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Ways and Means committee adopts rules, revenue baseline and multiple proviso packages; select provisos pulled for later consideration
Summary
The committee adopted its rules, approved a revenue baseline (Serial 1) with recurring and nonrecurring projections, and accepted multiple subcommittee proviso packages, with a small number of provisos pulled for later review. Funding-conforming provisos will be carried to the next session day.
The House Ways and Means Committee adopted committee rules, approved the budget technical instructions known as Serial 1, and accepted a series of subcommittee proviso packages during its meeting.
The committee first voted to adopt its rules as presented at the December 4 meeting. The chair noted the Speaker had requested a decorum rule be added to committee rules and said, "pursuant to the speaker's instructions... there's a little asterisk by it. If you look at the rules, you can see a little asterisk that says specifically Todd Rutherford." The motion to adopt the rules carried by voice vote.
On the budget baseline, the committee adopted Serial 1 (the revenue base and technical drafting instructions). The fiscal overview read into the record stated, as on the committee tablet, "projected approximately 14,100,000,000.0 in recurring general fund revenue" and identified "$666,000,000 is new recurring revenue," and listed reserve and nonrecurring figures: "$369,000,000 for the capital reserve fund, 3 32000000 in the contingency reserve fund and $552,000,000 for the undesignated unreserved fiscal year 20 four-twenty 5 funds," with the record stating "that's a total of 1,250,000,000.00 in non recurring dollars." The committee adopted Serial 1 by voice vote.
Committee members then took up provisional packages from subcommittees. The meeting record shows the committee adopted the proviso packages for public education, higher education, health care, economic development, criminal justice, transportation and regulatory, and the constitutional subcommittee. Representative Whitmire moved adoption for the public education packet but asked to pull one proviso identified in the packet as "1A.69" for separate consideration. Representative Ballantyne moved adoption of the higher education packet with no provisos pulled. Representative Hewitt moved adoption of the health care packet with no provisos pulled. Representative Stevonakis moved adoption for the economic development packet and asked to pull a proviso identified as "55 B P F." Representative Lowe moved the criminal justice packet with no provisos pulled. Representative Crawford moved the transportation and regulatory packet with no provisos pulled. Representative Murphy, for the constitutional subcommittee, moved adoption of the packet and identified one proviso to pull: "117. Afd." The chair said the committee would address pulled provisos individually after lunch and that provisos conforming to funding would be carried over until the next day.
The chair closed the morning session by noting that, apart from the pulled provisos, the committee had completed its planned work for the morning and would adjourn to the call of the chair.
The meeting record shows no public testimony on the items listed and no recorded roll-call votes against the adoption motions for the rule, Serial 1, or the listed subcommittee packets (those adoptions were approved by voice votes or unanimous ayes as entered in the record).
