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Votes at a glance: Utah Senate passes several bills including SB 94, SB 91, SB 69, SB 76
Summary
On Feb. 5, 2019 the Utah Senate passed multiple bills across education, consumer protection and workers' compensation; several were passed unanimously or by large margins and will be sent to the House.
The Utah Senate approved multiple measures on Feb. 5, 2019 and referred them to the House for further action. Major votes on the floor included:
• Senate Bill 94 (Technical College Scholarship Amendments): Sponsor Senator Grover said the bill moves scholarship authority to technical school boards. The Senate passed SB 94 by voice/roll call; the clerk announced 29 yay and 0 nay.
• Senate Bill 91 (Acceptance of competency‑based education): Sponsor Senator Milner said SB 91 protects local education agencies using competency‑based models from disadvantages in higher‑education admission and aid. The Senate passed SB 91 by roll call (29–0).
• Senate Bill 69 (Event ticket consumer protections, as amended): Senator Henderson explained an amendment to exempt private higher education institutions and described limits allowing venues to restrict up to 10% of tickets. The Senate passed SB 69 as amended (24 yay; 5 absent noted on the roll call).
• Senate Bill 76 (Workers' compensation adjudication amendments): The Senate considered amendment(s) and advanced SB 76 to the third‑reading calendar; the bill was approved to move forward and later read for a third time (28–0 recorded earlier at third‑reading motion).
These votes reflect committee recommendations previously reported to the floor. For each bill, the clerk read the outcome into the record and the bills were transmitted to the House where further consideration will occur.
