The following is a list of bills passed by the 2003 Utah Legislature:
House bills:
HB1 (Bigelow) — Funds appropriations and reductions for state government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2004.
HB3 (Snow) — Provides funding for the Minimum School Program and school building aid programs.
HB4 (Parker) — Modifies the Insurance Code to allow viatical settlements for everyone, not just the terminally ill.
HB7 (Hogue) — Establishes that groups wanting special license plates must pay to have plates designed.
HB9 (Daniels) — Allows examiners of a defendant access to all relevant information including mental health records.
HB12 (Bryson) — Changes Utah Optometry Practice Act, requiring doctors to give patients more information about contact lenses.
HB13 (Dillree) — Extends the period for which property may be acquired for transportation projects from 20 to 30 years.
HB14 (Allen) — Provides an exception to the growth factor requirement for an appropriation to the Tourism Marketing Performance Fund.
HB15 (Bush) — Requires the State Armory Board to notify the Legislature prior to making purchases or signing lease contracts.
HB16 (Anderson) — Requires the Department of Human Resource Management to prepare an equal opportunity plan instead of an affirmative action plan.
HB17 (Buttars) — Changes the Agricultural Product Dealers Act by increasing the ceiling on a surety bond before a license is issued to a dealer.
HB18 (Buttars) — Requires the issuance of a product of agriculture receipt to a producer by a dealer who receives a product of agriculture for sale, storage, or consignment from the producer.
HB19 (Newbold) — Provides additional unemployment benefits for individuals who have exhausted their regular benefits.
HB21 (Hansen) — Removes the State Building Board as the State Building Ownership Authority and designates the governor, state treasurer and chairman of the building board as the authority.
HB22 (Harper) — Amends the definition of household income and defines terms of eligibility to claim homeowner's credit or renter's credit.
HB23 (Murray) — Repeals the Utah Public Airport Authority Act and expands provision of the Aeronautics Act regarding operation of an airport.
HB24 (Cox) — Renumbers the sections constituting the Hazardous Waste Facilities Management Act.
HB25 (Hogue) — Modifies Limited Purpose Local Government Entities provisions to change the date before which no local district may be created.
HB26 (Bigelow) — Establishes issuance requirements, repayment requirements, investment requirements, tax-exempt status and legal investment status for general obligation bonds and bond anticipation notes.
HB27 (Buttars) — Modifies the State Affairs in General title by changing the structure and statutory cap of the Budget Reserve Account. It also creates an Education Budget Reserve Account.
HB28 (Snow) — Amends provisions relating to the Oil and Gas Severance Tax by extending the time period for a taxpayer to claim a tax credit for a workover or recompletion.
HB29 (Snow) — Amends provisions relating to Mines and Mining and the Oil and Gas Severance by modifying the due dates for making quarterly payments of fees deposited into the Oil and Gas Conservation Account and requires the fees to be reported.
HB30 (Cox) — Requires voter approval of an annexation to a local district in which the counties, cities, and towns impose a sales and use tax for transit district purposes.
HB31 (Alexander) — Modifies provisions related to public assistance overpayments by transferring the recovery of overpayments responsibility from the Office of Recovery Services to the Department of Workforce Services.
HB32 (Murray) — Allows a waiver or refund of the $200 DUI administrative impound fee if evidence is presented that the Driver License Division did not suspend or revoke the person's driver's license or that the vehicle was stolen.
HB33 (Curtis) — Modifies the Legislative Code and enlarges the legislative client represented by the legislative general counsel in cases and controversies.
HB34 (Morley) — Changes language in the Child Welfare Legislative Oversight Panel to conform terms with the Open and Public Meetings Act, directing the panel to consider the concerns of all parties to a case it discusses.
HB35 (Hughes) — Modifies and consolidates reports pertaining to the state's child welfare system.
HB36 (Mascaro) — Permits the Division of Community Development to assist local governments in the development of accessible housing.
HB37 (Lockhart) — Restores Medicaid eligibility to aged, blind, or disabled persons below 100 percent of the federal poverty level.
HB38 (Gowans) — Modifies the Uniform Commercial Code by deleting a provision requiring the Division of Corporations to annually report to the Administrative Rules Review Committee regarding the operation of the filing office.
HB39 (Dayton) — Eliminates requirements of the State System of Public Education to submit certain reports to the Legislature.
HB40 (Aagard) — Defines terms, requires a notice be given by a commercial entity under certain circumstances, and establishes the liability of a commercial entity for violating the Notice of Intent to Sell Act.
HB41 (Seitz) — Requires the Legislature to consider providing an increase for certain local human services agencies that is consistent with the increase for state employees.
HB42 (Styler) — Changes the Water and Irrigation Code by changing certain water rights notification requirements.
HB44 (Pace) — Rearranges provisions relating to state and local substance abuse and mental health services and programs.
HB45 (Ure) — Required by the Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, this bill reauthorizes all state agency administrative rules.
HB46 (Hogue) — Adds an honorary consulate special group license plate.
HB47 (Murray) — Establishes a certification program for persons who inspect or test automatic fire sprinkler systems.
HB48 (Urquhart) — Requires compliance agencies to notify the Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing upon the issuance of building permits to sole owners of property who may qualify for a licensure exemption.
HB51 (Becker) — Adds historic preservation to the matters that the general plan of a county or municipality may provide for.
HB55 (Gowans) — Requires tow truck companies to post rates and requires the Department of Transportation to set maximum rates.
HB57 (Shurtliff) — Requires a judicial appearance before bail may be posted by a person who is arrested for violating a protective order.
HB59 (Goodfellow) — Increases the limitation on the allocation of motor fuel tax revenues to the Off-Highway Vehicle Account from $850,000 to $1,050,000.
HB61 (Noel) — Modifies the requirements for a certificate of nomination for candidates not affiliated with a political party.
HB64 (Barrus) — Allows voters in a county, municipality, or water district the option to vote to add fluorine to or to cease adding fluorine to the public water supply every four years.
HB66 (Dee) — Extends to second- through sixth-class counties the authority to provide fire, paramedic, and police protection services in unincorporated areas of the county designated as recreational areas and to pay for those services from the county general fund.
HB68 (Curtis) — Requires salvage vehicles to pass a safety inspection at the time of application for initial registration as a salvage vehicle.
HB70 (Thompson) — Clarifies that the elements of the offense of assault may include an unlawful or violent act that creates a substantial risk of bodily injury or an act that does cause bodily injury.
HB72 (Hogue) — Increases the appropriation from the Tobacco Settlement Restricted Account to the Children's Health Insurance Program by $1.5 million.
HB73 (Snow) — Provides that certain corporations exempt from state corporate franchise or income taxes are exempt from the payment or withholding of tax on behalf of nonresident shareholders.
HB74 (Hendrickson) — Makes entering a school bus to commit a crime or interfere with the driver, or refusing to leave a school bus upon the order of the driver a misdemeanor.
HB75 (Pace) — Grants nonresident tuition scholarships for students living in bordering towns until July 1, 2009.
HB78 (Snow) — Modifies the lien recovery fund provisions of the Liens Code, changing the set interest rate to the current interest rate.
HB79 (Hendrickson) — Prohibits municipalities and counties from enacting ordinances that fail to comply with federal regulations regarding amateur radio antennas.
HB80 (Anderson) — Modifies provisions relating to Independent Special Districts to authorize special service districts to provide emergency medical and ambulance services.
HB81 (McCartney) — Requires the Department of Human Resource Management to report during the 2003 interim regarding gender salary equity.
HB86 (Moss) — Extends the application period for enrollment in a school located outside a student's resident district.
HB87 (Snow) — Provides definitions and addresses property tax assessment of low-income housing tax credits and low-income housing covenants.
HB88 (Love) — Provides that a defendant may be required to reimburse a person or entity who has paid a reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of an offender.
HB90 (Peterson) — Enacts the Uniform Equipment Dealers Warranty Reimbursement Act, defines terms and provides procedures for equipment dealers to submit warranty reimbursement claims to suppliers.
HB91 (Peterson) — Modifies the Administrative Procedures Act to exempt state agency actions, or judicial review of those actions, relating to water well driller licenses, permits, registration and construction standards.
HB92 (Last) — Prescribes what revenues shall be used to fund the School Land Trust Program.
HB94 (Bowman) — Allows prosecution of persons who prepare a substance or package a substance with the intent to use it in the manufacture of specified illegal controlled substances.
HB95 (Kiser) — Authorizes a municipality to annex an island of unincorporated territory within the municipality without an annexation petition under certain circumstances.
HB98 (Hardy) — Modifies the Utah Municipal Code and the procedure for disconnecting territory from a municipality.
HB102 (Pace) — Changes the requirements for certain election day materials including voting instructions, the official register and posting book, and voting booths.
HB103 (Pace) — Makes the lieutenant governor responsible to oversee requirement changes for voter registration forms and processes established by recent federal election law.
HB104 (Adams) — Requires peace officers to return property acquired but not needed as evidence to original owner.
HB105 (Harper) — Requires a legislative committee to study and make recommendations to the Legislature regarding Internet privacy and security.
HB106 (Dayton) — Requires the Human Services department to provide a licensee or facility notification of who to contact within the department when filing a complaint.
HB107 (Adams) — Specifies that offenders incarcerated or on parole in this state for an applicable offense committed outside the state, and offenders who have committed immigration violations, must also provide a DNA specimen.
HB108 (Dougall) — Allows certain driving simulation devices to substitute for up to three of the six hours of behind-the-wheel driving required for a driver education course.
HB112 (Dee) — Provides a process for the courts and county correctional facilities to order and collect restitution for incarcerating offenders in county correctional facilities.
HB116 (Hardy) — Grants rulemaking authority to the State Tax Commission to prescribe a portion of the calculation of the certified tax rate.
HB119 (Bryson) — Clarifies that a judge formally charged with a crime may be suspended by the Supreme Court without pay.
HB121 (Bennion) — Modifies requirements for granting a paid leave of absence for certain disabled employees.
HB122 (Hardy) — Requires the government sale of land be reviewed by the local legislative body.
HB126 (Lockhart) — Modifies the Medicaid Assistance Act, requiring legislative oversight before implementing a Medicaid drug program.
HB129 (Goodfellow) — Defines that a person is guilty of voyeurism who intentionally uses a camera of any type to secretly record an individual without the knowledge or consent of that individual.
HB130 (Urquhart) — Modifies the conditions under which a landowner may kill big game animals damaging cultivated crops.
HB133 (Bennion) — Requires the juvenile court, to expedite cases where a petition of abuse, neglect, or dependency has been filed but the child has not been taken into protective custody.
HB136 (Alexander) — Authorizes a county legislative body to impose a local option sales and use tax for roads or public transit.
HB137 (Curtis) — Modifies the permissible and required provisions of a county or municipal ordinance relating to residential facilities for persons with a disability.
HB142 (Harper) — Provides definitions and modifies the procedures for classifying manufactured homes and mobile homes as real property or personal property.
HB145 (Pace) — Allows the state to acquire vehicles with funding from sources other than state appropriations or through federal surplus.
HB146 (Ferrin) — Replaces the definition for a nonprofit educational insurer with a definition for a nontraditional insurer.
HB148 (Clark) — Increases the fine for illegally taking certain game fish to $25.
HB149 (Alexander) — Allows a local board of education to hire a superintendent with outstanding professional qualifications who does not hold an administrative/supervisory license.
HB152 (Noel) — Changes the frequency of the annual legislative audit of child welfare cases to at least once every three years.
HB154 (Bryson) — Changes the motor vehicle registration check-off name from blindness prevention to vision screening.
HB155 (Goodfellow) — Changes the definition of polling place to include a location where absentee voting is conducted.
HB157 (Styler) — Allows wolves to be transplanted if certain conditions are met.
HB158 (Dee) — Expands application of a provision allowing an property owners to exclude property from a proposed municipal incorporation in counties of the second class.
HB159 (Bennion) — Stops labor unions from automatically taking dues out of public employees' paychecks.
HB160 (Dillree) — Authorizes local departments of health to investigate suspected bioterrorism and diseases and to provide public health assistance in a declared emergency.
HB161 (Johnson)— Strips the Central Applied Technology College in Richfield from the technical college system, folding it into Snow College.
HB162 (Alexander) — Sets limitations on business lending by a few credit unions.
HB163 (Aagard) — Allows a victim to recover restitution for wages lost as a result of a crime.
HB164 (Aagard) — Designates a section of U.S. 89 beginning in Farmington and ending in Ogden as the James V. Hansen Highway.
HB165 (Dillree) — Makes a number of technical corrections to the Utah Code.
HB168 (Becker) — Changes provisions of the Election Code concerning filling midterm vacancies in the Legislature.
HB169 (Cox) — Provides a process for creating new school districts and election of new school board members.
HB171 (Stephens) — Renames the Homeless Trust Account the Pamela Atkinson Homeless Trust Account.
HB172 (Pace) — Requires a more thorough background investigation for law enforcement officer applicants.
HB173 (McCartney) — Clarifies that after a signal from a peace officer to stop a vehicle, a separate offense exists for either operating a vehicle in willful disregard of the signal or for attempting to flee a peace officer.
HB174 (McCartney) — Makes technical corrections and moves the criminal penalties provisions for violating the the Employment Security Act.
HB175 (Pace) — Transfers the administration of the Notaries Public Reform Act from the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code to the lieutenant governor.
HB176 (Thompson) — Makes the Human Services Code applicable to all juvenile court proceeding involving parents and minors.
HB178 (McCartney) — Expands the restrictions on the purchase of firearms by persons who have been convicted of a felony.
HB180 (Allen) — Extends the period of time in which a hospital must submit trauma data to the state health department trauma registry from July 1, 2003, to December 31, 2006.
HB181 (Allen) — Prohibits certain accident and health insurers and certain programs offered under the Public Employees' Benefit and Insurance Program Act from displaying Social Security numbers on cards required for an individual to access services.
HB182 (Morley) — Modifies the penalties provision of the Air Conservation Act by making a knowing violation of asbestos work practices a third-degree felony.
HB187 (Hansen) — Modifies the Lobbyist Disclosure and Regulation Act to prohibit contributions to the governor during a legislative session or during the time period established for the governor to approve or veto bills passed by the Legislature.
HB188 (Johnson) — Deletes provisions that allow citizens of the state who are 62 years or older admission to state parks without charge.
HB189 (Harper) — Enacts provisions governing the extension of a deferred deposit loan through electronic means.
HB192 (Ferry) — Transfers responsibility for the Utah Climate Center from the Department of Agriculture and Food to Utah State University.
HB194 (Murray) — Requires a candidate for county sheriff to be qualified to be certified as a law enforcement officer at the time the person files a declaration of candidacy.
HB197 (Bennion) — Adds a Boys and Girls Clubs of America special group license plate to provide financial support to the Utah Alliance of Boys and Girls Clubs Inc.
HB198 (Clark) — Expands opportunities to certain persons to engage in hunting- and fishing-related activities.
HB199 (Bigelow) — Allows the Public Employees' Benefit and Insurance Program to provide employee line-of-duty death benefit coverage.
HB200 (Christensen) — Modifies the Property Tax Act to address the interest rates imposed on certain deferred or delinquent property taxes or uniform fees.
HB201 (Lawrence) — Allows bail to be posted by credit and debit card at the discretion of the judge or bail commissioner.
HB202 (Urquhart) — Addresses the energy-related duties of the executive director of the Department of Natural Resources and the Utah Energy Office.
HB203 (Snow) — Modifies the Utah Residential Mortgage Practices Act providing that three members of the regulatory commission be experienced in mortgage loans.
HB204 (Morgan) — Clarifies existing law stating that in order to prove a murder offense, the prosecution must prove the intent to commit the specified felony, not intent to commit murder.
HB206 (Bigelow) — Modifies statutes governing common polling places by eliminating the requirement that voting precincts must be in the same legislative districts in order to be combined.
HB209 (Hughes) — Removes the dangerous weapon enhancement from the general felony sentencing statute and places it in a separate section of Criminal Code.
HB210 (Thompson) — Clarifies in the offense of sexual abuse of a child that the reference to the victim's age as being younger than 14 applies to all provisions in Criminal Code.
HB211 (Lockhart) — Specifies that all appropriations to the Division of Services for People with Disabilities are non-lapsing.
HB212 (Holdaway) — Authorizes the Department of Health's Medicaid Primary Care Network Demonstration Project to apply for a waiver to reduce the amount of the patient enrollment fee.
HB217 (Dayton) — Modifies the Public Safety Code by providing that the Bureau of Criminal Identification will issue private investigator licenses within a specified number of days.
HB219 (Ure) — Modifies the method an employer uses to calculate wage payments to a tipped employee.
HB221 (Ure) — Extends the time period for claiming a sales and use tax exemption on materials, equipment, and services used for the construction or installation of a pollution control facility.
HB222 (Curtis) — Phases in expanded access to abuse, neglect, and dependency hearings and records of those hearings, beginning with pilot Juvenile Court districts.
HB223 (Love) — Changes the state song to "Utah, This is the Place," designating the old song, "Utah We Love Thee," as the state hymn.
HB224 (Dunnigan) — Allows the director of the Division of State History to appoint a designee to attend the committee when the director is unable to attend.
HB225 (Dee) — Increases the cap on the number of positions that a municipality, county, or political subdivision may exclude from membership in the Public Employees' Contributory Retirement System.
HB228 (Thompson) — Authorizes county legislative bodies to compel the attendance of their own members at meetings.
HB229 (Thompson) — Permits custodial or noncustodial parents or their legal representatives to obtain certain information from the Office of Recovery Services.
HB230 (Thompson) — Creates a requirement that divorced or separated parents provide a notice of relocation to the other parent before moving or leaving the state.
HB231 (McGee) — Amends the period of time for which a health care facility license is valid from 12 months to 24 months.
HB232 (Bigelow) — Changes terminology of the Utah College of Applied Technology's college campuses, campus presidents, and campus boards of directors.
HB234 (Cox) — Makes technical changes to an earlier repeal of a provision regarding civil penalties and adjudication for a moving traffic violation.
HB235 (Bryson) — Clarifies that falsification of a government record is a class B misdemeanor only if the offense does not constitute a fraud offense subject to a greater penalty.
HB238 (Bryson) — Clarifies provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure relating to the withdrawal of guilty pleas, expert testimony and suspension of sentences.
HB240 (Wallace) — Provides economic stimulus measures for businesses by creating the Utah Capital Investment Board.
HB242 (Noel) — Redefines what is meant by a county road and allows counties to erect gates on class D roads.
HB244 (Harper) — Modifies city classification provisions and adds new classifications.
HB246 (Bigelow) — Modifies the Utah State Retirement and Insurance Benefit Act, including many technical or conforming amendments.
HB247 (Newbold) — Prohibits powers of attorney holders from creating, modifying or revoking trusts without specific authorization.
HB253 (Goodfellow) — Requires off-highway vehicle dealers to obtain the same dealer license permits as new and used motorcycle and small-trailer dealers.
HB254 (Lockhart) — Modifies Motor Vehicle Code exempting resident vehicle registration for someone who works in Utah less than 24 months.
HB255 (Allen) — Allows unaffiliated voters to affiliate with a political party at all regular primary elections.
HB257 (Holdaway) — Creates the Public Education Legislative Task Force to establish a clear mission, objectives, and accountability in the public education system.
HB258 (Clark) — Changes the civil penalty for an vehicle advertising violation from a Level II penalty to a Level III penalty.
HB260 (Harper) — Modifies 2002 Highway General Obligation Bonds for Salt Lake County by eliminating certain projects and by eliminating the requirement that projects be funded in a strict priority order.
HB264 (Styler) — Modifies the way proceeds from the sale or disposal of buffalo are deposited.
HB266 (Hogue) — Establishes additional filing dates for reporting political issues contributions and expenditures.
HB271 (Ure) — Ends the deposit of certain local sales and use tax revenues in the Airport to University of Utah Light Rail Restricted Account and gives the money back to Salt Lake City.
B272 (Curtis) — Repeals a provision authorizing the use of specified tax increment funds for the construction of an underpass.
HB273 (Mascaro) — Prohibits a municipality from refusing to furnish water to property based on an arrearage from a previous owner or from collecting a previous owner's arrearage from the current owner.
HB274 (Noel) — Modifies the Transportation Code by amending rights of way across federal lands provisions.
HB277 (Philpot) — Provides a process for state certification for residential mortgage loans operations.
HB278 (Buxton) — Requires the consent of the legislative body of the county in which an area proposed for annexation is located.
HB280 (Christensen) — Requires a law enforcement officer to disclose the accident report within 10 days of a written request.
HB286 (Ure) — Increases a regulatory fee on radioactive waste received at a radioactive waste facility and increases a regulatory fee on hazardous waste received at a hazardous waste facility for treatment and disposal.
HB290 (Bennion) — Grants the Division of Securities authority to conduct a hearing on the fairness of the terms and conditions of certain securities exchanges.
HB294 (Allen) — Modifies the formula for distributing certain sales and use tax revenues to cultural, botanical, and zoological organizations.
HB295 (Noel) — Modifies the School and Institutional Trust Lands Code and Transportation Code by amending state land provisions.
HB296 (Lawrence) — Requires notice of annexations to be sent to affected entities and to provide for the effective date of annexations.
HB299 (Clark) — Repeals the tax on accrued income in irrevocable trusts.
HB302 (Bigelow) — Modifies provisions on the Privatization Policy Board by allowing the board to review local government agencies regarding privatization issues.
HB305 (Peterson) — Creates a check-off on state income tax returns whereby Utahns could voluntarily contribute to a fund to pay for the damage caused by wolves returning to the state.
HB307 (Lawrence) — Makes it a second-degree felony for an adult to marry a minor when the adult knows he or she is already married.
HB308 (Seitz) — Authorizes the Board of Services for People with Disabilities to establish a fee schedule with respect to certain services including drug testing when ordered by the court.
HB310 (Dougall) — Establishes a legislative task force to study transportation needs and funding for the next 10- and 20-year time frames.
HB316 (Dee) — Provides incentives for economic development by creating aerospace and aviation development zones for new commercial development.
HB324 (Curtis) — Allows for excusal from or postponement of jury service for public necessity or undue hardship.
HB332 (Dunnigan) — Adds to the criteria that must be considered by the licensure committee when deciding whether to license a new health care professional.
HB333 (Goodfellow) — Modifies the State Money Management Act by modifying the prudent person rule for managing investments.
HB334 (Bourdeaux) — Stiffens penalties for using a computer to entice a minor to engage in any sexual activity .
HB342 (Lawrence) — Modifies the Western States Presidential Primary process by making the primary contingent upon legislative appropriation.
HB346 (Goodfellow) — Modifies the Transportation Code by providing that a sign located on a public assembly facility is subject to federal outdoor advertising provisions.
HB349 (Urquhart) — Grants the Utah State Bar one more year to redefine what is meant by "practicing law." If they fail to do so, lawmakers say they will write the definition themselves.
HB352 (Aagard) — Clarifies that a voter may not change party affiliation at a satellite voter registration location, but shall comply with the provision regulating the process for changing party affiliation.
HB353 (Bowman) — Prohibits a person from knowingly selling a vehicle initially delivered for sale in a country other than the United States of America without written notification to the purchaser.
HB358 (Johnson) — Modifies the maximum amount of accumulated unappropriated surplus that a county may retain.
HB371 (Hogue) — Increases court fees to fund the creation of a Court Security Account to be used to contract for security at courts across the state.
HB372 (Dunnigan) — Provides for the regulation of scope of business, requirements for incorporation, certificates of authority, financial responsibility and annual reports and operation of captive insurance companies.
HB373 (Ferrin) — Modifies more than 10 insurance code changes.
HB374 (Dunnigan) — Provides definitions and substitutes the term producer for the terms agent and broker with respect to certain insurance licenses.
House resolutions:
HCR1 (Stephens) — Urges the U.S. Census Bureau to review and modify the census data collection procedures for the 2010 Census to account for U.S. citizens who are living out of the country on a temporary basis.
HCR2 (Hughes) — Recognizes audio enhancement technology as an important tool that can increase the quality of education in the state of Utah.
HCR4 (Love) — Urges the federal government to address abuses of Internet technology that deceptively expose Internet users to objectionable material and illegal activities.
HCR6 (Johnson) — Urges the federal government to receive approval of both the Legislature and the governor prior to designating a wild and scenic river under the Federal Wild and Scenic River Act.
HCR7 (Morgan) — Urges Utah's public elementary and secondary schools to promote character and citizenship education through an emphasis on teaching civic responsibility and respect for others.
HCR8 (Stephens) — Expresses support for Hill Air Force Base and its employees for their support of the nation's defense, their positive impact on the state's economy and their influence in the communities where they live and serve.
HCR9 (Dougall) — Recognizes the importance of local business to the economy of the state of Utah and urging state agencies and political subdivisions to support local business.
HCR10 (Curtis) — Approves the tender of $850,000, plus prejudgment interest and reasonable attorneys' fees in amounts determined appropriate by the District Court, all in satisfaction of the District Court judgment for specific performance.
HCR12 (Dougall) — Recognizes the tragic loss of the crew of the space shuttle Columbia and expresses gratitude for their service.
HJR2 (Hogue) — Requests that all state agencies notify legislators of any agency-related events impacting their constituents and taking place within their districts.
HJR4 (Newbold) — Fixes the compensation for legislative in-session employees for 2003.
HJR5 (Dillree) — Requires bills to be transmitted electronically rather than in hard copy.
HJR6 (Dillree) — Eliminates the special legislative expenses requirement established to govern legislative expenses during the 2002 Winter Olympics.
HJR8 (Dillree) — Modifies joint rules governing joint committees, requiring that the chairman verbally announce the result of the vote and identify members who voted "yes" or "no."
HJR9 (Dillree) — Modifies interim rules governing joint committees, requiring that the chairman verbally announce the result of the vote and identify members who voted "yes" or "no."
HJR10 (Clark) — Recognizes the Utah Cultural Center Foundation for its commitment to build the Museum of Utah Art and History and other organizations to bring Utah's story to the citizens of the state and to visitors from around the nation and the world.
HJR12 (Styler) — Urges the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to expedite the process for transferring authority to manage wolves to the states.
HJR13 (Buttars) — Requests that the members of Utah's congressional delegation work to pass and vote for the immediate and permanent repeal of the estate tax.
HJR14 (Urquhart) — Urges the U.S. Congress to appropriate just compensation to the state of Utah for the impact of federal land ownership on the state's ability to fund public education.
HJR15 (Morley) — Urges Utah's congressional delegation to support and vote for all efforts to build and deploy a national missile defense system.
HJR16 (Harper) — Urges state agencies and political subdivisions of the state to ensure the protection and privacy of personal information they collect on the citizens of Utah.
HJR20 (Curtis) — Directs the Legislative Management Committee to assign items of study to the appropriate interim committee.
HJR24 (Philpot) — Urges Utah's congressional delegation to vote for the repeal of the individual and permanent Alternative Minimum Tax.
HJR26 (Last) — Expresses support for the achievements and efforts of the Utah Academic Decathlon, with support from Utah communities, school districts, businesses and Dixie State College.
HJR28 (Bourdeaux) — Urges the U.S. Congress and the members of Utah's congressional delegation to work to resolve issues related to undocumented i individuals in the United States.
HR1 (Bigelow) — Revises House rules by changing the name of a the Quasi-Governmental House Standing Committee to the Retirement and Independent House Standing Committee.
HR2 (Philpot) — Modifies criteria for paying certain in-session employees and modifies requirements governing placement of materials on House members' desks.
HR3 (Dillree) — Modifies House Rules governing committees, requiring that the chairman verbally announce the result of the vote and identify members who voted "yes" or "no."
HR4 (Bennion) — Modifies House Rules governing committee responsibilities and public hearings by allowing the committee chair or a majority of the committee to require a witness to swear or affirm an oath to tell the truth.
HR5 (Dillree) — Eliminates the Rules Committee's authority to schedule guest speakers.
HR9 (Hendrickson) — Initiates impeachment proceedings against Judge Ray M. Harding Jr. of Utah's 4th District for high crimes, misdemeanors, and malfeasance.
HR10 (Curtis)—Establishes a process to address the impeachment of Judge Ray M. Harding Jr.
Senate bills:
SB1 (Blackham) — Funds appropriations and reductions for the support of the state government for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2003, and ending June 30, 2004.
SB2 (Evans) — Authorizes the issuance and sale of general obligation bonds by the State Bonding Commission for capital facilities and for certain highways and related facilities.
SB3 (Blackham) — Funds appropriations and reductions for the support of state government for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2003, and ending June 30, 2004.
SB4 (Steele) — Modifies the Revenue and Taxation Code by clarifying that government vehicles are exempt from purchasing the clean special fuel tax certificate.
SB5 (Evans) — Repeals the Quasi-Governmental Entities Act, which was replaced by the Independent Entities Act.
SB6 (Walker) — Prohibits a person from printing more than the last five digits of a financial transaction card account number or the expiration date on a financial transaction card receipt.
SB7 (Walker) — Modifies the Criminal Code by stating that one of the elements of the offense of automobile homicide may be that the operator has a measurable amount of Schedule I or II controlled substances in the body.
SB8 (Gladwell) — Provides that persons found by the court to be mentally retarded are not subject to the death penalty.
SB9 (Davis) — Amends the number of board members required for a quorum, the powers of the board, and the duties of the pool administrator for the Comprehensive Health Insurance Pool Act.
SB10 (Arent) — Changes the Pre-need Funeral Arrangement Act by requiring pre-need contracts to provide the buyer with the option to furnish a disclosure of the pre-need contract to another person.
SB11 (Evans) — Modifies the functions and duties of the Office of Child Care and requires an annual report by the office on the status of child care in the state.
SB12 (Evans) — Changes the qualifications for applicants to receive financial assistance from the Industrial Assistance Fund.
SB13 (Buttars) — Provides restrictions on when a court can accept a plea of guilty or no contest in a driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs case.
SB14 (Allen) — Rewords sections Utah Code regarding the State Budget Office.
SB15 (Jenkins) — Removes the part-time employee limitation on the chairman of the Workforce Appeals Board.
SB16 (Steele) — Deletes the Sports Park Road and the Bear Hollow Road from the state highway system.
SB17 (Bramble) — Extends tax exemptions for a sale or lease of semiconductor fabricating or processing material through June 30, 2007.
SB18 (Gladwell) — Modifies special district and local district provisions to provide a procedure for lieutenant governor certification of annexations, withdrawals and dissolutions for certain special districts and for local districts.
SB19 (Eastman) — Allows the Department of Public Safety to disclose vehicle accident history information, excluding personal identifying information, in bulk electronic form.
SB20 (Steele) — Modifies the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act and construction statutes to facilitate government agencies providing services electronically and to make technical changes.
SB21 (Blackham) — Modifies provisions related to powers and duties of interlocal entities for purposes of the payment of fee in lieu of ad valorem property tax.
SB23 (Bramble) — Enacts the Municipal Telecommunications License Tax Act and authorizes a municipality to levy and collect a municipal telecommunications license tax by ordinance.
SB24 (Jenkins) — Renumbers provisions relating to local substance abuse authorities and local mental health authorities.
SB25 (Jenkins) — Clarifies the circumstances under which proceedings for the commitment of a child may be commenced.
SB26 (Arent) — Reauthorizes certain state entities and programs that would otherwise sunset before the 2004 annual general session of the Utah Legislature.
SB27 (Blackham) — Modifies the process by which adults are involuntarily committed to mental health programs.
SB28 (Hickman) — Changes election code by modifying signature requirements, certain disclosure requirements, and the time period during which sponsors may gather signatures.
SB29 (Dmitrich) — Amends provisions in the Judicial Code to allow for audit by the Office of Legislative Auditor General.
SB30 (Stephenson) — Amends the definition of a rule and clarifies when an agency's written statement is determined to be a rule.
SB32 (Walker) — Requires school districts to fund driver education programs solely through the Automobile Driver Education Tax Account and student fees when the program is taught during regular school hours.
SB33 (Dmitrich) — Modifies provisions relating to counties to increase the amount of fees that a sheriff receives for the performance of certain duties and services.
SB35 (Buttars) — Modifies the Redevelopment Agencies Act by expanding the criteria for blight to include a Superfund site.
SB36 (Evans) — Expands the public entities that may receive monies from the Mineral Lease Account to include public institutions of higher education.
SB37 (Knudson) — Creates a task force to study the operations of gravel pits in the state and their impact on the surrounding environment and infrastructure.
SB40 (Dmitrich) — Modifies the Personnel Management Act by eliminating the requirement that salary surveys for peace officers, correctional officers, and public safety dispatch personnel include a survey of benefits.
SB41 (Arent) — Allows Clandestine Drug Lab Act offenses to be punished under the state's racketeering provisions.
SB42 (Walker) — Makes the possession of a financial transaction card number or related information with the intent to defraud a third-degree felony.
SB43 (Steele) — Modifies Targeted Business Income Tax Credits Within an Enterprise Zone, Corporate Franchise and Income Taxes, and the Individual Income Tax Act to modify the requirements for providing information to the State Tax Commission when a taxpayer claims a tax credit.
SB45 (Arent) — Clarifies requirements for lobbyist and principal reporting when a person or entity ceases to be a lobbyist or principal.
SB47 (Valentine) — Modifies the Utah Labor Code to provide for temporary appointments to the Appeals Board in cases where there is a vacancy on the Appeals Board.
SB48 (Thomas) — Amends provisions regarding when and how forcible entry may be made to effect an arrest.
SB49 (Hellewell) — Requires an applicant for a driver's license or identification card to both have and provide a Utah residence address.
SB51 (Davis) — Provides for the appointment of other planetarium personnel by the county executive rather than the county legislative body.
SB52 (Steele) — Allows the Uninsured Motorist Identification Database Program information to be used by financial institutions to facilitate protection of a financial institution's bona fide security interests in a motor vehicle.
SB53 (Knudson) — Updates and modifies the Controlled Substance Act prohibiting the refill of a Schedule II controlled substance.
SB55 (Eastman) — Modifies the Election Code by changing the requirements for preparing, voting, counting, and otherwise administering provisional ballots.
SB57 (Stephenson) — Expands the number of charter schools that the State Board of Education may sponsor, removes enrollment limitations on charter schools sponsored by local school boards, specifies requirements for charter schools, and expands a school building loan program to include charter school buildings.
SB58 (Hellewell) — Changes the name of the Division of Youth Corrections to the Division of Juvenile Justice Services.
SB61 (Valentine) — Clarifies use of a test period in determining just and reasonable rates public utility rates.
SB65 (Dmitrich) — Modifies the Mines and Mining Code to provide that a reclamation surety be posted for all small mining operations and exploration projects.
SB66 (Waddoups) — Increases the beer tax rate and to create the Alcoholic Beverage Enforcement and Treatment Restricted Account.
SB67 (Stephenson) — Modifies and repeals certain state boards and commissions.
SB68 (Eastman) — Changes requirements for voter identification in voting procedures, disposition of absentee ballots, and other election processes.
SB72 (Thomas) — Authorizes the creation of a county service area and a local district for fire protection, paramedic, and emergency services by resolution of the legislative bodies of participating counties and municipalities.
SB74 (Gladwell) — Specifies matters that can be the subject of an interlocal agreement between two or more public agencies.
SB75 (Walker) — Requires prospective and current employees and contractors and those seeking access to public water system facilities to submit to a criminal background check.
SB78 (Jenkins) — Repeals provisions requiring persons in the business of trading stamps to establish an office in Utah, appoint a process attorney for civil actions and post a bond.
SB79 (Buttars) — Increases the fine for parking in a disability parking zone from $100 to $110 and for parking in a school bus parking zone from $50 to $55.
SB80 (Knudson) — Amends the adverse benefit determination review process for group health plans to include individual or group health plans and income replacement or disability income policies.
SB83 (Hillyard) — Modifies provisions of the Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing Act related to reinstatement of licenses and diversion procedures.
SB84 (Wright) — Creates Environmental Institutional Control Act to limit or otherwise affect the use of real property that has been affected by a cleanup or risk assessment.
SB85 (Wright) — Increases the environmental assurance fee of one-quarter cent per gallon on the first sale or use of petroleum products to one-half cent per gallon.
SB86 (Waddoups) — Modifies the title dealing with contracts and obligations in general by enacting provisions that prohibit the automatic renewal of service contracts unless the seller notifies the consumer of the automatic renewal.
SB87 (Waddoups) — Provides that the library board shall make library rules in a manner consistent with county ordinances and policies.
SB88 (Eastman) — Creates a security personnel licensing, education, and enforcement dedicated credit to educate and train licensees and the general public and to help enforce the provisions of the Licensing Act
SB89 (Buttars) — Allows a certified social worker intern to provide mental health therapy under the supervision of a clinical social worker.
SB90 (Julander) — Repeals the Prescriptive Practice Peer Committee.
SB91 (Gladwell) — Repeals the provisions of the Funeral Services Licensing Act and the Pre-need Funeral Arrangement Act.
SB92 (Stephenson) — Sunsets the option of persons seeking licensure as professional land surveyors to substitute a program of qualifying experience for the educational requirement.
SB93 (Hatch) — Requires court judges to abide by all administrative policies of the county or municipality in which they are employed.
SB94 (Valentine) — Requires applicants to sit for and meet the conditioning requirements of the AICPA Uniform CPA Examination as established by the AICPA.
SB95 (Valentine) — Establishes a statewide database for the collection and distribution of information regarding the location of commercially owned fully automated external defibrillators.
SB96 (Julander) — Provides that the Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing may not include home telephone numbers or home addresses on the lists of licensees it prepares that are made available to the general public.
SB97 (Walker) — Repeals an alternate procedure for annexing part of one county to another and makes technical and conforming changes.
SB100 (Evans) — Modifies provisions of the Utah Division of Indian Affairs Act related to meetings between the division and tribal leaders including clarifying when the open and public meetings requirements apply and allowing specified state agencies to participate in certain meetings.
SB103 (Bramble) — Removes the 60-day restriction on the validity of concealed firearm permits issued by another state or county.
SB104 (Eastman) — Modifies the Motor Vehicles Code by providing that access to division records includes all purposes permitted under federal law.
SB105 (Buttars) — Requires Pledge of Allegiance to be recited at public schools once a week.
SB106 (Bramble) — Allows Highway Patrol to use more than one unmarked vehicle in organized operations to enforce traffic laws.
SB107 (Dmitrich) — Modifies the mining code to provide that the Labor Commission shall assume certain responsibilities relating to coal mine certification previously performed by the Labor Commission's Safety Division.
SB108 (Waddoups) — Makes it OK for holders of concealed weapons permits to pack weapons onto school campuses.
SB109 (Knudson) — Provides that 2.5 percent of tuition waivers at state institutions of higher education be set aside for members of the Utah National Guard.
SB111 (Waddoups) — Provides that constables may serve all forms of process, and limits the forms of process that can be served by private investigators.
SB112 (Knudson) — Includes information regarding National Guard operations or activities under protected records clauses.
SB115 (Hickman) — Makes removal of a theft detection device unlawful.
SB116 (Hillyard) — Modifies the Criminal Code, removing the statute of limitations on certain violent crimes when DNA evidence has been collected that can be used to identify the perpetrator.
SB117 (Hillyard) — Makes the attempt to take or "carjack" a motor vehicle an aggravated robbery offense.
SB118 (Walker) — Allows an individual to choose from specified options the taxable year for which the individual may subtract adoption expenses from federal taxable income.
SB120 (Jenkins) — Makes technical changes to provisions related to prohibited retaliation.
SB121 (Knudson) — Amends state laws regarding the right to access and copy patient medical records to bring them into compliance with federal laws.
SB122 (Jenkins) — Modifies the Utah Antidiscrimination Act to amend what constitutes discriminatory or unfair employment practices.
SB123 (Evans) — Adds livestock activities and professionals to the provisions of Title 78 providing limitations on the liability of equine activities and professionals.
SB124 (Hale) — Changes the name of the State Capitol Art Placement Commission to the Art Placement Subcommittee of the State Capitol Preservation Board.
SB126 (Mayne) — Addresses penalties for failure to make Workers' Compensation reports related to industrial accidents.
SB127 (Valentine) — Requires driver's license certificates issued to an applicant under 21 years of age and all identification cards to be in a portrait-style format.
SB128 (Hillyard) — Enacts a new chapter in the Judicial Code regarding child protective orders providing for the filing of a petition, notice to the parties, appointment of a guardian ad litem and hearings.
SB130 (Mayne) — Modifies the Check Cashing Registration Act by requiring deferred deposit lenders to allow borrowers to make partial payments or to rescind the loan by the next business day.
SB131 (Bramble) — Amends the Individual Income Tax Act to provide a subtraction from federal taxable income for certain capital gains that are invested in qualifying stock issued by a Utah small business corporation.
SB132 (Hillyard) — Provides definitions for "declarant father" and "presumptive father" and allows for a declaration of paternity by a declarant father even if a presumptive father exists.
SB133 (Blackham) — Modifies provisions relating to paternity and child support.
SB136 (Gladwell) — Provides that in specified circumstances a defendant found to be guilty and mentally ill may be sentenced to a county jail.
SB138 (Blackham) — Amends the Utah Health Care Malpractice Act and the Health Care Providers Immunity From Liability Act.
SB140 (Evans) — Creates a Prescription Drug Assistance Program within the Department of Health and requires reporting to the Legislature.
SB141 (Stephenson) — Requires that counties, municipalities, special districts, and local districts request bids for certain capital projects and establishes a bid process.
SB142 (Blackham) — Modifies the Agricultural Cooperative Associations Act to provide for one-member associations.
SB143 (Eastman) — Amends dealer financial arrangements and disclosure provisions for dealer financed motor vehicle purchases.
SB146 (Wright) — Requires that commercial waste facilities that receive only construction and demolition waste pay a fee.
SB147 (Hillyard) — Authorizes the State Tax Commission to enter into an agreement with one or more states relating to sales and use taxes.
SB148 (Hatch) — Modifies the Farmland Assessment Act to define terms and to modify the qualifications for agricultural use assessment.
SB149 (Blackham) — Defines the State Financing Consolidation Act provisions.
SB151 (Steele) — Reorganizes the state's information technology structure.
SB153 (Valentine) — Makes technical changes to the Alcoholic Beverage Title.
SB154 (Hatch) — Changes the way the state public education system is governed and funded.
SB155 (Mayne ) — Modifies occupations and professions by providing for registration rather than licensing of Professional Employer Organizations.
SB157 (Hillyard) — Modifies the Financial Institution Title to address the regulation of credit union service organizations by the Department of Financial Institutions.
SB158 (Buttars) — Amends the Utah Human Services Code and the Judicial Code.
SB163 (Allen) — Modifies the Public Safety Code by amending the mandatory revocation of a license.
SB164 (Gladwell) — Changes requirements relating to county records.
SB165 (Hillyard) — Modifies provisions relating to the information the Senate receives regarding gubernatorial judicial appointees.
SB172 (Bramble) — Creates a task force to study radioactive waste, hazardous waste and commercial solid waste issues.
SB173 (Blackham) — Modifies the agricultural code by allowing the appropriation of funds from the Agriculture Resource Development Fund.
SB175 (Bramble) — Authorizes state agencies to collect fees or other revenues via credit cards or other electronic means.
SB176 (Evans) — Modifies the Motor Vehicle Code by adding a Public Education Support special group license plate to provide financial support to Utah public education.
SB177 (Valentine) — Provides guidelines for the issuance and regulation of debt cancellation agreements and debt suspension agreements.
SB180 (Bramble) — Permits ambulance and paramedic license applicants who have met the Department of Health's minimum requirements and standards to enter into a competitive bid process to provide services to local governments for 911 ambulance and paramedic calls.
SB184 (Walker) — Allows a Municipal Improvement District Act to provide inclusion of certain cable television and telecommunications facilities and equipment.
SB186 (Eastman) — Modifies the Motor Vehicles Code by amending uninsured and underinsured motorists provisions.
SB187 (Hellewell) — Clarifies a property owner's right to mediate or arbitrate disputes arising from eminent domain actions.
SB188 (Jenkins) — Allows a tax refund for retailers who sell more than 4,500 gallons of motor fuel a year.
SB191 (Walker) — Clarifies that counties may jointly provide mental health services and substance abuse services through an interlocal agreement.
SB193 (Bramble) — Modifies the Election Code by changing the date that candidates must be certified for the ballot.
SB194 (Thomas) — Modifies some of the guidelines and enforcement mechanisms for telephone and facsimile solicitations.
SB195 (Thomas) — Amends specified penalties for certain offenses involving the obstruction of justice.
SB196 (Evans) — Clarifies when a report is considered filed and when a school board candidate may be disqualified.
SB198 (Valentine) — Establishes that a real estate sales agent may be engaged either as an independent contractor or as an employee of a licensed principal real estate broker.
SB200 (Waddoups) — Provides that the State Auditor may conduct performance and special-purpose audits of any entity that receives public funds, clarifies the state auditor's authority to access records and eliminates certain obsolete requirements.
SB202 (Waddoups) — Provides that peace officers in specified classifications are "at-risk government employees" regarding specified personal information.
SB203 (Waddoups) — Entitles a condominium association of unit owners to recover all expenses incurred by the association in collecting unpaid assessments, attorneys' fees and other fees associated with collection.
SB204 (Bramble) — Allows county and municipal employees to be compensated up to full pay for up to 15 days of military deployment per year.
SB206 (Steele) — Modifies the Motor Vehicles Code by defining terminal rental adjustment clause.
SB207 (Knudson) — Modifies the Criminal Code regarding identity fraud offenses by providing that in addition to law enforcement agencies, the Office of the Attorney General has responsibility for investigating these offenses.
SB208 (Wright) — Provides that a minor may not be removed from the minor's home or school or be taken into protective custody with or without a criminal warrant unless the minor's parent or guardian consents.
SB209 (Bramble) — Modifies the Motor Vehicles Code and the Water and Irrigation Code by amending off-highway vehicle and motorboat and sailboat registration requirements.
SB213 (Mayne) — Reduces the amount of certain sales and use tax exemptions.
SB214 (Waddoups) — Allows self-insurers to provide uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage in amounts that are less than their maximum self-insured retention.
SB216 (Hickman) — Provides dedicated credits to the State Tax Commission to provide for electronic credentialing of motor carriers for compliance with vehicle registration and special fuel tax provisions.
SB223 (Hillyard) — Provides for the award of joint legal and physical custody according to the best interests of the child and defines joint physical custody.
SB225 (Blackham) — Establishes limits on judgments that may be awarded against government entities.
SB226 (Stephenson) — Enacts provisions modifying the procedures for voting on adjudicative matters by the State Tax Commission.
SB233 (Blackham) — Modifies the Budgetary Procedures Act by authorizing the Budget Reserve Account to be expended to fund certain state settlement agreements.
SB240 (Bramble) — Repeals Utah's term limits statutes.
SB251 (Evans) — Makes it illegal to discharge of a firearm or dangerous weapon in the direction of a house.
SB252 (Julander) — Modifies the Nurse Practices Act to permit a person who is self-directing his own personal care in his private residence to employ a person to assist him in his care.
SB253 (Hatch) — Modifies the privilege tax code to provide that the possession or other beneficial use of public land occupied under the terms of certain agricultural leases or permits is not subject to the privilege tax.
Senate resolutions:
SJR1 (Evans) — Changes the name of a joint appropriations subcommittee.
SJR2 (Waddoups) — Approves the reappointment of M. Gay Taylor as general counsel for the Legislature.
SJR4 (Mayne) — Urges the Public Utilities and Technology Interim Committee to have a hearing concerning whether the Public Service Commission should be restructured.
SJR7 (Knudson) — Urges the Bush administration to support a free trade agreement between the Republic of China on Taiwan and the United States.
SJR8 (Mayne) — Designates March 16, 2003, as Liberty Day in the state of Utah.
SR1 (Evans) — Revises Senate rules by changing the name of a Senate standing committee.
SR2 (Gladwell) — Adds the Pledge of Allegiance to the daily order of business for the Legislature.
SR3 (Hillyard) — Modifies Senate rules governing committees, requiring that the chairman verbally announce the result of the vote and identify members who voted "yes" or "no."
SR4 (Hillyard) — Exempts certain members of majority and minority leadership from being counted in determining a quorum in certain circumstances.
SR5 (Hillyard) — Allows the committee chairman or a majority of the committee to require a witness to swear or affirm an oath to tell the truth.
SR6 (Hillyard) — Requires each judicial appointee to be interviewed by the confirmation committee.