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Senate passes multiple measures to third-reading calendar, tables one resolution pending fiscal follow-up
Summary
During the session the Senate passed several bills and resolutions on second reading to be placed on the third-reading calendar, including HJR8 (constitutional amendment language removal; later tabled on third), HJR19 (blockchain study), HB261 (Office of Quality and Design), HB17 (firearm violence and suicide prevention), and others. Votes and brief descriptions follow.
The Utah Senate used this floor session to advance and calendar multiple measures across a range of topics and to take procedural steps on several resolutions.
House Joint Resolution 8: Senator Andrade and Senator Anderegg presented a joint resolution to amend the Utah Constitution to remove references to involuntary servitude inherited from earlier constitutional text. Floor discussion cited historical case law and the sponsor said removal was appropriate; the resolution passed on second reading with 27 yeas, 0 nays and 2 absent but was later lifted from the third-reading calendar and placed on the table for additional fiscal-note/follow-up review.
House Joint Resolution 19: Senator Hemmert presented a resolution directing an interim Business and Labor committee study of blockchain technology. The resolution passed on second reading by voice/roll call (21 yeas, 0 nays, 8 absent) and was placed on the third-reading calendar.
House Bill 261: Senator Harper presented House Bill 261 to create an Office of Quality and Design within the Department of Human Services to consolidate quality-review duties; the chamber passed HB261 on second (24 yeas, 0 nays, 5 absent) and ordered it to third reading.
House Bill 17: Senator Bramble explained a second-substitute version of House Bill 17 focused on firearm violence and suicide prevention, including a program to be produced by the division of substance abuse in consultation with BCI and limited fee-authority to fund associated materials. Senators questioned the fiscal note; the bill passed on second reading (22 yeas, 2 nays, 5 absent) and was placed on the third-reading calendar.
At the close of the session leadership called senators to caucus and the Senate adjourned until 10 a.m. the following morning.
