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Senate Business & Commerce: votes and committee recommendations at a glance

Senate Committee on Business & Commerce · May 1, 2025

Summary

The committee moved numerous bills forward—many unanimously—to the Local & Uncontested Calendar and recorded several contested committee votes (including SB 2680 at 8–3, CSSB 383 at 8–3, CSSB 2994 at 10–1, and CSSB 2340 at 7–4). Several bills were left pending after public testimony.

The Senate Committee on Business & Commerce met May 1, 2025, and took formal actions on a long roster of bills, recommending many for placement on the Local & Uncontested Calendar. Multiple committee substitutes were adopted and reported favorably by recorded votes or by unanimous consent.

Key committee vote tallies recorded during the meeting included: SB 2680 (reported favorably, 8 ayes, 3 nays); CSSB 383 (reported favorably, 8 ayes, 3 nays); CSSB 2994 (reported favorably, 10 ayes, 1 nay); and CSSB 2340 (reported favorably, 7 ayes, 4 nays). Numerous other measures—HB 912, SB 705, SB 748, SB 1113 (as CSSB), SB 2221 (as CSSB), SB 2586 (as CSSB), SB 2587 (as CSSB), SB 2690, SB 1802 (as CSSB), HB 517, and SB 1117—were reported favorably generally by unanimous recorded votes and recommended for the Local & Uncontested Calendar.

Several measures were not decided on the floor of the committee and were left pending after public testimony was closed, including SB 1652, SB 1897, SB 2113, SB 2677, HB 12, SB 1361, SB 2344, SB 2327, SB 2696, HB 149, SB 229, SB 2566, and SB 1749. The committee recessed midmorning and reconvened at 12:45 PM to continue business.

The committee record shows motions, committee-substitute adoptions, and recorded tallies; the Clerk signed the minutes at the close of the published record.

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