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Votes at a glance: key measures the Arkansas Senate considered
Summary
The Senate considered and recorded final action on dozens of bills during a long legislative day. This roundup lists notable floor actions and final tallies recorded on the Senate floor as reflected in the public transcript.
Below are selected bills and formal actions taken on the Senate floor during the session recorded in the transcript. The list emphasizes measures that received roll-call tallies or substantive floor debate.
- Senate Bill 343 (concur with House amendment; state motor vehicle/public property/fleet management): Passed as amended — recorded vote 35 yeas, 0 nays. (Floor concurrence recorded.)
- Senate Bill 367 (repeal Small Business Revolving Loan Fund): Passed as amended — recorded vote 35 yeas, 0 nays.
- Senate Bill 374 (civil service changes to assist law enforcement hiring): Passed as amended — recorded vote 35 yeas, 0 nays.
- Senate Bill 523 (alcohol beverages: private club nonprofit requirement removed): Passed as amended — recorded vote 29 yeas, 4 nays, 2 present.
- Senate Bill 569 (constitutional amendment re ballot titles and amendment authority): Passed — recorded vote 24 yeas, 7 nays, 4 not voting.
- House Joint Resolution 1018 (citizens-only voting amendment): Referred to ballot by the Senate — recorded vote 27 yeas, 0 nays, 6 not voting/present; Senate then voted to hold the referral 24 hours.
- House Bill 16 62 (prohibit paid lobbying for certain foreign-controlled entities): Recorded as failed in roll call 16 yeas, 14 nays, 3 not voting, 2 present; Senate later voted to expunge that roll call from the journal.
- A set of budget and appropriation bills on the calendar carried recorded roll-call tallies that passed, including: House Bill 1106 (Treasurer appropriation) — 35 yeas, 0 nays; House Bill 1126 (Office of Early Childhood appropriation) — 35 yeas, 0 nays; and Senate Bill 362 (youth organization grants) — 35 yeas, 0 nays.
Why this matters: The roll-call counts show which measures had broad bipartisan support and which provoked narrow, contested outcomes. Many of the measures were agency bills or technical fixes; a smaller set raised policy and constitutional questions that generated extended debate.
Notes on procedure: Several recorded votes were taken by roll call, and the Senate used voice votes to adopt certain procedural motions and to hold matters briefly for coordination with the House. On at least one measure the Senate expunged a roll-call from the journal after the initial outcome was announced.
