This evening, the Senate met to consider 23 bills on second reading. The Senate voted to suspend the constitutional rule requiring bills be read on three separate days and passed eight bills on second reading. House Bill 4157, which allows insurers who have been suspended from writing new policies to continue to service existing policies, was amended and passed.
House Bills 4016 and House Bill 4017 were advanced to third reading with the Senate’s right to amend.
Constitutional rules were also suspended and one bill on first reading, House Bill 4471, was amended and passed.
Of the bills considered this evening, several were amended and will now be sent to the House for its concurrence. One such bill, House Bill 4386, which would authorize municipalities to create an annual vacant property registration, passed the Senate with amendments. House Bill 4139, which allows persons using bioptic telescopic devices to drive motor vehicles, also passed the Senate with an amendment.
The Senate will reconvene at 11:00 a.m. tomorrow.
