The Senate Committee on Business & Commerce met in session and, by recorded roll calls and voice votes, reported a bundle of bills to the full Senate for further consideration.

The committee adopted committee substitutes and moved a number of bills out of committee with recorded votes. Senator Nichols made many of the motions to report bills; roll calls recorded in committee show a series of favorable recommendations, most recorded as 10 ayes and 0 nays. The clerk executed roll calls for each motion as required by committee rules.

Why it matters: committee reports send bills to the full Senate for debate and floor action. Several measures advanced by this committee affect regulatory, economic and infrastructure matters that can move rapidly once they reach the Senate calendar.

Votes at a glance (as recorded in committee):
- Senate Bill 75 (committee substitute adopted): 10 ayes, 0 nays — committee substitute adopted and recommended to the full Senate.
- Senate Bill 231 (committee substitute adopted): 10 ayes, 0 nays — favorably reported; sent to local and uncontested calendars without objection.
- Senate Bill 584 (committee substitute adopted): 10 ayes, 0 nays — favorably reported; sent to local and uncontested calendar.
- Senate Bill 668 (committee substitute adopted): 10 ayes, 0 nays — favorably reported; sent to local and uncontested calendar.
- Senate Bill 841 (committee substitute adopted): 10 ayes, 0 nays — favorably reported without objection; sent to local and contested calendar.
- Senate Bill 1299 (committee substitute adopted): 10 ayes, 0 nays — favorably reported.
- Senate Bill 1455 (committee substitute adopted): 10 ayes, 0 nays — committee substitute reported favorably.
- Senate Bill 1625 (committee substitute adopted): 10 ayes, 0 nays — favorably reported; sent to local and uncontested calendar.
- Senate Bill 1963 (committee substitute adopted): 9 ayes, 1 nay — favorably reported to the full Senate.
- Senate Bill 2056 (committee substitute adopted): 10 ayes, 0 nays — committee substitute reported favorably to the full Senate.
- Senate Bill 2368 (committee substitute adopted): 10 ayes, 0 nays — committee substitute reported favorably (recorded in session minutes as bill 23 68).

What the committee did not do: these recorded committee actions are favorable recommendations to the full Senate; none of the recorded items above represent final Senate passage. Some measures were sent to the local and uncontested calendar or to the local and contested calendar for scheduling on the floor.

Context and next steps: The committee chair noted the agenda was full and that members were available for public testimony on specific bills. Committee reporting does not guarantee floor passage; bills proceed to the full Senate calendar where additional debate, amendments and votes occur. Members and stakeholders may continue to submit amendments or other changes before floor consideration.

Ending: Committee staff will transmit the reported bills and associated committee substitutes to the Senate calendar office for scheduling. Additional committee actions recorded later in the same hearing addressed other bills and separate policy subjects.