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Votes at a glance: Senate passes ceremonial resolutions and a bundle of bills including motor‑vehicle, school security, and organ‑donation amendments
Summary
The Utah Senate took final action on multiple bills and concurrent resolutions, including a resolution honoring Thomas S. Monson (HCR5), motor vehicle decal amendments (SB55), school security lock language (SB87), organ‑donation order changes (HB91) and a range of technical bills; tallies are included where recorded in the Senate proceedings.
The Utah State Senate used its second and third reading calendars to consider and finalize a mix of ceremonial resolutions and policy bills on January 3, 2018.
Key outcomes recorded in the Senate Journal during the session include:
- House Concurrent Resolution 5 (honoring Thomas S. Monson): Passed under suspension of the rules; roll‑call recorded 28 yea, 0 nay, 1 absent. (Senate action placed the resolution for signature and enrollment.)
- First Substitute Senate Bill 31 (Outreach Team Act): Senate concurred with House changes; roll‑call recorded 23 yea, 2 nay, 4 absent; transmitted to the House for signature (covered in separate article).
- Senate Bill 55 (Motor Vehicle Registration Amendment): Sponsor explained technical decal changes; the Senate passed the bill on roll call with 26 yea, 0 nay, 3 absent and sent it to the House for signature.
- First Substitute Senate Bill 87 (School security locks): Sponsor explained clarifying language regarding compliance with the ADA; the Senate concurred and recorded 25 yea, 0 nay, 4 absent and transmitted the bill to the House for signature.
- Third Substitute SCR 1 (statuary hall substitution to honor Martha Hughes Cannon): Sponsor described House substitutions and logistical details (including cost estimates for a copy of an existing statue); roll call in the transcript recorded the resolution as passed (tally reported as 21 yea, 7 nay, 1 absent in the Senate journal text). The concurrent resolution proceeds toward final processing.
- First Substitute House Bill 13 (Public safety peer counseling): A conference committee report was adopted and the Senate moved for final passage; the bill establishes peer‑support counseling and testimonial privilege for peer counselors for first responders. (Roll‑call tally not explicitly recorded in the excerpt.)
- House Bill 91 (Utah Anatomical Gift Act amendments): Sponsor said the bill expands the order of persons approached for organ‑donation decisions to include caretakers; roll‑call recorded 28 yea, 0 nay, 1 absent and the bill was sent to the House for the speaker’s signature.
Several other bills and committee reports were adopted or placed on calendars during the session; where the transcript did not provide a clear numeric tally, this summary marks the final disposition as “passed” or “transmitted” based on the clerk’s announcement or motion to pass.
Procedural note: Multiple items were passed under suspension of the rules; details and final enrollment actions are recorded in the official Senate Journal.
