An amendment vote decides whether to change the text being considered. Here, a simple majority of senators voting yes or no was needed.

The underlying bill still needs a separate passage vote. The available information does not say what the adopted amendment changes.

Adopting an amendment changes the text under consideration, but the record does not provide the amendment’s contents or practical policy effects.

• The underlying bill
  Its text was changed by the adopted amendment; the bill still requires a separate passage vote.

Republicans mostly voted yes, while Democrats were split. The vote was not party-line.