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Utah Senate advances base budgets, extends Enterprise Zone and passes multiple bills
Summary
In a busy floor session the Utah Senate unanimously passed a slate of budget bills and a series of House bills, including an extension of the Enterprise Zone repeal date and changes to water-conveyance and vehicle-registration rules. Several bills passed under suspension of rules and three-reading requirements.
The Utah Senate convened for a floor session that resulted in unanimous passage of multiple base-budget measures and several House bills sent to the chamber earlier by the House.
Senate leaders used suspension of the rules and three-reading waivers to advance base budgets for higher education, economic development, infrastructure and other state functions. First Substitute Senate Bill 1, the higher education base budget presented by Senator Vickers, passed under suspension of the rules with a recorded 28-0 vote. Sponsors said the substitute includes modest across-the-board reductions and reallocated funds to address campus needs.
Also on the calendar, the Senate adopted House Bill 22, an Enterprise Zone sunset amendment sponsored in the Senate by Senator Okerlund that extends the repeal date of the Enterprise Zone Act by 10 years, moving the next sunsetting to 2028. "HB 22 amends the Enterprise Zone sunset ... so that it is now going to…
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