Utah Senate approves a package of House and Senate measures, reassigns one bill to Health and Human Services

The Utah Senate met Feb. 3, 2022, reassigned Senate Bill 170 to a different committee and approved a large group of House and Senate measures on second and third reading, returning passed bills to the House for the Speaker's signature.

Senate leadership agreed to a motion to lift Senate Bill 170 (an election-schedule amendment) from the Senate Education Committee and place it in the Senate Health and Human Services Committee; the chamber approved the motion and the president directed assignment to the new committee.

On the third-reading calendar the Senate read and approved multiple House bills, often with voice or roll-call votes. Selected actions recorded by the clerk included:
- House Bill 44 (business and labor reporting requirements): read and passed; clerk reported 21 yes, 0 no, 8 absent. The bill will be signed and returned to the House.
- House Bill 30 (student tribal regalia at graduation): the Senate read and passed the bill; it will be returned to the House for signature.
- House Bill 18 (intimate-image distribution amendments): read and passed; clerk reported 22 yes, 0 no, 7 absent.
- First substitute House Bill 50 (intergenerational poverty mitigation amendments): read and passed; clerk reported 24 yes, 0 no, 5 absent.
- First substitute House Bill 24 (Employment Advisory Council extension): read and passed; clerk reported 23 yes, 0 no, 6 absent.
- House Bill 10 (lane filtering amendments): the chamber uncircled and took up the bill, later passing it on third reading; clerk reported 24 yes, 0 no, 5 absent.
- House Bill 42 (education sunset extensions): read and passed; clerk reported 25 yes, 0 no, 4 absent.

On the Senate side, several measures were advanced on third reading:
- Senate Bill 116 (designating the golden eagle as state bird of prey) passed third reading; the clerk recorded 22 yes, 1 no, 6 absent.
- First substitute Senate Bill 115 (firearms redemption and state preemption language) was uncircled and passed; clerk reported 20 yes, 5 no, 4 absent.
- First substitute Senate Bill 56 (criminal stalking exemption amendments for licensed private investigators, as amended) passed third reading; clerk reported 24 yes, 0 no, 5 absent.
- Second substitute Senate Bill 98 (technical judiciary compensation language) and Senate Bill 108 (indigent defense technical changes) were read and passed on third reading by recorded tallies reported from the floor.

Clerks and presenters announced that House bills read that day must remain on the board for 24 hours before further action. After closing remarks and a short ceremonial period honoring families of fallen first responders, the Senate adjourned until 11 a.m. the next day.

The roster of bills considered included a mix of technical corrections, policy changes, and ceremonial designations. Where a roll-call tally was recorded by the clerk in the transcript, it is noted above; for several bills the chamber approved passage by unanimous voice vote and followed standard procedures to transmit bills back to the House for signature.