Votes at a glance: House records several unanimous and divided floor results Jan. 18

The House completed a series of recorded floor actions on Jan. 18 after adopting procedural rules to expedite the calendar.

Key recorded outcomes from the morning session included:

- HB 14 (Board of Bank Advisors, sunset extension to 2032): passed 74 yes, 0 no.

- HB 16 (Emergency Response Amendments): passed 73 yes, 0 no. The bill clarifies sponsoring agency relationships for Utah Task Force 1 and modifies the state's authority to front firefighting costs in out-of-state deployments, allowing up to 80% fronting when the emergency fund balance is $5,000,000 under specified circumstances.

- HB 17 (State Small Business Credit Initiative Program Fund amendments): passed 73 yes, 0 no; the bill moves administration to the Governor27s Office of Economic Opportunity (Go Utah).

- HB 20 (extension of the Utah Council on Victims of Crime): passed 71 yes, 0 no.

- HB 25 (Rural Jobs Act amendments): passed 74 yes, 0 no; sponsor said the bill tightens rural-investment requirements and incorporates audit recommendations.

- HB 26 (Renter27s credit/circuit breaker clarifications): recorded 46 yes, 28 no; the bill formalizes percentages used to calculate the tax credit when utilities are included in rent and raised concerns about equity in rural areas without natural gas.

- HB 24 (Employment Advisory Council amendments): recorded tally 30 yes, 35 no (division recorded on the floor).

Multiple other bills were lifted from rules and placed on the third-reading calendar under a suspension motion; the House recessed and planned to continue later in the day.