Salt Lake City — During the morning session the Utah Senate recorded votes on multiple bills across policy areas. Key roll-call outcomes announced on the floor include:
- Third Substitute House Bill 156 (offender registry move to Department of Public Safety): passed, 24 yeas, 0 nays, 5 absent.
- First Substitute House Bill 312 (medical-record access & $20 expedited fee): passed, 26 yeas, 0 nays, 3 absent.
- House Bill 341 (electronic duck stamp): passed, 26 yeas, 0 nays, 3 absent.
- Third Substitute House Bill 481 (firearms safety and suicide-prevention resources): passed, 24 yeas, 0 nays, 5 absent.
- Fourth substitute/First substitute House Bill 51 (railroad right-of-way amendments, delay/coordination): passed, 26 yeas, 0 nays, 3 absent.
- House Bill 347 (ballot drop box criminal penalties): passed, 21 yeas, 6 nays, 2 absent.
- Fourth substitute House Bill 380 (competency to stand trial amendments): passed, 27 yeas, 0 nays, 2 absent.
- Third Substitute House Bill 384 (outdoor recreation infrastructure allocations and commission seats): passed, 24 yeas, 0 nays, 5 absent.
- Fourth substitute Senate Bill 31 (state flag amendments, concurrence with House substitute): passed (floor recorded counts), returned to the House.
- Fourth Substitute/Forced House Bill 54 (tax and fee revisions; conference report adopted): passed, 22 yeas, 6 nays, 1 absent.
- First Substitute Senate Concurrent Resolution 7 (Northern Utah Veterans Cemetery grant submission): passed, 27 yeas, 0 nays, 2 absent.
Several bills were also circled for later action or lifted from Rules and placed on the second reading calendar. Conference committee appointments and reports were announced for interchamber negotiations where House and Senate amendments differed.
These vote tallies and the motion outcomes were read into the record during the morning session and the bills will proceed through the next procedural steps (return to House for signature or further House consideration where noted).