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Votes at a glance: key House bills taken up by the Utah Senate on March 9, 2020
Summary
A roundup of notable bills the Senate considered March 9, 2020, including vote tallies and short descriptions of outcomes for each measure sent back to the House or circled for further review.
The Utah Senate considered and acted on a package of House bills during its March 9 floor session. Below are the key outcomes the chamber recorded during the day.
- First substitute House Bill 195 (identifying wasteful health care spending): sponsor Senator Vickers; passed by the Senate, recorded as 25 ayes, 0 nays, 4 absent; transmitted to the House.
- First substitute House Bill 197 (fishing and hunting restrictions for nonpayment of child support): sponsor Senator Wyler; passed, recorded as 26 ayes, 1 nay, 2 absent; transmitted to the House.
- First substitute House Bill 214 (insurance coverage modifications — IVF/genetic testing Medicaid waiver): sponsor Senator Bramble; amended (effective date adjustment) and passed, recorded 28 ayes, 0 nays, 1 absent.
- House Bill 219 (mental health Medicaid amendments): sponsor Senator Christiansen; passed, recorded 27 ayes, 0 nays, 2 absent.
- Second substitute House Bill 207 (insulin access): sponsor Senator Henderson; passed, recorded 24 ayes, 0 nays, 5 absent.
- First substitute House Bill 157 (wine subscription program via DABC): sponsor Senator Bramble; passed under suspension with unanimous or near-unanimous support (23–28 ayes depending on roll-call block) and will be returned to the House.
- Second substitute House Bill 235 (home energy information pilot): sponsor Senator Bramble; passed 25 ayes, 0 nays, 4 absent.
- Fourth substitute House Bill 272 (pharmacy benefit amendments): sponsor Senator Vickers; substitute adopted and bill passed, recorded 25 ayes, 0 nays, 4 absent.
- House Bill 259 (electric vehicle charging network): sponsor Senator Buxton; passed, recorded 27 ayes, 1 nay, 1 absent.
- House Joint Resolution 3 (municipal water-resources constitutional amendment): passed in the Senate for transmittal to the House but is a proposed constitutional amendment that requires further voter approval steps.
- House Joint Resolution 15 (proposal to amend the Utah Constitution to affirm the right to hunt and fish): floor roll-call confusion led to an initial misannouncement; after a point of order the chair confirmed the resolution received 18 yeas (not the 20 required for a constitutional amendment), so HJR 15 failed and was returned to staff.
Several other bills were placed on calendars, substituted, circled for further staff work, or removed from the board for reordering. For full roll-call details and the substituted texts, see the official Senate journal and the returned House transmittals.
