Committee reports multiple bills favorably; several sent to local uncontested calendars

The Senate Committee on Business & Commerce reported a series of bills favorably and moved several to the local uncontested calendar during its session. Committee roll calls recorded unanimous or near-unanimous committee support for multiple measures.

A series of motions to report bills favorably carried by roll call. The committee reported Senate Bill 783 favorably (9 ayes, 0 nays), Senate Bill 1238 favorably (9 ayes, 0 nays) and Senate Bill 1706 favorably (9 ayes, 0 nays). The committee adopted and favorably reported a committee substitute for Senate Bill 1791 and, without objection, sent that substitute to the local uncontested calendar.

Later in the docket the committee adopted and favorably reported a committee substitute for Senate Bill 458 (10 ayes, 0 nays) and recommended that substitute for the local and uncontested calendar. Committee substitutes for Senate Bill 1644 and Senate Bill 1810 were also favorably reported after roll-call votes (each recorded 11 ayes, 0 nays).

Clerks conducted roll calls for each reported measure; recorded tallies and clerk announcements constitute the committee’s formal record of action. Where the committee moved bills to the local uncontested calendar, the chair announced the transfer ‘without objection.’

The committee heard additional bills and left multiple measures pending for later consideration; those items were not decided during the section of the hearing that produced the votes above.

The committee’s roll-call tallies and clerk statements are recorded in the hearing minutes and will appear in the committee’s formal report to the full Senate.