The Utah Senate handled a series of House bills and a concurrent resolution during Wednesday's floor session, reading several measures for a third time and recording roll-call votes. Most measures passed; a few were tabled on third due to fiscal concerns.

Key outcomes

- Second Substitute House Bill 129 (read for a third time): Passed, 19 yes, 0 no, 10 absent.

- Second Substitute House Bill 49 (juror eligibility): Passed, 15 yes, 4 no, 10 absent. (See separate coverage for debate.)

- House Bill 74 (Foreign Judgment Amendments): Passed, 18 yes, 0 no, 11 absent. The bill clarifies that Utah's post-judgment interest rate applies when domesticating judgments from other states; Utah's rate is prime on Jan. 1 plus 2% (example cited: ~6.3%).

- Third Substitute House Bill 167 (Offender Reintegration Amendments): Passed, 19 yes, 0 no, 10 absent. The bill directs local mental health authorities to coordinate with the Department of Corrections to ensure continuity of mental health services for people on probation or parole and includes provisions to assist community integration.

- First Substitute House Bill 85 (Environmental Permitting Modifications): Received floor action but was later tabled on third due to fiscal impact after a motion to table; recorded earlier vote prior to tabling: 17 yes, 4 no, 8 absent; motion to table on third carried.

- Third Substitute House Bill 201 (Energy Resource Amendments): Passed, 26 yes, 1 no, 2 absent. The measure amends provisions implementing last year's energy policy, adding statutory "guardrails" for how the Public Service Commission evaluates integrated resource plans and treatment of large power users.

- House Concurrent Resolution 6 (urging changes to federal homelessness regulations): Passed, 20 yes, 1 no, 8 absent. The resolution asks the federal government to allow Utah more flexibility on homelessness policy and to consider block-granting certain federal funds.

- House Bill 223 (State Grant Requirements): Passed, 24 yes, 0 no, 5 absent. The bill requires an administering agency to disclose administrative costs for grants upon a grantee's request.

- House Bill 141 (Adoption Modifications): Passed, 24 yes, 0 no, 5 absent. The bill creates exceptions to pre-placement evaluations in defined circumstances where prospective adoptive parents have existing relationships or long-term living arrangements with a child.

- House Bill 99 (Residential Mortgage Loan Amendments): Passed, 22 yes, 0 no, 7 absent; subsequently tabled on third due to a fiscal note and placed at the bottom of the third-calendar table.

Several other bills were circled (procedural action to constrain debate or mark sponsorship) and later uncircled before floor consideration. Multiple motions to circle, uncircle, amend, and table were made throughout the session; where a measure was amended on the floor, the transcript records the amendment's adoption (for example, a typo-correcting amendment adopted to Third Substitute House Bill 167). The presiding officer recorded roll-call outcomes for each third-reading motion.

Procedural notes

- "Circle" and "uncircle" motions were frequent; these are procedural steps to manage sponsorship and floor debate.

- Several bills were amended to correct typographical errors or to implement agency requests (for example, moving Adult Probation and Parole into a distinct division and adopting technical corrections).

The session concluded with procedural announcements and a motion to adjourn until the next scheduled floor day.

This roundup reports votes and procedural outcomes recorded on the Senate floor during the Feb. 18 session; bill texts, fiscal notes, and committee reports should be consulted for detailed statutory language and budget impacts.