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Votes at a glance: House records several unanimous and divided floor results Jan. 18
Summary
On Jan. 18 the House recorded roll-call results on a number of bills introduced to the calendar: HB 14 (Board of Bank Advisors) passed 74-0; HB 16 (Emergency Response Amendments) passed 73-0; HB 17 (Small Business Credit Initiative) passed 73-0; HB 20 passed 71-0; HB 25 passed 74-0; HB 26 passed 46-28; HB 24 recorded 30-35 (division). Several other bills were placed on the calendar under suspension of rules.
The House completed a series of recorded floor actions on Jan. 18 after adopting procedural rules to expedite the calendar.
Key recorded outcomes from the morning session included:
- HB 14 (Board of Bank Advisors, sunset extension to 2032): passed 74 yes, 0 no.
- HB 16 (Emergency Response Amendments): passed 73 yes, 0 no. The bill clarifies sponsoring agency relationships for Utah Task Force 1 and modifies the state's authority to front firefighting costs in out-of-state deployments, allowing up to 80% fronting when the emergency fund balance is $5,000,000 under specified circumstances.
- HB 17 (State Small Business Credit Initiative Program Fund amendments): passed 73 yes, 0 no; the bill moves administration to the Governor27s Office of Economic Opportunity (Go Utah).
- HB 20 (extension of the Utah Council on Victims of Crime): passed 71 yes, 0 no.
- HB 25 (Rural Jobs Act amendments): passed 74 yes, 0 no; sponsor said the bill tightens rural-investment requirements and incorporates audit recommendations.
- HB 26 (Renter27s credit/circuit breaker clarifications): recorded 46 yes, 28 no; the bill formalizes percentages used to calculate the tax credit when utilities are included in rent and raised concerns about equity in rural areas without natural gas.
- HB 24 (Employment Advisory Council amendments): recorded tally 30 yes, 35 no (division recorded on the floor).
Multiple other bills were lifted from rules and placed on the third-reading calendar under a suspension motion; the House recessed and planned to continue later in the day.
