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Votes at a glance: several conference reports and bills adopted with minimal floor debate
Summary
During the session the Senate adopted multiple conference committee reports and bills with limited floor debate; several measures passed unanimously while others recorded modest roll-call margins.
The Kansas Senate took final action on multiple conference committee reports and bills with limited floor debate. The following items were recorded on the Senate floor as adopted or otherwise finalized.
- Senate Bill 54 (substitute) — an act concerning the code of civil procedure; Senate recorded 40 in favor, 0 opposed. - Senate Bill 135 — an act concerning certain protection orders; Senate recorded 40 in favor, 0 opposed. - Senate Bill 139 — an act concerning banks and trust companies (conference committee report); Senate recorded 40 in favor, 0 opposed. - House Bill 2069 — an act concerning licensure compacts (physician assistants, cosmetologists, school psychologists, dietitians); Senate recorded 40 in favor, 0 opposed. - House Bill 2160 — an act concerning municipalities (employee whistleblower / local government transparency and ethics); Senate recorded 40 in favor, 0 opposed.
Each of the above items was read into the record, brought to a roll call and declared passed by the constitutional majority on the Senate floor. Other measures and conference reports mentioned on the floor were held for final action or covered in separate roll calls and are reported in individual articles where debate was substantive.
