Anthony Portantino

Sen. Anthony Portantino (Chair, Senate Appropriations 2018-2022) held Wiener SB 50 in committee as a two-year bill in May 2019, blocking floor consideration that year. Atkins as Pro Tem in 2020 used parliamentary maneuvers to extract SB 50 from Portantino's committee — Wikipedia: "Portantino objected to not being consulted about amendments." Bill still died on Senate Floor 18-15 on 1/29/2020 (six Dems no-vote-recorded including Bradford, Chang, Grove, Umberg — Atkins whip failure). This shows the structural limit of Pro Tem power: same-party committee chairs can block legislation Pro Tem favors.