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Votes at a glance: multiple Senate bills passed on deadline day
Summary
Several Senate measures received final passage on the session day in votes that ranged from unanimous consent to recorded roll calls; the measures cover topics from foraging on state land to transit-driver assault and labeling of marijuana products.
Multiple bills advanced and passed on the Senate floor during the session. Many measures were brief on the floor and carried unanimous or large majorities. Key outcomes listed below reflect the roll-call announcements recorded on the floor.
- Senate Bill 54 (victims of impaired driving; aggravated DUI provisions): Passed, 41 ayes, 4 nays. - Senate Bill 447 (foraging on state property; Wildlife Commission rulemaking authority restored title): Passed, 47 ayes, 0 nays. - Senate Bill 207 (rare-disease council to advise state agencies): Passed, 30 ayes, 17 nays; later passed as an emergency measure on the floor vote for emergency (36-8 on emergency vote recorded). - Senate Bill 382 (school readiness/potty-training language allowing local district discretion): Passed, 43 ayes, 1 nay; later passed as emergency measure by unanimous floor action. - Senate Bill 448 (wildlife management area nonresident scheduling/verification): Passed, 44 ayes, 0 nays. - Senate Bill 518 (marijuana product warning label about driving): Passed, 36 ayes, 7 nays. - Senate Bill 531 (corporate ownership reporting for restaurants): Passed, 45 ayes, 0 nays (one senator recorded as not voting by request). - Senate Bill 912 (merger/restructuring for aerospace/space program responsibilities): Passed, 38 ayes, 9 nays. - Senate Bill 562 (assault on transit vehicle operator clarifications): Passed, 40 ayes, 7 nays; later passed as emergency measure. - Senate Bill 626 (security-breach notification; attorney general reporting and biometric language amendment): Passed, 38 ayes, 6 nays.
Most of the items above were advanced with unanimous consent or brief explanation from the sponsor and had limited floor debate compared with the bills covered in separate articles. Several of the bills were also treated as emergency measures during floor announcements; the transcript records votes where senators later agreed to consider the final vote as the emergency vote for those items. Specific bill texts, floor amendments and any subsequent House action will determine final implementation and any administrative rules required.
