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Senate Transportation Committee accepts senate sub bill to House Bill 54, schedules public testimony
Summary
The Senate Transportation Committee accepted the senate substitute to House Bill 54 (sub bill L136-002-4), advancing the transportation budget to public testimony on March 13–14 and setting a March 17 noon deadline for omnibus amendment submissions.
The Senate Transportation Committee on Thursday accepted the senate substitute to House Bill 54 — cited in committee as sub bill L136-002-4 — moving the transportation budget to scheduled public testimony and further legislative review.
Chair Patton told the committee the meeting’s "first and only order of business today is the sixth tiering on substitute, house bill 54," and described the sub bill as the vehicle for the committee’s transportation budget. The committee recorded that roughly 130 amendments were drafted for the package and that the sub bill incorporated about 40, including seven submitted by OBM.
The committee set public testimony on the sub bill for Thursday, March 13, and Friday, March 14, and established a submission deadline for omnibus amendments of Monday, March 17, at noon. The chair said the legislative staff and the committee’s finance director will circulate instructions and supporting materials, including a bullet-point summary prepared for senate staff and an updated spreadsheet on the LSC website.
Ranking Member Antonio said Democrats’ proposals were reflected in the sub bill and described the package as a "work in progress," adding, "the interactions that we've had have been really positive. And I think we've done a good job of working together on this bill." Vice Chair Schaffer formally moved to amend with the substitute L136-002-4; with no objections the chair declared the sub bill accepted.
The chair noted several categories of proposals that were not included in the senate sub bill: appropriations using General Revenue Fund (GRF) dollars (to be handled in the main operating budget), road namings, new specialty license plates, and major new construction projects described as being on a separate "track list." Committee materials provided to members included technical clarifications from prior drafts.
No formal roll-call vote was recorded in the transcript; the motion to adopt the substitute was accepted by voice with "no objections," as announced by the chair. The committee will accept public testimony at the dates described above before further action on the transportation budget.
The meeting closed after the procedural action; the chair said staff will make the sub bill and compendium documents available to members following the meeting.
