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SJR 17                                                                                            
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 17 Relating to requesting that                                          
President Bush renounce and reverse Clinton Administration anti-gun-                                
ownership policies and reorient the United States Department of                                     
Justice towards policies that accurately reflect the intent of the Second                           
Amendment to the United States Constitution to grant individual                                     
Americans the right to keep and bear arms, was read the second time.                                
                                                                                                    
Senator Therriault, Chair, moved and asked unanimous consent for the                                
adoption of the State Affairs Committee Substitute offered on page                                  
752. Without objection, CS FOR SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION                                              
NO. 17(STA) was adopted and read the second time.                                                   
                                                                                                    
Senator Leman moved and asked unanimous consent that the                                            
resolution be considered engrossed, advanced to third reading and                                   
placed on final passage. Without objection, it was so ordered.                                      
                                                                                                    
CS FOR SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 17(STA) was read the                                             
third time.                                                                                         
                                                                                                    
The question being: "Shall CS FOR SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION                                           
NO. 17(STA) Relating to requesting that President Bush renounce and                                 
reverse Clinton Administration anti-gun-ownership policies and                                      
reorient the United States Department of Justice towards policies that                              
accurately reflect the intent of the Second Amendment to the United                                 
States Constitution to grant individual Americans the right to keep and                             
bear arms, pass the Senate?" The roll was taken with the following                                  
result:                                                                                             

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CSSJR 17(STA)                                                                                       
Third Reading - Final Passage                                                                       
                                                                                                    
YEAS:  18   NAYS:  1   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  1                                                   
                                                                                                    
Yeas:  Austerman, Cowdery, Davis, Donley, Ellis, Green, Halford,                                    
Hoffman, Kelly, Leman, Olson, Pearce, Phillips, Taylor, Therriault,                                 
Torgerson, Ward, Wilken                                                                             
                                                                                                    
Nays:  Elton                                                                                        
                                                                                                    
Absent:  Lincoln                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
and so, CS FOR SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 17(STA)                                                  
passed the Senate and was referred to the Secretary for engrossment.