Committee reports Senate Bill 1 favorably; Senate schedules second reading

At an Alabama Senate session, the Committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development reported Senate Bill 1 favorably by a committee vote of 11 ayes to 3 nays, and the Senate placed the bill on the calendar for the next legislative day.

The committee report was read into the record by the Secretary, who announced the committee vote totals. The transcript does not include information about the substantive subject matter of Senate Bill 1; the bill's topic and text were not specified in the remarks recorded in the transcript.

The presiding officer noted that the bill had received a second reading and would be scheduled for consideration on the next legislative day. No formal floor debate, amendments, or roll-call vote on final passage are recorded in the transcript; the action recorded was the committee's favorable report and the placement of the bill on the Senate calendar.

Earlier in the session the chamber confirmed a quorum with 29 senators present and handled routine procedural business: Senator Wagner moved to excuse absent senators and to dispense with the reading of the prior day's journal; both motions met no objection and were ordered carried. The presiding officer also recognized guests in the gallery — Jesse Godby, 'Miss Debbie,' and Heather Gudger, identified in the transcript as the 1999 strawberry queen — before the body took an adjournment motion.

The Senate took a motion to adjourn until 4 p.m. Wednesday, May 6; the motion carried by voice vote and the session was adjourned. The transcript does not record who formally moved or seconded the adjournment motion or any roll-call tally for that voice vote.