Senate committee suspends rules to advance Senate File 3432, calls it a "vehicle bill"

A Senate committee met at 7:00:06 p.m. to hear testimony on Senate File 3432 and moved to suspend provisions of Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 6 to proceed with consideration of the bill. The committee adopted a previous committee report by voice vote and then adjourned.

The chair opened the hearing and described the filing as late, saying in the transcript, "This is the late bill ... this is a vehicle bill." The chair then asked Senator Lott to explain why the legislation was being used as a vehicle.

Senator Lott said the committee had identified and selected a vehicle bill to carry the measure's provisions, noting that the committee had chosen the bill judged to be most appropriate. The transcript of Lott's remarks is partially garbled; the record shows he discussed the process of creating and identifying a vehicle rather than the substantive provisions of the bill.

A committee member moved that "the provisions of Senate Concurrent Resolution Number 6 be suspended for the proceedings and that the previous committee report be adopted." The chair called for a voice vote: those in favor said "aye" and those opposed said "no." The motion was carried by voice vote; specific vote counts were not recorded in the transcript. After the motion was adopted the committee adjourned.

The transcript does not include the text of Senate File 3432, details of its provisions, or any debate about its substance; it records only the procedural step to advance the measure and adoption of the prior committee report. No subsequent hearings, amendments, or votes on the bill's substantive provisions are recorded in this excerpt.