Votes at a glance: Key bills the Utah Senate moved on Feb. 26

Several bills were taken up and advanced in the Senate session, with the following recorded outcomes on the floor:

- HB 3 42 (federal grant oversight amendments): Passed, recorded 25 yay, 0 nay, 4 absent; sent to the House for signature handling. (SEG 202–218)

- SB 264 (elected official publicity amendments): Passed third reading with 24 yea, 0 nay, 5 absent. (SEG 121–128)

- SB 281 (senior nutrition private donation incentives): Second substitute adopted; third reading recorded 26 yea, 0 nay, 3 absent. (SEG 353–391)

- SB 286 (interior designer amendments): Passed third reading 22 yea, 0 nay, 7 absent. (SEG 864–888)

- SB 244 (cardiac emergency response in schools): Passed third reading 24 yea, 1 nay, 4 absent. (SEG 1240–1261)

- SB 295 (intellectual diversity in education and government): Passed first substitute third reading 26 yea, 1 nay, 2 absent. (SEG 1156–1158)

- SB 297 (school social worker amendments): Circled for later consideration; sponsors indicated code cleanup and alignment with prior scope changes. (SEG 1164–1172)

- SB 85 (Excellence in Education and Leadership Supplement): Passed first substitute 17 yea, 11 nay, 1 absent; to be sent to the House. (SEG 2300–2347)

- HB 258 (insurance coverage amendments concerning reversals): Read for third, recorded 19 yea, 5 nay, 5 absent. (SEG 2481–2506)

- SB/HB 174 (exercise of religious beliefs and conscience): Fourth substitute passed third reading 20 yea, 4 nay, 5 absent. (SEG 2700–2726)

Many other items were encircled for future consideration or substituted; bills with roll calls were transmitted per chamber rules for further processing.