Senate finance committee advances Bill 3007c to the floor to implement health, mental hygiene budget

The Senate State Committee on Finance on May 7 advanced Bill 3007c, described in committee as "an act to enact major components of legislation necessary to implement the state health and mental hygiene budget for the 25–26 state fiscal year," and voted to send the bill to the Senate floor for further consideration.

Sen. Krueger, finance chair, opened the committee's second meeting of the day and said the agenda included a single budget bill. The bill text was read aloud during the hearing. A motion to move the bill was identified in committee as coming from Sen. Cooney and a second from Sen. Comrade; committee leadership then called for a voice vote. The chair announced, "We have enough votes to move the bill to the floor." The transcript does not record a roll-call tally or individual recorded votes.

Committee members present included Sen. Krueger and Senate ranking member on finance Tom O'Meara; no substantive debate, amendments, or detailed line-item discussion of the bill appears in the committee record provided. Committee members indicated the item will proceed to the floor and the committee will reconvene at a later meeting.

Because the committee took only the procedural action recorded here—reading the bill and moving it to the floor—the committee record does not include detailed programmatic provisions, budget amounts, or implementation timelines for the health and mental hygiene programs named in the bill. Those details would be addressed in the bill text and future floor consideration.