The Senate has advanced 44 bills and one joint resolution from second reading.
Senate Bills 38, 40, 57, 238, 282, 286, 293, 294, 333, 343, 369, 375, 399, 402, 406, 409, 446, 465, 469, 482, 484, 501, 507, 515, 521, 526, 534, 549, 563, 588, 606, 609, 613, 636, 637, 656, 664, 667, 687, 688, 689, 690, 691 and 693 and Senate Joint Resolution 6 were advanced from second reading.
Amendments were offered for 11 of those bills on second reading.
Senator Ron Stollings, D-Boone, amended SB 38 to make technical corrections.
Senator Mike Hall, R-Putnam, amended SB 293 to make technical corrections.
Senator Charles Trump, R-Morgan, made a strike and insert amendment to SB 369 on behalf of the Senate Judiciary Committee to clarify the process of permitting surface owners to purchase mineral interests when the interest becomes tax lien.
Senator Ryan Weld, R-Mercer, amended SB 399 to clarify the intent of a provision in the bill related to political subdivisions.
Senate Majority Leader Ryan Ferns, R-Ohio, proposed a strike and insert amendment to SB 484 that would incorporate a budget proposal from Governor Justice in with the bill. The amendment was unanimously rejected after it was determined that the proposal was outdated and had since been revised by the governor in meetings with the House majority and minority and Senate minority.
Senator Mike Romano, D-Harrison, amended SB 521 to make technical corrections.
Senator Trump made an amendment to SB 549 on behalf of the Senate Judiciary Committee to add more requirements to the bill’s provisions including an age limit, mandatory health insurance.
Senator Mike Hall, R-Putnam, amended SB 609 on behalf of the Senate Finance Committee to correct certain property levy rates in the bill.
Senator Ronald Miller, D-Greenbrier, made an amendment to SB 687 relating to the support of fish populations in environmental protection.
Senator Mark Maynard, R-Wayne, amended SB 691 to make a technical correction.
Senator Hall amended SJR 6 to make a technical correction to an incorrect date in the resolution.
Committee Meetings Today
Education: 4:30 p.m. in 451M
Judiciary: 4:45 p.m. in 208W
Committee Meetings Tomorrow
Transportation and Infrastructure: 8:30 a.m. in 451M
The Senate is in recess until 6 p.m. this evening.
