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Utah House adopts interim rules, reads scores of bills and suspends rules to consider third‑reading calendar
Summary
During its Jan. 27 organizational session the House adopted interim rules, appointed committees to notify the governor and Senate, read dozens of bills by short title and voted to suspend the one‑day rule so third‑reading calendar bills could be considered under suspension of rules.
The Utah House of Representatives carried out routine organizational business on Jan. 27, adopting interim rules, appointing committees to notify the governor and Senate, reading dozens of bills by short title, and placing a slate of measures on the third‑reading calendar.
A certificate from Lieutenant Governor Spencer J. Cox formally certified elected members and appointees to fill vacancies. The Speaker declared a quorum and the House proceeded with a series of motions. Representative Francis Gibson moved to adopt the House Journal; the motion passed unanimously. Representative Brian King moved that the Speaker be authorized to appoint a committee to meet with a like committee from the Senate to notify the governor the legislature was organized; that motion also passed, and the Speaker appointed Representatives Corey Malloy, Adam Robertson and Patrice (as announced) to the committee.
A subsequent motion authorized appointment of a committee to notify the Senate that the House was organized; the motion passed and the Speaker appointed Representatives Kim Coleman, Mark Strong and Lou (as announced). The reading clerk then read a large batch of bills for the first time (short titles only) including House Bills 10–111, several higher‑profile measures such as HB 14 (school absenteeism and truancy amendments), HB 35 (mental‑health treatment access amendments), HB 69 (sick leave amendments), and HB 185 (tax restructuring revisions), plus several joint resolutions and concurrent resolutions.
The House received a rules committee report recommending that numerous bills be lifted from rules and placed on the third‑reading calendar. Representative Timothy Hawkes moved to adopt the rules committee report; the motion passed and the listed bills were placed on the third‑reading calendar.
Later in the morning a motion was made to suspend the one‑day legislative day rule and the rule requiring a standing committee hearing for bills on the third‑reading calendar so that those bills could be considered under suspension of rules during today's floor time. That motion passed on a voice vote. The House then recessed until an afternoon joint session with the Senate to receive the State of the Judiciary address and other scheduled remarks.
No recorded roll‑call vote tallies were taken in the floor proceedings summarized here; the transcript records 'Aye' and notes unanimous passage for the organized motions cited.
