Votes at a glance: key referral and motion outcomes from the March 23 Minnesota Senate session

The Minnesota Senate on March 23 considered a slate of motions to withdraw listed senate files from committees and re‑refer them, and it recorded votes on several items.

Key outcomes recorded on the floor and in the roll calls included:

- A motion by Senator Johnson Stewart to withdraw Senate File 26,89 and re‑refer it to Judiciary and Public Safety was considered. After a roll-call vote the motion failed, with the secretary reporting 30 ayes and 35 nays.

- Multiple withdrawal/re‑referral motions were adopted after movers confirmed authorship and the consent of both chairs, including: SF4194 (withdrawn from Taxes and re‑referred to Health and Human Services), SF4274 (withdrawn from Judiciary and Public Safety and re‑referred to Transportation), SF4332 (withdrawn from Environment, Climate & Legacy and re‑referred to Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband and Rural Development), SF4455 (withdrawn from Jobs & Economic Development, given a second reading and placed on general orders), and SF4592 (withdrawn from Judiciary & Public Safety and re‑referred to Jobs & Economic Development).

- The Senate adopted the balance of committee reports by voice vote while leaving the Rules Committee item (relating to a sports‑betting bill) divided for separate consideration; members later debated that divided report and proceeded to a roll call.

- On final reading the Senate passed House File 3615 (extending out‑of‑state testing for low‑dose hemp edibles through May 2027) by a recorded vote of 41 ayes to 26 nays.

The session recessed at the call of the president after the day's scheduled actions.