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Senate advances wide package of House substitutes and state bills; votes at a glance
Summary
The Utah Senate read numerous substitute House bills for third reading and voted on a broad set of measures covering corrections, public safety, water quality, privacy, data security and other topics. Several bills were passed; a few were tabled on third reading for fiscal clarification.
The Utah State Senate spent most of the afternoon taking up House-substituted bills and several Senate-introduced measures. Many bills were read for a third time and passed; a subset was tabled for fiscal reasons. Below are the principal actions recorded on the floor (vote tallies as reported in the transcript):
- First substitute House Bill 170 (vehicle registration renewal notice requirements): Received 25 yay votes, 0 nay votes, 4 absent; subsequently tabled on third reading for fiscal-note review.
- First substitute House Bill 95 (Prison Rape Elimination Act compliance): Passed, 25 yay, 0 nay, 4 absent.
- First substitute House Bill 155 (civil commitment/AOT amendments): Passed, 23 yay, 0 nay, 6 absent.
- First substitute House Bill 159 (higher education speech): Passed, 27 yay, 1 nay, 1 absent.
- First substitute House Bill 162 (Peace Officer Training Amendments): Passed, 23 yay, 4 nay, 2 absent.
- First substitute House Bill 186 (criminal non-support amendments): Passed, 25 yay, 0 nay, 4 absent.
- House Bill 208 (Water Quality Act amendments): Passed, 25 yay, 0 nay, 4 absent.
- First substitute House Bill 228 (jail photo distribution prohibition): Passed, 26 yay, 0 nay, 3 absent.
- Second substitute House Bill 239 (online impersonation prohibition): Passed, 26 yay, 0 nay, 3 absent.
- First substitute House Bill 26 (24/7 Sobriety Program Expansion): Initially recorded 26 yay votes but was later tabled on third reading for a fiscal note.
- Several other bills were approved on the floor with recorded tallies (examples below): • Second substitute House Bill 55 (Marriage Commission amendments): 26 yay, 0 nay, 3 absent. • First substitute House Bill 107 (Subdivision plat amendments): 25 yay, 0 nay, 4 absent. • Fourth substitute House Bill 73 (drug-testing amendments): 26 yay, 0 nay, 3 absent. • First substitute House Bill 178 (pharmacy practice modifications): 24 yay, 0 nay, 5 absent. • Second substitute House Bill 191 (Adoption amendments): 25 yay, 0 nay, 3 absent. • First substitute House Bill 58 (riot amendments): 18 yay, 7 nay, 4 absent. • First substitute House Bill 64 (factual-innocence payments): 19 yay, 0 nay, 10 absent. • Second substitute House Bill 80 (data security amendments): 27 yay, 0 nay, 2 absent.
Several bills were 'circled' (placed on hold) or had committee actions (e.g., rules assignments) noted on the floor; the rules committee list distributed at the session assigned many House bills to standing committees for further work. The Senate adjourned at the end of the day and scheduled its next meeting for 10 a.m. the following day.
What this means: The floor session advanced a significant package of legislative items across multiple policy areas — criminal justice, education, public safety, water quality and data security — while preserving additional fiscal scrutiny for measures with unresolved cost questions.
Note: Vote tallies and outcomes are taken verbatim from the Senate floor transcript as announced during the roll calls.
