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The 57th Utah legislature 2008 General Session will begin on the third Monday of January, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, January 21, 2008. The session will end at midnight on March 5, 2008.

UMA will be following a variety of bills this year. You can see what we are following and monitor the progress on any bill you have a personal interest in by accessing this section of the UMA Website.

We will be updating the status of bills regularly.

The UMA Legislative and Tax Committee will meet each Monday morning throughout the session to evaluate bills and help formulate policy positions. If you have an interest in a bill and would like to bring it to the attention of this committee, please let us know here at UMA and we can get it to the committee chairman.

If you have need for any additional information on a particular bill, please let us know and we will be happy to provide that for you. Please give us a call at 801-364-1874 or email mining@xmission.com

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HOW A BILL
BECOMES A LAW

     Laws begin as ideas in the minds of legislators, government officials, or lay people who see the need to make improvements. If you have an idea you would like to see enacted into law, you should start by discussing it with your Representative or Senator.
     Proposed laws are introduced as bills in either chamber, House or Senate, where they are reviewed by fiscal analysts, legal counsel and a Rules Committee. The bill is sent to a standing committee for study, possible public hearing, amendment or other action. The committee may table the bill, which kills it, or may send it back to the originating chamber with a recommendation for action. If passed there, the bill goes back through the chambers for final review and then to the Governor for signature or veto.
      If signed by the Governor, the bill becomes law in 60 days, or on the date prescribed. If vetoed by the Governor, the Legislature may accept the veto or attempt to override it with a 2/3 majority.

 

Last updated 3/18/2008

2008 SENATE BILLS

Go to House Bills     S=Support;  O=Oppose;  HP=High Profile;  LP=Low Profile                                                     
Bill Number Sponsor Short Title

Assigned To

UMA Position

Status
SB-11s1 Jenkins/Valentine Utah Venture Capital Enhancement Act Amendments
G. Fredde
Monitor
 Passed - Governor Signed
SB-21s1 Knudson Campaign Disclosure Revisions
D. Bird
Monitor
 Passed - Governor Signed

SB-28

 Stephenson Appointment of Business Income, Attributing Sales to the State, and Deduction of Net Losses by a Unitary Group
M. Buchi
HP - S
 Failed
SB-29s1 Niederhauser Truth in Taxation Amendments
M. Buchi
HP - O
Passed - Governor Signed
SB-31 Niederhauser Income Tax Amendments
V. Oveson
Monitor
 Failed
SB-35s1 Stephenson Differentiated Pay for Teachers
G. Fredde
HP - S
 Failed
SB-38s6 Niederhauser Transparency in Government Finance
V. Oveson
Passed - Governor Signed
SB-39 Stephenson Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education Task Force
G. Fredde
LP - S
Failed
SB-41 Stephenson Extended School Year Incentive
G. Fredde
LP - S
 Passed - Governor Signed
SB-42 Bell Utah College of Applied Technology - Governance and Operations
T. Bingham
LP - O
Failed
SB-48s5 Eastman Equalization of School Capital Outlay Funding
D. Barker
HP - S
Passed - Governor Signed
SB-49 Buttars New School District Amendments
G. Fredde
Monitor
 Failed
SB-54s1 Goodfellow Initiative and Referendum Petition Submission Amendments
D. Barker
Passed - Governor Signed
SB-58 Dmitrich Workers' Compensation Related Amendments
D. Bird
LP - S
Passed - Governor Signed
SB-64 Niederhauser Income Tax - Capital Gain Transactions
S. Young
LP - S
Failed
SB-67 Madsen Protection of Constitutionally Guaranteed Activities in Certain Private Venues  
HP - O
Failed
SB-68 Mayne Workers' Compensation - Death Benefits
D. Bird
Passed - Governor Signed
SB-71s2 Walker School District Amendments
G. Fredde
LP - S
Passed - Governor Signed
SB-74 Buttars Health Care Provider Access
T. Bingham
HP - O
Failed
SB-79s1 Romero Small Business Access Amendments  
Failed
SB-81s1 Hickman Illegal Immigration
K. Bradshaw
Passed - Governor Signed
SB-84s1 VanTassell Net Metering Programs
C. Johnson
Monitor
 Passed - Governor Signed
SB-85s3 Stowell Water Rights Board     Failed
SB-97 Jenkins Immigration Task Force
K. Bradshaw
Monitor
 Failed
SB-108 Hickman Offset of Workers' Compensation and Social Security
T. Bingham
Monitor
 Passed - Governor Signed
SB-121 Buttars Access to Qualified Health Care Providers
B. Davis
HP-O
 Failed
SB-124 Stephenson Sales and Use Tax - Definitions of Permanently Attached to Real Property and Tangible Personal Property
V. Oveson
LP-S
 Passed - Governor Signed
SB-130 VanTassel Utility Improvement District Revisions
C. Johnson
  Passed - Enrolling
SB-131 Niederhauser Wage Withholding for Employee Contributions     Passed - Governor Signed
SB-135 Niederhauser Extending the Sales and Use Tax Exemption for Pollution Control Facilities
D. Bird
HP - S
 Passed - Governor Signed
SB-136s1 Niederhauser Apportionment of Business Income Amendments
S. Young
LP - O
Passed - Governor Signed
SB-137s1 Niederhauser Mineral Production Tax Withholding Amendments
M. Buchi
LP-S
 Passed - Governor Signed
SB-139 Hillyard Utah Antitrust Act Amendments
D. Dragoo
  Passed - Governor Signed
SB-142 Madsen High School Graduation Requirements
G. Fredde
Monitor
 Failed
SB-144s2 Jenkins Parameters on Governor's Ability to Enter Agreements Binding the State
J. Holtkamp
  Governor/Vetoed
SB-151s3 Eastman Trademark Protection Act Amendments
G. Fredde
Monitor
 Passed - Governor Signed
SB-157s1 Madsen Rights of Citizens to Carry Firearms in Declared Emergency
J. Holtkamp
Monitor
 Passed - Governor Signed
SB-159 Eastmen Workers' Compensation Amendments
D. Bird
  Passed - Governor Signed
SB-166s1 McCoy Nondiscrimination Amendments
T. Bingham
Failed
SB-173s1 McCoy Renewable Energy Provisions
C. Johnson
HP - O
Failed
SB-176 Stephenson Unemployment Insurance Contribution Rates Amendments
T. Bingham
LP - S
Passed - Governor Signed
SB-185s2 Hillyard Economic Incentive Revisions
D. Bird
LP - O
Passed - Enrolling
SB-194 Greiner Metal Theft Amendments and Penalties
M. May
Failed
SB-202s1 Bramble Energy Resource and Carbon Emission Education Initiative
C. Johnson
HP - S
 Passed - Enrolling
SB-208 Killpack Transportation Corridor Preservation Amendments
D. Barker
LP - S
 Passed - Governor Signed
SB-210s1 Madsen Proof of Citizenship Required to Vote
K. Bradshaw
Monitor
 Failed
SB-219s1 Waddoups Use of Severance Tax Revenues When a School District Division Occurs
D. Barker
HP - O
Failed
SB-224s1 Dmitrich Coal Mine Safety Act
D. Litvin
HP-S
 Passed - Governor Signed
SB-228 Dayton Regulation of Wells
D. Jensen
Monitor
 Passed - Governor Signed
SB-231 Killpack Transportation Governance
D. Barker
Monitor
 Passed - Governor Signed
SB-258 Niederhauser Property Tax Task Force
M. Buchi
Monitor
 Failed
SB-261s1 Waddoups Revenue and Taxation Levies
M. Buchi
Passed - Governor Signed
SB-283s1 Killpack Transportation Funding Amendments
D. Barker
LP - S
Passed - Governor Signed
SB-286 Killpack Transortation and Transit Amendments
Passed - Governor Signed
SCR-5 Stephenson Concurrent Resolution Calling for Congress to Pass Balanced Immigration Reform
T. Bingham
HP-S
 Passed - Governor Signed
SJR-1 Dayton Resolution Encouraging the Advertisement of Alternative Routes to Teaching
G. Fredde
Monitor
 Passed - Enrolling
SJR-8s1 Niederhauser Joint Rules Resolution - Base Budget Amendments
G. Fredde
Failed
SR-3 Madesn Senate Resolution Urging Congress to Address Illegal Immigration Issues
Passed - Enrolling

H = House;  S = Senate;  BUS = Business and Labor;  EDU = Education;  GOP = Government Operations;  HHS = Health and Human Services;  JLE = Judiciary, Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice;  JUD = Judiciary; LE = Law Enforcement & Criminal Justice; NRA = Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment;  PS = Political Subdivisions;  PUT = Public Utilities and Technology; REV = Revenue and Taxation; RIE = Retirement & Indepentent Entities; TR = Transportation; TPT = Transportation and Public Utilities and Technology;  WED = Workforce Services & Community & Economic Development; Con = Consent Calendar


2008 HOUSE BILLS

Go to Senate Bills     S=Support;  O=Oppose;  HP=High Profile;  LP=Low Profile                                                       
Bill Number Sponsor Short Title

Assigned To

UMA Position

Status
HB-21 Mascaro Employment Security Act Amendments
T. Bingham
LP - S
Passed - Governor Signed
HB-37s1 Clark, D.
Utah Business Resource Centers Act
K. Bradshaw
Monitor
 Passed - Governor Signed
HB-40s2
Andersen, S
Safe Drinking Water Revisions
J. Holtkamp
Monitor
 Passed - Governor Signed
HB-42s1
Snow
 Water Right Application for Electrical Cooperative
D. Jensen
  Passed - Governor Signed
HB-47s2 Menlove Standards for Exchange of Electronic Health Information

   B. Davis         S. Teuscher

LP- S
Passed - Enrolling
HB-51s5 Painter Water Right Forfeiture Protection
D. Jensen
Passed - Enrolling
HB-52 Dougall
Research Activities Tax Credits Amendments
G. Fredde
HP - S
Passed - Governor Signed
HB-53s1 Clark, S.
Impact of Administrative Rules on Small Businesses
T. Bingham
LP - S
Passed - Enrolling
HB-54s3 Harper Property Tax Assessment Revisions
M. Buchi
HP - S
Passed - Enrolling
HB-57 Kiser
Transportation Administrative Rules - Criminal and Civil Penalty Amendments
D. Barker
Passed - Governor Signed
HB-58s1 Dougall Severance Tax Amendments
M. Buchi
HP - S
Failed
HB-60 Dunnigan
Legislative Review of Health Insurance Mandates
B. Davis
LP - S
Passed - Governor Signed
HB-64 Neuenschwander Disclosure of Information by the Department of Workforce Services
T. Bingham
LP - S
Passed - Governor Signed
HB-76 Frank Government Competition and Privatization Act
D. Litvin
Monitor
 Failed
HB-77s2 Dougall Personal Property Tax Amendments
M. Buchi
LP - S
Passed - Governor Signed
HB-79 Clark, D. Sunset Reauthorizations and Amendments
S. Teuscher
Passed - Governor Signed
HB-81 Last Task Force to Study Performance Incentives for Teachers
G. Fredde
LP - S
Failed
HB-88 Bird Elementary Education Co-teaching Pilot Program
G. Fredde
Monitor
 Failed
HB-89 Johnson Antidiscrimination Act Amendments
K. Bradshaw
Monitor
 Failed
HB-98 Donnelson Utah Employment Verification Act
S. Teuscher
Monitor
 Failed
HB-106s1 McGee Clean Air and Efficient Vehicle Tax Incentives
J. Holtkamp
Monitor
 Passed - Governor Signed
HB-108 Litvack Prosthetic Limb Health Insurance Parity  
LP - O
Failed
HB-114 Hansen Minimum Wage Provisions
T. Bingham
LP - O
Failed
HB-124 Shurtliff Changes to Municipal Annexation Provisions
D. Barker
LP - S
Failed
HB-133s2 Clark, D Health System Reform
T. Bingham
LP - S
Passed - Enrolling
HB-137 Wiley State Facility Water Conservation Program
G. Eurick
Monitor
 Failed
HB-143 Brown Administration of Interstate Water
G. Eurick
Monitor
 Passed - Governor Signed
HB-155 Froerer Property Tax - Residential Exemption
G. Fredde
LP - O
Failed
HB-179 Painter Water Right Appropriation Amendments
D. Jensen
Failed
HB-202s1 Dougall Employee Benefit Amendments     Passed - Enrolling
HB-203s1 Painter Water Right Appropriation
D. Jensen
Monitor
 Passed - Governor Signed
HB-204 Bigelow Utah College of Applied Technology Amendments
T. Bingham
HP - S
Failed
HB-206 Harper Tax Amendments
S. Young
Monitor
 Passed - Enrolling
HB-221 Mathis Agriculture and Industrial Protection Area Amendments
T. Bingham
Passed - Governor Signed
HB-222 Painter Water Waulity Board Amendments
S. Teuscher
Monitor
 Passed - Enrolling
HB-225 Painter Proff of a Water Right Application

D. Jensen

Failed
HB-237 Donnelson Illegal Immigration Enforcement Act
K. Bradshaw
Monitor
 Failed
HB-238 Hughes Campaign Finance Filing Requirements
D. Bird
Monitor
 Passed - Governor Signed
HB-244 Wimmer State School Board - Elections and Districts
B. Ariel
Failed
HB-248 Dougall Amendments to Sales and Use Tax Exemption for Certain Property Incorporated into Real Property
V.Oveson
Passed - Governor Signed
HB-251 Dougall Sales and Use Tax Revisions
V. Oveson
Passed - Governor Signed
HB-257 Sandstrom Employee Verification
K. Brandsaw
HP - O
Failed
HB-273 Wimmer Time Limitation for Prosecution of Environmental Crimes
G. Eurick
Monitor
 Failed
HB-284s2 Holdaway Utah College of Applied Technology Revisions
T. Bingham
HP - O
Failed
HB-297 Menlove Designating Magnesium as the State Metal
D. Litvin
Monitor
 Failed
HB-301 Dunnigan Comprehensive Health Insurance Pool Amendments
K. Bradshaw
Monitor
 Passed - Enrolling
HB-302 Sandstrom Citizenship Determination of Incarcerated Individuals
K. Bradshaw
  Failed
HB-304s1 Wiley Reduction in State Sales and Use Tax Rate on Food and Food Ingredients
T. Bingham
Monitor
 Passed - Governor Signed
HB-313 Harper Motor Fuel and Special Fuel Tax - Indexing for Inflation
S. Teuscher
LP - O
Failed
HB-334 Hansen Labor Commission - Review of Administrative Decisions
D. Bird
Failed
HB-341 Clark, D Damage to Underground Utility Facilities Amendments
R. Butcher
Passed - Enrolling
HB-353 Johnson Department of Environmental Quality Amendments
S. Teuscher
  Failed
HB-364s2 Holdaway Promotion of Health Care Coverage
K. Bradshaw
  Passed - Enrolling
HB-370 Dunnigan Children's Health Insurance Program Amendments
K. Bradshaw
  Passed - Governor Signed
HB-380 Bigelow Workers' Compensation Fund Amendments
T. Bingham
Monitor
 Passed - Enrolling
HB-384s1 Morely Employee Obligations Related to Workers' Compensation
D. Bird
HP - S
Passed - Enrolling
HB-435 Froerer Public Hearings on Property Tax Increases
D. Bird
Monitor
 Failed
HB-491s1 Hutchings Health Plan Exemption from Selected Requirements
K. Bradshaw
Monitor
 Failed
HCR-5 Brown Concurrent Resolution Urging Congressional Approval of R.S. 2477 Rights-of-Way Recognition Act
D. Litvin
LP - S
Passed - Enrolling
HJR-1 Allen Resolution Addressing International Trade Issues
T. Bingham
Monitor
 Passed - Enrolling
HJR-9 Ray Resolution Amending Property Tax Provision
  Failed
HJR-10 Tlton Joint Resolution Opposing Designation of Public Lands Currently Urged by Congress and the Bureau of Land Management
D. Litvin
HP - S Passed - Enrolling
HR-2 Donnelson House Resolution Calling for Withdrawal from Nafta
G. Fredde
HP - O
Failed

H = House;  S = Senate;  BUS = Business and Labor;  EDU = Education;  GOP = Government Operations;  HHS = Health and Human Services;  JLE = Judiciary, Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice;  JUD = Judiciary; LE = Law Enforcement & Criminal Justice; NRA = Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment;  PS = Political Subdivisions;  PUT = Public Utilities and Technology; REV = Revenue and Taxation; RIE = Retirement & Indepentent Entities; TR = Transportation;  TPT = Transportation and Public Utilities and Technology;  WED = Workforce Services & Community & Economic Development; Con Cal = Consent Calendar