Votes at a glance: multiple bills pass the Utah House; several measures circled

During Thursday's floor session the Utah House took final or procedural action on several bills. Key outcomes:

- Substitute House Bill 226 (Higher Education and Corrections Council): Passed 69-0; transmitted to the Senate.
- House Bill 323 (Transient Room Tax amendments): Passed 74-0 after adoption of amendment #2; transmitted to the Senate.
- First substitute House Bill 355 (Higher education financial aid amendments): Passed 72-0; transmitted to the Senate. The bill consolidates 15 scholarship/grant programs into five categories and adjusts program types.
- First substitute House Bill 65 (Forensic Biological Evidence Preservation): Passed 61-11; transmitted to the Senate.
- First substitute House Bill 299 (Juvenile justice changes): Passed 70-0; transmitted to the Senate.
- Second substitute House Bill 351 (Domestic violence modifications): Transmitted to the Senate (vote/tally not specified in transcript excerpt).
- Second substitute House Bill 63 (COVID vaccine exemptions): Passed 60-12; transmitted to the Senate.
- House Bill 274 (Health education amendments), House Bill 344 (Utah Medical Candor Act) and HJR13 (court-rule companion) were 'circled' (held for later consideration) by voice votes.

Several bills were amended on the floor (notably HB323, amendment #2) and the House ended the day's business by adjourning until Friday, February 18 at 10 a.m.