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Committee moves multiple business and labor measures including towing, funeral, licensing cleanups
Summary
On Jan. 21 the Senate Business and Labor Committee substituted and advanced a series of largely technical or administrative bills — S.B. 117 (licensing cleanup), S.B. 84 (Commerce list fund), S.B. 120 (towing rules), and S.B. 61 (funeral service clarifications) — generally with unanimous support; sponsors committed to drafting refinements where stakeholders requested changes.
The Senate Business and Labor Committee heard and advanced several administrative and cleanup measures on Jan. 21.
S.B. 117 (occupational and professional licensing amendments) was presented as a large cleanup of roughly 5,000 lines of code; DOPL staff said the substitute mainly addresses technical and drafting corrections and grandfathering for a cosmetology provision. The committee substituted the bill and voted unanimously to recommend it favorably.
S.B. 84 permits the Department of Commerce to compile and sell certain contact or corporate lists internally and create a fund so monies return to services and technology for fee payers; Jacob Hart (Deputy Director, Utah Department of Commerce) said existing rules about who may access contact information remain intact and that the proposal is intended to improve fiscal stewardship. The committee voted unanimously to advance the bill.
S.B. 120 (towing modifications) clarified dispatch rotation and impound facility expectations and resolved a stakeholder concern about non‑consent and police‑generated tows; sponsor Sen. Winterton committed to work with sheriffs on radius or proximity language and to include an evidence exception for vehicles used in crimes. The committee favorably recommended the substitute with the sponsor agreeing to refine several points raised by law‑enforcement witnesses.
S.B. 61 (funeral service licensing) was presented as a consumer‑facing cleanup to clarify what "disposition" means, reconcile inconsistent timing and recordkeeping language, and remove overly transactional phrasing. The Funeral Consumers Alliance supported the substitute and the Utah Funeral Directors Association requested additional drafting time; the committee advanced the bill while encouraging further stakeholder work.
All of these measures were advanced from committee, generally by unanimous votes; sponsors pledged to continue drafting and stakeholder engagement before floor consideration.
