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Utah Senate — votes and outcomes from Day 36
Summary
A roundup of bills the Utah Senate passed on Day 36, including criminal procedure, water‑facility penalties, fuel tax changes, indigent defense reorganizations and other measures. Each entry lists the action taken and the roll‑call tally where recorded in the transcript.
Salt Lake City — During its Day 36 floor session the Utah Senate recorded final actions on a range of bills and resolutions. Below are the bills discussed on the floor that received motions and final action in the transcript, with roll‑call tallies when explicitly recorded.
- First Substitute House Bill 142 (Criminal proceeding amendments): Sponsor explained that prosecutors must sign off on pleas in certain domestic‑violence and DUI cases. Motion to pass carried; transcript records "23 yay votes, 0 nay votes, 6 being absent." (SEG 111–136.)
- House Bill 105 (Water facilities amendments): Sponsor said the bill defines "water facility" and adds a criminal penalty for unauthorized connections to drinking‑water and wastewater systems, citing health risks including a prior cement discharge incident. Motion to pass carried; transcript records "20 yea votes, 0 nay votes, 9 absent." (SEG 139–185.)
- House Bill 56 (Fuel sales tax amendments): The bill levies tax based on the predominant use of fuel at a single meter (residential vs. commercial). Motion to pass carried; transcript records "26 yea votes, 0 nay votes, 3 absent." (SEG 382–489.)
- First Substitute Senate Bill 170 (Indigent defense, amendments): Sponsor explained moving contracts and programs into the Office of Indigent Defense Services. Motion carried; transcript records "27 yea votes, 0 nay votes, 2 absent." (SEG 211–272.)
- Second Substitute Senate Bill 175 (Defense contracts amendments): Sponsor described further consolidation under the Office of Indigent Defense Services. Motion carried; transcript records "27 yea votes, 0 nay votes, 2 absent." (SEG 273–341.)
- First Substitute Senate Bill 161 (Insurance/title cleanup): Sponsor described the bill as a cleanup to a prior affiliated‑businesses title bill; motion to pass carried and transcript records "27 yea votes, 0 nay votes, 2 absent." (SEG 697–783.)
- Senate Concurrent Resolution 9 (Olympics hosting agreement authority): Resolution passed; transcript records "25 yay votes, 0 nay votes, 4 absent." (SEG 538–590.)
- House Concurrent Resolution 20 (Utah Hospital Association centennial): Senate adopted the resolution recognizing the association’s 100 years of service; transcript records "23 yea votes, 0 nay votes, 6 absent." (SEG 1450–1623.)
- Second substitute Senate Bill 31 (Safety inspections for cited vehicles): Advanced from second reading; transcript records passage on second with "17 yea votes, 4 nay votes, 5 absent" and the bill placed on the third reading calendar. (SEG 1635–1753.)
- Various other committee recommendations and uncircles were adopted and several bills were substituted and placed on future calendars (see transcript for committee‑by‑committee detail). (SEG 995–1149.)
Notes on sources and tallies: This roundup reports roll‑call counts only when the transcript explicitly recorded numeric tallies. For measures passed under suspension of rules or where the transcript paraphrases the vote without a clear numeric tally, the text indicates the passage but does not invent counts.
Next procedural steps: Several bills will be returned to the House or placed on the Senate third‑reading calendar as recorded on the floor.
