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House Appropriations Committee: Budget Adjustment Act to go to third reading after no amendments; committee announces Zoom pilot and joint public hearing
Summary
Committee members were told Feb. 7 that no amendments to the Budget Adjustment Act were filed and the bill will proceed to third reading. The committee announced a Zoom pilot for selected Mondays and scheduled a Feb. 13 joint public hearing with the Senate Appropriations Committee.
A member of the House Appropriations Committee said Friday that there are no amendments to the Budget Adjustment Act and the measure will go straight to third reading on the floor.
The brief Feb. 7 meeting was used to confirm that the committee will not take amendments on the Budget Adjustment Act and to announce logistics for upcoming meetings, including a pilot option allowing members to attend by Zoom on select Mondays.
“There are no amendments that we have been made aware of,” the committee member said. “So we will not be taking amendments. And it'll go straight to third reading on the floor.”
Committee members were told that next Monday, Feb. 10, the panel will meet at 1:30 p.m.; members may join by Zoom for the February pilot. The committee plans to start at 1:30 with liquor and lottery items and then hear the Cannabis Control Board. A staff member said the committee is working on having the secretary of state appear at about 3:30 p.m., but that remains to be determined.
The committee also announced a joint public hearing with the Senate Appropriations Committee set for Thursday, Feb. 13, at 1:45 p.m. The hearing will be held in Room 11 and available both in person and by Zoom; it was scheduled for 90 minutes and, as of Friday, eight people had signed up to testify.
A following-week meeting was scheduled for 1 to 5 p.m. in Pearson. Committee members were warned that floor activity could run long because of a resolution related to a Bennington voting situation and another bill described as noncontroversial but amending existing language.
The committee said it will reassess the Zoom pilot after two Mondays in February and will check in with the speaker’s office about continuing the practice. With no further business at the Feb. 7 session, the committee adjourned until the Feb. 10 meeting at 1:30 p.m.
