Appropriations — Education and Environment Division orients members on electronic voting and budget reports

Members of the Appropriations - Education and Environment Division met for an orientation where staff demonstrated the committee's electronic attendance and voting workflow and how to access agency budget reports in the state's budget development and tracking system.

The chair, Chairman Sorbog, told members to notify the chair before bringing amendments so the committee can manage debate and avoid last-minute surprises. "If you're bringing an amendment, please tell the chair before just don't show up at the thing and release it," the chairman said during the orientation, stressing orderly workflow and that controversial items would receive individual votes while less contentious adjustments might be handled by consensus.

Becky, an Office of Management and Budget (OMB) staff member who led the technical demonstration, walked members through two systems. For attendance and voting…