The Senate took up 51 bills: 20 together on the consent calendar, then 31 one by one, listed below by bill.
Journal
Senate Journal 3
Votes Taken
10 roll calls47 voice votes
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The Senate journal does not record who spoke for or against a motion, so this is the vote record without the debate.
Excused for the Day
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The journal records 1 senator as excused by the Senate for the day, that is, permission to be away. A senator excused for the day may still have voted on part of it, and the roll call record does not always agree with the journal about who was excused.
SB 393relative to county financial audits, performance audits, and forensic audits.
SB 429-FNestablishing a consumer services program within the insurance department.
SB 448establishing a commission to study the establishment of a state department of energy.
SB 531-FNrelative to the office of professional licensure and certification.
SB 534-FNrelative to the classification of certain state employee positions and relative to a review of certain unclassified positions in the department of health and human services.
SB 574-FNclarifying the repayment period for parental reimbursement.
Sent to Interim Study 2
SB 338relative to the growing of cannabis if it becomes legal.
SB 558-FNrelative to discrimination based on pregnancy or lactation.
establishing the office of solicitor general in the department of justice and establishing an unclassified attorney position in the department of justice.
relative to plans of safe care for infants affected by substance abuse or withdrawal symptoms from prenatal drug exposure or fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.
relative to record management of abuse and neglect reports, establishing a pilot program regarding electronic storage of abuse and neglect records, and establishing the excess appropriation allocation account in the department of health and human services.