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Votes at a glance: subcommittee advances three budget items, holds one for further work
Summary
The Senate Appropriations Human Resources subcommittee advanced the Indian Affairs Commission, Office of Administrative Hearings and a Community Care appropriation for rural elderly but set the Ethics Commission budget amendments aside for further drafting.
The Senate Appropriations Committee's Human Resources Division took formal action on multiple bills during the session.
- Indian Affairs Commission (Senate Bill 2005): The subcommittee moved a do-pass recommendation adopting the Armstrong executive budget recommendation for the Indian Affairs Commission. The amendment package referenced the Armstrong recommendation and included language drafted by legislative counsel for the vacant FTE pool. Committee members recorded the motion as carried; the subcommittee will present amendments prepared by legislative counsel in full committee for final consideration.
- Office of Administrative Hearings (Senate Bill 2017): After reconsideration and amendment drafting, the subcommittee approved a do-pass recommendation on Senate Bill 2017 as amended. The subcommittee rescinded an earlier amendment that would have authorized FTE changes and then accepted the Armstrong recommendations with necessary adjustments; members instructed staff to carry the bill to full committee with the prepared amendments.
- Community care for elderly (Senate Bill 2138): The subcommittee approved an amended appropriation to expand a rural community-care program originally funded in Cass County. The subcommittee amendment reduces the sponsor's initial request to $200,000 and allocates $100,000 to the existing Cass County provider and $100,000 to grants for other counties or organizations to establish similar services in rural areas.
- Ethics Commission (Senate Bill 2004, subcommittee work): The subcommittee debated an amendment to add a single Education and Communications Administrator FTE ($278,922) and $50,000 for rule implementation and discussed case-management funding. The sponsor withdrew the motion and asked legislative counsel to prepare two amendment options for the next meeting; no formal vote was taken on the amendment.
Committee clerks will forward the approved amendments and do-pass recommendations to the full appropriations committee; the Ethics Commission matter remains pending action at the subcommittee level.
