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Senate Elections Committee sends vehicle bill SF3097 to Senate floor by voice vote
Summary
The Senate Elections Committee voted by voice to recommend Senate File 3097, described as a vehicle bill bearing the chair’s name, to the full Senate. No testimony was taken and no roll-call tally was recorded in the hearing.
The Minnesota Senate Elections Committee on April 3 recommended Senate File 3097 to be sent to the Senate floor after a voice vote.
Senator Nick Carlson, chair of the Senate Elections Committee, said the bill is “a rather simple bill” bearing his name and described it as a vehicle bill. "In the hearing notice, you'll see that this is my bill. It's just simply a vehicle bill that we're gonna send to the floor in case it's needed later in the session," Carlson said.
Committee members did not take testimony on SF3097. Senator Westlund moved that "Senate File 3097 will be recommended to pass and sent to the floor," and the chair called for the voice vote. After members said "aye" and the chair asked "All opposed, nay," the motion was declared passed.
The committee did not record a roll-call vote or provide a numerical tally on the record during the hearing; the transcript records the outcome as a voice vote and the chair’s announcement that "The motion is passed." The committee scheduled no further action on SF3097 during this meeting.
Meeting context: SF3097 was handled as a routine, noncontroversial procedural measure at the start of a longer hearing on the omnibus elections policy bill. The committee moved on to a detailed presentation and public testimony on Senate File 2384 after approving SF3097.
Votes at a glance
- Senate File 3097 — Motion to recommend passed and send to the floor; vote taken by voice (ayes/nays called), no roll-call tally recorded on the hearing transcript.
