The Senate took up 52 bills: 18 together on the consent calendar, then 34 one by one, listed below by bill.
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@misc{session-S-2025-03-27,
title = {The Senate, Thursday, March 27, 2025},
howpublished = {Granite Record},
url = {https://graniterecord.org/session/S/2025-03-27},
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 Finance recommended Ought to Pass (OTP), 6–0.
Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes) 2025-1317s
Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes on a voice vote
Lay on the Table (Set the bill aside)
Motion Passed: Bill Tabled on a voice vote
Moved by Sen. James Gray (R - SD6).
In the record: Laid on Table
Senate Finance recommended Ought to Pass (OTP), 6–0.
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
Moved by Sen. James Gray (R - SD6).
In the record: Laid on Table
Senate Finance recommended Ought to Pass (OTP), 6–0.
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
Moved by Sen. James Gray (R - SD6).
In the record: Laid on Table
Senate Finance recommended Ought to Pass (OTP), 6–0.
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
Moved by Sen. James Gray (R - SD6).
In the record: Laid on Table
Senate Health and Human Services recommended Ought to Pass (OTP), 5–0.
Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes) 2025-1393s
Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes on a voice vote
Senate Executive Departments and Administration recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA) with amendment 2025-1128s, 5–0.
Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes) 2025-1389s
Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes on a voice vote
Senate Education recommended Ought to Pass (OTP), 2–1.
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed 16–8 on a roll call
Senate Election Law and Municipal Affairs recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA) with amendment 2025-1119s, 5–0.
Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes) 2025-1119s
Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes on a voice vote
Senate Energy and Natural Resources recommended Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL), 3–2.
Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL, Kill the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Killed on a voice vote
Senate Finance recommended Ought to Pass (OTP), 6–0.
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
Moved by Sen. James Gray (R - SD6).
In the record: Laid on Table
Senate Finance recommended Ought to Pass (OTP), 7–0.
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
Moved by Sen. Howard Pearl (R - SD17).
In the record: Laid on Table
Senate Health and Human Services recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA) with amendment 2025-1173s, 5–0.
Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes) 2025-1401s
Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes on a voice vote
Senate Finance recommended Ought to Pass (OTP), 4–1.
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed on a voice vote
Senate Finance recommended Ought to Pass (OTP), 7–0.
Lay on the Table (Set the bill aside)
Motion Passed: Bill Tabled on a voice vote
Moved by Sen. Regina Birdsell (R - SD19).
In the record: Laid on Table
Senate Judiciary recommended Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL), 3–2.
Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL, Kill the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Killed 16–8 on a roll call
Senate Judiciary recommended Ought to Pass (OTP), 3–0.
Lay on the Table (Set the bill aside)
Motion Passed: Bill Tabled on a voice vote
Moved by Sen. Daryl Abbas (R - SD22).
In the record: Laid on Table
Senate Judiciary recommended Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL), 3–2.
Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL, Kill the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Killed on a voice vote
Senate Judiciary recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA) with amendment 2025-1118s, 3–2.
Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes) 2025-1118s
Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes 16–8 on a roll call
Senate Ways and Means recommended Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL), 3–2.
Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL, Kill the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Killed 16–8 on a roll call
Senate Finance recommended Ought to Pass (OTP), 7–0.
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
Moved by Sen. James Gray (R - SD6).
In the record: Laid on Table
Senate Finance recommended Ought to Pass (OTP), 7–0.
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
Moved by Sen. James Gray (R - SD6).
In the record: Laid on Table
Senate Executive Departments and Administration recommended Re-refer to Committee, 4–1.
Re-refer to Committee (Send the bill back to committee)
Motion Failed on a voice vote
In the record: Rereferred to Committee
Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes) 2025-1374s
Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes on a voice vote
Senate Election Law and Municipal Affairs recommended Ought to Pass (OTP), 3–2.
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed 16–8 on a roll call
Senate Health and Human Services recommended Ought to Pass (OTP), 5–0.
Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes) 2025-1326s
Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes on a voice vote
Lay on the Table (Set the bill aside)
Motion Passed: Bill Tabled on a voice vote
Moved by Sen. Regina Birdsell (R - SD19).
In the record: Laid on Table
Senate Ways and Means recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA) with amendment 2025-0769s, 5–0.
Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes) 2025-0769s
Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes on a voice vote
Senate Finance recommended Ought to Pass (OTP), 5–2.
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed 16–8 on a roll call
Senate Finance recommended Ought to Pass (OTP), 7–0.
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed 24–0 on a roll call
Senate Executive Departments and Administration recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA) with amendment 2025-1147s, 5–0.
Re-refer to Committee (Send the bill back to committee)
Motion Passed: Sent Back to Committee on a voice vote
Moved by Sen. Howard Pearl (R - SD17).
In the record: Rerefer to Committee
Senate Executive Departments and Administration recommended Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL), 3–2.
Lay on the Table (Set the bill aside)
Motion Passed: Bill Tabled on a voice vote
Moved by Sen. Howard Pearl (R - SD17).
In the record: Laid on Table
Senate Executive Departments and Administration recommended Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL), 3–2.
Lay on the Table (Set the bill aside)
Motion Passed: Bill Tabled 16–8 on a roll call
Moved by Sen. Howard Pearl (R - SD17).
In the record: Laid on Table
Senate Judiciary recommended Ought to Pass (OTP), 3–2.
Lay on the Table (Set the bill aside)
Motion Passed: Bill Tabled on a voice vote
Moved by Sen. Bill Gannon (R - SD23).
In the record: Laid on Table
Senate Finance recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA) with amendment 2025-1102s, 5–1.
Adopt the Floor Amendment (Change the bill from the floor) 2025-1160s
Motion Failed 8–16 on a roll call
Moved by Sen. David Watters (D - SD4).
In the record: Adopt Floor Amendment 2025-1160s
Adopt the Floor Amendment (Change the bill from the floor) 2025-1369s
Motion Failed 8–16 on a roll call
Moved by Sen. Debra Altschiller (D - SD24).
In the record: Adopt Floor Amendment 2025-1369s
Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes) 2025-1102s
Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes on a voice vote
Senate Finance recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA) with amendment 2025-1101s, 6–0.
Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes) 2025-1101s
Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes on a voice vote
Lay on the Table (Set the bill aside)
Motion Passed: Bill Tabled on a voice vote
Moved by Sen. James Gray (R - SD6).
In the record: Laid on Table
Senate Education recommended Ought to Pass (OTP), 2–1.
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed 16–8 on a roll call