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Senate Commerce Committee: votes and motions from today’s session (quick reference)
Summary
A compact listing of bills the Senate Commerce Committee discussed and the committee’s recorded outcomes during the Oct. 27 session, including motions to pass, re‑refer, and recommendations of Inexpedient to Legislate.
This quick reference summarizes the formal actions recorded in the Senate Commerce Committee transcript for Oct. 27. Where the transcript records only a voice vote, a roll‑call tally is not available; outcomes below reflect the committee’s recorded motions and voice vote results.
Votes at a glance - Senate Bill 26 — Amendment adopted; bill recommended to pass as amended (committee voice votes). (Moved and seconded; amendment number noted on the record.) - Senate Bill 55 — Committee voted “Inexpedient to Legislate” (ITL). (Motion and voice vote carried.) - Senate Bill 85 — Committee adopted amendment 0413 and recommended passage (voice vote). - Senate Bill 90 — Re‑referred for further review after reconsideration (see separate article for detail). - Senate Bill 163 — Committee recommended passage (voice vote). - Senate Bill 165 — Committee recommended passage and placed on consent (voice vote). - Senate Bill 166 — Committee recorded an ought‑to‑pass recommendation and placed the bill on consent (voice vote). - Senate Bill 167 — Committee moved Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL) following discussion (motion carried by voice vote). - Senate Bill 169 — Committee recommended passage; sponsor to take out (voice vote). - Senate Bill 170 — Committee adopted a modified committee amendment (872s) and recommended passage as amended (see SB 170 article for details). - Senate Bill 171/172 series — SB 172 recommended to pass (voice vote). - Senate Bill 173 — Committee re‑referred (motion carried by voice vote). - Senate Bill 174 — Committee recommended passage (reported as a 4–2 vote in the transcript); the bill was placed on consent and the sponsor offered to take it out for further consideration. - Senate Bill 175 — Committee voted to re‑refer (voice vote). - Senate Bill 281 — Committee adopted a committee amendment; recommendation to pass (effective date adjusted to 07/01/2026 by amendment). - Senate Bill 282 — Committee adopted amendment 0528s addressing fire marshal concerns and recommended passage (voice vote). - Senate Bill 283 — Committee recommended passage (voice vote). - Senate Bill 284 — Committee recorded an ought‑to‑pass recommendation with one recorded opposed vote; the bill was not placed on consent following the vote.
Notes on procedure and common outcomes - “Ought to pass” and committee amendments were often adopted by voice votes; the transcript does not provide roll‑call tallies for most items. - Several contested bills were re‑referred to give sponsors time to prepare floor amendments or to allow municipalities and stakeholders additional review. - Bills placed on the consent calendar were commonly those with minimal debate; sponsors sometimes elected to “take the bill out” from consent for further floor action.
If you need a detailed breakdown (vote count by member, full amendment texts, or per‑bill transcripts linked to each action), those are available in the committee’s official minutes and the electronic transcript archive.
