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Committee reports four measures to full Senate; committee adopts substitutes on several bills
Summary
The committee voted to adopt substitutes and report multiple measures to the full Senate, including SB 410 (committee substitute adopted), SCR 48, SB 23 51 and SB 25 50.
The Senate Committee on Natural Resources & Economic Development completed several formal committee actions during the hearing.
Key committee actions and votes at a glance:
- Committee Substitute, SB 4 10 (reported as substituted): Senator Hancock moved adoption of the committee substitute; no objection was recorded and the substitute was adopted. The committee then voted to report SB 4 10 to the full Senate with the recommendation that the committee substitute in lieu thereof do pass and be printed. The roll call recorded five ayes and no nays; the committee certified the bill for the local and uncontested calendar.
- SCR 48 (Middleton): Dean Zafarini moved that SCR 48 be reported to the full Senate with a recommendation that it do pass and be printed. The roll call recorded seven ayes and no nays; the committee recommended SCR 48 for the local and uncontested calendar. SCR 48 urges the Gulf Coast Protection District and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers not to compromise navigation safety or two-way vessel movement when implementing a coastal protection project.
- SB 23 51 (Alvarado): The committee adopted the committee substitute for SB 23 51 without objection. The committee then voted to report SB 23 51 favorably to the full Senate with the committee substitute adopted in lieu thereof; roll call showed seven ayes and no nays. The bill was recommended for the local and uncontested calendar.
- SB 25 50 (West): Dean Zafarini moved to report SB 25 50 to the full Senate with a recommendation that it do pass and be printed. The roll call recorded six ayes, no nays and one absent; the committee reported the bill favorably and recommended it for the local and uncontested calendar.
Procedural notes: multiple committee substitutes were discussed and adopted by unanimous consent or without objection. In some cases committee members asked to be shown as recorded in favor by unanimous consent. Several bills were left pending earlier in the hearing and later carried motions to report during the same session. The clerk called roll for each reported bill and recorded the votes noted above.
