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Utah Senate Advances Multiple Bills on Second Reading, Including Transit, Car‑Sharing and Education Changes
Summary
On the second‑reading calendar the Senate read several bills for a third time — including SB 213 (transit district apportionment updates), SB 121 (peer‑to‑peer car‑sharing tax and consumer protections), SB 77 (education scholarship cleanup), SB 96/97 (ESG‑ and procurement‑related restrictions), and SB 195 (medical debt relief) — and registered roll‑call tallies for each.
The Utah Senate used its second‑reading calendar to advance a swath of bills covering local governance, tax treatment for peer‑to‑peer transactions, education scholarship rules and procurement restrictions.
Transit and local board apportionment: Senator Wilson introduced SB 213 to update how small public transit district boards are apportioned and to reduce annual reauthorization burdens tied to service‑mile calculations. Wilson said the statutory framework was outdated because it did not account for on‑demand services. The bill was read for a third time and was reported by the President as receiving 23 yea votes, 0 nays and 6 absences.
Car‑sharing tax framework: Senators uncircled and substituted SB 121. Senator McKell described a negotiated second substitute that exempts peer‑to‑peer car‑sharing transactions from the state portion of the sales tax (4.85%) if the vehicle owner certifies sales tax was paid at the…
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