Senate committees report recommendations on several bills; substitute for HB 2060 withdrawn and referred

At a brief Senate floor session, committee reports were read into the record recommending committee passage of a substitute for Senate Bill 66 and several House bills, and a substitute for House Bill 2060 was withdrawn from one committee and referred to another. The Senate adjourned until 2:30 p.m. Monday, March 17, 2025.

Committee reports read on the floor said the Committee on Local Government, Transparency and Ethics recommended that a substitute for Senate Bill 66 be adopted and that the substitute bill be passed. The Committee on Commerce reported recommendations that House Bill 2037 be passed; House Bill 2338, as amended by a House committee, be passed; House Bill 2291 be passed; and that House Bill 2088 be amended and then passed as amended. The reports were read into the record with no floor debate recorded in the transcript provided.

On the floor, a speaker stated: “This time, I’m withdrawing sub for House Bill 2060 from the Committee on Federal and State Affairs and referring to the Committee on Local Government, Transparency and Ethics.” The action was recorded as a withdrawal of the substitute and a referral to the local government committee; no further debate or vote on that referral is recorded in the transcript.

Senator Clouse moved to adjourn the Senate until 2:30 p.m. on Monday, March 17, 2025. “I move the senate adjourn until 02:30PM on Monday, 03/17/2025,” Clouse said. The motion was adopted by voice vote and the Senate was adjourned.

No roll-call votes, floor amendments, or detailed debate on the bills were shown in the transcript provided. The committee recommendations were delivered as reports to the body; subsequent floor action on the listed bills is not recorded here.