Votes at a glance: outcomes from the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee, Feb. 28

Below are the formal motions recorded during the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee meeting on Feb. 28, presented in abbreviated form with outcomes based on the committee’s roll calls on the record.

1) Accept Millennium Fund Committee report — Unanimous consent accepted. Outcome: accepted.

2) Agricultural Research & Extension (FY2026) - Final approved motion (combined language): add 1.43 FTE and $408,000 GF total (including viticulture position and CAFE building maintenance); substitute motion adjusted dollars and FTEs before adoption. Motion passed with a due-pass recommendation (combined tally reported at 15 ayes, 5 nays). Outcome: approved.

3) Endowment Fund Investment Board (FY2026) — Add $86,100 from dedicated funds for staff compensation, contract inflation and one-time hardware. Motion passed and will be sent to the floor with a due-pass recommendation (combined 15 ayes, 5 nays). Outcome: approved.

4) Office of Species Conservation (FY2026) — Add $30,000 dedicated funds to accept nonfederal grants. Motion passed (Senate 9–1; House 7–3; combined 16–4 corrected from transcript inconsistencies). Outcome: approved.

5) Department of Correction supplementals (FY2025): - Advanced surveillance technology: $795,000 GF — approved (combined 17–3). Outcome: approved. - Transport safety expansion: $1,148,000 GF — approved (combined 15–5). Outcome: approved. - Body-worn camera pilot (supplemental, FY2025): $27,000 GF and $1,024,000 federal (total $1,051,000) — did not achieve Senate Finance majority though it passed the House side; committee will send item to the Senate for further action. Outcome: failed to achieve joint approval at this meeting. - County and out-of-state placements: $5,939,400 GF — approved (combined 14–6). Outcome: approved. - Medical services supplemental (corrected amount recorded): $5,957,200 GF — approved after a corrected roll call (combined 16–3 with one absence). Outcome: approved.

6) Department of Correction FY2026 enhancements (state prisons, community corrections, management services, county/out-of-state adjustments): multiple motions. Some packages passed both House and Senate members and were forwarded with due-pass recommendations; other packages achieved a House majority but failed to achieve a Senate majority and were routed to the Senate for further consideration. See committee text for division-level totals and FTE changes. Outcome: mixed (some approved, some sent to Senate after split committee votes).

7) Industrial Commission adjustments and FY2026 request — package of dedicated-fund adjustments and ITS replacement items: motion passed (combined 20–0). Outcome: approved.

8) Public Utilities Commission FY2026 replacements and ITS hardware — $114,100 from dedicated funds for truck replacement and IT items: motion passed unanimously (combined 20–0). Outcome: approved.

9) Technical corrections and other agency budgets (State Appellate Public Defender, Division of Financial Management, PERSI, Department of Labor accounting correction, Health & Welfare language corrections) — assorted motions and unanimous-consent language corrections were adopted as recorded on the screen. Outcome: approved (see committee minutes for individual roll calls and corrected numbers).

Notes and corrections: during the meeting staff corrected at least one transcription/roll-call figure for the medical services supplemental (the amount recorded on the green screen was amended to $5,957,200 and the committee re-recorded the roll to reflect the corrected figure). When roll-call transcripts contained inconsistent totals, this summary presents corrected arithmetic totals (Senate + House) where roll-call line-by-line numbers were available.

For full motion text, movers/seconds and the committee’s recorded roll calls, see the committee transcript. This list is a concise index intended for quick reference.