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House advances dozens of bills to Senate, including tax, public‑safety and education measures; tally summary
Summary
The Utah House advanced numerous bills to the Senate on first reading and third‑reading votes (notable outcomes: HB11 74–0; HB15 74–0; HB16 59–15; HB20 74–0; HB24 (1st sub) 74–0; HB25 73–1; HB26 74–0; HB27 74–0; HB29 74–0; HB39 72–1; HB51 74–0; HB54 74–0). HB34 (ban on commercial tanning for minors) failed 33–42.
On a busy floor day the Utah House read hundreds of bills for first reading and resolved a number of third‑reading items, passing many measures and sending them to the Senate for consideration.
Votes and outcomes at a glance (selected items from the House third‑reading calendar):
- House Bill 11 (blood-alcohol limit alignment for workers’ compensation): passed 74–0. Representative Dunnegan outlined that statutory cleanup aligning workers‑compensation provisions with a 0.05 BAC limit was needed.
- House Bill 15 (Labor Commission amendments): passed 74–0. The bill creates an alternate employee/employee representative appointment process for the commission’s appeal board.
- House Bill 16 (School Meals funding wording and reporting to USBE): passed 59–15. Representative Johnson said language change allows alcohol‑tax…
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