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Votes at a glance: Senate advances a batch of consent and second-reading bills
Summary
The Senate cleared a series of consent and second-reading items—ranging from police special-needs training to medical examiner reforms and laboratory equipment funding—largely by voice or suspension votes during Day 44 of the session; notable tallies and next steps are listed below.
On Day 44 the Utah Senate moved quickly through numerous consent-calendar and second-reading bills, approving several measures by unanimous voice, roll call or under suspension of the rules. Below are selected bills the Senate acted on, the floor count when available and immediate next steps.
- House Bill 334 (Special-needs training for law enforcement): Sponsor Senator Thatcher said West Jordan Chief Ken Wallentine provided a training module to be available to agencies at no cost. The president ordered the unanimous vote of senators present and the bill was signed and returned to the House (floor recorded no nays; absent noted on floor).
- Second substitute House Bill 313 (Heritage and Arts Department name change): The Senate recorded a unanimous voice/recorded vote and sent the bill to the House for further consideration (floor reported counts consistent with unanimous support).
- First substitute House Bill 355 (Workers' compensation revisions): Sponsor outlined eligibility clarifications for general contractors; the bill passed by roll call (floor reported 27 yea, 0 nay, 2 absent) and will be returned to the House.
- Third substitute House Bill 421 (Intensive services pilot): Passed by roll call and returned to the House; sponsors described a one-time pilot allocation to address high-cost special-education services.
- First substitute House Bill 390 (Urban farming amendments): Passed after floor amendment striking exclusion for first- and second-class counties; recorded as passing the Senate under suspension of the rules.
- House Bill 185 (Laboratory equipment fund): Passed to allow the Department of Agriculture lab to open a fee-funded fund capped at $500,000.
- Third substitute House Bill 295 (Wildlife modifications): After debate, the bill to ban baiting and clarify waterfowl management areas passed by roll call (22 yea, 5 nay, 2 absent) and will be returned to the House.
- Fourth substitute House Bill 243 (Privacy protection amendments): The substitute establishing a surveillance-technology review and reporting process passed the Senate (26 yea, 0 nay, 3 absent) and was sent to the House.
These items — many taken under suspension of the rules in the closing days of the session — will proceed to the House or to enrollment as indicated by the President’s announcements on the floor.
