Members Present:
Rep. Douglas C. Aagard
Rep. Trisha S. Beck
Rep. Duane E. Bourdeaux
Rep. Carol Spackman Moss
Rep. Loraine T. Pace
Rep. Brent D. Parker
Rep. Paul Ray
Rep. Jack A. Seitz
Rep. Peggy Wallace
Rep. Bradley A. Winn Members Absent:
Rep. DeMar "Bud" Bowman, Chair
Rep. Matt Throckmorton, Vice Chair
Staff Present:
Ms. Chyleen A. Arbon, Research Analyst
Ms. Jennifer Asplund, House Secretary Note: A list of others present will be filed with committee minutes.
In the absence of Chair Bowman and Vice Chair Throckmorton, Rep. Seitz and Rep. Bourdeaux chaired the meeting.
Chair Seitz called the meeting to order 8:10 a.m.
MOTION: Rep. Parker moved to approve the minutes of the January 31, 2002 meeting. The motion passed unanimously, with Rep. Aagard and Rep. Bourdeaux absent for the vote.
H.B. 143 Restrictions on Sexually Explicit Email (B. Winn)
Explained the bill: Rep. Winn
Paula Houston, Obscenity and Pornography Complaints Ombudsman, Attorney General's Office
MOTION: Rep. Wallace moved to pass the bill out favorably. The motion passed unanimously.
Rep. Seitz relinquished the chair to Rep. Bourdeaux.
H.B. 130 Veterans' Homes (G. Adair)
Explained the bill: Rep. Adair
Terry Schow, Division of Veterans' Affairs
MOTION: Rep. Beck moved to adopt the following amendments:
1. Page 5, line 145: Delete "office" and insert "division"
2. Page 5, line 150: After "2002-03" insert "only"
The motion passed unanimously.
Rep. Ray moved to pass the bill out favorably as amended. The motion passed unanimously.
H.B. 176 Leave of Absence for Disabled Employees (C. Bennion)
Explained the bill: Rep. Bennion
Con Whipple, Department of Human Resource Management
Spoke for the bill: Kelly Atkinson, Executive Director, Fraternal Order of Police
MOTION: Rep. Wallace moved to delete in title and body H.B. 176 and replace it with 1st Substitute
H.B. 176. The motion passed unanimously, with Rep. Winn absent for the vote.
MOTION: Rep. Beck moved to pass 1st Substitute H.B. 176 out favorably. The motion passed unanimously.
S.B. 62 Tax Commission Criminal Investigators Designation as Special Function Officers
(C. Bramble)
Explained the bill: Rep. Ray
Sen. Bramble
Rod Marrelli, Executive Director, Tax Commission
MOTION: Rep. Seitz moved to pass the bill out favorably. The motion passed unanimously.
S.B. 130 Youth Court Amendments (D. Gladwell)
Explained the bill: Sen. Gladwell
Michelle Heward, Associate Professor, Weber State University
Spoke for the bill: Kathleen Zeitlin, Director, Salt Lake Peer Court
MOTION: Rep. Ray moved to adopt the following amendments:
1. Page 3, line 74: After "violation" insert ", and the referring agency has notified the juvenile court of the referral"
The motion passed unanimously.
MOTION: Rep. Seitz moved to pass the bill out favorably as amended. The motion passed unanimously.
H.B. 101 Racial Profiling (D. Bourdeaux)
H.B. 101 was not considered at this meeting.
MOTION: Rep. Ray moved to adjourn the meeting. The motion passed unanimously.
Chair Bourdeaux adjourned the meeting at 9:31 a.m.
Rep. DeMar “Bud” Bowman, Chair