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Motion to Reconsider Amendment to Senate Bill 570 Fails in Committee
Summary
A motion to reconsider an amendment to the committee substitute for Senate Bill 570 failed by voice and roll-call procedures in the Government Organization Committee, leaving the committee substitute in place.
The Government Organization Committee voted on a motion to reconsider an amendment to the committee substitute for Senate Bill 570; the motion failed and the committee substitute remains as previously amended.
The motion to reconsider was made by the senior senator from the 6th, who said he moved “to reconsider, since I voted on the prevailing side” for the committee substitute that had last been passed out of committee as Senate Bill 570. After discussion, the committee conducted a voice vote and then a roll call. The clerk recorded five yeas, five nays and three absent/not voting; the chair announced that the motion to reconsider failed.
The junior senator from the 15th spoke against reconsideration, saying the earlier debate had already produced a majority in favor of the amendment and that the reasons for the amendment “have not been refuted.” Other members took part in the roll call; the clerk named Senators Barrett (aye), Jeffries (nay), Maynard (aye), Rose (aye), Thorn (nay), Willis (nay), Woodrum (nay), Recker (aye), and listed Senators Chapman, Phillips and Wolfell as absent, not voting. The chair then moved the committee to the next bill on the agenda.
No further amendments or new motions on Senate Bill 570 were recorded after the vote.
