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Votes at a glance: committee advances three measures to the floor
Summary
During the April 1, 2025 meeting the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Wildfire adopted amendments and moved three bills to the floor with due‑pass recommendations and, where noted, referrals to Joint Ways and Means.
The Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Wildfire on April 1, 2025, adopted amendments and moved multiple bills to the Senate floor with due‑pass recommendations. Committee members recorded votes on three bills: Senate Bill 845 (water utility acquisition authority), Senate Bill 976 (equine dentistry/cattle pregnancy verification and task force creation), and Senate Bill 565 (state parks study and funding model). Below are the actions recorded in committee and the vote records as entered into the hearing transcript.
Senate Bill 845 (dash‑1 amendment adopted; bill moved to floor with due pass recommendation) - Motion to adopt dash‑1 amendment: Vice Chair Nash moved to adopt the dash‑1 amendment. Recorded roll call comments in the transcript: Senator Droeck? Yes. Senator Bazalini? Aye. Senator Taylor? Aye. Senator Nash? Aye. Senator Golden? Aye. The amendment was adopted. - Motion to move SB 845 as amended to the floor with a due pass recommendation: Vice Chair Nash moved the measure to the floor with a due pass recommendation. Recorded roll call comments in the transcript include: Senator Brunzovsky? Aye. Senator Taylor? Aye. Western Nash? No. Chair Bolton? Aye. The transcript records the clerk announcing “the measure passes.”
Senate Bill 976 (dash‑3 amendment adopted; bill moved to floor with due pass and referral to Joint Ways and Means) - Motion to adopt dash‑3 amendment: Vice Chair Nash moved to adopt the dash‑3 amendment. The transcript records: Senator Roth — Yes; Senator Brzoski — Aye; Senator Taylor — Aye; Chester Nash — Aye; Chair Golden — Aye. The amendment was adopted. - Motion to move SB 976 as amended to the floor with a due pass recommendation and request referral to the Committee on Joint Ways and Means: Vice Chair Nash moved the measure and the transcript records: Senator Drazzewski? Yes; Senator Taylor? Aye; Vice Chair Nystuen? Aye; Chair Gold? Aye. The clerk announced the measure passes and closed the work session on SB 976.
Senate Bill 565 (dash‑2 amendment adopted; bill moved to floor with due pass recommendation and referral to Joint Ways and Means) - Motion to adopt dash‑2 amendment: Vice Chair Nash moved to adopt the dash‑2 amendment. The transcript records: Senator Brzoski — Aye; Senator Taylor — Aye; Vice Chair Nash — Aye; Chair Goldin — The amendment is adopted. - Motion to move SB 565 as amended to the floor with a due pass recommendation and request referral to the Committee on Joint Ways and Means: Vice Chair Nash moved the measure. The transcript records multiple roll call comments including: Senator Grufft? Yes; Senator Kosinski? Aye; Senator Taylor? Yes; Senator Nask? Aye; Senator Gullen? Aye. The clerk announced the measure passes.
Notes on the record: Several speakers entered notice of possible minority reports during the meeting; vote tallies and roll‑call names shown above are transcribed from the committee audio record and reflect the names and vote words spoken on the record. Where the transcript recorded only individual roll‑call names and their spoken response, the committee clerk’s official roll‑call record should be consulted for the formal tally and to reconcile any name transcription differences.
