedestrian safety amendments): third reading and passage. - SJR 11 (joint resolution authorizing Energy Solutions to pursue a landfill permit for non‑radioactive, non‑hazardous waste): sponsor explained the request and the resolution was advanced to third reading and recorded favorable by the Senate. - House Bill 357 (evaluation of tax revenue foregone from federally controlled lands): the Senate suspended the three‑reading rule and passed the bill; handouts and a Federalism Commission were referenced. - HCR 19 (concurrent resolution on the impact of federal lands on state education and PILT): passed under suspension of rules; sponsors urged that payments‑in‑lieu‑of‑taxes be market‑equivalent and predictable.
Several other bills were placed on the consent/second‑reading calendar or briefly explained by sponsors and adopted without extended floor debate. The president recessed the body until 2 p.m.
The floor record shows roll‑call tallies where recorded; bills advanced under suspension of rules were noted with procedural motions and recorded yea counts in the transcript. Where a fiscal note exceeded $10,000, staff indicated agencies had committed to absorb costs within existing funds for at least some bills.
