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Votes at a glance: Committee advances multiple education bills after amendments
Summary
The committee amended and advanced several bills: SB 161 (do pass as amended, 10–3; to tax & fiscal), SB 199 (do pass as amended, 11–2; recommitted to judiciary for further review), SB 159 (do pass, 12–1), and SB 200 (amendment adopted; do pass as amended, 12–0; recommitted to judiciary).
The Senate Education and Career Development Committee amended and advanced multiple bills during this session. Key outcomes:
- Senate Bill 161: Committee adopted Amendment No. 4 and recorded a do‑pass as amended recommendation. The committee recorded the vote as 10 in favor and 3 opposed. The bill must be recommitted to the tax & fiscal committee for further review.
- Senate Bill 199: The committee adopted Amendment No. 3 (removing a departmental administrative fee provision) on roll call. After procedural clarification about recommitment, the committee recorded a do‑pass as amended (vote recorded in the hearing as 11–2). The amended bill will be recommitted to judiciary for additional review.
- Senate Bill 159: An amendment clarifying parental filtering on e‑learning days was taken by consent. One member explained a no vote citing local control; the committee recorded the bill as passing (tally noted in the transcript as 12–1 after a brief correction).
- Senate Bill 200: The committee adopted Amendment No. 1 to remove a $1,000 penalty provision in the bill, then approved the amended bill and voted to recommit it to judiciary. Committee roll call recorded SB 200 as passing 12–0.
The committee also heard extended testimony on SB 248 (South Bend governance) and SB 204 (licensure/higher‑ed), but did not take a final committee vote on those measures during this session. Several items were scheduled for additional action the next day and some bills were flagged for recommitment to other committees.
Votes and formal actions recorded in the hearing are summarized below; where individual roll‑call names were read aloud on the record, the transcript captured many member votes by name during the roll calls.
