Votes at a glance: committee amendments adopted and bills advanced on the floor

The Legislature recorded several formal actions during today's floor session. Key outcomes recorded on the floor included:

- Adoption of committee amendment AM2263 to LB1101 (judges' retirement plan). Clerk recorded 37 ayes, no nays; AM2263 was adopted and LB1101 was advanced to E & R initial.

- Adoption of committee amendment AM2324 (committee priority amendment folded into LB967). Senators described AM2324 as incorporating four committee bills that update insurance licensing, expand health information exchange authority, create protections against insurance-related exploitation of seniors, and allow limited site-and-building fund applications. The committee amendment was adopted on the floor and LB967 advanced to E & R initial.

- Adoption of a series of amendments and advancement of LB972 (DMV cleanup and motor-vehicle package). Committee and floor amendments (including AM2258, AM2288, FA1026 and others) were adopted on recorded voice and roll-call votes as noted on the floor record; LB972 was advanced to E & R initial.

Other bills advanced to E & R or engrossing during the session included LB1001, LB1001A, LB759, LB948, and LB894 (and miscellaneous committee-package bills). Where the floor record included numeric tallies these are noted; where the clerk's readback was not explicit the transcript records advancement without an exact recorded tally and those tallies are listed as not specified below.

Votes and formal actions on the floor are recorded in the chamber's official minutes; this roundup summarizes floor outcomes recorded during today's session and is not a substitute for the official journal.