The Fiscal Committee met Friday, Oct. 17, and adopted the minutes of its Sept. 5 meeting, approved the remainder of the consent calendar after removing several items for separate discussion, and approved multiple departmental appropriation requests and items from the regular calendar.

The committee chair called for a motion to accept the minutes of Sept. 5; Senator Gray moved and Senator Bursill (second) moved to accept the minutes. The minutes were adopted after a voice vote; the chair noted one abstention.

The committee approved the consent calendar items not removed for separate consideration. The committee then considered and approved items removed from the consent calendar or otherwise presented individually, including Department of Natural and Cultural Resources item 25-2-52, Department of Safety item 25-2-48, Department of Administrative Services item 25-2-51, Department of Health and Human Services item 25-2-53, Department of Justice item 25-2-37, Department of Transportation item 25-2-49, and Judicial Council item 25-2-39. Most motions were adopted by voice vote after the standard call of “all in favor say aye,” with no recorded roll-call tallies in the transcript.

The committee accepted the LBA financial audit presentation for the Department of Justice and voted to accept the audit report as presented.

The chair scheduled the next committee meeting for Friday, Nov. 21, at 11:00 a.m., with a pre-fiscal meeting at 10:00 a.m.

Votes at a glance (items and outcomes as recorded in the transcript):
- Acceptance of minutes (Sept. 5): Adopted; one abstention noted.
- Consent calendar remainder (tabs 3–7, with several items removed): Adopted by voice vote.
- Item 25-2-52 (Department of Natural and Cultural Resources): Adopted.
- Item 25-2-48 (Department of Safety): Adopted.
- Item 25-2-51 (Department of Administrative Services): Adopted.
- Item 25-2-53 (Department of Health and Human Services): Adopted.
- Item 25-2-37 (Department of Justice litigation fund request): Adopted.
- Item 25-2-49 (Department of Transportation: Special Railroad Fund request): Adopted (Representative Leishman recorded as abstaining for that vote).
- Item 25-2-39 (Judicial Council funding request): Adopted.
- Acceptance of the Department of Justice financial audit (LBA presentation): Accepted.

The transcript records voice votes and standard committee procedures for each motion; specific roll-call tallies were not provided in most cases.