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House passes package of bills on Senate calendar; food truck, licensure, legal-notice changes among measures approved
Summary
The Utah House on March 7 adopted multiple committee reports and passed a series of bills and resolutions returning them to the Senate for final action, including food-truck regulation changes, occupational-licensure clarifications, legal-notice modernization and reauthorization of administrative rules.
The Utah House of Representatives on March 7 moved a package of bills through floor action and committee reports, approving measures on the Senate third-reading calendar and clearing them to return to the Senate for signature.
Among the votes, the House approved the third substitute of Senate Bill 71 (food truck amendments). Representative Dunnigan told members the measure prevents cities from charging a fee for food trucks on private property, limits advance requirements for date/time/length of stay, caps reciprocal license fees to actual processing costs and allows food trucks to remain up to five days at festivals if sanitary requirements are met. The third substitute passed by voice-to-record (66 yea, 1 nay) and will be returned to the Senate for further consideration.
The House also passed Senate Bill 158 (occupational and professional licensure). Representative Thurston said Utah participates in an 11-state consortium to reduce burdens on business; the bill expands the public-health-and-safety definition to include financial harm to the public. The measure passed 67-0 and was returned to the Senate for signature.
House Bill 409, described by Representative Pulsipher as a cleanup package for the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind, passed 71-0 and will move to the Senate.
On economic development, Representative Peterson presented Senate Bill 127, which updates a conference-application form for incentive funds to require counts of out-of-state attendees, a list of out-of-state businesses and documentation of out-of-state advertising. The bill passed 69-0 and was returned to the Senate for signature.
Members approved Senate Bill 145, which makes legal-notice modernization changes affecting first- and second-class counties while excluding smaller counties. Representative Wilde said the bill aims to modernize public notices while holding smaller communities harmless. The measure passed with opposition (57 yea, 10 nay) and will be signed by the Speaker Pro Tem and sent back to the Senate.
On elections, Senate Bill 163 permits candidates to file using an alternate address or contact (for privacy) while maintaining voter access to contact information; Representative McHale said the measure balances privacy and transparency. The bill passed unanimously, 71-0.
The House also handled a range of committee reports and rules assignments, and the Rules Committee report assigned numerous bills to standing committees for further review.
The House recessed until 2:30 p.m. after completing the morning's business.
Votes at a glance: third substitute SB71 (food truck amendments) — passed 66-1; SB158 (occupational licensure) — passed 67-0; HB409 (Utah Schools for the Deaf and Blind) — passed 71-0; SB127 (business incentives amendments) — passed 69-0; SB145 (legal notice revisions) — passed 57-10; SB163 (candidate filing disclosure) — passed 71-0; SB67 (administrative rules reauthorization) — passed 70-0 (detailed separately).
