The Senate took up 16 bills, listed below by bill.
Granite Record indexes the General Court’s record; it is not that record. Where a citation allows only one source, cite the General Court — every page here links to what it is drawn from. The date below is the day the page was read.
@misc{session-S-2000-04-13,
title = {The Senate, Thursday, April 13, 2000},
howpublished = {Granite Record},
url = {https://graniterecord.org/session/S/2000-04-13},
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.
Presiding over the Senate during the day: Sen. Beverly Hollingworth (D - SD23).
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 Environment recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA).
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed on a voice vote
Senate Environment recommended Ought to Pass (OTP).
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed on a voice vote
Senate Transportation recommended Ought to Pass (OTP).
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).
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed on a voice vote
Senate Transportation recommended Ought to Pass (OTP).
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed on a voice vote
Senate Internal Affairs recommended Ought to Pass (OTP).
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed on a voice vote
Senate Ways and Means recommended Ought to Pass (OTP).
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed on a voice vote
Vacate the Referral (Move the bill to another committee)
Motion Passed
In the record: Sen. D'Allesandro Vacate from Internal Affairs to Finance
Senate Judiciary recommended Ought to Pass (OTP).
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed on a voice vote
Lay on the Table (Set the bill aside)
Motion Passed: Bill Tabled on a voice vote
In the record: Lay on Table
Senate Public Institutions, Health and Human Services recommended Ought to Pass (OTP).
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed on a voice vote
Senate Transportation recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA) with amendment 4057.
Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes on a voice vote
Senate Judiciary recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA) with amendment 4032.
Lay on the Table (Set the bill aside)
Motion Failed
In the record: Lay on Table
OT3rdg
Motion Passed 13–6 on a roll call
Senate Environment recommended Ought to Pass (OTP).
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Failed 9–12 on a roll call
Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL, Kill the bill)
Motion Passed: Resolution Killed on a voice vote
Senate Insurance recommended Ought to Pass (OTP).
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed on a voice vote
In the record: Sen. J. King Ought to Pass
Order to Third Reading (Send the bill to its final vote)
Motion Failed 11–11 on a roll call
Lay on the Table (Set the bill aside)
Motion Failed 11–11 on a division
In the record: Lay on Table
Lay on the Table (Set the bill aside)
Motion Passed: Bill Tabled on a voice vote
In the record: Lay on Table
nec.
Motion Passed on a voice vote
Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes on a voice vote
Suspend the Rules (Set a rule aside; needs two thirds)
Motion Passed: Rules Suspended on a voice vote
In the record: Sen. Russman Suspension of Rules for Hearing and Report not in the Calandar
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Resolution Passed on a voice vote