During its Friday evening session, the Senate concurred in the House’s changes to Senate Bill 2019 and passed the bill.

Consideration of Senate Bill 2010, currently on third reading, was laid over one day. House Bill 219, originally the same as Senate Bill 2010, was amended on second reading and advanced to third.

The Senate adjourned until 11 a.m. tomorrow.

Senators reconvened in the afternoon to receive House Bill 219, which was passed by the House earlier today. The bill was taken up for immediate consideration, read a first time and advanced to second reading.

Senate Bill 2010, which was originally the same as House Bill 219, was advanced to third reading with the right to amend.

The Senate adjourned until 6 p.m. tomorrow.

During its 11 a.m. session, the Senate amended and passed House Bill 210 after suspending the constitutional rule requiring a bill be read on three separate days. This bill deals with the transfer election of pensions from the Teachers’ Defined Contribution system to the Teachers Retirement System. The House must now concur in the Senate amendments before the bill can become law.

Senators also concurred in a House amendment to a Senate amendment to House Bill 212. The bill, which relates to the creation of a testing schedule for school bus drivers, was then passed again and sent to the Governor for his approval.

The Senate is in recess until 12:15 p.m.

The Senate met this evening to accept House reports regarding the passage of nine bills by that body. The Senate took those reports up for immediate consideration and read them a first time. The constitutional amendment requiring a bill be read on three separate days was then suspended and the bills were read a second and third time.

Six bills were read three times and passed without amendments and have now completed legislative action. These bills are: House Bill 211, House Bill 214, House Bill 215, House Bill 216, House Bill 217 and House Bill 218.

Three bills were read three times and passed with amendments by the Senate and must now go to the House for their approval. These bills are: House Bill 210, House Bill 212, and House Bill 213.

The Senate also took up and passed a supplemental appropriation bill, Senate Bill 2014, which would make an appropriation to various state accounts from the General Revenue Fund. This bill now advances to the House for their consideration.

The Senate will reconvene tomorrow at 11:00 a.m.

The Senate met today to receive reports from the Finance Committee. The committee recommended 12 bills for passage. Two of these – Senate Bill 2002 and Senate Bill 2003 – were read a second time and advanced to third reading. The remaining 10 bills were taken up for immediate consideration and passed after suspension of the constitutional rule requiring a bill be read on three separate days. The bills that passed were: Senate Bill 2011, Senate Bill 2012, Senate Bill 2013, Senate Bill 2015, Senate Bill 2016, Senate Bill 2017, Senate Bill 2018 and Senate Bill 2019.

The Finance Committee will meet briefly at 2:55 p.m. today in the Senate Chamber.

The Senate is in recess until 3 p.m. today.