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Votes at a glance: House advances multiple Senate substitutes and state measures
Summary
On March 3–4, 2020 the Utah House approved a series of Senate and House measures in voice and roll-call votes, including SB75 (68–1), SB34 (68–0), SB51 (69–0), SB142 (70–0), SB109 (57–11), SB113 (70–0), SB23 (69–0), and SCR6 (71–0).
During floor session March 3–4, 2020 the Utah House advanced a broad slate of bills and resolutions, many on second reading or as substitutes, chiefly by voice or recorded roll-call votes.
Notable recorded votes included:
- Substitute Senate Bill 75 (Legislative Audit Amendments): passed 68–1. Representative Gibson said the measure requires background checks for certain State Auditor’s Office employees.
- Third substitute Senate Bill 67 (disposition of fetal remains): passed 58–14 after extended floor debate and amendment votes (see separate coverage).
- Senate Bill 34 (offender registry amendments): passed 68–0; the bill allows some people on the offender registry to apply for removal if their prior offense would not today require listing.
- Second substitute Senate Bill 51 (secondary water requirements): passed 69–0 after clarifying state engineer provisions and exemptions for some counties.
- Senate Bill 142 (delivery driver age requirements): passed 70–0 to lower the minimum age for delivery drivers from 19 to 18.
- First substitute Senate Bill 109 (state construction art set‑aside cap): passed 57–11 to cap art spending on state building projects at $200,000 rather than 1% of total project budget.
- First substitute Senate Bill 113 (arts program funding amendments): passed 70–0 to adjust administration of the Beverly Taylor Sorensen arts program funding.
- Second substitute Senate Bill 23 (occupational/professional licensing amendments): passed 69–0; includes a change from "may" to "shall" in recognizing out-of-state licenses under some conditions.
- First substitute concurrent resolution SCR6 (study of local option sales tax): passed 71–0 asking local associations to study tax distribution in light of e-commerce changes.
Most bills were returned to the Senate for signature or further consideration. Several committee reports were adopted and multiple bill referrals to standing committees were announced. A number of items were placed at the bottom of the House third-reading calendar for later action.
