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Senate roundup: multiple bills pass, several items circled or tabled
Summary
At its Feb. 22, 2021 floor session the Utah Senate approved a set of House and Senate measures — including HB 158 (juvenile interrogation amendments), SB 161 (mental-health telemedicine parity), HB 30 (fourth substitute tax modifications) — and tabled or circled multiple bills for further work; several bills were returned to the House or sent to committee.
During the Feb. 22, 2021 floor session the Utah State Senate took votes on a broad group of House and Senate bills, approving several on final or committee-related votes and tabling others pending fiscal information or further work.
Key outcomes recorded on the floor: - Third substitute House Bill 158 (juvenile interrogation amendments): Passed by roll call; President Adams announced the result as 25 yay, 0 nay, 4 absent. The bill will be signed by the president and returned to the House for the Speaker’s signature.
- First substitute Senate Bill 161 (mental-health systems amendments): Passed by roll call (25 yay, 0 nay, 4 absent) after sponsor remarks and floor questions about county fiscal exposure.
- Fourth substitute House Bill 30 (tax modifications): The body approved a motion to delete title and body and substitute the fourth substitute; the roll call recorded 24 yes, 1 no and the bill will be returned to the House for further consideration.
- First substitute House Bill 70 (ballot tracking amendments): The Senate read the bill for a third time and later voted to table it on third for a fiscal note; the tabling motion carried.
- Several other bill actions recorded on the floor included passage or movement to third reading for: HB 96 (emergency management amendments) (first substitute received 25 yea votes and later was tabled on third for fiscal note), HB 80 (data security amendments) (second substitute passed, recorded as 23 yay, 0 nay, 6 absent), HB 178 (pharmacy practice modifications) (first substitute passed 24–0–5 absent), HCR 9 (anti-littering campaign concurrent resolution) (24–0–5 absent), and HB 293 (open meeting minutes amendments) (28–0–1 absent reading advanced).
Procedural notes from the floor: multiple standing committee reports were approved by voice or roll-call and bills were assigned to the Rules Committee or to standing committees for further consideration. Several bills were placed on the second-reading calendar or the consent calendar, and the Senate circled or uncircled items to allow additional negotiation or to wait for committee reports. The Senate recessed to reconvene at 6:00 p.m.
This roundup reflects the roll-call counts and procedural actions entered into the Senate’s floor record during the Feb. 22 session. For bills advanced to the House, further action or amendments may follow in the receiving chamber.
