Legislators / Daniel McCay
Daniel McCay
Republican · Senate District 18
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- Email: dmccay@le.utah.gov
- Phone: 801-810-4110
- Office: 350 N State Street, Ste. 320, SALT LAKE CITY, UT, 84114
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Daniel McCay serves on:
- Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environmental Quality Appropriations Subcommittee
- Transportation and Infrastructure Appropriations Subcommittee
- Business and Labor Interim Committee
- Revenue and Taxation Interim Committee
- General Oversight Committee
- Senate Business and Labor Confirmation Committee
- Senate Revenue and Taxation Confirmation Committee
- Revitalization Zone Committee
- Senate Judicial Confirmation Committee
- Senate Business and Labor Committee
- Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee
- Senate Rules Committee
What they've said
356 remarks on 79 billsH.B. 513 Attorney General Funding Amendments · Senate floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026
Asks to move an amendment and refers to the amendment number on the online record. · speaker not certain
▶ Watch at 4:31Read what they said
Senator Macal. Thank you. Our move to amend amendment number one on my name. That's online.
H.B. 513 Attorney General Funding Amendments · Senate floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026
Explains a one-word change to the amendment that was inadvertently left out. · speaker not certain
▶ Watch at 4:38Read what they said
We take a and and change it to an or It's a one word amendment that I inadvertently left out.
S.B. 12 Sunset and Repeal Date Amendments · Senate floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026
Asks the sponsor to read the list of sunsetted organizations in the bill.
▶ Watch at 16:36Read what they said
Is, uh, do you have a, uh, would you mind reading the list of all the Sunset at organizations or unsu sunsetted organizations? Uh,
S.B. 12 Sunset and Repeal Date Amendments · Senate floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026
Asks whether the bill removes any sunsets permanently.
▶ Watch at 17:26Read what they said
Thank you. Are there, uh, in that bill, are there any sunsets that are being removed for permanent purposes?
S.B. 321 Municipal Election Amendments · Senate floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026
Moves to concur with the House amendments to the bill.
▶ Watch at 43:55Read what they said
Thank you President. I'd like to make a motion to concur with the house amendments.
S.B. 321 Municipal Election Amendments · Senate floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026
Explains that the bill had a $250 fine for the reporting violation, that the House changed it to match the $100 state filing fine, and that he supports the amendment.
▶ Watch at 44:02Read what they said
The house made a change. Uh, we had a fine in the bill, uh, for $250 for violation of the reporting requirement. The state, the current state filing requirement is a hundred dollars for a fine. So we figured it Municipal races, state races, we could treat 'em all the same, have the same fine. So I don't know how we caught that differently when we were drafting the bill, but the house made a good decision, made the amendment and, uh, I support it.
H.C.R. 8 Concurrent Resolution Directing PEHP to Establish the Weight Management and Obesity Pilot Program · Senate floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026
Explained that the resolution would let PEHP cover GLP-1 drugs for weight loss as an alternative to bariatric surgery, and moved that the substitute resolution pass.
▶ Watch at 57:19Read what they said
Thank you Mr. President. Uh, the purpose of this resolution, it was, uh, started by Dr. Barlow in the house and the purpose of the resolution is to make it so PEHP will cover alternatives to bariatric surgery or, sorry. Yeah. Am I saying that right? Yeah. There we go. Bariatric surgery for the state health plan. Currently that's covered and is currently, um, you know, people, uh, that qualify where the people have A BMI over 40, or sorry, me, meet the medical criteria of over 40 BMI or over 35 BMI with certain co um, comorbidities. What this will do is this allow PHP to have, um, you know, to offer the GLP one drugs, uh, and use …
H.C.R. 10 Concurrent Resolution Directing PEHP Regarding Hormone Replacement Therapy · Senate floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026
Moves that all bills on the third reading calendar be returned to Rules.
▶ Watch at 1:03:45Read what they said
I move that all the bills on the third reading calendar be returned to rules. I was going to make Motion to lift the bills on the third reading calendars from the third reading calendar and return them back to their home. And the rules.
H.B. 236 Truth in Taxation Amendments · Senate floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026
Says the substitute responds to Tax Commission concerns about boards without an executive, changes who is the principal and when, and should keep mayor budgets from proposing property tax increases before May, with a drafting fix to follow by amendment.
▶ Watch at 1:10:52Read what they said
Yes. Thank you President. Um, when we, uh, af when we passed the bill last time and favorably recommended it and everybody moved forward, it was a great bill. Uh, right after we passed it, we got a notification from the tax commission that there was a difficulty administration in administering how the bill, uh, language called out boards that are not, not managed with an exec, like more boards that don't have an executive, um, like, you know, like a city for example, uh, in some forms of government. And so we had to come back reshuffle a little bit and work on it. Uh, really what uh, really the change we ended up making is fairly minor and …
H.B. 236 Truth in Taxation Amendments · Senate floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026
Explains that the amendment corrects a subparagraph reference from four B to four C in the third substitute.
▶ Watch at 1:12:36Read what they said
Yes. Uh, I needed to change, I need the, uh, in moving amendment one to third sub line. And if you'll notice on line 1 93, we just have the wrong Paradise, we have the wrong subparagraph. Um, highlighted instead of four B, it needs to be four C And that's the purpose of the amendment C amendment one in your name.
H.B. 236 Truth in Taxation Amendments · Senate floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026
Moves that the third substitute H.B. 236 pass as amended under suspension of the rules.
▶ Watch at 1:13:42Read what they said
Thank you President. I'll move the third substitute house bill 2 36. Truth and taxation amendments as amended pass under suspension of the rules.
H.B. 236 Truth in Taxation Amendments · Senate floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026
Explains that the substitute makes changes made after working with stakeholders to how the initial budget is proposed.
▶ Watch at 1:21:06Read what they said
Yes. The substitute makes some changes after working with stakeholders, uh, to improve the process on how the initial budget is proposed.
H.B. 236 Truth in Taxation Amendments · Senate floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026
Describes an amendment that adds clarifications on the property impact schedule, definitions, and the timing of proposed rate increases.
▶ Watch at 1:21:58Read what they said
Yes. Um, this adds further clarifications to lines 1 74, uh, about a property impact schedule. Uh, and there's definitions in the bill about what comp is what constitute a property impact tax, uh, impact schedule. And then also clarifies, uh, the fiscal year taxing entities, uh, proposed rate increase as it relates to, um, as it replaced to the, uh, to the subdivision.
H.B. 236 Truth in Taxation Amendments · Senate floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026
Moves that the second substitute of H.B. 236, as amended, pass under suspension of the rules.
▶ Watch at 1:24:10Read what they said
Thank you, Mr. President. I'll move the second substitute house bill 2 36 Truth and taxation amendments, uh, as amended pass under suspension of the rules.
H.B. 361 Elections Provisions Amendments · Senate floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026
Describes H.B. 94 as a cleanup bill for court fines passed last year, noting that a person ordered to pay a court fine may also be required to complete a class or rehabilitative treatment. · speaker not certain
▶ Watch at 1:30:01Read what they said
Senator Weiler. Thank you Mr. President. Uh, this is a cleanup bill for the court fines, uh, bill that we passed last year. Currently, if someone is ordered to pay a court fine and complete a class or rehabilitative treatment,
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