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Votes at a glance: March 9 House actions on multiple Senate bills and committee reports
Summary
On March 9, 2020, the Utah House adopted a slate of committee reports, returned many items to Rules, circled or placed multiple Senate bills on the third-reading calendar, and passed several bills including SCR10 (66–0), SB22 (66–0), SB60 (68–0), SB95 (64–2), SB96 (63–3), SB117 (65–4), SB155 (64–0).
The Utah House spent its March 9 session adopting committee reports, managing the third-reading calendar and voting on a batch of Senate bills. Highlights of formal floor actions and tally results reported by the reading clerk include:
- SCR 10 (concurrent resolution on state employee benefits): Passed the House 66–0 (sponsor Rep. Thurston said the resolution returns money into the budget). - SB22 (American Indian and Alaska Native related amendments): Passed the House 66–0. - SB60 (advice and consent amendments): Passed the House 68–0 after sponsor Rep. Hawkes described changes to appointment timelines and confirmation processes. - SB95 (economic development amendments, third substitute): Passed the House 64–2; sponsor Rep. Albrecht described a $10 million redirection from existing USAR funds into two $5 million rural county grant pools (one distributed in $200,000 shares, one competitive). - SB96 (emerging technology talent initiative): Passed the House 63–3 (see separate article). - SB117 (higher-education financial aid amendments): Passed the House 65–4 (see separate article). - SB155 (medical billing / balance billing study): Passed the House 64–0 (see separate article).
The House also adopted numerous committee reports (Business & Labor; Education; Government Operations; Judiciary; Political Subdivisions; Revenue & Taxation; Law Enforcement & Criminal Justice; Transportation; Health & Human Services; Natural Resources; Public Utilities) and returned many bills to the House Rules Committee for further consideration. Several bills were 'circled' or 'uncircled' under the House's new color-coded fiscal-note system that staff began using on the floor.
For many items on the floor the reading clerk noted committee votes, sponsors and procedural outcomes; bills passed on third reading will be signed by the Speaker and returned to the Senate for the President’s signature or handled per Rules Committee procedures.
