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Panel adopts amendment removing funding and deadline for CTE study; department supports bill
Summary
A House committee adopted an amendment to House Bill 4433 that strips an appropriation and removes a study deadline; the Higher Education Department agreed to conduct the study without the statutory appropriation, and the Department of Workforce Solutions voiced support before the committee gave the bill a do‑pass recommendation.
Representative Gonzalez introduced House Bill 4433 and offered an amendment that removes an appropriation and the bill's study deadline.
"My bill is House Bill 44 33, and I do have an amendment, number 231,703.1," Representative Gonzalez said when presenting the bill and amendment. The sponsor explained the amendment "strikes language throughout the bill, but essentially it removes the appropriation. It also removes the deadline of the study. Higher Education Department has agreed to do the study without the amendment."
Representative Garrett moved to discuss the amendment; Representative Duncan sponsored the signing of the motion. The committee adopted the amendment and then considered the bill as amended.
Scott Graginski, deputy secretary of the New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions, testified in support: "The department is in support of this bill. We think it could improve the effectiveness of career and technical education." Graginski said he was available to answer questions.
After discussion, the committee voted to report House Bill 4433 as amended with a do-pass recommendation. The vote recorded in the transcript was unanimous by voice vote; no roll-call tally appears in the provided transcript.
