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Votes at a glance: Key measures the Utah Senate approved on April 16, 2020
Summary
The Utah Senate passed a package of COVID-19 related bills on April 16, 2020 including pandemic appropriations (SB 3,001), health-care immunity (SB 3,002), unemployment waiver (SB 3,003), a public-health-and-economic commission (SB 3,004 second substitute), education waivers (SB 3,005), election changes (HB 3,006), and workers' comp for first responders (HB 3,007); vote tallies are listed below.
Below are the principal bills and the Senate roll-call tallies as recorded during the April 16 special session.
- SB 3,001 (Pandemic Response Appropriations Adjustments): Passed 29 yeas, 0 nays, 0 absent. Referred to the House.
- SB 3,002 (Emergency Health Care Access and Immunity Amendment): Amended and passed (recorded vote reported as 27 yeas, 1 nay, 1 absent). Adopted amendments addressing federal guidance and informed consent for off-label uses.
- SB 3,003 (Unemployment Benefits Amendments): Passed (recorded as 29 yeas, 0 nays, 0 absent). Waives Utah's one-week waiting period where federal funding or declared emergency allows.
- SB 3,004 (COVID-19 Health and Economic Response Act, second substitute):…
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