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Votes at a glance: Appropriations committee actions on multiple bills
Summary
The House Appropriations Committee moved several bills to the floor with due‑pass recommendations during the session. This roundup lists bills advanced without extended debate and notes recorded votes or public comment where applicable.
The House Appropriations Committee advanced multiple Senate bills to the House floor with due‑pass recommendations. Several items were acted on with minimal debate and no roll‑call recorded in the transcript; the entries below summarize action, public comment and any committee notes captured during the hearing.
- Senate Bill 220 (risk management/legal settlement publication): Committee recorded a due pass; no public roll call recorded in transcript. Outcome: due pass to floor.
- Senate Bill 401 (broadband and educational technology; transfers functions to the Office of Broadband Access and Expansion; creates educational technology infrastructure fund): Committee recorded a due pass after presenters described transfer of PSFA/PSCOC technical functions into the Office of Broadband. Outcome: due pass to floor.
- Senate Bill 387 (community schools): Committee approved an amendment to change the per‑school community schools allocation cap (from a flat $150,000 previously to awards up to $50,000 to spread funding further) and renamed the fund in honor of Dr. Jeanne Oakes; committee recorded a due pass. Outcome: due pass to floor.
- Senate Bill 290 (county fee allocations including county clerks and Children’s Trust Fund additions): Committee recorded a due pass; committee testimony noted coordination with CYFD and aging/long‑term services for pilot programs.
- Senate Bill 142 (grid modernization roadmap): Committee discussion added coordination language for MNRD and PRC and added schools as eligible locations for grid modernization grants; committee moved a motion (a “do not pass” motion was offered by the ranking member but the committee record in the transcript shows the item advanced). Outcome: committee action recorded; due pass status in transcript.
- Senate Bill 126 (increases State Rural Universal Service Fund cap from $30M to $40M to support PRC broadband grants): Committee recorded a due pass; industry witnesses from rural providers spoke in support and a wireless trade association noted potential surcharge impacts on consumers.
- Senate Bill 236 (motorcycle license plate size): Simple technical license‑plate bill to allow a motorcycle‑sized plate for the “Look Twice” motorcycle safety plate; committee recorded a due pass.
For all bills above the committee directed them to the House floor with the committee amendments described in testimony. Where detailed roll calls were recorded (for example SB 481 and SB 535), those vote records are captured in the individual bill articles.
