Appropriations HR committee schedules CHINS briefing, asks members to submit human services budget amendments

Chairman Nelson called the Appropriations - Human Resources Division to order, confirmed a quorum and scheduled a CHINS presentation for 8:30 a.m. the next morning to coordinate work on truancy-related legislation, he said. He also asked committee members to notify staff of any amendments they plan to offer to the human services budget so staff can prepare them for committee consideration.

The committee met for a short organizational session and conducted roll call before discussing scheduling. "We have a quorum. Thank you, Jen," Chairman Nelson said when the roll was complete. He told members that Jessica would provide additional CHINS information the next morning to help coordinate two bills mentioned in the meeting, including a bill identified as "1129" and another referenced verbally as "11 20 9," for which details were not specified in the record.

Nelson noted a timing constraint: "we only have an hour and a half because we go into full committee of 10," and placed the panel in recess to reconvene the following morning at 8:30 a.m. He asked members to share planned amendments in advance and said staff would begin assembling them on Thursday morning, with Keith leading that process.

The brief session did not record any formal votes or motions. The substantive items on the committee's immediate agenda are the CHINS briefing and follow-up work on amendments to the human services budget; specific amendment texts and the details of the referenced bills were not provided during the meeting.