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Senate floor: votes at a glance — a string of bills advanced and several passed by recorded roll-call
Summary
On this floor day the Utah Senate advanced and passed numerous bills by voice and roll-call votes, sending multiple measures to the House; several items were circled for further work, while others (including budget, tax, education and regulatory amendments) passed with recorded tallies.
The Utah Senate cleared a large slate of bills, using the consent and concurrence calendars to expedite many measures while reserving more contested proposals for later work.
Among roll-call outcomes recorded during the floor session:
- Senate Bill 217 (gang prevention funding amendments): passed (24 yeas, 0 nays, 5 absent). - Third substitute Senate Bill 71 (food truck amendments): passed (27 yeas, 0 nays, 2 absent). - First substitute Senate Bill 170 (pharmacy and pharmaceutical code updates): passed (26 yeas, 0 nays, 3 absent). - First substitute House Bill 231 (tangible personal property revisions): passed (26 yeas, 0 nays, 3 absent) with a sponsor note of a $1.4 million property-tax shift in the fiscal note. - First substitute House Bill 250 (school fees and fee-waiver requirements): passed (22 yeas, 4 nays, 3 absent); sponsors said the bill requires LEAs to adopt and post fee policies and forbids fees for textbooks. - House Bill 286 (economic-literacy education amendments): passed (21 yeas, 6 nays, 2 absent) after debate over curriculum content and process for the State Board of Education. - House Bill 130 (public education exit survey): passed (24 yeas, 3 nays, 2 absent); sponsor said the $3,000 survey would collect teacher-exit information statewide. - First substitute House Bill 230 (exemptions from collection/CPI homestead adjustment and 529 protection): later considered read and passed in final sequence (28 yeas, 0 nays, 1 absent). - Senate Bill 220 (budgeting revisions creating expendable receipts): passed under suspension of rules (27 yeas, 0 nays, 2 absent).
Several other bills and committee reports were approved for placement on calendars; the chair used the circle/uncircle procedural steps repeatedly as sponsors updated substitutes and awaited fiscal notes.
The floor recessed for caucus lunch at 2:00 p.m., with many bills returned to the House for further consideration or for signatures.
