Senate Concurred With House Amendment and Passes Fourth Substitute SB 2001 on Tax Restructuring

The Utah State Senate on reconvening agreed to concur with a House amendment to the fourth substitute of Senate Bill 2001, which makes revisions to state tax law. Senator L. Hilliard said the amendment corrects a drafting error, replacing a reference to section 62 with the correct reference to section 65, and moved that the Senate concur.

"The amendment in the House was — there was a mistake made in drafting. It referred to section 62. They amended to the correct section 65," Senator L. Hilliard said on the floor. With no extended debate the presiding officer placed the motion to concur.

The Senate called a roll-call vote on whether the fourth substitute of SB 2001 should pass. After the roll call the presiding officer announced that the bill had "received 19 yay votes, 7 nay votes, 3 being absent," and that the measure passed the Senate. The presiding officer said the bill will be returned to the House for the Speaker's signature and further enrollment.

The action on SB 2001 in the Senate followed the House transmission of the fourth substitute and the Senate's concurrence on the corrected statutory reference. No amendments or changes to the substantive provisions of the bill were recorded on the Senate floor during the exchange. The committee appointments and post-session notifications followed the bill's passage.

The Senate did not record further debate on the policy details of the tax restructuring during this floor action. The next procedural step is return to the House for the Speaker's signature and final enrollment.