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Joint Budget Committee adopts personnel subcommittee report, advances appropriations and transfers bills to personnel
Summary
The Joint Budget Committee voted to adopt a personnel subcommittee report, approved several appropriations bills as due pass and transferred a list of bills to the personnel subcommittee without objection during its morning session.
The Joint Budget Committee convened and adopted a personnel subcommittee report, voted to give due-pass recommendations on several appropriations measures and approved a set of bill transfers to the personnel subcommittee.
The committee’s personnel subcommittee met Tuesday and Wednesday, where members reviewed a pay plan and the Governor’s letters listed as items 2A and 2J. The subcommittee also reviewed one item of regular business to establish an increased labor-market rate for crime lab associate medical examiners; the presenter said the office currently has two vacancies in that classification. No formal action had been taken on the broader pay plan during the subcommittee’s meetings.
Nut graf: The committee’s votes move several agency budget items and related paperwork closer to final consideration and send multiple bills to a personnel subcommittee for further review; the actions affect appropriations for the Military Department and the state regulatory division and set scheduling for follow-up subcommittee work.
Votes at a glance
- House Bill 12 32 (Military Department appropriation): Committee moved a motion to give the bill a due-pass recommendation as amended; voice vote, motion carried. - House Bill 11 25 (DFA regulatory division appropriation): Moved with House Bill 12 32 as due-pass as amended; voice vote, motion carried. - House Bill 12 46 (University of Arkansas Community College at Rich Mountain): Motion for due-pass approved by voice vote. - Senate Bill 38 (Department of Health appropriation): Motion for due-pass approved by voice vote. - Senate Bill 42 (Lieutenant Governor’s Office appropriation): Motion for due-pass approved by voice vote.
The committee also approved filing of a State Police monthly report dated March 7 and adopted Governor’s Letter 26 by voice vote.
Committee business and scheduling
Committee leadership noted upcoming subcommittee meetings: personnel at 8 a.m. Tuesday; special language at 9 a.m. Tuesday; peer review at 8 a.m. Wednesday; and Joint Budget Committee at 9 a.m. Wednesday. Members were asked to check the shared calendar before scheduling standing committee meetings to avoid conflicts.
Transfers to personnel
By unanimous consent (no objection), the committee transferred the following bills to the personnel subcommittee for further review: House Bill 10 84; House Bill 10 86; House Bill 11 06; Senate Bill 40; Senate Bill 52; Senate Bill 54; Senate Bill 55; Senate Bill 71; and Senate Bill 72.
Action and outcome details
- The personnel subcommittee report was moved for adoption and approved by voice vote (motion carries). - The committee moved and approved due-pass recommendations (some as amended) for the appropriations listed above; all were approved by voice vote and recorded in committee minutes as carried.
Ending: Committee leadership closed the morning session after completing the listed actions and reiterating the schedule for next week’s subcommittee meetings.
