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House Appropriations panel approves amendment to H-219, sends bill to floor
Summary
The House Appropriations Committee voted to approve committee amendment 1.1 to H-219, a bill to create a family support pilot program for incarcerated parents and guardians; the amendment removes a funding provision tied to "Justice Reinvestment II." The committee approved its report and will send the bill to the floor next week.
The House Appropriations Committee on March 14 approved committee amendment 1.1 to H-219, a bill to create a family support pilot program for incarcerated parents and guardians, and voted to place the bill on the House floor next week.
Ben Novogrowski of the Office of Legislative Council told the committee, "before the committee is H-219 ... which is an accolade to creating a family support pilot program for incarcerated parents and guardians," and said the bill aims to establish the program statewide with an intention to reach gender parity by 2028. Committee members discussed an amendment that removes the bill's funding language tying it to a program called Justice Reinvestment II; committee staff member Trevor confirmed, "That's correct."
The committee then approved committee amendment 1.1 by roll call. Members recorded in the roll call as voting "yes" included Representative Rolling; Representative Dickerson; Tony Harrison; Representative consent cut; Senator Roach; Senator Loefferts; Senator Michael; Steven; Representative Lindley; Representative Thickenfield; Representative Harrison; Representative Seneca; Representative Roach (second listing); Representative Roe; Representative Nigro; Representative Skorro; Representative Stevens; Representative Yacafone; and Representative Shep. After the amendment vote, the committee approved the committee report "on corrections of commercial institutions as amended" and confirmed the bill will be on the floor next week.
The amendment deletes the clause that specified Justice Reinvestment II as the funding source; the committee did not specify an alternative funding source during the discussion recorded in the transcript. Committee members did not state a dollar amount in the committee remarks included in the record; the transcript indicates the funding language was removed but does not specify how the pilot will be financed going forward.
No defeated motions or dissenting roll-call votes are recorded in the transcript excerpt provided. The record shows Mr. Novogrowski and committee staff answered members' questions briefly and the committee proceeded to vote. The committee’s action moves H-219 forward in the legislative process but, as amended, leaves the funding mechanism unspecified in the committee record.
The transcript segment indicates the committee expects to consider the bill on the House floor the following week.
