Votes at a glance: Division III work session (Sept. 29, 2025) — retained bills and committee recommendations

At its Sept. 29 work session, House Finance Division III considered six retained bills and recorded the following committee recommendations and roll-call outcomes.

Key votes

- House Bill 519 (appropriation to DHHS to support the Waypoint youth and young adult shelter): Motion to recommend Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL) carried 10-0. The committee noted the funding for Waypoint had been included in HB 1.

- House Bill 547 (county reimbursement of funds): Motion to recommend ITL carried 10-0. DHHS fiscal staff said HB 2 included county reimbursement spread over four years and provided $22.5 million beginning in FY26.

- House Bill 570 (repeal the Prescription Drug Affordability Board): Motion to recommend ITL carried 10-0. Minority members expressed disagreement with repeal but acknowledged HB 2 had addressed the matter.

- House Bill 704 (caregiver respite and senior volunteer programs): Motion to recommend Ought to Pass as Amended (OTPA) with amendment 2963-H passed 10-0. Amendment 2963-H funds RSVP $180,000 for one year, contingent on surplus funds.

- House Bill 751 (licensure of outpatient substance use disorder treatment facilities): Motion to recommend Ought to Pass as Amended (OTPA) with amendment 2964-H passed 6-4. The amendment narrowed scope and removed a separate ombudsman position; DHHS indicated one additional compliance position would be needed and that licensing would fold into existing bureau functions.

- House Bill 661 (management of Social Security/SSI and veterans benefits for children in foster care): Committee moved and passed a recommendation to refer the bill to an interim study (6-4). Members said the complexity of implementing ABLE accounts, payee practices and fiscal impacts required more work.

Vote tallies and roll-call names

The transcript records roll-call votes for each motion and the committee clerk recorded "yes" or "no" votes. Below are the member votes as captured in the session record (display names as transcribed). For the bills with roll-call votes the committee recorded the following member votes (examples below are representative of the recorded pattern):

- HB 519 ITL: Yays 10, Nays 0 (Representative Priess, Representative Raymond, Representative Wallner, Representative Torrigo, Representative Farrington, Representative Weiler, Clerk, Representative Seaworth, Representative Daniels, Chair Maureen Mooney).

- HB 547 ITL: Yays 10, Nays 0 (Representative Daniels, Representative Farrington, Representative Veil/Weiler, Clerk, Representative Seaworth, Representative Sawyerski, Representative Wallner, Representative Raymond, Representative Priess, Chair Maureen Mooney).

- HB 570 ITL: Yays 10, Nays 0 (recorded roll call sequence in transcript shows unanimous committee ITL recommendation).

- HB 704 OTPA as amended (2963-H): Yays 10, Nays 0 (unanimous show of hands on amendment; final roll call 10-0).

- HB 751 OTPA as amended (2964-H): Yays 6, Nays 4 (ayes: Daniels, Seaworth, Clerk, Weiler, Farrington, Chair Mooney; nays: Telerski, Wallner, Raymond, Priess).

- HB 661 Interim Study referral: Yays 6, Nays 4 (ayes: Daniels, Seaworth, Clerk, Weiler, Farrington, Chair Mooney; nays: Telerski, Wallner, Raymond, Priess).

Context and next steps

Most motions were committee recommendations to full finance; full finance will meet at a date to be determined and may concur or alter Division III's recommendations. The transcript and the committee's report will travel with each bill. Several items (HB 704 and HB 751) included amendments adopted by the committee; HB 661 will receive further study.

Ending

Division III concluded its Sept. 29 work session after completing votes and instructions to staff. Members and staff noted deadlines for reporting retained bills to full finance and requested follow-up fiscal and implementation details where needed.