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Senate approves House Bill 5252 Sub A on school budget commission by 31‑2 vote
Summary
House Bill 5252 Sub A, a local bill relating to towns and cities and the public school budget commission, passed the Senate March 25 with a recorded vote of 31 in favor and 2 opposed.
The Rhode Island Senate approved House Bill 5252 Sub A on March 25, a local bill "relating to towns and cities work public school budget commission" introduced in the House by Representative McNamara.
Senator McKinney introduced the House bill on the Senate floor and moved its consideration as the House version of a bill previously passed in the Senate. When asked for a seconder, the clerk unlocked the machine for voting and Senator Kenny moved passage. The clerk later announced a recorded vote result of 31 in the affirmative and 2 against; the act was declared to have passed.
There was no extended debate recorded on the floor during the bill's consideration. Following passage, the presiding officer asked whether there was any objection to transmitting passed matters to the secretary of state and the house; hearing none, the measures were ordered transmitted.
The bill’s text and any amendments are not detailed in the floor record excerpt; the Senate action on March 25 represents passage in the Senate and transmittal per chamber practice.
