Senate committee reports refer a large batch of House bills to appropriations, finance and Committee of the Whole; two bills postponed

The Clerk read a series of committee reports on the floor Wednesday, reporting that multiple House bills were recommended for referral to standing committees or the Committee of the Whole.

The Clerk said the Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources recommended amending House Bill 1033 and referring the amendment to the Committee on Finance with a favorable recommendation. The Committee on Health and Human Services recommended amendments to House Bill 1328 and recommended that HB 1328, HB 1075, HB 1298 and HB 1147 be referred favorably to the Committee on Appropriations, the Clerk reported.

Other committee recommendations included referring HB 1272 to Appropriations (Committee on State Veterans and Military Affairs); referring HB 1309, HB 1043, HB 1340, HB 1100, and several others to the Committee of the Whole or Appropriations, and Finance Committee recommendations to refer amended bills such as HB 1077 to the Committee of the Whole with favorable recommendation. The Clerk read the titles and dispositions as presented on the floor.

The Clerk also announced that House Bills 1117 and 1327 were postponed indefinitely. No roll-call vote or individualized vote tallies for those postponements were recorded in the transcript.

The Senate received messages from the House that several measures had passed the House on third reading and were returned to the Senate, including Senate Bills 5, 17, 174 and 182; the Clerk further read transmissions to the Reviser's office for enrollment as printed in the House Journal on 05/06/2026 and 05/07/2026.

The presiding officer announced the President had signed Senate Resolution 009. The session concluded after a motion to adjourn: a Lawmaker moved that the Senate adjourn until 9 a.m. on Friday, 05/08/2026; the presiding officer put the question, the ayes were recorded and the Senate adjourned to that date.

The committee recommendations on referrals and the two postponements were the principal formal actions recorded in the transcript; the Clerk delivered the committee dispositions but the transcript records no extended debate on the measures listed.