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Senate completes busy floor day: bills on reporting, inheritance, safety, licensing and budgets move forward
Summary
On Jan. 29, 2021, the Utah Senate passed a slate of bills on third reading (including SB 76, SB 85, SB 69, SB 101, SB 34, SB 37, SB 57, SB 46 and first substitute SB 87) and handled consent and committee reports; vote tallies and next steps are listed.
The Utah State Senate convened Jan. 29, 2021 and advanced multiple measures on the second- and third-reading calendars as well as consent calendar items. Key outcomes from the floor:
- House Bill 48 (Board of Financial Institutions amendments): consent calendar; recorded as 28 yea, 0 nay, 1 absent. President to sign and forward to the House speaker for signature.
- Senate Bill 76 (controlled-substance database access): sponsor said the bill allows targeted access for the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit during active investigations; motion to read for a third time carried, recorded 28 yea, 0 nay, 1 absent.
- First substitute Senate Bill 85 (disinheritance following crimes against vulnerable adults): sponsor said the statute would strip inheritances from people convicted of felony abuse of a vulnerable adult; read for a third time and recorded 29 yea, 0 nay, 0 absent.
- Senate Joint Resolution 3 (dissolution of Smithfield City Justice Court): sponsor said Smithfield (~12,000 residents) plans to dissolve its justice court effective no later than 2021-04-01; read for a third time, recorded 29 yea, 0 nay, 0 absent.
- Senate Bill 69 (accident report amendments): sponsor said the bill grants access to accident reports for state property claims (e.g., guardrail damage); read for a third time, recorded 29 yea, 0 nay, 0 absent.
- Senate Bill 101 (motor vehicle amendments — handheld device definition): clarifies that certain two-way radio devices are excluded from the handheld-communications device prohibition; passed on third reading, recorded 29 yea, 0 nay, 0 absent.
- Senate Bill 34 (governmental use of facial-recognition technology): passed third-reading, recorded 27 yea, 2 nay, 0 absent.
- First substitute Senate Bill 37 (public infrastructure district revisions): read for a third time, recorded 29 yea, 0 nay, 0 absent.
- Senate Bill 48 (State Flag Task Force): motion to 'circle' (delay) passed; no floor action summary advanced that day.
- Senate Bill 57 (Executive Residence Commission amendments): read for a third time and recorded 29 yea, 0 nay, 0 absent.
- Senate Bill 46 (post-employment restrictions/non-compete): Amendment 1 (clarifying 'and' vs 'or') passed; final passage as amended recorded 29 yea, 0 nay, 0 absent; bill will be sent to the House.
- First substitute Senate Bill 87 (professional licensing — hair safety permit / blow-dry services): passed 21 yea, 8 nay; DOPL and local health departments to administer permit and sanitation enforcement; fiscal note described as in process and projected to have no net state cost.
The Senate adjourned and scheduled the Rules Committee immediately after adjournment and reconvened at 11 a.m. Monday for the next floor day.
