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Ways & Means finds H 4 89 favorable, forwards budget adjustment to the floor
Summary
The Ways & Means Committee voted to find H 4 89 — a second-round budget adjustment for fiscal 2025 — favorable and will report it to the full chamber after committee debate over competing community needs.
At a Ways & Means Committee meeting, members voted to find H 4 89, the second-round budget adjustment for fiscal year 2025, favorable and agreed to report the bill to the full chamber.
The committee’s vote followed brief debate about trade-offs the adjustment would create for local communities. "I will be voting yes on this to forward it to the floor. I have not decided whether I will vote for this on the floor or not because my community, because of the actions of the administration, is being faced with a choice between having homeless vets, children, additional homeless vets and children in our community or flood relief. And that's not a choice that any community should have to make," Representative Lehi said during committee discussion.
A representative moved that the committee find H 4 89 favorable. The motion carried. Committee members recorded their votes aloud during roll call: Representative Lehi (yes); Representative Brannigan (no); Representative Burkhart (yes); Representative Feltes (no); Representative Higney (no); Representative Volkow (yes); Representative Kimball (yes); Representative Maslow (yes); Representative Odey (yes); Representative Waszak (reluctant yes); Representative Canfield (no); Representative Kornheiser (yes). The committee chair reported the bill passed as favorable and said the committee would report it to the floor.
Discussion vs. decision: the committee action was procedural — the body voted to report H 4 89 favorably to the full chamber. Committee debate included expressions of concern about local impacts and trade-offs between funding for flood relief and services for homeless veterans and children. No further details on amendments, funding amounts, or an effective date were given in the committee record.
Next steps: The committee has forwarded H 4 89 to the full chamber. No floor vote outcome or schedule was recorded in the committee transcript.
Ending: The committee proceeded to other agenda items after reporting H 4 89 as favorable.
