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Senator Hur moves to take bill from table; conference committees appointed and Senate recesses for caucus
Summary
On May 17 the Senate voted by voice to take a bill from the table on motion of Senator Hur, instructed appointment of a conference committee on that bill, approved appointments to a conference committee on another bill (Senate file 2077), and recessed for caucus after motions by Senator Murphy; votes were voice votes and tallies were not specified in the transcript.
Senator Hur moved on the floor that a previously tabled Senate bill—identified in the transcript as "senate file 27 7"—be taken from the table and that a three-member conference committee be appointed to meet with a like committee from the House on that file. The presiding officer put the questions to a voice vote and announced the motions prevailed, with no roll-call tally recorded in the transcript.
Later in the day Senator Murphy moved for a brief recess so conference committee members could be appointed. After recessing briefly, the secretary read a privileged report recommending that Senators Herr, Putnam and Lang be appointed as the Senate members of a conference committee on Senate file number 2077. Senator Murphy moved that the appointments be approved; the presiding officer called for a voice vote and announced the motion prevailed.
Senator Murphy also moved a recess to the call of the presiding officer so DFL members could caucus on the third floor. That motion succeeded and the Senate recessed to the call of the president.
All recorded approvals on the floor were announced by the presiding officer as prevailing voice votes; the transcript records the chair's voice call and the repeated phrase "the motion prevails" rather than formal roll-call tallies. Where the transcript identifies the mover, the article attributes the motion accordingly (Senator Hur for the motion to take the bill from the table; Senator Murphy for the recesses and the appointment approvals). No amendments, recorded no-action outcomes, or roll-call vote tallies were provided in the transcript.
