Senate advances dozens of measures, tables several on fiscal notes in Feb. 14 session
February 14, 2024 | 2024 Utah Legislature, Utah Legislature, Utah Legislative Branch, Utah
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The Utah Senate moved a large second‑reading calendar on Feb. 14, 2024, advancing numerous bills to third reading, approving substitutes and amendments, and tabling several measures for further fiscal review.
Key floor actions included:
- House Bill 249 (Utah legal personhood amendments): read for a third time and recorded with 28 'yay' votes.
- First substitute House Bill 104 (Property Owner Association Amendments): amended on the floor and advanced (25‑1, recorded on roll call).
- Second substitute House Bill 55 (Employment Confidentiality Amendments): adopted with friendly amendments, passed under suspension after the Senate suspended three‑reading requirements, and later was lifted and tabled on third for a fiscal note.
- First substitute House Bill 59 (Federal funds contingency planning): was read for a third time (roll call recorded 21 'yay' votes, 6 'nay' noted in the transcript) and later a motion from the floor placed the bill on "tabled on third" for a fiscal note.
- House Bill 21 (stipends for future educators): sponsor proposed a $6,000 stipend pilot for student teachers; the bill was advanced toward third reading but then tabled on third due to fiscal impact (motion to table carried).
- House Bill 71 (Behavioral Health Crisis Response modifications): advanced on third reading then tabled on third for fiscal review; the sponsor and supporters described expected fiscal implications including additional mobile crisis teams and a receiving center in a rural area.
- The Senate also approved ceremonial and recognition measures, including SJR 14 honoring the anniversary of the Division of Arts and Museums and HCR 1 recognizing the USS Utah.
Several bills were explicitly moved, amended, or tabled because of fiscal notes or pending budget negotiations; senators used "tabled on third for fiscal note" to pause final passage until fiscal impacts are resolved or negotiated.
Full roll‑call tallies and the transcript evidence are attached to the legislative record; this summary reflects the actions recorded on the Senate floor during the Feb. 14 session.
Key floor actions included:
- House Bill 249 (Utah legal personhood amendments): read for a third time and recorded with 28 'yay' votes.
- First substitute House Bill 104 (Property Owner Association Amendments): amended on the floor and advanced (25‑1, recorded on roll call).
- Second substitute House Bill 55 (Employment Confidentiality Amendments): adopted with friendly amendments, passed under suspension after the Senate suspended three‑reading requirements, and later was lifted and tabled on third for a fiscal note.
- First substitute House Bill 59 (Federal funds contingency planning): was read for a third time (roll call recorded 21 'yay' votes, 6 'nay' noted in the transcript) and later a motion from the floor placed the bill on "tabled on third" for a fiscal note.
- House Bill 21 (stipends for future educators): sponsor proposed a $6,000 stipend pilot for student teachers; the bill was advanced toward third reading but then tabled on third due to fiscal impact (motion to table carried).
- House Bill 71 (Behavioral Health Crisis Response modifications): advanced on third reading then tabled on third for fiscal review; the sponsor and supporters described expected fiscal implications including additional mobile crisis teams and a receiving center in a rural area.
- The Senate also approved ceremonial and recognition measures, including SJR 14 honoring the anniversary of the Division of Arts and Museums and HCR 1 recognizing the USS Utah.
Several bills were explicitly moved, amended, or tabled because of fiscal notes or pending budget negotiations; senators used "tabled on third for fiscal note" to pause final passage until fiscal impacts are resolved or negotiated.
Full roll‑call tallies and the transcript evidence are attached to the legislative record; this summary reflects the actions recorded on the Senate floor during the Feb. 14 session.
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