Rep. Norm Thurston — Voting Record

Bill

Number

H.R. 6 (2021GS)

Sponsor

Rep. Dunnigan, J.

Final action

House/ to Lieutenant Governor 3/15/2021

Outcome

House/ to Lieutenant Governor

Summary

Every vote on this bill

Bill text

This document includes House Committee Amendments incorporated into the bill on Thu, Feb 25, 2021 at 3:05 PM by lfindlay.
This document includes House Floor Amendments incorporated into the bill on Fri, Feb 26, 2021 at 5:06 PM by pflowers.
HOUSE RULES RESOLUTION -- CHAMBER PROCEDURE
GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: James A. Dunnigan
LONG TITLE
General Description:
This rules resolution amends house standing committee procedures.
Highlighted Provisions:
This resolution:
▸ defines terms;
▸ establishes the order in which a standing committee chair allows response to a
substitute motion; and
▸ makes technical and conforming changes.
Special Clauses:
None
Legislative Rules Affected:
AMENDS:
HR3-2-101
HR3-2-313
HR3-2-505
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the state of Utah:
Section 1. 
HR3-2-101
 is amended to read:
HR3-2-101.
Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
(1) "Chair" means:
(a) the chair of a standing committee; or
(b) a standing committee member who is authorized to act as chair under 
HR3-2-202
.
(2) "Committee" means a standing committee created under 
HR3-2-201
.
(3) "Dispose of legislation" refers to a committee action that transfers ownership of
legislation to the House Rules Committee, to another standing committee, or to the House
floor.
(4) "Favorable recommendation" refers to a committee action that transfers ownership
of legislation to the House second reading calendar.
(5) "Legislation" means a Senate bill, House bill, Senate resolution, House resolution,
joint resolution, or concurrent resolution.
(6) "Majority vote" means a majority of a quorum as provided in 
HR3-2-203
.
(7) "Original motion" means a non-privileged motion that is accepted by the chair
when no other motion is pending.
(8) "Pending motion" refers to a motion starting when a chair accepts a motion and
ending when the motion is withdrawn or when the chair calls for a vote on the motion.
(9) (a) "Privileged motion" means a procedural motion to adjourn, set a time to
adjourn, recess, end debate, extend debate, or limit debate.
(b) Privileged motions are not substitute motions.
(10) "Substitute motion" means a non-privileged motion that is made when [
a
non-privileged
] 
an original
 motion is pending.
(11) "Under consideration" means the time starting when a chair opens a discussion on
a subject or piece of legislation that is listed on a committee agenda and ending when the
committee disposes of the legislation, moves on to another item on the agenda, or adjourns.
Section 2. 
HR3-2-313
 is amended to read:
HR3-2-313.
 Chair to allow response to motions before placing motions for a
vote.
(1)
 After [
a motion has been accepted
] 
the chair accepts an original motion
, and before
the chair places [
a
] 
the original
 motion for a vote, the chair shall permit:
[
(1) members of the committee
] 
Ĥ→ [
(a) committee members
 to ask the committee member
who placed the 
original
 motion questions about the motion;
] ←Ĥ
[
(2) members of the committee
] 
(b) committee members
 to debate the 
original
 motion;
[
(3)
] 
(c)
 the chief sponsor of the legislation that is affected by the 
original
 motion to
respond to the 
original
 motion; and
[
(4)
] 
(d)
 the committee member who placed the 
original
 motion to have the final word
on the motion.
(2) After a chair accepts a substitute motion, and before the chair places the substitute
motion for a vote, the chair shall permit:
(a) the committee member who placed the original motion to respond to the substitute
motion;
Ĥ→ [
(b) committee members to ask the committee member who placed the substitute
motion questions about the substitute motion;
(c)
] 
(b)
 ←Ĥ
committee members to debate the substitute motion;
Ĥ→ [
(d)
] 
(c)
 ←Ĥ
the chief sponsor of the legislation that is affected by the substitute motion
70a 
to
respond to the substitute motion; and
Ĥ→ [
(e)
] 
(d)
 ←Ĥ
the committee member who placed the substitute motion to have the final
72a 
word on
the motion.
Section 3. 
HR3-2-505
 is amended to read:
HR3-2-505.
Substitute motions in committee -- General requirements, procedure,
and priority.
(1) Substitute motions:
(a) are debatable; and
(b) take precedence over original motions.
(2) (a) A committee member may make a substitute motion if an original motion is
pending.
(b) A committee member may not make a substitute motion if:
(i) a privileged motion is pending; or
(ii) another substitute motion is pending.
(c) If a substitute motion is adopted, a substitute motion disposes of the original
motion.
(d) If a substitute motion is not adopted, the original motion is pending.
(3) After a chair accepts a substitute motion, and before the chair places the substitute
motion for a vote, the chair shall allow response to the substitute motion in accordance with
HR3-2-313.