The Senate Committee on Civil Rights, Judiciary and Public Safety voted to report Senate Bills 257 through 261 to the full Senate with a recommendation that each pass, the committee announced during a brief session that also adopted committee minutes from May 1, 2025.

Committee action matters because reporting a bill to the floor moves it from committee consideration to the full Senate calendar; the panel said it had taken testimony on the five bills the previous week and listed several stakeholders who had testified.

At the start of the meeting the clerk recorded seven members present and noted a quorum. The committee adopted its minutes from the May 1, 2025 meeting on a motion made by Senator Voynel; the clerk announced the minutes were adopted without objection.

The committee then took separate roll-call votes to report each bill to the Senate floor. Motions and votes recorded in the hearing transcript were as follows: for Senate Bill 257, a motion to report the bill with a recommendation that it pass was made by Senator Irwin and carried with six yays, zero nays and one pass; for Senate Bill 258 the motion was made by Senator Schenck and carried with the same tally; for Senate Bill 259 the motion was made by Senator Johnson and carried with the same tally; for Senate Bill 260 the motion was made by Senator Erwin and carried with the same tally; and for Senate Bill 261 the motion was made by Senator Shing and carried with the same tally. The clerk announced each result after calling the roll.

The committee noted that testimony on the bills had been heard the prior week and asked whether there were any additional testimony cards; none were recorded in the transcript. The meeting record shows no extended debate on the floor during the votes reported in the transcript.

Following the votes the clerk confirmed each bill was "reported." The transcript ends with the committee adjourning.

The transcript does not describe the contents of the five bills, their sponsors outside the committee, or any committee amendments; those details were not specified in the record provided and will be available on the Senate calendar or in committee files when posted.