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Votes at a glance: bills cleared on Senate floor March 17
Summary
Several bills were taken up and recorded on the Senate floor during the March 17 session. Below is a compact listing of bills acted on during the session and the outcomes as announced by the presiding officer.
The Senate considered multiple bills on March 17. Listed below are items the Senate placed on final passage during today’s session and the floor outcomes as announced.
- Senate Bill 443 (tax/business/transportation substitute for health/public affairs sub): Passed on final passage (presiding officer announced 'duly passed the Senate'); named senators recorded as voting no on the floor (listed in the full debate article). See SB443 article for debate details.
- House Bill 357: Sponsor description on the floor said it relates to the “Me Via Waiver” and matching funds to address gross receipts tax obligations for organizations serving people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. On final passage the clerk announced 33 in the affirmative, 0 in the negative; House Bill 357 passed the Senate.
- House Bill 233 (House Bill 2 33 on the floor): The Senate approved an amendment and passed the bill (clerk announced 33 in the affirmative and later a 34–0 announcement followed in the transcript after clearing an amended text); the bill ensures private insurance covers topical oxygen therapy for treating diabetic foot ulcers, and sponsors cited prevention of amputations and improved outcomes.
- House Bill 218 (House Bill 2 18, tax code housekeeping): Floor sponsor described the measure as an omnibus tax code cleanup from the Taxation and Revenue Department. The transcript recorded passage (vote announced as 30–4 in one announcement and a subsequent announcement of passage was recorded); the bill was announced as passed by the Senate.
- House Bill 12: Passed (recorded roll call 23–15); see the HB12 article for full debate.
- House Bill 143 (three times amended): Passed by roll call 22–15 after extensive debate and multiple floor amendment votes; see HB143 article for details.
- House Bill 197: Passed (clerk announced 37–0 on the floor); see HB197 article for sponsor remarks.
- House Bill 197 and other enrolled bills: The clerk and journal entries for the day list additional messages from the House and committee reports; enrolled bills and committee signatures were noted on the floor.
Ending — The floor motion list and announced tallies are drawn from the Senate session transcript. For contested items, this office recommends reporters and stakeholders consult the official Senate journal and the roll‑call record for the authoritative, machine‑readable vote tallies and for eventual enrolled bill text.
