House passes a slate of technical and policy bills, including changes to education, housing and energy law
January 24, 2022 | 2022 Utah Legislature, Utah Legislature, Utah Legislative Branch, Utah
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The Utah House advanced a group of bills on Thursday, approving several technical and policy measures on third reading and adopting routine committee reports.
On intersession concurrence, the House concurred with Senate amendments to House Bill 183 (in-person learning amendments). Representative Tesher said the Senate change "allow[ed] school districts a little more flexibility in the way that they provide synchronous and asynchronous learning experience," and the House concurred; the floor tally was recorded as 55 yes and 16 no, and the bill will be returned to the Senate for the president's signature.
Representative Collard presented House Bill 71 to make a single textual change to the Utah Fair Housing Act to conform state language with the federal act — swapping an "and" for an "or" so courts will interpret the state law consistently with federal law — and the House passed HB 71 (67 yes, 4 no) with little debate.
Representative Albrecht described House Bill 46 as a cleanup measure from the interim committee clarifying that the Utah Energy Infrastructure Authority should be a board inside the Office of Energy Development rather than an independent entity; the bill passed the House (73 yes, 0 no) and will go to the Senate.
The House also adopted the Rules Committee report assigning numerous bills to standing committees and adjourned until Jan. 25 at 11 a.m.
On intersession concurrence, the House concurred with Senate amendments to House Bill 183 (in-person learning amendments). Representative Tesher said the Senate change "allow[ed] school districts a little more flexibility in the way that they provide synchronous and asynchronous learning experience," and the House concurred; the floor tally was recorded as 55 yes and 16 no, and the bill will be returned to the Senate for the president's signature.
Representative Collard presented House Bill 71 to make a single textual change to the Utah Fair Housing Act to conform state language with the federal act — swapping an "and" for an "or" so courts will interpret the state law consistently with federal law — and the House passed HB 71 (67 yes, 4 no) with little debate.
Representative Albrecht described House Bill 46 as a cleanup measure from the interim committee clarifying that the Utah Energy Infrastructure Authority should be a board inside the Office of Energy Development rather than an independent entity; the bill passed the House (73 yes, 0 no) and will go to the Senate.
The House also adopted the Rules Committee report assigning numerous bills to standing committees and adjourned until Jan. 25 at 11 a.m.
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