Votes at a glance: House passes multiple bills including HB 44, 47, 48, 49, 50 and HB 183

During the Jan. 19 floor session the House moved a broad third-reading calendar and recorded votes on several bills. The clerk and speakers read bills into the record and the House acted as follows:

- HB 44 (business and labor reporting requirements): described by Representative Ferry as a cleanup removing several repeating reporting duties; recorded as passed and transmitted to the Senate. (Vote tally recorded in floor remarks as 40 yes; see floor record.)

- HB 47 (controlled-substance prescription requirements): sponsor described extending the statute’s sunset to 10 years for the rule limiting first narcotic prescriptions to seven days; House recorded passage with 74 yes and 0 no votes.

- HB 48: recorded passage with 74 yes and 0 no votes and will be transmitted to the Senate.

- HB 49 (state hospital capacity study sunset amendments): technical amendment adopted; passed the House with 73 yes and 0 no votes.

- HB 50 (intergenerational poverty commission substitute): first substitute adopted; bill passed 72 yes and 0 no.

- HB 183 (Test to Stay amendments): debate occurred on process, local impact, and urgency; the bill passed 57 yes and 17 no and will be sent to the Senate.

These outcomes reflect the House’s third-reading actions and referrals; several measures will proceed to the Utah Senate for consideration. Vote tallies above rely on the floor announcements as recorded during the session; individual roll-call records (member-by-member) were not read into the transcript for every item.