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Votes at a glance — Day 9 of the Utah Senate: multiple bills advanced to third reading or passed
Summary
On Day 9 the Senate moved several bills forward or passed them on final reading, including SB 89 (board of pardons) and SB 38 (local elected-officer competency), both recorded 27–1, and SB 45 (water adjudication) recorded 25–0; other measures were advanced or substituted with vote tallies not fully legible in the transcript excerpt.
The Utah Senate’s Day 9 floor session included a series of recorded and floor votes on bills spanning criminal-justice procedures, local-government authority, water law, family law, and consumer protections.
Key recorded floor outcomes in the available transcript excerpt:
- Senate Bill 89 (board of pardons authority): Clerk announced the bill "having received 27 yay votes, 1 nay vote." The bill authorizes three-person panels for routine Board of Pardons cases, with judicial review for contested matters.
- Senate Bill 38 (local elected-officer competency procedure): The Senate recorded 27 yea votes and 1 nay on the motion to pass the bill, which allows county legislative bodies (in counties with >3 members) to petition for judicial competency evaluations under stated safeguards.
- Senate Bill 45 (water law amendments — diligence claims): The clerk recorded 25 yea, 0 nay, and 4 absent for third-reading consideration; the bill requires the state engineer to include an evaluation of beneficial use in diligence-claim reports.
Several additional measures were advanced or considered on the floor during the session, including a first substitute to SB 88 (financial exploitation of vulnerable adults), SB 93 (Child Support Act amendments), SB 50 (failure-to-appear misdemeanor repeal), and others listed in the House communications at the morning call. The transcript excerpt shows floor assent for these items but does not provide clear, complete roll-call tallies for all of them in the excerpt provided.
