MINUTES OF THE
SENATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND WORKFORCE SERVICES STANDING COMMITTEE
Tuesday, February 27, 2024 • 4:00 p.m. • 215 Senate Building


Members Present:
Sen. David P. Hinkins, Chair
Sen. Karen Kwan
Sen. Michael K. McKell
Sen. Derrin R. Owens
Sen. Jerry W Stevenson
Members Absent:
Sen. Ann Millner

Staff Present:
Sivan Nizan, Policy Analyst
Emma Johnsen, Committee Secretary

Note: A copy of related materials and an audio recording of the meeting can be found at www.le.utah.gov.
Chair David P. Hinkins called the meeting to order at 4:02 PM.
1.4th Sub. H.B. 495 Vulnerable Population Amendments (Lisonbee, K.)
Rep. Karianne Lisonbee presented the bill.
MOTION:Sen. Derrin R. Owens moved to amend 4th Substitute H.B. 495 with Amendment #1.The motion passed with a vote of 4-0-2.
Amendment 1
4th Sub. H.B. 495
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93         contains a monitoring device.]
{           94                   (5) Upon the request of a resident or the resident's legal representative, a facility may
95         not inform the employees of the facility of the presence of the monitoring device in the
96         individual's room.
97                 [(5)] (6) } (5) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, an individual may not, under
98         this part, operate a monitoring device in [an assisted living] a facility without a court order:
99                 (a) in secret; or

Yeas - 4Nays- 0Abs- 2
Sen. D. Hinkins
Sen. K. Kwan
Sen. D. Owens
Sen. J. Stevenson
Sen. M. McKell
Sen. A. Millner
MOTION:Sen. Owens moved to pass 4th Substitute H.B. 495 out favorably.The motion passed with a vote of 4-0-2.
Yeas - 4Nays- 0Abs- 2
Sen. D. Hinkins
Sen. K. Kwan
Sen. D. Owens
Sen. J. Stevenson
Sen. M. McKell
Sen. A. Millner
2.H.C.R. 17 Concurrent Resolution Honoring the 25th Anniversary of the Utah Marriage Commission (Moss, C.)
Rep. Carol S. Moss presented the bill.
MOTION:Sen. Karen Kwan moved to pass H.C.R. 17 out favorably.The motion passed with a vote of 4-0-2.
Yeas - 4Nays- 0Abs- 2
Sen. D. Hinkins
Sen. K. Kwan
Sen. D. Owens
Sen. J. Stevenson
Sen. M. McKell
Sen. A. Millner
3.2nd Sub. H.B. 548 Alcohol Amendments (Burton, J.)
MOTION:Sen. Owens moved to replace 2nd Substitute H.B. 548 with 3rd Substitute H.B. 548.The motion passed with a vote of 4-0-2.
Yeas - 4Nays- 0Abs- 2
Sen. D. Hinkins
Sen. K. Kwan
Sen. D. Owens
Sen. J. Stevenson
Sen. M. McKell
Sen. A. Millner
Rep. Jefferson S. Burton presented the bill.
Art Brown, President, Mothers Against Drunk Driving, spoke to the bill.
Glendon Mitchell, citizen, spoke to the bill.
Richard Nance, citizen, spoke to the bill.
Susannah Burt, Co-Chair, Utah Prevention Advisory Committee, spoke to the bill.
Kate Bradshaw, Utah Beer Wholesalers Association, spoke to the bill.
Tara Thue, Chair, Utah Department of Alcoholic and Beverage Services Commission, spoke to the bill.
MOTION:Sen. Jerry W. Stevenson moved to pass 3rd Substitute H.B. 548 out favorably.The motion passed with a vote of 4-0-2.
Yeas - 4Nays- 0Abs- 2
Sen. D. Hinkins
Sen. K. Kwan
Sen. D. Owens
Sen. J. Stevenson
Sen. M. McKell
Sen. A. Millner
MOTION:Sen. Kwan moved to approve the minutes of the February 27, 2024 meeting.The motion passed with a vote of 4-0-2.
Yeas - 4Nays- 0Abs- 2
Sen. D. Hinkins
Sen. K. Kwan
Sen. D. Owens
Sen. J. Stevenson
Sen. M. McKell
Sen. A. Millner
4.H.B. 487 Historic Preservation Amendments (Barlow, S.)
Rep. Stewart E. Barlow presented the bill.
MOTION:Sen. Stevenson moved to pass H.B. 487 out favorably.The motion passed with a vote of 4-0-2.
Yeas - 4Nays- 0Abs- 2
Sen. D. Hinkins
Sen. K. Kwan
Sen. D. Owens
Sen. J. Stevenson
Sen. M. McKell
Sen. A. Millner
5.1st Sub. H.B. 408 Ride-share Amendments (Ballard, M.G.)
Rep. Melissa G. Ballard presented the bill.
MOTION:Sen. Kwan moved to pass 1st Substitute H.B. 408 out favorably.The motion passed with a vote of 5-0-1.
Yeas - 5Nays- 0Abs- 1
Sen. D. Hinkins
Sen. K. Kwan
Sen. M. McKell
Sen. D. Owens
Sen. J. Stevenson
Sen. A. Millner
6.2nd Sub. H.B. 491 Data Privacy Amendments (Moss, J.)
Rep. Jefferson Moss presented the bill with the assistance of Chris Bramwell, Chief Privacy Officer, Utah Department of Government Operations.
MOTION:Sen. Owens moved to replace 2nd Substitute H.B. 491 with 3rd Substitute H.B. 491.The motion passed with a vote of 4-0-2.
Yeas - 4Nays- 0Abs- 2
Sen. D. Hinkins
Sen. K. Kwan
Sen. D. Owens
Sen. J. Stevenson
Sen. M. McKell
Sen. A. Millner
Ron Mortensen, citizen, spoke in favor of the bill.
MOTION:Sen. Owens moved to pass 3rd Substitute H.B. 491 out favorably.The motion passed with a vote of 4-0-2.
Yeas - 4Nays- 0Abs- 2
Sen. D. Hinkins
Sen. K. Kwan
Sen. D. Owens
Sen. J. Stevenson
Sen. M. McKell
Sen. A. Millner
7.H.B. 531 Laser Pointer Amendments (Eliason, S.)
Rep. Steve Eliason presented the bill with the assistance of Steve Salas, Major, Utah Highway Patrol.
MOTION:Sen. Owens moved to pass H.B. 531 out favorably.The motion passed with a vote of 3-0-3.
Yeas - 3Nays- 0Abs- 3
Sen. D. Hinkins
Sen. K. Kwan
Sen. D. Owens
Sen. M. McKell
Sen. A. Millner
Sen. J. Stevenson
MOTION:Sen. Owens moved to place H.B. 531 on the Consent Calendar.The motion passed with a vote of 4-0-2.
Yeas - 4Nays- 0Abs- 2
Sen. D. Hinkins
Sen. K. Kwan
Sen. M. McKell
Sen. D. Owens
Sen. A. Millner
Sen. J. Stevenson
8.H.B. 528 Behavioral Health Amendments (Eliason, S.)
Rep. Eliason presented the bill.
9.H.B. 500 Real Estate Amendments (Musselman, C.R.)
MOTION:Sen. Kwan moved to replace H.B. 500 with 1st Substitute H.B. 500.The motion passed with a vote of 4-0-2.
Yeas - 4Nays- 0Abs- 2
Sen. D. Hinkins
Sen. K. Kwan
Sen. M. McKell
Sen. D. Owens
Sen. A. Millner
Sen. J. Stevenson
Rep. Calvin R. Musselman presented the bill with the assistance of Justin Barney, Interim Director, Utah Division of Real Estate.
MOTION:Sen. Michael K. McKell moved to pass 1st Substitute H.B. 500 out favorably.The motion passed with a vote of 4-0-2.
Yeas - 4Nays- 0Abs- 2
Sen. D. Hinkins
Sen. K. Kwan
Sen. M. McKell
Sen. D. Owens
Sen. A. Millner
Sen. J. Stevenson
10.1st Sub. H.B. 532 State Boards and Commissions Modifications (Musselman, C.R.)
MOTION:Sen. McKell moved to replace 1st Substitute H.B. 532 with 2nd Substitute H.B. 532.The motion passed with a vote of 4-0-2.
Yeas - 4Nays- 0Abs- 2
Sen. D. Hinkins
Sen. K. Kwan
Sen. M. McKell
Sen. D. Owens
Sen. A. Millner
Sen. J. Stevenson
Rep. Musselman presented the bill.
Marlesse Jones, Director, Victim Services Commission, spoke in opposition to the bill.
Erin Jemison, Director of Public Policy, Utah Domestic Violence Coalition, spoke to the bill.
Kevin Burt, Deputy Director, Utah Department of Workforce Services, spoke in favor of the bill.
Shawn Kane, President, Private Investigators Association, spoke to the bill.
MOTION:Sen. McKell moved to pass 2nd Substitute H.B. 532 out favorably.The motion passed with a vote of 3-1-2.
Yeas - 3Nays- 1Abs- 2
Sen. D. Hinkins
Sen. M. McKell
Sen. D. Owens
Sen. K. Kwan
Sen. A. Millner
Sen. J. Stevenson
11.H.B. 534 Boards and Commissions Modifications (Musselman, C.R.)
MOTION:Sen. McKell moved to replace H.B. 534 with 1st Substitute H.B. 534.The motion passed with a vote of 4-0-2.
Yeas - 4Nays- 0Abs- 2
Sen. D. Hinkins
Sen. K. Kwan
Sen. M. McKell
Sen. D. Owens
Sen. A. Millner
Sen. J. Stevenson
Rep. Musselman presented the bill.
Brad Asay, President, AFT of Utah, spoke to the bill.
Mark Steinagel, Director, Division of Professional Licensing, Utah Department of Commerce, spoke to the bill.
MOTION:Sen. Kwan moved to amend 1st Substitute H.B. 534 with Amendment #2.
Amendment 2
1st Sub. H.B. 534
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22                         { •         Labor Relations Board; }

2 .        Page 4, Line 116 through Page 5, Line 119 :  Page 4, Line 116 through Page 5, Line 119
116                 { 34-20-2, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2016, Chapter 370 }
117                 { 34-20-8, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2016, Chapter 348 }
118                 { 34-20-9, as last amended by Laws of Utah 1987, Chapter 161 }
119                 { 34A-1-202, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2013, Chapter 413 }

3 .        Page 8, Lines 230 through 236 :  Page 8, Lines 230 through 236
230                 { 34-20-3, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2020, Chapters 352, 373 }
231                 { 34-20-4, as last amended by Laws of Utah 1997, Chapter 375 }
232                 { 34-20-5, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2011, Chapter 297 }
233                 { 34-20-6, as enacted by Laws of Utah 1969, Chapter 85 }
234                 { 34-20-10, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2008, Chapter 382 }
235                 { 34-20-11, as last amended by Laws of Utah 1997, Chapter 296 }
236                 { 34-20-12, as enacted by Laws of Utah 1969, Chapter 85 }

4 .        Page 87, Line 2668 through Page 92, Line 2836 :  Page 87, Line 2668 through Page 92, Line 2836
2668                 { Section 38. Section 34-20-2 is amended to read:
2669                 34-20-2. Definitions.
2670                 As used in this chapter:
2671                 (1) "Affecting commerce" means in commerce, or burdening or obstructing commerce
2672         or the free flow of commerce, or having led or tending to lead to a labor dispute burdening or
2673         obstructing commerce or the free flow of commerce within the state.
2674                 (2) "Commerce" means trade, traffic, commerce, transportation, or communication
2675         within the state.
2676                 (3) "Election" means a proceeding in which the employees in a collective bargaining
2677         unit cast a secret ballot for collective bargaining representatives or for any other purpose
2678         specified in this chapter and includes elections conducted by the board or by any tribunal
2679         having competent jurisdiction or whose jurisdiction was accepted by the parties.
2680                 (4) (a) "Employee" includes any employee unless this chapter explicitly states
2681         otherwise, and includes an individual whose work has ceased as a consequence of, or in
2682         connection with, any current labor dispute or because of any unfair labor practice, and who has
2683         not obtained any other regular and substantially equivalent employment.
2684                 (b) "Employee" does not include an individual employed as an agricultural laborer, or
2685         in the domestic service of a family or person at his home, or an individual employed by his
2686         parent or spouse.
2687                 (5) "Employer" includes a person acting in the interest of an employer, directly or
2688         indirectly, but does not include:
2689                 (a) the United States;
2690                 (b) a state or political subdivision of a state;
2691                 (c) a person subject to the federal Railway Labor Act;
  2692                 (d) a labor organization, other than when acting as an employer;
2693                 (e) a corporation or association operating a hospital if no part of the net earnings inures
2694         to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual; or
2695                 (f) anyone acting in the capacity of officer or agent of a labor organization.
2696                 (6) "Federal executive agency" means an executive agency, as defined in 5 U.S.C.
2697         Sec.105, of the federal government.
2698                 (7) "Franchise" means the same as that term is defined in 16 C.F.R. Sec. 436.1.
2699                 (8) "Franchisee" means the same as that term is defined in 16 C.F.R. Sec. 436.1.
2700                 (9) "Franchisor" means the same as that term is defined in 16 C.F.R. Sec. 436.1.
2701                 (10) "Labor dispute" means any controversy between an employer and the majority of
2702         the employer's employees in a collective bargaining unit concerning the right or process or
2703         details of collective bargaining or the designation of representatives.
2704                 (11) "Labor organization" means an organization of any kind or any agency or
2705         employee representation committee or plan in which employees participate that exists for the
2706         purpose, in whole or in part, of dealing with employers concerning grievances, labor disputes,
2707         wages, rates of pay, hours of employment, or conditions of work.
2708                 [(12) "Labor relations board" or "board" means the board created in Section 34-20-3.]
2709                 [(13)] (12) "Person" includes an individual, partnership, association, corporation, legal
2710         representative, trustee, trustee in bankruptcy, or receiver.
2711                 [(14)] (13) "Representative" includes an individual or labor organization.
2712                 [(15)] (14) "Secondary boycott" includes combining or conspiring to cause or threaten
2713         to cause injury to one with whom no labor dispute exists, whether by:
2714                 (a) withholding patronage, labor, or other beneficial business intercourse;
2715                 (b) picketing;
2716                 (c) refusing to handle, install, use, or work on particular materials, equipment, or
2717         supplies; or
2718                 (d) by any other unlawful means, in order to bring him against his will into a concerted
2719         plan to coerce or inflict damage upon another.
2720                 [(16)] (15) "Unfair labor practice" means any unfair labor practice listed in Section
2721         34-20-8. }
2722                 { Section 39. Section 34-20-8 is amended to read:
  2723                 34-20-8. Unfair labor practices.
2724                 (1) It shall be an unfair labor practice for an employer, individually or in concert with
2725         others:
2726                 (a) To interfere with, restrain or coerce employees in the exercise of the rights
2727         guaranteed in Section 34-20-7.
2728                 (b) To dominate or interfere with the formation or administration of any labor
2729         organization or contribute financial or other support to it[; provided, that subject to rules and
2730         regulations made and published by the board pursuant to Section 34-20-6], provided that an
2731         employer is not prohibited from permitting employees to confer with the employer during
2732         working hours without loss of time or pay.
2733                 (c) By discrimination in regard to hire or tenure of employment or any term or
2734         condition of employment to encourage or discourage membership in any labor organization;
2735         provided, that nothing in this act shall preclude an employer from making an agreement with a
2736         labor organization (not established, maintained or assisted by any action defined in this act as
2737         an unfair labor practice) to require as a condition of employment, membership therein, if such
2738         labor organization is the representative of the employees as provided in Subsection 34-20-9(1)
2739         in the appropriate collective bargaining unit covered by such agreement when made.
2740                 (d) To refuse to bargain collectively with the representative of a majority of the
2741         employer's employees in any collective bargaining unit[; provided, that, when two or more
2742         labor organizations claim to represent a majority of the employees in the bargaining unit, the
2743         employer shall be free to file with the board a petition for investigation of certification of
2744         representatives and during the pendency of the proceedings the employer may not be
2745         considered to have refused to bargain].
2746                 (e) To bargain collectively with the representatives of less than a majority of the
2747         employer's employees in a collective bargaining unit.
2748                 (f) To discharge or otherwise discriminate against an employee because the employee
2749         has filed charges or given testimony under this chapter.
2750                 (2) It shall be an unfair labor practice for an employee individually or in concert with
2751         others:
2752                 (a) To coerce or intimidate an employee in the enjoyment of the employee's legal
2753         rights, including those guaranteed in Section 34-20-7, or to intimidate the employee's family,
  2754         picket the employee's domicile, or injure the person or property of the employee or the
2755         employee's family.
2756                 (b) To coerce, intimidate or induce an employer to interfere with any of the employer's
2757         employees in the enjoyment of their legal rights, including those guaranteed in Section 34-20-7,
2758         or to engage in any practice with regard to the employer's employees which would constitute an
2759         unfair labor practice if undertaken by the employer on the employer's own initiative.
2760                 (c) To co-operate in engaging in, promoting, or inducing picketing (not constituting an
2761         exercise of constitutionally guaranteed free speech), boycotting or any other overt concomitant
2762         of a strike unless a majority in a collective bargaining unit of the employees of an employer
2763         against whom such acts are primarily directed have voted by secret ballot to call a strike.
2764                 (d) To hinder or prevent, by mass picketing, threats, intimidation, force, or coercion of
2765         any kind the pursuit of any lawful work or employment, or to obstruct or interfere with
2766         entrance to or egress from any place of employment, or to obstruct or interfere with free and
2767         uninterrupted use of public roads, streets, highways, railways, airports, or other ways of travel
2768         or conveyance.
2769                 (e) To engage in a secondary boycott; or to hinder or prevent, by threats, intimidation,
2770         force, coercion, or sabotage, the obtaining, use or disposition of materials, equipment, or
2771         services; or to combine or conspire to hinder or prevent the obtaining, use or disposition of
2772         materials, equipment or services, provided, however, that nothing herein shall prevent
2773         sympathetic strikes in support of those in similar occupations working for other employers in
2774         the same craft.
2775                 (f) To take unauthorized possession of property of the employer.
2776                 (3) It shall be an unfair labor practice for any person to do or cause to be done on
2777         behalf of or in the interest of employers or employees, or in connection with or to influence the
2778         outcome of any controversy as to employment relations, any act prohibited by Subsections (1)
2779         and (2) of this section. }
2780                 { Section 40. Section 34-20-9 is amended to read:
2781                 34-20-9. Collective bargaining -- Representatives .
2782                 (1) [(a)] Representatives designated or selected for the purposes of collective
2783         bargaining by the majority of the employees in a unit appropriate for those purposes shall be
2784         the exclusive representatives of all the employees in that unit for the purposes of collective
  2785         bargaining in respect to rate of pay, wages, hours of employment, and of other conditions of
2786         employment.
2787                 [(b)] (2) Any individual employee or group of employees may present grievances to
2788         their employer at any time.
2789                 [(2) The board shall decide in each case whether, in order to ensure to employees the
2790         full benefit of their right to self-organization and to collective bargaining, and otherwise to
2791         effectuate the policies of this act, the unit appropriate for the purposes of collective bargaining
2792         shall be the employer unit, craft unit, plant unit, or subdivision of same.]
2793                 [(3) Whenever a question affecting intrastate commerce or the orderly operation of
2794         industry arises concerning the representation of employees, the board may investigate such
2795         controversy and certify to the parties in writing, the name or names of the representatives that
2796         have been designated or selected. In any such investigation, the board shall provide for an
2797         appropriate hearing upon due notice, either in conjunction with a proceeding under Section
2798         34-20-10, or otherwise, and may take a secret ballot of employees, or utilize any other suitable
2799         method to ascertain such representatives.]
2800                 [(4) (a) Whenever an order of the board made according to Section 34-20-10 is based
2801         in whole or in part upon facts certified following an investigation under Subsection (3), and
2802         there is a petition for the enforcement or review of such order, the certification and the record
2803         of the investigation shall be included in the transcript of the entire record required to be filed
2804         under Section 34-20-10.]
2805                 [(b) The decree of the court enforcing, modifying, or setting aside in whole or in part
2806         the order of the board shall be made and entered upon the pleadings, testimony, and
2807         proceedings set forth in the transcript.] }
2808                 { Section 41. Section 34A-1-202 is amended to read:
2809                 34A-1-202. Divisions and office -- Creation -- Duties -- Appeals Board, councils,
2810         and panel.
2811                 (1) There is created within the commission the following divisions and office:
2812                 (a) the Division of Industrial Accidents that shall administer the regulatory
2813         requirements of this title concerning industrial accidents and occupational disease;
2814                 (b) the Division of Occupational Safety and Health that shall administer the regulatory
2815         requirements of Chapter 6, Utah Occupational Safety and Health Act;
  2816                 (c) the Division of Boiler and Elevator Safety that shall administer the regulatory
2817         requirements of Chapter 7, Safety;
2818                 (d) the Division of Antidiscrimination and Labor that shall administer the regulatory
2819         requirements of:
2820                 (i) Title 34, Labor in General, when specified by statute;
2821                 (ii) Chapter 5, Utah Antidiscrimination Act;
2822                 (iii) this title, when specified by statute; and
2823                 (iv) Title 57, Chapter 21, Utah Fair Housing Act;
2824                 (e) the Division of Adjudication that shall adjudicate claims or actions brought under
2825         this title; and
2826                 (f) the Utah Office of Coal Mine Safety created in Section 40-2-201.
2827                 (2) In addition to the divisions created under this section, within the commission are
2828         the following:
2829                 [(a) the Labor Relations Board created in Section 34-20-3;]
2830                 [(b)] (a) the Appeals Board created in Section 34A-1-205; and
2831                 [(c)] (b) the following program advisory councils:
2832                 (i) the workers' compensation advisory council created in Section 34A-2-107;
2833                 (ii) the Mine Safety Technical Advisory Council created in Section 40-2-203; and
2834                 (iii) the Coal Miner Certification Panel created in Section 40-2-204.
2835                 (3) In addition to the responsibilities described in this section, the commissioner may
2836         assign to a division a responsibility granted to the commission by law. }

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7518                 { Section 34-20-3, Labor relations board. }
7519                 { Section 34-20-4, Labor relations board -- Employees -- Agencies -- Expenses. }
7520                 { Section 34-20-5, Labor relations board -- Offices -- Jurisdiction -- Member's
7521         participation in case. }
7522                 { Section 34-20-6, Labor relations board -- Rules and regulations. }
7523                 { Section 34-20-10, Unfair labor practices -- Powers of board to prevent --
7524         Procedure. }
7525                 { Section 34-20-11, Hearings and investigations -- Power of board -- Witnesses --
7526         Procedure. }
7527                 { Section 34-20-12, Willful interference -- Penalty. }

SUBSTITUTE MOTION:Sen. McKell moved to pass 1st Substitute H.B. 534 out favorably.The substitute motion failed with a vote of 2-2-2.
Yeas - 2Nays- 2Abs- 2
Sen. M. McKell
Sen. D. Owens
Sen. D. Hinkins
Sen. K. Kwan
Sen. A. Millner
Sen. J. Stevenson
Sen. Kwan's original motion to amend 1st Substitute H.B. 534 with Amendment #2 failed with a vote 2-2-2.
Yeas - 2Nays- 2Abs- 2
Sen. D. Hinkins
Sen. K. Kwan
Sen. M. McKell
Sen. D. Owens
Sen. A. Millner
Sen. J. Stevenson
MOTION:Sen. McKell moved to pass 1st Substitute H.B. 534 out favorably.The motion passed with a vote of 3-1-2.
Yeas - 3Nays- 1Abs- 2
Sen. D. Hinkins
Sen. M. McKell
Sen. D. Owens
Sen. K. Kwan
Sen. A. Millner
Sen. J. Stevenson
12.1st Sub. H.B. 562 Utah Fairpark Area Investment and Restoration District (Wilcox, R.)
Rep. Ryan Wilcox presented the bill with the assistance of Steve Starks, Chief Executive Officer, the Larry H. Miller Company.
Celina Sinclair, Executive Director, Utah Tourism Industry Association, spoke in favor of the bill.
Nigel Swaby, Member, Westside Coalition, spoke to the bill.
Terry Marasco, Chair, Jordan Meadows Community Council, spoke to the bill.
Cameron Diehl, Executive Director, Utah League of Cities and Towns, spoke to the bill.
Goud Maragani, Chairman, Utah Gay-Straight Coalition, spoke in opposition to the bill.
Larry Mullenax, Executive Director, Utah State Fairpark Corporation, spoke in favor of the bill.
13.H.B. 439 Workers' Compensation Revisions (Loubet, A.)
Rep. Anthony Loubet presented the bill.
MOTION:Sen. McKell moved to pass H.B. 439 out favorably.The motion passed with a vote of 3-0-3.
Yeas - 3Nays- 0Abs- 3
Sen. D. Hinkins
Sen. M. McKell
Sen. D. Owens
Sen. K. Kwan
Sen. A. Millner
Sen. J. Stevenson
14.2nd Sub. H.B. 561 Communication Awareness Pilot Program (Welton, D.)
Rep. Douglas R. Welton presented the bill.
MOTION:Sen. Owens moved to pass 2nd Substitute H.B. 561 out favorably.The motion passed with a vote of 3-0-3.
Yeas - 3Nays- 0Abs- 3
Sen. D. Hinkins
Sen. M. McKell
Sen. D. Owens
Sen. K. Kwan
Sen. A. Millner
Sen. J. Stevenson
15.2nd Sub. H.B. 570 Health Care Facility Amendments (Hall, K.)
Rep. Katy Hall presented the bill with the assistance of Dr. William Sheffield, citizen.
Janelle Gardiner, Delegate, Utah Society for Respiratory Care, spoke in favor of the bill
MOTION:Sen. McKell moved to pass 2nd Substitute H.B. 570 out favorably.The motion passed with a vote of 4-0-2.
Yeas - 4Nays- 0Abs- 2
Sen. D. Hinkins
Sen. K. Kwan
Sen. M. McKell
Sen. D. Owens
Sen. A. Millner
Sen. J. Stevenson
MOTION:Sen. Owens moved to adjourn.The motion passed with a vote of 4-0-2.
Yeas - 4Nays- 0Abs- 2
Sen. D. Hinkins
Sen. K. Kwan
Sen. M. McKell
Sen. D. Owens
Sen. A. Millner
Sen. J. Stevenson
Chair Hinkins adjourned the meeting at 5:50 PM.