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Floor roundup: House passes multiple Senate bills and takes procedural votes
Summary
On the floor the House recorded a string of procedural and final votes: SB 72, SB 114, SB 135, SB 16, SJR 6, SB 248, and SB 199 were among measures acted on; several were amended and will be returned to the Senate.
During the floor session the House handled numerous Senate measures, taking procedural actions, amendments, and final votes. Key outcomes recorded on the floor included:
- Senate Bill 135 (Center for Multicultural Health): passed 46 yes, 22 no; returns to the Senate.
- Senate Joint Resolution 6 (impeachment convening amendment): passed 66 yes, 0 no, 5 absent; returns to the Senate.
- Senate Bill 16 (identity theft amendments): passed 71 yes, 0 no; returns to the Senate.
- Senate Bill 72 (disposition of fines for registration violations; as amended): passed 66 yes, 4 no; returns to the Senate.
- Senate Bill 114 (prescribing/preparation/dispensing of prescription drugs; as amended): passed 71 yes, 0 no, 1 recorded absence; returns to the Senate.
- Senate Bill 248 (transportation general obligation bond, final vote after receiving from Senate): passed 41 yes, 33 no; returns to the Senate.
- First Substitute Senate Bill 199 (outsourcing/state jobs incentives with amendment): passed 63 yes, 7 no.
Several other measures were lifted, circled (held for fiscal-note clarification), or amended on the floor (including motions to circle bills 190 and 190-series, and an amendment to First Substitute SB 51 reducing an appropriation line from $10,000,000 to $5,000,000). Where recorded, the House announced that bills will be returned to the Senate for further action.
The House also recessed for 10 minutes later in the session and took up additional calendar items not fully resolved in the provided transcript excerpt.
