The Senate took up 32 bills, listed below by bill.
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@misc{session-S-1998-04-16,
title = {The Senate, Thursday, April 16, 1998},
howpublished = {Granite Record},
url = {https://graniterecord.org/session/S/1998-04-16},
note = {Accessed 19 Oct. 2026}
}The Senate journal does not record who spoke for or against a motion, so this is the vote record without the debate.
The record does not say what order these came in: the journal page is cited on only a few of them, so they are listed by bill.
Senate Ways and Means recommended Ought to Pass (OTP), 4–0.
Recommit (Send the bill back to committee)
Motion Passed: Sent Back to Committee on a voice vote
Senate Internal Affairs recommended Ought to Pass (OTP), 5–0.
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed on a voice vote
Senate Public Affairs recommended Ought to Pass (OTP), 6–0.
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed on a voice vote
Senate Ways and Means recommended Ought to Pass (OTP), 5–0.
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed on a voice vote
Senate Environment recommended Ought to Pass (OTP), 7–0.
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed on a voice vote
Senate Public Affairs recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA), 6–0.
Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes on a voice vote
Senate Ways and Means recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA), 5–0.
Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes on a voice vote
Senate Transportation recommended Ought to Pass (OTP), 6–0.
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed on a voice vote
Senate Internal Affairs recommended Ought to Pass (OTP), 5–0.
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed on a voice vote
Senate Environment recommended Ought to Pass (OTP), 5–0.
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed on a voice vote
Senate Transportation recommended Ought to Pass (OTP), 6–0.
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed on a voice vote
Senate Environment recommended Ought to Pass (OTP), 5–0.
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed on a voice vote
Senate Education recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA), 4–1.
Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes on a voice vote
Senate Environment recommended Ought to Pass (OTP), 6–0.
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed on a voice vote
Senate Public Institutions, Health and Human Services recommended Ought to Pass (OTP), 5–0.
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed on a voice vote
Senate Education recommended Ought to Pass (OTP), 4–1.
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed on a voice vote
Senate Education recommended Ought to Pass (OTP), 4–0.
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed on a voice vote
Senate Environment recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA), 6–0.
Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes on a voice vote
Senate Transportation recommended Ought to Pass (OTP), 7–0.
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed on a voice vote
Senate Education recommended Ought to Pass (OTP), 4–0.
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed
Senate Internal Affairs recommended Ought to Pass (OTP), 5–0.
Adopt (Approve the resolution)
Motion Passed: Resolution Adopted on a voice vote
Senate Environment recommended Ought to Pass (OTP), 6–0.
Adopt (Approve the resolution)
Motion Passed: Resolution Adopted on a voice vote
Senate Ways and Means recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA), 5–0.
Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes on a voice vote
Senate Finance recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA), 4–3.
Lay on the Table (Set the bill aside)
Motion Failed 9–13 on a roll call
Moved by Sen. Cohen.
Adopt the Committee Amendment (Accept the committee's changes)
Motion Failed 9–13 on a roll call
In the record: Adopt Committee Amendment
Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL, Kill the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Killed 14–8 on a roll call
Senate Finance recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA), 7–0.
Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes on a voice vote
Senate Finance recommended Ought to Pass (OTP), 7–0.
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed on a voice vote
Senate Finance recommended Ought to Pass (OTP), 7–0.
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed on a voice vote
Senate Finance recommended Ought to Pass (OTP), 7–0.
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed on a voice vote
Senate Finance recommended Ought to Pass (OTP), 7–0.
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed on a voice vote
Senate Finance recommended Ought to Pass (OTP), 7–0.
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed on a voice vote
Senate Finance recommended Ought to Pass (OTP), 7–0.
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed on a voice vote
Senate Education recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA), 7–0.
Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes on a voice vote