Votes at a glance: Senate advances multiple bills on third reading
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Summary
On April 7 the Senate advanced a broad slate of bills on third reading, including transportation, public safety and administrative measures. Notable floor votes included SB115 (36–0) and SB162 (38–0); dozens of other bills were ordered engrossed or recommitted to finance.
The Louisiana Senate on April 7 considered and advanced numerous bills on second and third reading during a full floor session, moving a slate of measures relating to transportation, education, public health and administrative rules.
Notable actions recorded on the floor included:
• SB115 (transportation studies): sponsor said the bill allows the state Department of Transportation to perform certain federally required studies with federal approval; passage recorded as 36 yays, 0 nays.
• SB162 (health care provider participation program): reported favorably by committee and recorded as passed with 38 yays, 0 nays on the floor.
Clerk and committee reports listed many additional bills that were reported favorably or recommitted to committees (Finance, Health and Welfare, Education, Transportation) and a number of concurrent and simple resolutions were introduced. Several bills were recommitted to Finance under the rules after committee amendments.
The floor day included amendments adopted without objection on several bills and a number of bills were recommitted or laid over to committee calendars as noted in the clerk’s reading.
