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Votes at a glance: Utah Senate advances multiple bills and resolutions to the House
Summary
On Day 16, the Utah Senate adopted standing committee reports and advanced several bills and concurrent resolutions (including S.B. 191, S.B. 88, S.B. 19, S.B. 82, S.B. 89 and SCRs 1 and 4) to the House; several items were circled for further drafting or reconsideration.
The Utah State Senate concluded its morning session by approving a slate of bills and resolutions and by placing others on calendar status for further action. The following items were recorded on the floor and will be transmitted to the House unless otherwise noted:
- First substitute S.B. 191 (tow yard amendments): Passed 27–0, 2 absent. Sponsor: Senator Ibsen. The bill codifies UDOT motor-carrier towing-rotation rules and a mandatory waiting period for return to the towing rotation.
- S.B. 88 (school technology amendments): Passed 21–6, 2 absent. Sponsor: Senator Fillmore. Requires local education agencies to provide a parent portal showing websites visited and screen time on school devices; opponents cited a zero fiscal note and unfunded local costs.
- First substitute S.B. 19 (digital evidence amendments): Passed 26–1, 2 absent. Sponsor: Senator Wyler. Changes aim to reduce RCFL backlog by enabling local agencies or regional partners to handle mobile-device forensics.
- S.B. 82 (securities, investor-education fund amendments): Passed 28–0, 1 absent. Sponsor: Senator McKell. Adjusts carryover thresholds for a fund used for investor-education and related programs.
- S.B. 89 (health-care services platforms amendments): Passed 26–0, 3 absent. Sponsor: Senator Fillmore. Carves out advanced-practice clinicians from duplicative regulation in prior legislation.
- Senate Concurrent Resolution 1 (nuclear energy): Passed 26–1, 2 absent. Sponsor: Senator Owens. Expresses state intent to pursue agreements with federal partners and the NRC on elements of the nuclear fuel cycle.
- Senate Concurrent Resolution 4 (permitting for oil, gas, and mining): Passed 24–3, 2 absent. Sponsor: Senator Winterton. Authorizes discussions between state Division of Oil, Gas and Mining and the BLM to streamline permitting.
Other floor actions included circling S.B. 135 (nuclear reprocessing amendments) for additional Office of Energy Development language, recalling S.B. 115 for reconsideration, and reading S.B. 122 (HOA amendments) a third time. The Senate recessed until 2 p.m.
