Votes at a glance: subcommittee advances supplemental appropriations and provider‑tax bills

The Ways and Means General Fund Subcommittee advanced multiple bills by voice vote, giving favorable reports to supplemental appropriations, trust‑fund distributions and provider‑tax extensions during a single session.

The committee recorded voice votes for substitutes and amendments on budget items and approved the following measures by the end of the meeting. No roll-call tallies were recorded in the transcript; the committee used voice votes in each instance and recorded unanimous "aye" responses or no recorded opposition.

Votes at a glance

- HB 186 (budget substitute): Adopted as substituted and amended; favorable report. The substitute included line‑item adjustments described by the chairman (see separate summary) and a technical amendment adding wording for Rosa Parks and Helen Keller monuments. (Motion and second on substitute; voice vote.)

- HB 185 (supplemental appropriation bill): Substitute adopted and given a favorable report. The substitute moved funds among existing accounts (no new funds) and included transfers to the unified judicial system and an increase in the appropriation for the Department of Transportation bond debt service. (Motion and second; voice vote.)

- HB 184 (Coalition Against Domestic Violence appropriations): The bill appropriates $169,633 from an identified fund to the Coalition Against Domestic Violence and requires an operations plan and audited financial assessment before funds are released; given a favorable report. (Presented by Ms. Hall; motion and second; voice vote.)

- "House bill 1833" (Children's Trust Fund appropriations as presented by Representative Warren): The package appropriates $36,616,437 from the Children—s Trust Fund for FY2026 to multiple agencies and an additional $44,177,773 from other tobacco‑settlement funds to specified programs. The bill received a favorable report. (Presentation by Representative Warren; motion and second; voice vote.)

- HB 312 (private hospital assessment and Medicaid funding): Extended the hospital provider tax through FY2028 and adopted an amendment to update published rates; favorable report. (Presented by Rep. Lee; motion and second; voice vote.)

- HB 405 (nursing-facility privilege assessment): Extended the supplemental privilege assessment on nursing‑home beds to Aug. 31, 2028; favorable report. (Presented by Rep. Black Shear; motion and second; voice vote.)

- HB 182 (emergency medical transport provider assessment): The subcommittee adopted an eight‑page amendment that staff said aligned the statute with federal requirements to ensure the state can draw down federal matching dollars; HB 182 as amended received a favorable report. Members said the program has returned significant funds to rural transport providers in prior years. (Presented by Rep. Reynolds; amendment adopted; motion and second; voice vote.)

- HB 4460 (opioid supplemental appropriations): The subcommittee approved a package of opioid‑related appropriations totaling about $41,000,000 that funds university training programs, residential detox, naloxone, veterans programs, crisis‑line enhancements and grants for prevention, treatment and recovery; given a favorable report. (Presented by Rep. Reynolds; motion and second; voice vote.)

Procedural notes

Most measures were reported favorably by voice vote; the transcript records "aye" responses and no roll-call tallies. When the transcript identified presenters, the article attributes the bills to them (for example, Representative Warren for the Children's Trust Fund items; Representative Reynolds for opioid appropriations and emergency transport). Where vote counts or detailed roll-call records were not provided in the transcript, this summary notes the voice-vote method and records outcome as a favorable report or amendment adoption as stated in the meeting.

The committee announced a schedule to brief caucuses and to consider bills on the floor in the near term.