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Votes at a glance: Utah Senate advances a package of bills including campaign, tax, and consumer-protection measures
Summary
During the floor session the Utah Senate advanced and read for a third time a group of bills: SB60, SB61, SB62, SB70, SB74, SB79, SB83, SB85, SB89, SB99, SB104, SB28 and SB49. Tallies and brief descriptions are listed for quick reference.
The Utah Senate advanced a slate of bills on the floor. Below are the items taken up and their recorded floor outcomes and brief descriptions. (This is a summary of votes and sponsor descriptions provided on the floor.)
• Senate Bill 60 — automatic local district withdrawal amendments (Sponsor: Sen. Fillmore). Purpose: align service-district transfers with annexation to avoid short-term double taxation. Floor announcement: 21 yeas, 3 nays, 5 absent; advanced for third reading.
• Senate Bill 61 — poll hours for early voting (Sponsor: Sen. Iwamoto). Purpose: remove a 5 p.m. closing requirement on the last day of early voting to give clerks flexibility. Vote: 23 yeas, 1 nay, 5 absent; advanced for third reading.
• Senate Bill 62 — campaign finance revisions (Sponsor: Sen. Iwamoto). Purpose: clarification and online conflict-of-interest reporting; earlier circled for an amendment and later uncircled. Vote after uncircling: 25 yeas, 0 nays, 4 absent.
• Senate Bill 70 (first substitute) — unclaimed property amendments (Sponsor: Sen. Hilliard). Purpose: clarify 'administrator' definitions, require good-faith efforts by insurers and increase recoveries for owners; roll call: 25 yeas, 0 nays, 4 absent.
• Senate Bill 74 (first substitute) — Air Ambulance Committee amendment (Sponsor: Sen. Harper). Purpose: extend committee life and adjust membership; advanced 26 yeas, 0 nays, 3 absent.
• Senate Bill 79 — sales and use tax cleanup (Sponsor: Sen. Harper). Purpose: technical corrections and definition clarifications related to streamlined sales-tax participation; 24 yeas, 0 nays, 5 absent.
• Senate Bill 83 — Partnerships for Healthy Communities (Sponsor: Sen. Milner). Purpose: create five-year, matched grants to pilot community health interventions for ages 0–6; vote: 25 yeas, 0 nays, 4 absent.
• Senate Bill 85 — secure transport designation amendments (Sponsor: Sen. Vickers). Purpose: correct statutory authority for BEMS rulemaking related to narrow patient-transport operations; advanced 24 yeas, 0 nays, 5 absent.
• Senate Bill 89 (first substitute) — conflict disclosure amendments (Sponsor: Sen. Iwamoto). Purpose: consolidate and clarify conflict-of-interest disclosures and launch an online portal; 25 yeas, 0 nays, 4 absent.
• Senate Bill 99 — sales tax amendments (Sponsor: Sen. Harper). Purpose: implement rate adjustments to keep revenue neutral following remote-sales collections (Wayfair context); 26 yeas, 0 nays, 3 absent.
• Senate Bill 104 (first substitute) — removal or disruption of survey monuments (Sponsor: Sen. Buxton). Purpose: require permits and cap county fees for moving survey monuments; 24 yeas, 0 nays, 5 absent.
• Senate Bill 28 — income tax revisions (Sponsor: Sen. Bramble). Purpose: clarify corporate 'doing business' definitions and make technical corrections; 23 yeas, 0 nays, 6 absent.
• Senate Bill 49 — homeless shelter funding amendments (Sponsor: Sen. Davis). Purpose: clarify distribution instructions to the Tax Commission for previously enacted funding; recorded as passing unanimously on the floor.
Several measures were taken with little floor debate, while a few (notably SB60 and SB99) drew extended questions on fiscal and implementation details. The chamber also presented citations honoring fallen officers during the session and adjourned until the next scheduled meeting.
