Appropriations Committee advances House Bill 10 15 after rejecting scaled-back hospital amendment

The Senate Appropriations Committee voted 13-3 to give a due-pass recommendation to House Bill 10 15 after rejecting an amendment that would have replaced the bill's hospital funding with a $25 million renovation of the Lehi Building and a $100 million new facility.

The vote leaves the bill, as amended in committee, headed to later floor and conference work. The committee also approved a separate funding-figure amendment earlier in the session that adjusts numbers tied to a transfer into the social services fund.

Senator Wojcick moved the committee's final due-pass motion on House Bill 10 15; Senator Devers seconded. The committee chair called the roll and the motion passed 13-3. The committee record shows a formal roll-call on the due-pass motion after the amendment votes were concluded.

The most contested change was amendment 02015, offered by Senator Eberly. Senator Eberly (Senator, Appropriations Committee) described the amendment as a combined approach: $25,000,000 to renovate the Lehi Building for deferred maintenance and a separate $100,000,000 new facility on the same campus, with the new facility “must be designed to accommodate up to 96 beds,” and a steering committee to oversee planning. "I would move the amendment 0.02015," Eberly said when offering the proposal. Senator Grama…