evidence_text: Senator Nesbitt, under his constitutional right of protest (Art. 4, Sec. 18), protested against the passage of House Bill Nos. 5300 and 5303.
  
  Senator Nesbitt’s statement is as follows:
  
  Mr. President, I’ve done a fair amount of talking this evening and this morning, I guess, so as I rise to oppose this package of bills and this ridiculous process the majority is undertaking right now, I thought I’d let others do the talking for me: “Lame duck is not the time to pass complicated legislation that impacts millions of Michiganders.” “Lame duck sessions have unfortunately produced policies that do not receive a full vetting and would do considerable damage in our state.” “Michigan’s lame duck session is why voters hate politics.” “What has happened in lame duck has set a stage that is not a good environment for working together.” These quotes were from, in order, the Senators from the 1st District, 3rd District, 21st District, and lastly,
  
  the Senate Majority Leader.
  
  The following bill was read a third time:
  
  House Bill No. 4665, entitled
  
  A bill to amend 1986 PA 182, entitled “State police retirement act of 1986,” by amending sections 3 and 4 (MCL 38.1603 and 38.1604), as amended by 2018 PA 674.
  
  The question being on the passage of the bill, Senator Albert offered the following amendment:
  
  1. Amend page 10, following line 13, by inserting: “(c) Senate Bill No. 496.”.
  
  The question being on the adoption of the amendment, Senator Lauwers requested the yeas and nays.
  
  The yeas and nays were ordered, 1/5 of the members present voting therefor.
  
  The amendment was not adopted, a majority of the members serving not voting therefor, as follows: