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Votes at a glance: what the Utah Senate passed this afternoon
Summary
The Senate cleared a block of bills on consent and third reading, including SB178 (interlocal entities clarification), SB170 (conservation district transparency), SB146 (tech summit incentives, amended), SB160 (cold-case database), SSB154 (quota prohibition, substitute), SJR8 (Utah State Developmental Center land sale/lease approval), HB169 (commercial waste fee amendments advanced) and several house bills readied for third reading.
On the afternoon floor, the Utah Senate moved a series of items through consent and third-reading calendars. Key outcomes recorded on the floor include:
- Senate Bill 178 (interlocal entities amendments): sponsor Sen. Henderson moved passage; the President directed a unanimous vote of senators present and the bill passed and will be sent to the House for consideration.
- Senate Bill 170 (conservation district amendment): sponsor Sen. Henderson described it as an annual cleanup to include conservation districts under transparency requirements; the Senate passed the bill and will transmit it to the House.
- Senate Bill 146 (Technological Summit Incentives): passed as amended (cap lowered to $500,000). The Senate recorded the amended bill as passed and sent it to the House.
- Senate Bill 160 (Cold Case Database): passed (roll-call reported 28 aye votes, 1 absence) and will be sent to the House.
- First substitute Senate Bill 154 (prohibition on quotas): passed the substitute on a recorded vote (transcript reports 23 yea, 2 nay, 4 absent) and will be referred to the House.
- Senate Joint Resolution 8 (granting approval for sale or long-term lease of Utah State Developmental Center land and water rights): passed (recorded as 19 yea, 3 nay, 7 absent) and will be referred to the House.
- First substitute House Bill 169 (commercial waste fee amendments affecting Energy Solutions): advanced to third reading after floor amendments; roll calls on readings were recorded and amendments were adopted.
Several other house bills and substitutes (including HB174, HB85 and HB99) were placed for third reading or readied for third reading with recorded roll calls as noted on the floor. The Senate adjourned until the scheduled time after completing the day's business.
Vote counts and outcomes are taken from the floor transcript; where the transcript included garbled roll-call phrasing, outcomes reported here reflect the Senate clerk’s announced result on the floor.
