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SCR 401                                                                                           
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 401 BY THE                                                         
SENATE RULES COMMITTEE,                                                                             
                                                                                                    
          Relating to legislative powers over same-sex partner                                      
          employment benefits and urging the courts to delay                                        
          action until the legislature has sufficient time to act in                                
          the next regular session of the legislature.                                              
                                                                                                    
was read the first time.                                                                            
                                                                                                    
Senator Green, Acting Majority Leader, moved and asked unanimous                                    
consent to take up SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION No.                                                 
401. Without objection, the resolution was before the Senate on final                               
passage.                                                                                            
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    

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The question being: "Shall SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION                                             
NO. 401 Relating to legislative powers over same-sex partner                                        
employment benefits and urging the courts to delay action until the                                 
legislature has sufficient time to act in the next regular session of the                           
legislature, pass the Senate?" The roll was taken with the following                                
result:                                                                                             
                                                                                                    
SCR 401                                                                                             
Final Passage                                                                                       
                                                                                                    
YEAS:  12   NAYS:  5   EXCUSED:  3   ABSENT:  0                                                   
                                                                                                    
Yeas:  Cowdery, Dyson, Green, Hoffman, Huggins, Olson, Seekins,                                     
Stedman, Stevens G, Therriault, Wagoner, Wilken                                                     
                                                                                                    
Nays:  Ellis, Elton, French, Guess, Kookesh                                                         
                                                                                                    
Excused:  Bunde, Davis, Stevens B                                                                   
                                                                                                    
and so, SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 401 passed                                                 
the Senate and was referred to the Secretary for engrossment.