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Votes at a glance: Key bills the Utah Senate moved on Feb. 26
Summary
The Senate advanced and passed several bills on a range of policy topics — from school safety to education funding, professional regulation and conscience protections. Below are the items processed with recorded outcomes on the floor.
Several bills were taken up and advanced in the Senate session, with the following recorded outcomes on the floor:
- HB 3 42 (federal grant oversight amendments): Passed, recorded 25 yay, 0 nay, 4 absent; sent to the House for signature handling. (SEG 202–218)
- SB 264 (elected official publicity amendments): Passed third reading with 24 yea, 0 nay, 5 absent. (SEG 121–128)
- SB 281 (senior nutrition private donation incentives): Second substitute adopted; third reading recorded 26 yea, 0 nay, 3 absent. (SEG 353–391)
- SB 286 (interior designer amendments): Passed third reading 22 yea, 0 nay, 7 absent. (SEG 864–888)
- SB 244 (cardiac emergency response in schools): Passed third reading 24 yea, 1 nay, 4 absent. (SEG 1240–1261)
- SB 295 (intellectual diversity in education and government): Passed first substitute third reading 26 yea, 1 nay, 2 absent. (SEG 1156–1158)
- SB 297 (school social worker amendments): Circled for later consideration; sponsors indicated code cleanup and alignment with prior scope changes. (SEG 1164–1172)
- SB 85 (Excellence in Education and Leadership Supplement): Passed first substitute 17 yea, 11 nay, 1 absent; to be sent to the House. (SEG 2300–2347)
- HB 258 (insurance coverage amendments concerning reversals): Read for third, recorded 19 yea, 5 nay, 5 absent. (SEG 2481–2506)
- SB/HB 174 (exercise of religious beliefs and conscience): Fourth substitute passed third reading 20 yea, 4 nay, 5 absent. (SEG 2700–2726)
Many other items were encircled for future consideration or substituted; bills with roll calls were transmitted per chamber rules for further processing.
