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Appropriations committee roundup: K‑12 council study funding, forensic exam reimbursements and other votes
Summary
The Appropriations Committee acted on multiple bills: it rejected funding for K‑12 council research, approved continued reimbursement for forensic medical exams for domestic violence and child‑abuse forensic exams, advanced several judiciary bills, and cleared a policy change moving a forensic‑exam payment source to the general fund.
The House Appropriations Committee considered several short appropriations and judiciary referral items and recorded votes on multiple bills.
K‑12 council studies (Senate Bill 2262): Representative Pat Heinert presented a request to appropriate $120,000 to the K‑12 Council to contract for research and studies on education topics the council identifies. Members asked whether the council could use existing DPI funds; the sponsor and witnesses said the council’s small administrative budget is insufficient to contract for outside research. The committee first voted on a due‑pass motion; that motion failed (9–13, 1 absent). A later motion for do‑not‑pass carried on a roll call that the transcript records as 14–8; the committee sent a do‑not‑pass recommendation.
Forensic medical examinations — domestic violence/child abuse (Senate Bill 2209): Representative Steve Vetter presented a bill authorizing forensic medical examinations and making a $200,000 appropriation to continue a pilot…
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