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Votes at a glance: bills passed and recorded on Jan. 22, 1996
Summary
A roundup of roll‑call outcomes recorded during the Senate floor session on Jan. 22, 1996, including SB 41 and SB 10 (unanimous), SJR 7 and SB 53 (majorities), SB 59 (passed with recorded nays), SB 4, SB 21, SB 33 and SR 1; tallies are drawn from the transcript roll calls.
The following is a concise list of bills and resolutions that received recorded Senate action on Jan. 22, 1996, with vote tallies as stated on the floor transcript.
- Senate Bill 41 (massage practice amendment): passed — 29 ayes (unanimous on the roll call as recorded on floor). (See transcript: roll call and clerk announcement.)
- Senate Bill 10 (criminal history expungements): passed — 29 ayes (unanimous on the roll call).
- SJR 7 (jury trial constitutional amendment): passed the Senate — 28 ayes, 1 nay; will be transmitted to the House for further consideration.
- Senate Bill 53 (statute implementing jury amendment): passed — 27 ayes, 1 nay, 1 absent.
- Senate Bill 59 (protection of elected officials, as amended): passed to the bottom of the third‑reading calendar — 22 ayes, 4 nays, 3 absent.
- Senate Bill 4 (DUI amendments, as amended on the floor to retain measurable language in certain sections): passed — 29 ayes (recorded on floor after amendment adoption).
- Senate Bill 21 (speed limit law changes, as amended in committee to allow up to 75 mph on rural interstates): passed — 26 ayes, 3 nays.
- Senate Bill 33 (school discipline amendments): passed — 28 ayes, 0 nays, 1 absent.
- SR 1 (returned to original form and passed): passed — 26 ayes, 0 nays, 3 absent; signed by the President in open session.
These tallies and dispositions are taken from the official floor transcript for the Jan. 22 session; where the transcript lists a recorded roll call, the counts above reflect the clerk’s announcement on the floor. If staff or later minutes list corrected tallies, those official records should be consulted as the authoritative source.
