Senate Finance Committee moves committee substitute for Senate Bill 115, committee votes 9-0

The Senate Finance Committee voted to approve a committee substitute for Senate Bill 115 after analysts identified project listings assigned to the wrong counties, a staff member told the committee. The committee recorded a 9-0 do-pass recommendation on the committee substitute.

Committee staff and senators said the substitute corrects county assignments for projects originally listed in the bill. Senator Hills moved a do-pass motion on the Senate Committee Finance substitute for Senate Bill 115, and Senator Shandoh seconded the motion. Committee members then called the roll and the clerk announced the committee’s action as a do-pass, 9-0.

Committee members discussed procedure before the vote, including that the bill had not reached the full Senate floor; a substitute rather than an expungement was required because the bill never left committee. Committee staff described the change as correcting project county assignments rather than altering the bill’s substantive programmatic provisions.

Senator Campos said the substitute addressed missed counties that were not listed correctly in the earlier version of the bill. Committee discussion focused on technical corrections and procedural steps to amend the bill with the committee substitute before sending it forward.

The committee did not record any amendments that altered the bill’s policy intent; the change presented to the committee was described as a correction to project locations. Formal next steps were not specified during the hearing.

Votes at a glance: Senate Committee Finance substitute for Senate Bill 115 — do pass, 9 yes, 0 no.

The committee’s recommendation will be reflected in the committee record; subsequent floor scheduling and any further amendments were not specified during the meeting.