2016-03-28                     Senate Journal                      Page 2240
Senator Coghill moved and asked unanimous consent Senator                                                                       
McGuire be excused from a call of the Senate today. Without                                                                     
objection, Senator McGuire was excused.                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                  Introduction and Reference of Senate Bills                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
SB 207                                                                                                                        
SENATE BILL NO. 207 BY THE SENATE FINANCE                                                                                       
COMMITTEE, entitled:                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
            "An Act relating to increasing employer contributions                                                              
           to the defined benefit plan in the teachers' retirement                                                             
          system."                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
was read the first time and referred to the Finance Committee.                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Senator Gardner moved to add a Community and Regional Affairs                                                                   
Committee referral to the bill. Senator Coghill objected.                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
The question being: "Shall a Community and Regional Affairs                                                                     
Committee referral be added?"                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
SB 207                                                                                                                          
Shall a CRA Committee Referral be Added?                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  4   NAYS:  13   EXCUSED:  2   ABSENT:  1                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Egan, Ellis, Gardner, Wielechowski                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Coghill, Costello, Dunleavy, Giessel, Hoffman, Huggins,                                                                  
Kelly, Meyer, Micciche, Olson, Stedman, Stevens, Stoltze                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Excused:  MacKinnon, McGuire                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Absent:  Bishop                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
and so, the motion to add a referral failed.                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
SB 208                                                                                                                        
SENATE BILL NO. 208 BY THE SENATE FINANCE                                                                                       
COMMITTEE, entitled: