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Senate rejects reconsideration of water-drainage utilities bill on third reading
Summary
After a successful motion to reconsider, the Senate took a third-reading roll call on Senate File 116 (surface water/drainage utilities) and the bill failed to secure a majority, with the final tally reported as 12 aye and 19 no, so the measure did not pass the Senate.
Senators voted down Senate File 116 on third reading after a motion to reconsider the prior third-reading vote.
On the floor, Senator Pappas moved for immediate reconsideration of the prevailing third-reading vote on Senate File 116. The body adopted the motion to reconsider by majority vote and proceeded to a third-reading roll call after the reconsideration (SEG 221–236 and following roll-call sequence). The clerk recorded the roll-call votes by senator; the final third-reading roll-call result was reported as 12 aye and 19 no, and as a result Senate File 116 failed to receive the affirmative vote of a majority of the members elected to the Senate.
The clerk entered the official result into the record and the President noted the bill had failed. The floor then proceeded to other business.
What happens next: Because the bill failed on third reading, it does not advance; sponsors may choose to refine the bill and reintroduce it in a later session or pursue alternative legislative vehicles.
