There were twenty-five (25) Senators (Adams, Bellamy, Compton, Culp, Dimond, Gardner, Gula, Haggard, Hankins, Heath, Hughes, Kling, M. Lloyd, McArthur, Mickey, Miller, Moye, Musick, K. Phillips, Shivers, Templeton, Wally, Walton, Winfree, Yasin) voting in the affirmative.

There were five (5) Senators (Douglas, Fabricius, Griggs, Hoy, Santiago) voting in the negative.

There were three (3) Senators (Hutcherson, Sawrey, Sevits) present but not voting.

There were twenty-two (22) Senators (Barnes, Brannan, Cariaga, Carter, Collins, Maria Evans, Gluck, Godfrey, Hager, Kelly, Kersh, Lofvenholm, Long, Mckethan, Norman, Oluronbi, Saunders, R. Smith, Waldrup, J. Washington, Whitehouse, Wilburn) absent.

A quorum was present.

The motion to adopt R 144, The GER Act, requiring support of a simple majority present and voting for adoption, was adopted by a margin of 25-5.