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Committee cuts governor's emergency fund increase and passes bill 20-3
Summary
The committee voted to conceptually amend House Bill 334 to reduce a proposed increase to the governor's emergency fund and then passed the bill by roll call, 20 in favor and 3 opposed.
The committee considered House Bill 334, which would change the statutory amount available in the governor's emergency fund for response and preparedness. Representative Barker sponsored the bill; Representative Mercer offered a conceptual amendment that reduced a figure in the bill from $3,000,000 to $2,000,000 in each year and adjusted corresponding statutory lines.
The amendment was described as friendly by the sponsor and was accepted for conceptual consideration. After brief discussion, the committee approved the conceptual amendment by voice vote and proceeded to a roll-call on the bill as conceptually amended. The clerk read a roll-call showing the following recorded votes (yes/no): Vice Chair Beatty: yes; Vice Chair Mercer: yes; Vice Chair Cafaro: yes; Representative Fox: yes; Representative Gillette: no; Representative Hawk: yes; Representative Keogh: yes; Representative Matthews: yes; Representative Muskevich: yes; Representative Nave: yes; Representative Powers: yes; Representative Rosenzweig: yes; Representative Schillinger: no; Representative Tuss: yes; Representative Vinton: yes; Representative Walsh: yes (by proxy); Chair Jones: yes. The clerk reported the final tally as 20 yes, 3 no, and the motion to do pass was recorded as passing.
The committee moved the bill forward as once conceptually amended. No further floor text or amendments were recorded in this hearing.
