Floor roundup: major bills passed, several failed and administrative items advanced

SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah House concluded a full floor session Feb. 17, adopting committee reports, approving numerous bills on third reading and handling administrative business.

Among the bills the House passed and will send to the Senate were HB123 (offender registration amendments, 68–0), HB207 (competency procedure changes, 70–0), HB307 (attorney-fee clarification, 71–0), HB289 (AI child-sexual-abuse-material amendments, 71–0), HB154 (water-loss study, 48–22), HB168 (hunting and fishing updates, 65–3), HB247 (Great Salt Lake funding substitute, 71–0), HB348 (dedicated-water amendments, 70–0), HB410 (water leasing, 69–1), HB318 (agency fee amendments, 68–0) and HB306 (HOA reinvestment fee cap for low-amenity HOAs, 68–2). Several other bills and substitutes were also adopted as reported by committees.

Not all measures passed. First substitute HB43 (school security funding formula) failed on the floor, 25–47. HB263 (heavy-duty vehicle registration fee proposal) failed 33–37. Substitute HB44 (school security personnel standards) was circled for later work.

The House also approved rules-committee recommendations on assignment of bills to standing committees and voted to move the annual reviser's technical-corrections bill (HB557) to the top of the House third-reading calendar for consideration the next day.

What’s next: Bills that passed the House will be transmitted to the Senate; circled or failed measures may be revised and reintroduced in future floor sessions or considered in committee.