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Votes at a glance: Senate Committee on Local Government advances multiple bills to the full Senate
Summary
The Senate Committee on Local Government voted on a slate of bills and committee substitutes and moved several measures to the full Senate; this roundup lists each bill mentioned in the hearing and the committee’s recorded outcome.
The Senate Committee on Local Government took votes on multiple bills and committee substitutes during the session. The committee advanced several bills to the full Senate and, in many cases, recommended them for the local and uncontested calendar. Below are the items recorded in the committee’s proceedings and the outcomes as stated on the committee record.
Votes at a glance (committee action and recorded outcome):
- Senate Bill 427 (committee substitute): Committee adopted substitute; reported to the full Senate; recommended for the local and uncontested calendar. (Recorded: 5 ayes, 0 nays.)
- Senate Bill 65 (listed in hearing as SB 65 / SB 625 in parts of the record): Committee recorded passage and recommended for the local and uncontested calendar. (Recorded: affirmative quorum.)
- Senate Bill 241: Reported to the full Senate; recorded passage (4 ayes, 1 nay as recorded).
- Senate Bill 304: Adopted/passed by committee; recommended for the local and uncontested calendar. (Recorded: 6 ayes, 0 nays.)
- Senate Bill 402: Passed by committee; recommended for the local and uncontested calendar. (Recorded: 6 ayes, 0 nays.)
- Senate Bill 413 (committee substitute): Committee adopted the committee substitute and reported it to the full Senate; committee later recommended the bill for local consideration or administration as recorded.
- Senate Bill 499: Passed by committee and recommended for the local and uncontested calendar. (Recorded: 6 ayes, 0 nays.)
- Senate Bill 621: Reported as passed by committee (recorded majority vote).
- Senate Bill 850 (committee substitute): Committee adopted substitute; reported to full Senate; recommended for the local and uncontested calendar. (Recorded: 6 ayes, 0 nays.)
- Senate Bill 854 (committee substitute): Committee adopted substitute; reported to full Senate. (Recorded: 5 ayes, 1 nay.)
- Senate Bill 974: Passed by committee; recommended for the local and uncontested calendar. (Recorded: 6 ayes, 0 nays.)
- Senate Bill 1106: Passed by committee (recorded as 5 ayes, 0 nays, 1 present not voting at one point; later recorded as passing); reported to full Senate.
- Senate Bill 15: Passed by committee; recommended for the local and uncontested calendar. (Recorded: 6 ayes, 0 nays.)
- Senate Bill 1023: Passed by committee; recommended for the local and uncontested calendar. (Recorded: 6 ayes, 0 nays.)
- Senate Bill 1024: Passed by committee following an adjustment to a member’s vote; recorded as 6 ayes, 0 nays after the change.
- Senate Bill 1025: Passed by committee. (Recorded: 5 ayes, 1 nay.)
The committee’s record shows a mix of unanimous 6-0 votes and several measures with divided votes. For measures where the transcript gives a roll call with named answers, the committee record lists individual ayes for Chairman Bettencourt, Vice Chairman Middleton and other members on multiple items; several roll calls were summarized by tally rather than by naming every member’s vote in the excerpted record.
These items were moved to the full Senate either as reported bills, or with committee substitutes adopted in lieu of the filed bill. In many cases the committee recommended the measures for the local and uncontested calendar as noted above. The committee adjourned the session and placed the advanced bills on the legislative calendar for further action by the full Senate.
