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Votes at a glance: key floor actions March 3, 1997
Summary
Summary of major recorded floor votes and procedural actions taken on March 3, 1997, including concurrence on HB 80 and passage of several Senate bills and the House substitute to HB 363.
The House recorded several roll and voice votes during its March 3, 1997 floor session. Key outcomes recorded in the transcript include:
- House Bill 80 (real property presumption of title): House concurred with Senate amendments; vote recorded as 62 yes, 0 no. The bill will be returned to the Senate for the president's signature.
- House Bill 2 (Minimum Scope Program Act): After extended debate over a class‑size distribution factor, the House refused to concur with Senate amendments restoring a full 20% special distribution and asked the Senate to recede (voice vote communicated on the floor; exact tally not recorded in the excerpt).
- Senate Bill 250 (Department of Corrections — emergency release timing): Passed the House by a recorded vote of 273 yes, 0 no as read on the floor; will be returned to the Senate for further action.
- Senate Bill 161 (motor vehicle registration/insurance compliance): Passed the House (recorded support on the floor; the transcript records the bill as passed and returned to the Senate).
- First substitute to House Bill 363 (municipal and county law amendments): Passed on final recorded tally 50 yes, 24 no and will be sent to the Senate for consideration.
Other bills passed on the consent calendar or by recorded vote include uniform‑act changes (UCC Art. 5, SB163), Management of Institutional Funds (SB165), voluntary cleanup (SB190), procurement code amendments (SB202), and others noted in the rules committee report.
These floor actions will be reflected in the House journal and transmitted to the Senate or the appropriate state official for signature, per normal procedure.
