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Votes at a glance: Senate Education Committee advances three education bills, all carried 6-0
Summary
The Senate Education Committee recorded unanimous committee votes (6-0) on three bills during the hearing: SB 2149 (amended with an emergency clause, due pass as amended), SB 2275 (due pass as amended), and SB 2328 (due pass as amended, referred to appropriations).
The Senate Education Committee recorded unanimous votes, 6 yays, 0 nays, 0 not voting, on several bills during the hearing session.
Votes and immediate procedural outcomes:
- Senate Bill 2149: Committee adopted an amendment to add an emergency clause (amendment carried 6-0) and then gave SB 2149 a due pass as amended (6-0). The bill would expand eligibility for the school construction loan fund to allow projects on Air Force bases to qualify; committee discussion addressed application timing and a potential $20 million set‑aside within a $30 million pool. After passage in committee a senator volunteered to carry the bill to the floor.
- Senate Bill 2275: Committee voted to give SB 2275 a due pass as amended; clerk recorded the vote as 6 ayes, 0 nays, 0 non‑voting. Committee discussion noted the bill creates a pilot grant program for foreign language instruction for kindergarten through grade 3 and that the committee had already amended the bill earlier in the day.
- Senate Bill 2328: Committee voted to give SB 2328 a due pass as amended and to refer the bill to appropriations; the committee recorded a 6 ayes, 0 nays, 0 non‑voting tally. Committee members discussed arrangement for carrying the bill to the floor and timing if appropriations does not change the measure.
Ending: All three measures were reported out of the Senate Education Committee by unanimous committee votes and will proceed to the next steps identified in committee (floor carry or referral to appropriations where noted).
