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Votes at a glance: key committee decisions March 21, 2025 — Senate Appropriations
Summary
Summary of motions, vote tallies and short descriptions for bills the Arizona Senate Appropriations Committee acted on March 21, 2025.
The Arizona Senate Appropriations Committee recorded the following outcomes on March 21, 2025. This list summarizes motions, recorded tallies and short descriptions of each bill as presented in committee testimony and votes.
House Bill 2020 — Due-pass recommendation. Description: Requires Arizona Department of Education to conduct an annual comprehensive teacher retention study and appropriates $100,000 from the Teacher Certification Fund to ADE in FY2026. Committee action: moved and given a due-pass recommendation (roll-call recorded during hearing). Outcome: advanced from committee.
House Bill 2167 (21-67 in transcript) — Due-pass recommendation. Description: Prescribes training requirements, penalties and restrictions on bond/override elections for school districts that fail to correct uniform system of financial records (USFR) deficiencies; transfers the school financial transparency portal to ADE and creates a portal fund comprised of appropriations and civil penalties. Committee action: motion passed; tally recorded as 6 ayes, 2 nays (committee vote recorded). Outcome: advanced from committee.
House Bill 2606 — Due-pass recommendation. Description: Appropriates $50,000,000 in FY2026 to DPS for officer positions, capital equipment and grants to local governments for prosecuting and detaining individuals charged with border-related crimes. Committee tally: 5 ayes, 2 nays, 3 not voting; outcome: passed committee.
House Bill 2604 — Due-pass recommendation. Description: Establishes child and family representation program in the Administrative Office of the Courts; appropriates $200,000 and 1 FTE. Committee tally: 6 ayes, 0 nays, 4 not voting; outcome: passed committee.
House Bill 2220 — Due-pass recommendation. Description: Appropriates $6,000,000 in FY2026 to ADOT for the Wolford/Wilford Road extension project in the City of Show Low. Committee tally: 6 ayes, 0 nays, 4 not voting; outcome: passed committee.
House Bill 2584 — Due-pass recommendation. Description: Allows AHCCCS to accept funds from NEMT providers to contract for an independent NEMT rate reimbursement study; results to be submitted to JLBC. Committee tally: 6 ayes, 2 nays, 2 not voting; outcome: passed committee.
House Bill 2385 — Due-pass recommendation (as amended). Description: Appropriates $2,000,000 (amendment adopted) to DES to implement the produce-incentive program (Double Up Food Bucks). Committee tally: recorded as 8 ayes, 0 nays, 2 not voting; outcome: passed committee as amended.
House Bill 2544 — Due-pass recommendation. Description: Appropriates $957,175 and 5 FTEs to the Arizona Department of Agriculture for livestock inspectors and veterinary support; committee recorded a due-pass recommendation. Outcome: passed committee.
House Bill 2933 — Due-pass recommendation. Description: Appropriates $500,000 to Arizona Department of Veterans’ Services for competitive grants to nonprofit veteran organizations in counties with populations under 500,000; committee recorded a due-pass recommendation. Outcome: passed committee.
Ending: Each bill advanced with the committee’s due-pass recommendation and will proceed to further Senate action. Vote tallies in this summary reflect committee announcements recorded in the hearing transcript.
