Senate Workforce Development Committee reports SCR 3 and SB 50 to rules; lays amendment 0264 on table

The Senate Workforce Development Committee voted Tuesday to favorably report Senate Concurrent Resolution 3 to the committee on rules and reference and to report Senate Bill 50 to the committee on rules and reference; the committee also voted to lay Amendment 0264 on the table.

Committee action came during what the chair identified as the fourth hearing on SCR 3 and during a fourth hearing on SB 50. The motions to report both measures and the motion to table the amendment passed with sufficient votes, according to roll calls taken on the floor.

Chair Taylor convened the committee, established a quorum and recognized Vice Chair Reynolds to move the motion to favorably report SCR 3 to the committee on rules and reference. The clerk called the roll; the record shows Chair Taylor and Vice Chair Reynolds voting yes, Senator Blackshear voting no and Senator Lutzen voting yes. The chair said the roll would remain open for members who had checked in but were not present.

Later in the meeting the committee considered an amendment (No. 0264) to SB 50 that Ranking Member Ingram introduced for consideration. After discussion the committee voted to lay Amendment 0264 on the table. The roll call for the tabling motion records Chair Taylor voting yes, Senator Blackshear voting no, Senator Huttig voting yes and Senator Langston voting yes; other members’ individual votes were not clearly recorded in the transcript excerpt.

Vice Chair Reynolds then moved that SB 50 be favorably reported to the committee on rules and reference. The clerk called the roll; the transcript records Chair Taylor voting yes and, after additional roll activity, the chair stated that SB 50 would be reported to the committee on rules and reference with sufficient votes.

Committee minutes from the Feb. 25 meeting were approved by unanimous consent during the session. With no further business, the chair adjourned the meeting.

Votes at a glance: - Senate Concurrent Resolution 3: Motion to favorably report to committee on rules and reference — outcome: reported (roll includes Chair Taylor: yes; Vice Chair Reynolds: yes; Senator Blackshear: no; Senator Lutzen: yes; roll left open for additional members). - Amendment 0264 (to SB 50): Motion to lay on the table — outcome: amendment laid on the table (roll includes Chair Taylor: yes; Senator Blackshear: no; Senator Huttig: yes; Senator Langston: yes; other votes not specified in transcript). - Senate Bill 50: Motion to favorably report to committee on rules and reference — outcome: reported (recorded as having sufficient votes; detailed roll call not fully specified in transcript).

No substantive policy debate or floor-level amendments to the text of SCR 3 or SB 50 are recorded in the provided transcript excerpt; discussion focused on procedural motions, the amendment introduced by Ranking Member Ingram and the committee’s voting process.