MINUTES OF THE

SENATE BUSINESS AND LABOR STANDING COMMITTEE

215 Senate Building, Utah State Capitol Complex

March 7, 2014

 

 

Members Present:     Sen. Curtis S. Bramble, Chair

                                    Sen. Gene Davis

                                    Sen. Deidre Henderson

                                    Sen. David P. Hinkins

                                    Sen. Karen Mayne

                                    Sen. Todd Weiler

 

Members Excused:    Sen. John L. Valentine

 

Staff Present:             Mr. Bryant Howe, Policy Analyst

                                    Ms. Karen Allred, Committee Secretary

 

NOTE:  A list of visitors and a copy of handouts are filed with the committee minutes.

 

Chair Bramble called the meeting to order at 4:25 p.m. and announced that S.B. 146 will not be heard today.

 

MOTION:  Sen. Mayne moved to approve the minutes of the March 6, 2014 meeting.  The motion passed unanimously with Sen. Davis, Sen. Henderson and Sen. Weiler   absent for the vote.    

 

1st Sub. H.B. 357        Budgetary Amendments   (R. Menlove)

 

Rep. Menlove explained the bill to the committee.

 

MOTION:   Sen. Hinkins moved to pass the bill out favorably.  The motion passed unanimously with Sen. Davis, Sen. Henderson and Sen. Weiler absent for the vote.

 

1st Sub. H.B.  133       Contingent Management for Federal Facilities  (D. Lifferth)

 

Rep. Lifferth explained the bill to the committee.

 

MOTION:   Sen. Hinkins moved to pass the bill out favorably.  The motion passed unanimously with Sen. Davis and Sen. Henderson absent for the vote.

 

Sen. Weiler assumed the committee chair.

 

S.B.  271      Postjudgment Interest Amendments  (C. Bramble)

 

Sen. Bramble explained the bill to the committee.

 

Spoke for the bill:       Steve Sullivan, Attorney

                                    Chris Purcell, State Farm

 

MOTION:  Sen. Hinkins moved to pass the bill out favorably.  The motion passed unanimously with Sen. Davis and Sen. Henderson absent for the vote.

 

2nd Sub. H.B.  246      Failure to Report Contributions or Public Service Assistance     

                                    (C. Hall)

 

Rep. Hall explained the bill to the committee.

 

MOTION:  Sen. Bramble moved to adopt 3rd Sub. H.B. 246.  The motion passed unanimously with Sen. Davis, Sen. Henderson and Sen. Mayne absent for the vote.

 

Sen. Bramble further explained the bill.

 

MOTION:  Sen. Bramble moved to amend the bill as follows:

 

1.         Page 2, Lines 38 through 39: 

 

38      Other Special Clauses:

39                         {None}    Provides an immediate effective date.   

 

2.         Page 14, Line 410:

           


                        410           (7)  Nothing in this chapter creates a third-party cause of action or appeal rights.

  Section 9. Immediate effective date. 

  If approved by two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, this bill takes effect upon approval by the governor, or the day following the constitutional time limit of Utah Constitution, Article VII, Section 8, without the governor's signature, or in the case of a veto, the date of veto override.    

 

The motion passed unanimously with Sen. Davis and Sen. Mayne absent for the vote.

 

Motion:  Sen. Bramble moved to pass out 3rd Sub. 246 favorably.  The motion passed

                unanimously with Sen. Davis and Sen. Mayne absent for the vote.

 

S.B.  152      Highway Sponsorship Program Act   (J. Knotwell)

 

Rep. Knotwell explained the bill to the committee.

 

MOTION:   Sen. Hinkins moved to pass the bill out favorably.  The motion passed unanimously

                     with Sen. Davis and Sen. Mayne absent for the vote.

 

4th Sub. 112    Regulation of Electric Cigarettes  (Ray)

 

 

 

MOTION:  Sen. Davis moved to adopt 8th Sub. H.B. 112.  The motion failed with Sen. Bramble, Sen. Davis and voting in favor and Sen. Henderson, Sen. Hinkins, and Sen. Weiler voting in opposition.

 

Sen. Weiler assumed the committee chair.

 

Rep. Ray continued to explain the bill.

 

Spoke for the bill:       Dr. Kevin Nelson, Pediatrician, Primary Children’s Medical Center

                                    Michelle McOmber, CEO, Utah Medical Association

                                    David Patton, Director, Department of Health

                                    Aaron Frazier, Utah Vapers

                                    Jenifer Dailey, Director, Utah Academy of Family Physicians

         Anna Guymon, Tobacco Prevention and Control, Weber/Davis County

                                    J.P. Metharo, Electronic Cigarettes User

                                    Ivy Nelson, Davis County Public Health

                                    Janet Brooks, Child Advocacy Manager, Primary Children’s Hospital

 

Sen. Bramble resumed the committee chair.

 

MOTION:  Sen. Henderson moved to send the bill to Interim Study. The motion passed unanimously.

 

H.B.  394     Campaign Finance Revisions  (J. Dunnigan)

 

MOTION:  Sen. Henderson moved to adopt 1st Sub. H.B 394.  The motion passed unanimously.

 

Rep. Dunnigan explained the bill assisted by Thomas Vaughn, Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel.

 

MOTION:  Sen. Weiler moved to pass the bill out favorably.  The motion passed unanimously with Sen. Hinkins absent for the vote.

 

1st Sub. H.B.  324       Ortho-bionic Exemption Amendments  (B. Wilson)

 

The bill was not considered.

 

1st Sub. H.B.  302       Voting Records Amendments  (R. Edwards)

 

MOTION:  Sen. Weiler moved to adopt 2nd Sub. H.B. 302.  The motion passed unanimously with Sen. Henderson and Sen. Hinkins absent for the vote.

 

Rep. Edwards explained the bill to the committee.

 

Spoke to the bill:                     Gordon Garrison, Citizen

                                                Frank Pignanelli, Utah Press Association

 

Spoke for the bill:                   Dan Deuel, Citizen

                                                Mike Sonntag, Lobbyist, Bear River Insurance

                                                Ron Mortenson, Citizen

 

Spoke against the bill:             Travis Wood, Consumer Data Industry Association

 

MOTION:  Sen. Weiler moved to pass the bill out favorably.  The motion passed with Sen. Davis voting in opposition and Sen. Hinkins absent for the vote.

 

 2nd Sub. H.B.  243     Amendments to the Fund of Funds  (J. Bird)

 

The bill was not considered.

 

MOTION:   Sen. Davis moved to adjourn.  The motion passed unanimously with Sen. Hinkins absent for the vote.

 

Chair Bramble adjourned the meeting at 6:50 p.m.

 

 

 

 

 

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Sen. Curtis S. Bramble, Chair