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Senate Advances Broad Package of Bills on Third Reading; Several Passed, One Tabled
Summary
The Senate moved multiple bills to third reading and passed a number of measures across elections, environment, health and government operations; House Bill 52 (Point of the Mountain commission) was tabled on third reading and several bills advanced by recorded roll calls.
The Utah Senate spent the day advancing a wide-ranging set of bills to third reading and approving numerous measures on the floor.
Several bills were moved or read for a third time and advanced by roll-call votes. First substitute House Bill 12 (deceased voter amendments), sponsored by Senator McCall, was advanced to third reading after the sponsor said it standardizes removal of deceased voters from registration records; the chair announced the vote as 29 yay, 0 nay. First substitute House Bill 29, requiring the Division of Wildlife Resources to develop a statewide aquatic invasive species emergency response plan, was described by Senator Hankins and announced for third reading (the chair announced 26 yay, 0 nay, 3 absent). House Bill 44, which directs the State Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice to report annually on Justice Reinvestment progress, was advanced and announced as having received 27 yay votes.
Other notable floor actions included Senate concurrence with House changes to Second Substitute Senate Bill 20 (Air Quality Policy Advisory Board), which passed the Senate and will return to the House; House Bill 131 (state facility energy-efficiency reporting) moved to third reading; and House Bill 40 (tax status disclosure amendments) passed on the floor and was announced as receiving 27 yay votes.
The Senate tabled House Bill 52 (Point of the Mountain Development Commission) on third reading after floor discussion about the commission's study work and local planning needs. Senator Stevenson had argued for a two-year extension of the commission's sunset to continue planning for the site around the state's former prison property, but the motion to table carried.
Other measures moved forward included bills on public information website modifications (HB27), State Facility Energy Efficiency (HB131), worker and labor items, and amendments related to emergency price-control authority (SB86). The chair recorded votes on each item at the conclusion of floor debate.
Where the transcript provides a clear roll-call announcement, this account reports the posted tallies; if a specific roll-call count was not clearly recorded in the excerpt, the result is described as recorded or not specified.
