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Senate advances and passes several bills on third reading; key votes at a glance
Summary
The Utah Senate moved a slate of bills on third reading, approving measures on motor‑vehicle insurance, emergency procurement, pharmacy benefits, human services, records/judicial review and other items. Several bills were circled for later action, and a major substitute on property‑tax deferral for seniors was debated and approved.
The Utah Senate on Tuesday approved a block of legislation on third reading and recorded votes on multiple bills that will now move to the House or advance within the legislative process. The session included unanimous and near‑unanimous roll calls and several bills that passed after brief floor presentations.
Senators voted to pass Senate Bill 135 (motor vehicle insurance amendments) on third reading; the measure, sponsored by Senator McCall, includes clarifications about e‑scooters and similar devices and passed the Senate 26–0 with three absent. House Bill 43 (Emergency Procurement Declaration Modifications) was returned to the House after a 26–0 vote; the bill creates a ‘‘natural disaster’’ procurement category and limits emergency procurement lengths absent legislative authorization.
Other bills advanced to the House after Senate passage: Senate Bill 140 (pharmacy benefits amendments), sponsored by Senator Vickers, passed 27–0 and clarifies protections for federally qualified health centers that operate 340B pharmacy programs; First Substitute Senate Bill 127 (human services program amendments) passed 27–0; and First Substitute Senate Bill 151 (Governmental Immunity Act notice‑of‑claim amendments), which allows notice delivery by email under defined conditions, passed 28–0.
The Senate also read several bills for third time (for example, Senate Bill 150 on GRAMA‑related judicial review and First Substitute Senate Bill 15 on workforce solutions for air quality) and approved them for further processing or third reading as recorded on the floor.
Formal vote counts shown on the floor record were used where recorded. Bills with full roll‑call tallies recorded in the transcript include SB 135 (26–0; 3 absent), HB 43 (26–0; 3 absent), SB 140 (27–0; 2 absent), First Substitute SB 127 (27–0; 2 absent), and First Substitute SB 151 (28–0; 1 absent). Several other measures were read, circled, or substituted for later action.
The Senate ended the afternoon session with committee announcements and recessed until 2 p.m.
