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Appropriations Committee records 10-1 straw poll in favor of S.B. 27 medical-debt measure
Summary
The Appropriations Committee held a nonbinding straw poll May 2 on S.B. 27, a medical debt bill, registering a 10-1 vote in favor. Committee members noted the bill’s funding was removed and is now reflected in the budget; the straw poll is nonbinding and does not itself change law.
The Appropriations Committee on May 2 conducted a nonbinding straw poll on S.B. 27, a medical-debt bill, recording a 10-1 vote in favor.
The vote matters because committee members said the bill’s appropriation language was removed and the measure’s funding is now incorporated in the budget; the straw poll does not bind the full Legislature or alter the bill’s statutory status.
Committee members completed a roll call after a motion to take the straw poll. Representative Dickinson cast the sole no vote; Representative Harrison, Representative Kosenska, Representative Verwoet, Representative Vital, Representative Stevens and Representative Acaponi were among those recorded as voting yes. The clerk tallied the vote at 10 yes, 1 no and 0 abstentions. The motion to record the straw poll was approved as a committee action but was noted in the meeting as nonbinding.
During discussion, speakers stated the panel had previously voted the bill out unanimously the last time it reached the Senate and that the appropriation language had been removed from the bill and placed into the budget. Committee staff signaled they would notify legislative staff about the result after the meeting.
Because this was a straw poll, no statutory change or formal committee recommendation resulted from the recorded vote. The committee did not adopt an amendment or pass an ordinance; committee staff indicated the result would be communicated to relevant legislative offices for tracking as the budget process continues.
