Sierra Club Utah Chapter
Utah Senate Scorecard: 2008 General Session
Bills   Correct
    Vote Absence
Senators SB 84 SB 181 HB 104 HB 106 HB 117 HB 303 HJR 10 Total Count Av'g
0=absent; 1=yea; 2=nay
correct vote = 1 2 1 1 1 1 2
Bell 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 4 2 80%
Bramble 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 4 2 80%
Christensen 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 5 1 83%
Buttars 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 3 50%
Davis 1 2 1 1 0 1 1 5 1 83%
Dayton 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 0 14%
Dmitrich 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 1 83%
Eastman 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 0 71%
Fife 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 0 71%
Goodfellow 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 6 0 86%
Greiner 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 6 0 86%
Hickman 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 2 3 50%
Hillyard 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 5 2 100%
Jenkins 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 4 0 57%
Jones 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 7 0 100%
Killpack 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 4 1 67%
Knudson 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 0 71%
Madsen 0 1 2 0 1 2 1 1 2 20%
Mayne 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 4 0 57%
McCoy 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 7 0 100%
Niederhauser 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 3 2 60%
Peterson 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 3 0 43%
Romero 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 7 0 100%
Stephenson 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 50%
Stowell 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 4 0 57%
Valentine 1 2 0 1 1 2 1 4 1 67%
VanTassell 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 1 83%
Waddoups 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 0 71%
Walker 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 4 1 67%
correct vote = 1 2 1 1 1 1 2
SB 84 S1 Net Metering Programs. expands provisions allowing the net metering of electricity for an 
electricity retailer's commercial & public-sector customers.  
SB 181 S1 Off-Highway Vehicle Use on Public Highways. This bill opened virtually all two-lane highways
outside Salt Lake County to use by so-called street-legal ATVs. 
HB 104 S3 Urban Trails Appropriation. Provided $250,000 for the Bonneville Shoreline Trail and
a fund to pay for planning other urban trails.   
HB 106 S1 Clean Air and Efficient Vehicle Tax Incentives. provides a $750 tax credit for vehicles meeting 
higher air quality & fuel efficiency standards, except for compressed natural gas vehicles.
HB 117 Instream Flow to Protect Trout Habitat. Water rights established by this legislation will last for
 10 years, and it will let non-profits into the game for the first time.
HB 303  Phosphorous Limit in Dishwashing Detergent. will limit dishwashing detergent 
to .5% phosphorus after 1 July 2010. 
HJR 10 Joint Resolution Opposing Designation of Public Lands Currently Urged by Congress and the BLM
This resolution calls on congress to oppose wilderness protection for BLM land.