Conference committee fails to adopt amendment 04013 to House Bill 1176 in 3-3 vote

A conference committee on House Bill 1176 failed to adopt amendment 04013 after a 3-3 roll call, with Chairman Hedlund, Representative Nady and Representative Bosch voting yes and Chairman Weber, Senator Beckettall and Senator Erbley voting no. The transcript does not give a calendar date for the meeting.

The amendment under consideration — presented originally as amendment 04013 — included a package of provisions the committee said it had agreed on during prior negotiations. Representative Bosch moved to adopt version 04013 “with the items that are in 40 13 and any agreed upon items as well,” and Representative Nady seconded the final motion. The committee then took a roll-call vote that resulted in a tie, and the motion failed.

The committee listed a set of specific provisions that would have been carried by the amendment if adopted. Those items the members said were agreed upon include removing the homestead tax credit (section 5), inserting updated disabled veterans credit language (section 9), and a primary-residence credit amount referenced in the transcript as $16.50 (sections 10 and 11). The transcript records that the amendment would use the House Department of Transportation (DOT) funding model and that the amendment as drafted included “no skin in the game” language for the DOT funding approach. The committee also cited a 3% bonding cap (section 22), legislative intent language (section 26), additions to an advisory committee (section 27), and school-district provisions including caps and gap funding (sections 23 and 28). Committee members discussed exemptions language tied to an advisory committee and moving a tuition levy provision into exemption provisions.

Participants also discussed a funding source referenced in the transcript as the “legacy fund” and a numeric figure mentioned during the meeting, $438,000,000, which committee members said appears in the draft but which the transcript does not show the committee formally finalizing. Committee members said they would consider emergency clauses for sections as needed, but no emergency clause was adopted during this meeting.

Representative Bosch made the motion; after an initial second was withdrawn, Representative Nady served as the second for the final motion. The roll-call read by the clerk recorded the three yes votes (Chairman Hedlund; Representative Nady; Representative Bosch) and three no votes (Chairman Weber; Senator Beckettall; Senator Erbley). With the motion defeated, committee business concluded and the meeting adjourned.

The transcript does not show further formal action on House Bill 1176 during this session and does not record a final text adoption or signatures; it documents the committee’s failure to adopt the listed amendment package on the record.