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Votes at a glance: Senate advances multiple bills on education, transportation and benefits
Summary
The Senate read and approved a series of bills on Jan. 27 including changes to insurance investment rules, school personnel titles, CDL alignment, teacher supplements, a spaceport study committee and advanced air mobility policy; most measures passed with unanimous or near-unanimous votes.
The Utah State Senate spent floor time reading a series of bills for third reading and taking roll-call votes on measures covering education, transportation, employee benefits and exploratory studies.
Key outcomes:
- Senate Bill 49 (insurance investment amendments): Passed on third reading (reported 25 yea, 0 nay, 4 absent) and will be sent to the House.
- First substitute Senate Bill 39 (education testing amendments): Sponsor moved the first substitute to the third-reading calendar; further committee/substitute procedures were confirmed on the floor.
- Senate Bill 66 (school personnel amendments): Bill to retitle classified staff to 'education support professional' passed third reading (reported 24 yea, 0 nay, 5 absent).
- Senate Bill 88 (funding for Veterans Day school commemorations): Passed third reading (25 yea, 0 nay, 4 absent).
- First substitute Senate Bill 99 (Excellence in Education and Leadership supplements): Passed third reading after debate (24 yea, 5 nay); debate focused on participation, equity and whether funds reach classrooms.
- Senate Concurrent Resolution 2 (encouraging child independence): Amended on the floor (added 'developmentally appropriate' language) and passed 28–0.
- Senate Bill 21 (long-term disability amendments): Passed unanimously (29–0).
- Senate Bill 59 (commercial driver license revisions): Passed (29–0) to align state code with federal motor carrier requirements.
- First substitute Senate Bill 62 (spaceport exploration committee): Passed after discussion; the bill authorizes $1,000,000 to establish a committee to study potential sites (28–0).
- Senate Bill 96 (advanced air mobility amendments): Passed third reading (28–0).
The floor included several recognitions (youth councils and school district delegations in the gallery) and a brief remembrance by Senator Vickers marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The Senate adjourned and will reconvene on Jan. 28 at 11 a.m.
These roll-call tallies were read into the record on the floor; any questions about precise wording of amendments or appropriation language should be verified in the official enrolled bills and the legislative website.
