Votes at a glance: multiple bills and resolutions recommended to calendar by Senate Finance committee

The Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee voted on a series of bills and resolutions on March 24 and recommended a number of items for passage to the calendar. Key recorded outcomes in committee:

- Senate Bill 20-40 (ownership restrictions across pharmacies, PBMs and health insurers; as amended by finance): recommended to the calendar (recorded tally: 9 ayes, 2 noes). Sponsor: Senator Harshbarger.

- Senate Joint Resolution 7-22 (state stands with Israel): recommended to the calendar (recorded tally: 9 ayes, 2 noes). Sponsor: Senator Pote.

- Senate Bill 1871 (Department of General Services authorities): recommended to the calendar (recorded tally: 10 ayes, 1 present not voting). Sponsor: Senator Pote.

- Senate Bill 1887 (tourism definitions and grant program modernization): recommended to the calendar.

- Senate Bill 2026 (livestock indemnity procedure; finance amendment clarifies state would take up 25% not covered by USDA): recommended to the calendar.

- Senate Bill 677 (teacher AI training requirement; date change amendment adopted): recommended to the calendar.

- Senate Bill 676 (insurance coverage parity and reporting requirements for gender clinics; as amended by finance): recommended to the calendar (recorded tally reported in committee discussion).

- Senate Bill 172 (hunger-free campus grant program; finance amendment adopted): recommended to the calendar.

- Resolution and other administrative bills (SJR 5-89, SJR 6-50, SB 2158, SB 2159 and others) were likewise recommended for passage to the calendar after committee consideration.

Where the transcript recorded explicit roll-call tallies, those counts are cited; many items passed with substantial bipartisan support in committee, while some measures drew recorded dissents. Committee sponsors and staff noted where items carried fiscal notes or "other physical impact" not quantified in the hearing record.