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Senate’s final day: dozens of bills cleared, ranging from child welfare to NIL rules
Summary
On the last day of the 2024 Utah legislative session the Senate passed a wide slate of bills — including measures on child custody, social-media protections for minors, conscience protections for government employees, student-athlete NIL rules and electronic-cigarette limits — many by suspension of rules or concurrence votes.
On Feb. 29, 2024, the Utah State Senate completed its final floor day, approving a broad package of measures spanning child welfare, education, health and public safety.
The body moved numerous bills under suspension of the rules or by concurrence with the House. Measures returning to the House for the speaker’s signature included Third Substitute Senate Bill 31 (insurance/health-care-sharing amendments), Second Substitute Senate Bill 95 (domestic relations recodification) and multiple House bills the Senate concurred in after amendment. Votes were largely party- and roll-call recorded, with several unanimous or near-unanimous tallies.
Notable outcomes, procedural posture and recorded tallies included: - Second Substitute House Bill 427 (medical-records access penalties) passed on the consent calendar (recorded as 27 yeas, 0 nays, 2 absent) and was sent back to the House. - First Substitute House Bill 413 (student mental health amendments) passed and was returned for signature (recorded as 28–0; 1 absent in one roll). - Second Substitute Senate Bill 95 (domestic…
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