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House Finance Committee accepts omnibus amendment, reports amended substitute HB 96 to Rules 19-10
Summary
The Ohio House Finance Committee on April 8 accepted an omnibus amendment to the state operating bill and voted 19–10 to favorably report amended substitute House Bill 96 to the Rules and Reference Committee; the committee granted LSC harmonizing authority for the report.
The Ohio House Finance Committee accepted an omnibus amendment to the substitute state operating bill and, after debate, voted 19–10 to favorably report the amended substitute of House Bill 96 to the Rules and Reference Committee on April 8.
Vice Chair DeVila moved to amend substitute House Bill 96 with Amendment 2698-1; the vice chair described the amendment as reflecting additional House changes to the state operating bill and said members could view the breakdown on committee materials and the committee’s website. The chair asked whether there were objections to accepting the omnibus amendment; hearing none, the committee accepted it without a recorded roll call.
Later in the session, Vice Chair DeVila moved that the committee favorably report the amended substitute House Bill 96 and recommend its passage. The clerk called the roll for the committee vote. The clerk recorded 19 affirmative votes and 10 negative votes; the chair granted Legislative Service Commission harmonizing authority for the committee report and announced that omnibus copies and bill text would be available online.
The committee’s roll-call recording, as read into the record, listed members with their recorded votes (Yes/No) as follows: Stewart — Yes; Davila — Yes; Sweeney — No; Abrams — Yes; Baker — No; Bird — Yes; Calendar — Yes; Glassburn — No; Grimm — No; Hall — Yes; Hoops — Yes; Isaacson — No; Gerald — No; John — Yes; Johnson — Yes; Jones — Yes; Manning — Yes; Piccolantonio — No; Plummer — Yes; Ray — Yes; Robinson — No; Romer — Yes; Schmidt — Yes; Simms — No; Thomas — Yes; Troy — No; White — Yes; Willis — Yes; Young — Yes.
The chair announced the committee would report with 19 affirmative and 10 negative votes and adjourned the session. Committee leadership thanked members, staff, advocates and witnesses for long hearings and broad input during the budget process.
Ending: The committee’s favorable report sends the amended substitute for HB 96 to Rules and Reference for further action by the full House.
