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Senate clears broad slate of bills on concurrence and third‑reading calendars
Summary
On day 31 of the 63rd Legislature the Utah Senate passed multiple concurrence and third‑reading bills across procurement, education, water policy, public safety, and local government; several measures passed unanimously and were returned to the House or placed for signature. A procedural reconsideration and suspension of rules affected House Bill 47.
The Utah Senate advanced and passed a broad set of bills on the concurrence, consent and third‑reading calendars during the floor session. Lawmakers moved through procurement changes, education items, water commission sunset extensions, consumer protection and a range of House substitutes and resolutions.
Bills approved on the floor included (selection with floor vote tallies recorded on the record):
- Senate Bill 132 (Uniform Foreign Country Money Judgment Recognition Act) — passed, 26 yeas, 0 nays, 3 absent. - House Bill 237 (change to effective date for water‑related amendments) — passed, 26 yeas, 0 nays, 3 absent. - Senate Bill 125 (single sign‑on/postal amendments) — encircled then passed, 25 yeas, 0 nays, 4 absent. - First Substitute Senate Bill 90 (Procurement Code amendments) — concurred, 26 yeas, 0 nays, 3 absent. - Second Substitute Senate Joint Resolution 6 (conflict of interest disclosure) — concurred, 26 yeas, 0 nays, 3 absent. - First Substitute Senate Bill 32 (Prisoner offense amendments) — concurred, 27 yeas, 0 nays, 2 absent. - First Substitute Senate Bill 70 (Determination of death amendment) — concurred, 26 yeas, 0 nays, 3 absent. - First Substitute House Bill 147 (Division of Real Estate annual amendments) — passed, 26 yeas, 0 nays, 3 absent. - House Bill 28 (Legislative Water Development Commission sunset extension) — passed, 27 yeas, 0 nays, 2 absent. - First Substitute House Bill 125 (Division of Wildlife Resources amendment) — passed, 27 yeas, 0 nays, 2 absent. - House Bill 199 (Insured Homeowners Protection Act) — passed, recorded as unanimous/consent and referred to the House. - First Substitute House Bill 223 (statute of repose/limitations amendments) — passed and returned to the House (tally recorded in the debate). - House Bill 234 (gestational agreement amendment) — passed, 24 yeas, 1 nay, 4 absent. - First Substitute House Bill 184 (municipal regulation of golf carts) — passed, 23 yeas, 0 nays, 6 absent. - First Substitute Senate Bill 151 (accelerated student program amendments) — passed, 23 yeas, 0 nays, 6 absent. - House Bill 162 (securities amendments) — passed, 24 yeas, 0 nays, 5 absent. - First Substitute House Bill 47 (property tax amendments) — after recall and suspension of rules the Senate passed the substituted bill (24 yeas, 0 nays, 5 absent recorded after reconsideration/suspension). - House Concurrent Resolution 10 (honoring Pastor Franz A. Davis) — adopted, 25 yeas, 0 nays, 4 absent. - First Substitute House Bill 33 (Abuse, Neglect and Dependency proceedings amendments) — passed, 22 yeas, 0 nays, 7 absent.
Several measures were circled for later consideration and multiple visitor recognitions and personal privilege remarks punctuated the session. The Senate recessed for caucus and scheduled further work for the afternoon.
Note: This roundup summarizes floor votes and procedural outcomes as recorded on the Senate floor during the session; motions' movers or seconds were not always captured verbatim in the record and are marked "not specified" where not stated on the record.
