| BILL LIST | 1/20/2007 | ############## | |||||||
| TIER 1 PRIORITIES | |||||||||
| * 1. Budget - Increases for Education, Funding for Medicaid Supplements | |||||||||
| 2. Good Government - Redistricting, GRAMA, Lobby Reform, Campaign Finance Reform, Transparent Government, Citizen Access | |||||||||
| * 3. Taxation - Progressive Structure, Indexing, Oppose Tax Refund | |||||||||
| TIER II PRIORITIES | |||||||||
| * 4. Minimum Wage | |||||||||
| * 5. Water - In-Stream Flow, Snake Valley Study and Litigation, Water Conservation | |||||||||
| * 6. Energy Conservation and Alternative Energy | |||||||||
| * 7. Nuclear Waste and Permanent Perpetual Care Fund | |||||||||
| * 8. Transportation - Sales Tax for Transit, Limit Road-Building Allocations | |||||||||
| Status | Priority | Action | |||||||
| Budget - Increase Education, Fund Medicaid Supplements | |||||||||
| SB 90 Higher Education Enhancements J Hickman Exempts higher education for state spending cap and appropriates $10.5 million for most higher ed institutions Distribution amended in committee | Passed S Cmte Amended | Support? | |||||||
| SB 42 Preferred Prescription Drug List A Christensen Permits Medicaid drug program to include placing some drugs on preferred drug list | Passed S Cmte Circled in Senate | Support? | |||||||
| HB 89 Government Assistance Expenditure Report Morley Requires annual report to Executive Appropriations of state and federal spending on financial assistance and services to low-income individuals and families | Passed H Cmte 1/18 | ?? | |||||||
| HB 224 Repeal of Exemptions from Nonresident Tuition Donnelson | Passed H Cmte 1/18 | ||||||||
| xx Tuition Tax Credits | Oppose? | ||||||||
| Xx Class Size Reduction | Support? | ||||||||
| SB xx Optional Extended-day Kindergarten L Hillyard | Support | ||||||||
| Redistricting | |||||||||
| HB xx Redistricting Commission R McGee | Support | ||||||||
| GRAMA Transparency, Access | |||||||||
| HB 222 Open and Public Meetings - Electronic Notice - J Dougall | Hse Polit Subs 1/22 | Check | |||||||
| Requires posting of public meetings on Internet, but no longer requires posting in newspapers and in the building? | |||||||||
| SB0133 Local School Board Public Hearing Requirements (P. Jones) | Sen Ed Cmte 1/22 | ||||||||
| Must hold public hearing before closing a school or changing its boundaries | |||||||||
| HB0204 Modifications to Open and Public Meetings (S. Wyatt) | House Gov Op 1/22 | ||||||||
| All bodies in Utah Constitution must hold public hearings; emergy meeting reqs; allow off-agenda items to be discussed | |||||||||
| Lobby Reform | |||||||||
| HB0062 Lobbyist Disclosure Technical Amendments Donnelson, G. | |||||||||
| HB0248 Revolving Door Limitations for Public Officials to Become Lobbyists Moss, C. | |||||||||
| SB0149 Limit on Gifts to Legislators G Bell | |||||||||
| Campaign Finance Reform/Elections | |||||||||
| SB 116 Contribution Limits for State Constitutional Officers G Bell | Passed S Gov Op 1-19 | Support | |||||||
| Limits to $10,000 individual contributions (except from political parties) to candidates for governor, Lt Governor Auditor Treasurer and Attorney General | Testified | ||||||||
| HB 71 Ballot Form Amendments C Johnson Adds “party” after political parties listed in straight vote section of ballot | Passed Hse Gov Op 1/16 | Support | |||||||
| Testified | |||||||||
| *Taxation | |||||||||
| HB 282 Sales and Use Tax of Food and Food Ingredients M Newbold | Hse R&T | ? | |||||||
| Repeal rest of sales tax but add funding for rural hospitals | 22-Jan | ||||||||
| HB 123 Tax Revisions J Dougall Reduce both flat and non-flat income tax rates ; give income tax credits; remove the rest - 2.75 - of food tax cost $250 million | Hse R&T | ? | |||||||
| 22-Jan | |||||||||
| SB 40 Earned Income Tax Credit D Peterson Enact state refundable EITC. Over 134,000 low income Utahns used federal EITC in 2003, returning $230 million to working families | no fiscal note yet | Support? | |||||||
| Minimum Wage | |||||||||
| Water | |||||||||
| HJR001 Joint Resolution Regarding Action on Groundwater in Snake Valley Wheeler, R. | |||||||||
| SB0029 Instream Flow to Protect Trout Habitat Knudson, P | |||||||||
| HB0020 State Declaration of State Water Week Becker, R | |||||||||
| Energy Conservation and Alternative Energy | |||||||||
| HJR 2 Resolution Supporting Energy Efficiency R Becker Supports Governor’s goal of improving energy efficiency by 20% by the year 2015 | |||||||||
| HB 30 Renewable Energy Tax Credit S Allen Individual and corporate tax credits for installation of renewable systems: solar , wind, geothermal, geothermal heat pumps, hydro and biomass | in House Rules | ||||||||
| SB 13 Renewable Energy Tax Credit H Stephenson Individual and corporate tax credits for installation of renewable systems: solar , wind, geothermal, geothermal heat pumps, hydro and biomass. Includes 0.35 cent/kilowatt-hour tax credit for renewable electricity produced | in Senate Rules | ||||||||
| xx Revolving Loan Fund for Certain Energy Efficient Projects in local government and K-12 schools. Appropriates $20 million one time. | |||||||||
| xx D Clark and J Mathis Reallocation of Severance Money Bills | |||||||||
| HB 243 Energy Policy Amendments Barrus adds hydroelectric to list of renewable energy sources; supports energy-related educational programs | |||||||||
| SB 18 Use of Oil and Gas Revenues L Hillyard Diverts part of oil and gas severance tax proceeds from General Fund to investment accounts | Passed Sen R&T Cmte | ||||||||
| getting FN | |||||||||
| Nuclear Waste | |||||||||
| HB xx Commercial Radioactive Waste Disposal Facility ‑ Repeal of Perpetual Care Requirements Gowans, J. | |||||||||
| SB xx Perpetual Care of Commercial Radioactive and Hazardous Waste Disposal Facilities Bell, G. | |||||||||
| Process for Approval of Waste Disposal Amendments Stephenson, H. | |||||||||
| *Transportation - Sales Tax for Transit, Limit Road-Building Allocations | |||||||||
| HB 0098 County Option Sales and Use Tax for Highways, Fixed Guideways, or Systems of Public Transit Amendments C Frank | Hse Rev Tax | Transport | |||||||
| 22-Jan | Check! | ||||||||
| Bond for Highways but using which sales tax? | |||||||||
| HB 226 Sales and Use Tax - Highways and Public Transportation Amendments J Dougal May say that transit tax can be used for Roads | Hse Rev Tax | Transport | |||||||
| 22-Jan | Check! | ||||||||
| Miscellaneous | |||||||||
| SJR 4 Resolution Establishing Right to Health Care S McCoy | held in Sen Committee | ||||||||
| HB 9 Health Care Cost and Quality Data Morley Asks Health Data Committee and DOH to compare costs of episodes of care | Sen HHS 1/22 | Support? | |||||||
| HB0028 Domestic Violence and Dating Violence Amendments (D. Litvack) | Sen HHS 1/22 | ||||||||
| SB 111 Free Exercise of religion without government interfeerence DC Buttars Requires state agencies when sued for substantially burdening the free exercise of religion to show by clear and convincing evidence that an action furthers a compelling government interest | Passed Sen Gov Op 1/19 | Oppose? | |||||||
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