The Senate recorded votes on multiple measures during this floor period. Below are the formal outcomes and key details as recorded in the transcript.
Major recorded roll calls and outcomes
- Senate Bill 2003 (higher education appropriations): final passage — 44 ayes, 2 nays, 1 absent/not voting (passed).
- Amendment to SB2003 to add University of Jamestown and University of Mary to challenge grants (amendment 25.0170.02001): failed on verification roll call — 22 ayes, 24 nays.
- Senate Bill 2308 (boards and commissions restructuring): final passage — 30 ayes, 15 nays, 2 absent/not voting (passed).
- Hog‑house floor amendment to SB2308 (convert sections into a legislative-management study): failed — 10 ayes, 35 nays.
- Senate Concurrent Resolution 40 12 (urging Congress to permit use of M44 sodium cyanide devices): passed on final passage (voice roll call recorded as passed).
- Senate Concurrent Resolution 40 16 (study of primary election procedures / separate party ballots): failed on verification — 17 ayes, 28 nays, 2 absent (failed).
- Senate Concurrent Resolution 40 14 (study of election and political party activities in districts containing tribal lands): failed — 2 ayes, 43 nays, 2 absent (failed).
- House Bill 1068 (autopsy and funeral practice statutes recodification): final passage — 44 ayes, 1 nay, 2 absent (passed).
- House Bill 1244 (home education income tax credit): failed — 15 ayes, 30 nays, 2 absent (failed).
Context and next steps
Senators debated substantive amendments on major bills (notably SB2003 and SB2308) and also decided several study resolutions; failed study motions and failed amendments indicate ongoing disagreements about scope and process. Measures that passed the Senate will be transmitted to the House (for House-originated bills) or to the enrolled-bill process as appropriate; failed measures are recorded as such and will not proceed without further action.
Ending: The transcript shows the body moving bills to messages for the House and scheduling committee meetings for continued work; the roll-call tallies above are verbatim from the Senate’s recorded votes in this floor session.