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Senator Dismaine moves to recall House appropriation bill over deputy prosecutor language
Summary
Sen. Dismaine successfully moved to recall House Bill 1102 from the City-County turnback process, saying recently added special language on deputy prosecutors would shift county responsibilities to the state and that the sponsor's drafting deviated from an earlier agreement to revert to 1999 percentages.
Senator Dismaine moved on Jan. 27 to recall House Bill 1102, an appropriation measure that had been sent back to the City-County Committee, citing newly added special language affecting deputy prosecutors. The motion carried by voice vote.
Dismaine told the Senate the special language would, as written, phase out county responsibilities and shift associated costs onto the state, contrary to an earlier understanding with the bill’s sponsor. "The agreement when we, when the sponsor drafted that piece of special language is that it would, kinda take us back to the 1999 percentages," Dismaine said on the floor, and added that the current wording would instead remove county obligations entirely.
After the motion passed, the bill was returned for further consideration so sponsors and committee members can draft a different fix or clarify the special language. The Senate took the procedural step by voice vote; no roll-call tally was recorded in the transcript for that motion.
Context House Bill 1102 is an appropriation bill that had been through the City-County turnback process. On the Senate floor, Dismaine said the disputed language concerns how deputy prosecutors are funded and the distribution of fiscal responsibility between counties and the state. No specific dollar amounts or exact statutory citations were given on the floor; Dismaine said the prior understanding was to restore an earlier percentage allocation dating to 1999 but that the draft as adopted would fully shift obligations to the state.
Next steps Because the motion to recall passed, the bill will be returned to the sponsor and to committee for redrafting or clarification before it returns to the Senate calendar for further action. Senate clerks recorded the motion as carried by voice vote.
