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Utah Senate advances multiple bills on Day 4; votes at a glance
Summary
On Day 4 of the Utah Senate session the chamber advanced a slate of bills and resolutions, approving third readings or sending several measures to third-reading calendars, including technical changes to child-neglect language, dealer/title penalties, a savings-promotion banking pilot and appointments by joint resolution.
The Utah State Senate on Day 4 moved a range of measures forward, approving third readings or placing bills on the third-reading calendar and passing several joint resolutions under suspension of the rules.
Most notable floor actions included approval to read second substitute Senate Bill 57 (clarifying that a pattern of abuse or chronic neglect requires more than a single isolated incident); passage of Senate Bill 82 (dealership licensing/title penalties); adoption of Senate Bill 86 (a savings-promotion program allowing prize incentives for bank and credit-union accounts); and approval of Senate Bill 55 to add grandparents to the Charter Trust Land Council. The chamber also passed House Joint Resolutions 10 and 2 under suspension of the rules and placed Senate Bill 37 (interventions for reading difficulties) on the third-reading calendar.
Votes and outcomes at a glance: - SB57 (second substitute) — advanced to third reading; clerk announced it "having received 27 yay votes, 0 nay votes, 4 being absent". - SB82 — read for a third time after a roll-call vote reported as "27 yay votes, 0 nay votes, 2 being absent". - SB86 — later reported as "having received 26 yay votes, 0 nay votes, 3 being absent" and read for a third time. - SB55 — read for a third time and announced with 26 yay votes, 0 nay votes, 3 being absent. - HJR10 (in-session employee pay) — passed under suspension of rules (25 yay, 0 nay, 4 absent) and signed by the senate president for transmittal. - HJR2 (appointment of legislative auditor general) — passed under suspension of the rules (25 yay, 0 nay, 4 absent) and transmitted for signature. - SB37 — moved to the third-reading calendar for further consideration.
Many other bills were read for the first time and assigned to the Rules Committee for committee referral, and multiple standing committee reports were approved by the floor.
The Senate adjourned until 11 a.m. the following day.
