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Votes at a glance: major Utah Senate floor actions on Feb. 19, 2021
Summary
On Feb. 19 the Utah Senate took a string of third-reading and substitution actions: it passed second-substitute SB130 (CAFO regulation), adopted substituted versions of SB113 (transportation), SB181/182 (government operations), SB62 (transfer of power), SB132 (childcare sales-tax exemption), SB201 (public notice centralization) and SB195 (emergency response), and advanced other substituted bills.
Here are the principal recorded outcomes from the Utah Senate on Feb. 19, 2021, as taken from the floor transcript.
Key final-passage and substitution outcomes
- Second substitute, Senate Bill 130 (regulation of concentrated animal feeding operations): Passed final (presiding officer announced "having received 25 yay votes, 0 nay votes, 4 being absent").
- First substitute, Senate Bill 181 (Department of Governmental Operations): Passed (chair announced 21 yay votes, 3 nay votes, 5 absent) and will be sent to the House.
- First substitute, Senate Bill 182 (related cross references for SB181): Passed (chair announced 22 yay votes, 2 nay votes, 5 absent).
- Second substitute, Senate Bill 113 (transportation amendments, annual cleanup including towing/dispatch clarifications): Adopted and passed final (chair announced 25 yay votes, 3 nay votes, 1 absent).
- Third substitute, Senate Bill 175 (special education least-restrictive changes): Advanced (read a third time after roll call recorded as 16 yay, 13 nay).
- Second Senate Bill 62 (gubernatorial transfer of power): Read a third time and passed (chair announced 28 aye, 0 nay, 1 absent).
- Second substitute, Senate Bill 195 (emergency response amendments): Adopted and read for a third time (chair announced 28 yay, 0 nay, 1 absent).
- First substitute, Senate Bill 201 (public notice website centralization): Adopted and moved to third reading (chair announced 22 yay, 1 nay, 6 absent).
- First substitute, Senate Bill 132 (childcare construction sales-tax exemption with sunset proposal): Adopted and read for third time (chair announced 23 yay, 0 nay, 6 absent).
Procedural notes: Several items were 'uncircled' or 'circled' (procedural steps used to move bills onto or off calendars or to place them on the third-reading calendar); multiple bills were substituted (delete-and-replace motions) and the transcript records voice votes and roll-call tallies. In one instance (the SB122 custody substitute) a division was called and the presiding officer referenced SR 4-6-107 in ruling on whether a majority of those present sufficed to adopt a substitute.
What to watch: SB175 (special education) and SB122 (custody) generated the most substantive floor debate and may see further amendments. SB195 (emergency response) received broad bipartisan floor support and will move forward with sponsor-led stakeholder refinement.
Source: Floor transcript, Utah Senate, Feb. 19, 2021.
