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Senate clears a slate of bills on consent, grants procedural waivers
Summary
On March 5 the Senate approved a package of bills on third reading by largely unanimous consent, including measures on education, housing and tax credits, granted referral waivers to meet deadlines, and scheduled a Ways and Means hearing for the afternoon.
The Senate convened and on Thursday, March 5, passed a group of bills on third reading by unanimous or near‑unanimous votes and approved procedural waivers to meet referral deadlines.
Members handled the consent calendar quickly: the clerk announced the third‑reading passage of multiple bills, most by a 24‑vote affirmative tally. Bills approved on third reading included a measure relating to education (SB 896 SD2), bills affecting housing and revolving funds (including SB 2060 SD2 and SB 2069 SD2), constitutional amendment proposals to change retirement ages for judges and to clarify the vote standard for legislative constitutional amendments (SB 2152 SD2 and SB 2315 SD2), and bills on sports tourism and the motion picture/digital media film production income tax credit (SB 2577 SD2 and SB 2580 SD2). The clerk recorded largely unanimous support; where no votes were recorded, the clerk noted the dissenting members by name.
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