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Votes at a glance: Bills passed on Utah Senate floor — third-reading actions and committee transmittals
Summary
The Senate passed a string of bills on third reading and adopted committee reports, including H.B.213 (consent language), H.B.238 (crime enhancement window), H.B.291 (human trafficking), H.B.128 (license-plate readers at higher ed), H.B.192 (property tax assessment), H.B.155 (HOA disclosures) and others; many passed unanimously or by large margins.
The Utah Senate handled an extensive third-reading calendar and passed multiple measures today. Highlights of floor action and outcomes:
- First substitute House Bill 213 (consent-language amendments): sponsor Senator Wyler said the bill reflects a stipulated agreement among defense counsel, CCJJ and stakeholders; the Senate recorded 23 ayes, 0 nays, 6 absent and sent the bill back to the House for the Speaker's signature.
- First substitute House Bill 238 (crime enhancement amendments): sponsor described a seven-year window for enhancing repeat controlled-substance offenses (replacing the prior unlimited look-back); the Senate passed the bill (26 ayes, 0 nays, 3 absent).
- First substitute House Bill 291 (human trafficking amendments): the bill adds law-enforcement education, registry updates and safe-harbor protections for exploited children; it passed (27 ayes, 0 nays, 2 absent).
- First substitute House Bill 128 (license-plate-reader use at institutions of higher education): the measure permits campuses to use automatic license-plate readers for parking and traffic enforcement with anonymized data; the Senate passed the bill (24 yea, 0 nay, 5 absent).
- First substitute House Bill 192 (property tax assessment): codifies current county appraisal methods for multi-tenant properties; passed (27 yay, 0 nay, 2 absent).
- Fourth substitute House Bill 155 (homeowner association disclosure): requires sellers to provide HOA materials prior to sale and tasks the Department of Commerce with publishing rights; passed (26 yay, 0 nay, 3 absent).
- First substitute House Joint Resolution 9 (app-ratings board request): nonbinding resolution asking the app industry to consider an independent rating board; passed (26 yay, 0 nay, 3 absent).
- House Bill 77 (education funding amendments): sets a 4% cap connected to WPU allocation changes; passed (25 yay, 0 nay, 4 absent).
- First substitute House Bill 209 (Health Data Authority amendment): allows limited data transfers to the State Vaccine Database and State Cancer Registry from the All-Payer Claims Database with privacy safeguards; passed (24 yay, 0 nay, 5 absent).
- House Bill 285 (Utah professionals health program): expands a program for health-care professionals with substance-use disorders and enables program operations via contracts, fines and fees; passed and will be returned to the House for signature.
Several other bills were introduced or transmitted from the House and committee reports were adopted; the Senate recessed until 4 p.m. for caucus and budget discussions.
