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House forwards multiple bills, approves consent and concurrence calendars
Summary
On March 5, the Utah House adopted committee reports and approved numerous consent and concurrence items — including HCR18 (Bear Lake), HB384 (search and rescue), SJR7 (terminology updates), HB425 (bonding changes) and multiple others — forwarding them to the Senate or placing them on calendars. Vote tallies are listed below.
The Utah House adopted several standing-committee reports, approved consent-calendar measures and voted to concur with Senate amendments on multiple bills during its March 5 session.
Votes at a glance
- House Concurrent Resolution 18 (Bear Lake): passed 60–0; sends resolution to the Senate for consideration. - House Bill 384 (Search and Rescue Amendments): passed 59–0; forwarded to the Senate. - Senate Joint Resolution 7 (Utah Constitution terminology updates): passed 63–0; to be signed and returned to the Senate. - House Bill 425 (Local government officer bonding amendments): passed 61–0; forwarded to the Senate. - Senate Bill 165 (Quorum requirements): passed 64–0; signed and returned to the Senate. - First substitute House Bill 171 (Temporary replacements for county offices): concurred and passed 63–0; returned to the Senate for signature. - House Bill 251 (Drug diversion reporting requirements, concurrence): final passage 62–4; returns to the Senate. - House Bill 285 (Alcohol work requirement amendments): final passage 67–0; returns to the Senate. - House Concurrent Resolution 10 (Great Salt Lake): concurrence passed 66–0; returned to the Senate. - House Bill 408 (Notary public liability amendments): passed 57–11; transmitted to the Senate. - Senate Bill 98 (Community Reinvestment Agency amendments): passed 68–0; returned to the Senate. - First substitute Senate Bill 108 (Government records/GRAMA changes): passed 69–1; returned to the Senate. - Third substitute Senate Bill 93 (Agricultural nuisance amendments): passed 70–0; returned to the Senate. - Second substitute Senate Bill 43 (Criminal provisions modifications): passed 41–32; returned to the Senate. - For substitute Senate Bill 60 (automatic local district withdrawal amendments): passed 70–1; returned to the Senate.
What the votes mean
Several of the items on the consent calendar were noncontroversial housekeeping or stakeholder-driven changes (for example HCR18 on Bear Lake and HB384 on search-and-rescue advisory board membership). Other measures carried unanimous support after committee recommendations; a small number of bills drew recorded opposition or were circled/uncircled for further work (notably criminal-code revisions). Many passed bills were placed on second- or third-reading calendars or were returned to the Senate for concurrence/signature as indicated.
