Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Votes Roundup topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Votes at a glance: key Senate actions and roll calls from the day
Summary
A compact list of final votes and motions recorded during the Senate session, including confirmations, bills and constitutional measure tallies as announced on the floor.
The session included multiple recorded votes and confirmations. Below are outcomes and the motions as recorded on the floor (transcript excerpts are cited):
- Confirmation: Melanie Kinderdine, Secretary, Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department — Motion to confirm moved on the floor; reported vote: 31 affirmative, 0 negative (clerk announcement). (See committee/executive letter citation in floor record.)
- Confirmation: Elizabeth Anderson, State Engineer — Motion to confirm moved on the floor; reported vote: 31 affirmative, 0 negative (clerk announcement).
- Senate Bill 155 (embezzlement/aggregation of victim losses) — Final passage announced on the floor; clerk announced: "By a vote of 41 in the affirmative, 0 in the negative" (transcript). Motion language was recorded during debate as placing the bill on final passage.
- Senate Bill 53 (technical cleanup for prescribing psychologists) — Final passage: recorded vote, one senator (Senator Duhigg) was recorded voting no during the roll call; the bill passed (clerk noted the no vote during the tally on the floor).
- Senate Bill 45 (county health assistance funds: allow premium/co‑pay payments) — Final passage: floor roll-call announced as 24 in the affirmative, 17 in the negative. Sponsors said counties retain discretion; debate covered eligibility and funding sources (GRT).
- Senate Bill 290 (marriage license fee increase: add $20 to county clerks, $5 to Children's Trust Fund) — Final passage recorded as 27 affirmative, 11 negative.
- Senate Tax/Biz/Transportation substitute for Senate Bill 168 (travel insurance uniformity) — Final passage recorded as 42 affirmative, 0 negative.
- Senate Bill 170 (site‑readiness / expedited PRC processes) — Final passage recorded on the floor as 35 in favor, 10 opposed (roll call recorded on day’s transcript) after a floor amendment.
- Senate Joint Resolution 15 (constitutional amendment to restore state board that appoints superintendent) — Final passage announced as 27 in favor, 15 opposed; the resolution will go to voters if the House also approves it.
Notes and limitations: The tallies above reproduce the roll calls and clerk announcements as given in the session transcript. Some floor exchanges included estimates and county‑level figures (for example, a cited Dona Ana County health fund amount). Where the transcript presented the vote, this list reflects that recorded outcome. If a bill is a constitutional amendment (SJR15), the final step is voter approval after bicameral passage.
Ending: Readers should note that enactment timelines and implementation details vary by item. For several items the transcript records subsequent rulemaking or county‑level decisions will be necessary for implementation.
