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Minnesota Senate adopts committee reports, reassigns two bills and tables appointment report
Summary
The Minnesota Senate on Feb. 3 adopted printed committee reports, laid a committee appointments report on the table and approved motions to withdraw and re-refer two bills to different committees.
The Minnesota Senate on Feb. 3 adopted the committee reports printed on its agenda, laid the committee report on appointments on the table and approved two motions to withdraw and re-refer bills to different committees, Senate records show.
Senator Murphy moved that the printed committee reports be adopted with the exception of the report pertaining to appointments; the motion passed on a voice vote. Murphy subsequently moved that the appointments report be laid on the table; that motion also carried by voice vote. Neither motion recorded a roll-call tally in the transcript.
Separately, Senator Barr moved to withdraw Senate File 896 from the Committee on Education and re-refer it to the Committee on Transportation; the Senate approved the change on a voice vote. Senator Wesselin moved to withdraw Senate File 986 from the Committee on Education Policy and re-refer it to the Committee on Education Finance; that motion likewise passed on a voice vote.
The secretary announced a second reading for Senate File 1075 and the chamber referred Senate Resolution 12 to the Committee on Rules and Administration. The Senate then adopted a motion to adjourn until Monday, Feb. 17 at 11 a.m.
The actions taken on Feb. 3 were procedural: adoption of committee reports sets the printed records the Senate will consider; laying the appointments report on the table pauses consideration of nominations; and re-referrals move bills to different standing committees for further consideration and hearings. The transcript does not record substantive debate on the bills themselves, only that the authors had consulted the committee chairs and that the chairs were amenable to the changes.
No roll-call vote tallies or recorded recorded yes/no counts appear in the public transcript for these motions; outcomes were announced by voice as "the motion prevails" in each instance. The session included customary announcements and a brief commemorative remembrance; those remarks did not affect the procedural actions described above.
