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Votes at a glance: key measures advanced by the Utah Senate on Jan. 25, 2021
Summary
On Jan. 25 the Utah Senate passed a set of bills and resolutions covering building-code updates, mental-health telehealth parity, caregiver compensation, mobile crisis teams and several procedural actions; SJR7 on Energy Solutions’ Class 6 landfill also advanced.
The Utah Senate on Monday moved a number of bills and a joint resolution forward. Key outcomes recorded in the session transcript include:
- SB32 (employee status amendments, Sen. Bramble): Amended on the floor to add the term "interpreting" and passed by roll call (clerk announced 28 yay, 0 nay, 1 absent).
- SB33 (uniform building code commission amendments, Sen. Bramble): Adopted updates to incorporate the 2020 edition of the National Electrical Code; passed by roll call (clerk announced 28 yay, 0 nay, 1 absent).
- SB70 (mobile crisis outreach team expansion, Sen. Riebe): Sponsor described the bill as scalable and designed to allow each county to have a mobile crisis intervention team; passed by roll call (clerk announced 28 yay, 0 nay, 1 absent).
- SB41 (first substitute, mental health access amendments, Sen. Escamilla): Adds mental-health coverage to telehealth parity enacted last year; the Senate recorded 27 yay votes, 0 nay, 2 absent when voting to read it a third time.
- SB47 (mental health crisis intervention council, Sen. Thatcher): Creates a council under the Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health to standardize crisis intervention-team practices; advanced by the Senate.
- SB59 (consumer alcoholic beverage purchasing, Lisonbee bill): Uncircled after a motion by Sen. Davis and passed (clerk announced 28 yay, 0 nay, 1 absent in floor proceedings).
- SB63 (caregiver compensation amendments, Sen. Harper): Sponsor gave a fiscal note of about $2.9 million of state funds drawing down about $5.7 million in federal funds; passed by roll call (clerk announced 28 yay, 0 nay, 1 absent).
- SJR7 (Energy Solutions Class 6 landfill, Sen. Sandell): Advanced after discussion and questioning about sorting, DEQ oversight and whether the waste stream is largely out of state (clerk announced 24 yay, 3 nay, 2 absent in the transcript).
Several other bills were circled for later action (for example, SB46 and SB87). The Senate adjourned and scheduled a rules committee meeting immediately after the floor session.
