Here is a list of actions Friday on bills before the Utah Legislature. Bill sponsors are in parentheses.
House bills introducedHB122 (Burningham) - Amends the Housing Trust Fund, allowing the fund to pay certain loan processing fees.
HB123 (Rushton) - Enacts hearing procedures relating the Uninsured Employers Fund.
HB124 (Mortimer) - Creates a committee to evaluate the quality and efficiency of services provided by the Department of Human Services.
HB125 (Rushton) - Prohibits the unfair pricing of drugs.
HB126 (Fox) - Directs the Department of Health to promote enrollment of Medicaid recipients into prepaid health care delivery systems.
HB127 (Waddoups) - Repeals a section of Utah law that authorizes the use of public transit taxes for light rail and expanded public transportation.
HB128 (Uipi) - Prohibits lobbying on behalf of state and local governments.
HB129 (Pignanelli) - Requires certified court reporters in all civil matters in which the amount exceeds $20,000 and in all criminal cases.
HB130 (R. Evans) - Provides a $2 million appropriation to revamp Utah health care practices, including a plan to expand primary care, facilitate price and value comparisons, require uniform claims processing and change preferred provider contract provisions.
HB131 (Jensen) - Sets standards for the emission of chlorine into the air.
HJR18 (Wright) - A proposed amendment to the Utah Constitution limiting the terms of elected state officials.
HJR19 (Wright) - A proposed amendment to the Utah Constitution limiting the terms of members of the U.S. Congress.
House bills passed
HB63 (Bradshaw) - Recodifies state election laws, making technical corrections.
HJR7 (Waddoups) - Makes procedural changes in joint legislative rules.
HJR11 (Haymond) - Specifically states what legislative employees are to be paid.
Senate bills introduced
SB76 (Ockey) - Makes it unlawful for an investment adviser to divide any consideration with a person not licensed as an investment advisor and makes other changes to the Uniform Securities Act.
SB77 (Dmitrich) - Clarifies the number of members of the Dineh Committee overseeing the Navajo Trust Fund.
SB78 (Stewart) - Creates a Radiology Practical Technician Licensing Board and changes laws relating to radiology technicians.
SB79 (Hillyard) - Mandates a minimum $1,000 fine for failing to stop for a police officer and imposes a $5,000 fine if anyone is killed in the chase. It also allows police to confiscate vehicles used in chases.
SB80 (Hillyard) - Grants court commissioners the authority to perform marriages.
SB81 (M. Peterson) - Prohibits employers from discriminating against employees who take emergency family leave.
SB82 (Holmgren) - Allocates beds at the Utah State Hospital to local mental health authorities and allows local authorities to commit mentally ill patients to that facility.