2017-04-03                     Senate Journal                      Page 0718
          Pass hoping for a better life. Thinking of that                                                                       
          drudgery and toil might make a budget seem a bit                                                                      
          more manageable.                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
          I pray for passion. Fill us with a desire to nurture a                                                                
          state where treasure is found not just in the gold                                                                    
          veins, but in our veins. May our lives overflow with                                                                  
          awe at the abundance of resources and beauty of this                                                                  
          land so we may treasure them and pass them on to                                                                      
          those who come after us.                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
          And maybe some wisdom too so we are not conned                                                                        
          like so many into chasing rumors of riches, but do                                                                    
          our homework to see what is worthy of our                                                                             
          investment and energy. We've learned from history                                                                     
          that children, elders, the land all return a treasure far                                                             
       greater than any gold strike.                              Amen.                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Senator Wielechowski led the Senate in the Pledge of Allegiance.                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                Certification                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Senator Micciche moved and asked unanimous consent that the                                                                     
journals for the seventy-fourth through seventy-sixth legislative days                                                          
be approved as certified by the Secretary. Without objection, it was so                                                         
ordered.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                           Messages from the House                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Message dated March 31 was read stating the House passed and                                                                    
transmitted for consideration:                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
                  First Reading and Reference of House Bills                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
HB 148                                                                                                                        
HOUSE BILL NO. 148 BY REPRESENTATIVES CHENAULT,                                                                                 
Knopp, Saddler, Josephson, entitled: