Senate committee reports SB 999 substitute perfected; substitute referred to fiscal oversight

The Missouri Senate received a committee report that Senate Substitute No. 2 for Senate Bill 999 has been perfected and ordered the substitute referred to the Committee on Fiscal Oversight.

The senator from the 20th asked unanimous consent to proceed to reports of standing committees. The presiding officer, addressed as the president, noted no objection and directed the secretary to read the committee's report. The secretary read the report of the Committee on Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions, and Ethics, saying the committee "finds that the bill has been truly perfected and that the printed copies furnished to senators are correct," and submitted the report "Respectfully submitted, senator Trent on behalf of senator Lukkemeyer, chair." (The report text, as read on the floor, identified Senator Trent as submitting the report on behalf of Senator Lukkemeyer.)

On the floor, the senator from the 20th asked that "Senate Substitute No. 2 for Senate Bill 999" be referred to the Committee on Fiscal Oversight. The presiding officer ordered that the bill be referred to fiscal oversight. No roll-call vote or recorded tally was taken on the referral in the transcript; the order to refer was recorded by the presiding officer.

After the referral, the senator from the 20th moved that the senate stand adjourned under the rules. The presiding officer preferred the motion and took a voice vote; the presiding officer announced, "The ayes appear to have it," and adjourned the body under the rules. The transcript records the voice vote but does not include named tallies or a recorded roll-call.

Next steps: The substitute is now scheduled for consideration in the Committee on Fiscal Oversight per the senate's referral. The transcript does not specify committee hearing dates, sponsors' floor statements beyond the committee report, or the full text of the substitute.