Appropriations committee reports five bills to the floor, including Right to Repair Act

The House Appropriations Committee on an announced quorum voted to report five bills to the House floor, including HB 1512, the Right to Repair Act, and three fiscal-year 2025–26 appropriation bills for education, the executive department and human services.

Committee Executive Director (unnamed) gave a brief overview of the bills: HB 446 would require hospitals or ambulatory surgical facilities to provide patients with any unused portion of facility-provided medication at discharge; HB 1512 would establish the Right to Repair Act; HB 1977, HB 1978 and HB 1979 are appropriations for fiscal year 2025–26 for the Department of Education, the Executive Department of the Commonwealth and the Department of Human Services, respectively.

There was no discussion on HB 446. Chairman Harris asked if there would be any negative votes; none were recorded. "There are no negative votes on house bill 4 46," the chair noted, and the committee recorded Democrats in the affirmative; the bill was re-referred with a unanimous vote.

For HB 1512, the committee proceeded by roll call. The roll call in the transcript records Chairman Harris, Abney and Bellman voting "Yes." A number of members were recorded voting "No" or "Designation, no." The chair announced that HB 1512 "will pass this committee and be re referred back to the floor of the house." The transcript does not provide a complete, auditable tally for every named member.

House Bills 1977, 1978 and 1979 were each called, and in each case the chair recorded that there was no discussion and no negative votes. Each was reported from committee "with a unanimous vote," the chair said, and will be referred to the floor.

Votes at a glance: - HB 446 (would require hospitals/ambulatory surgical facilities to provide patients with unused facility-provided medication on discharge): reported from committee, unanimous (no negative votes recorded). - HB 1512 (Right to Repair Act): passed on roll-call and will be re-referred to the House floor (transcript records several named yes and no votes; full tally not specified in the transcript). - HB 1977 (appropriation for FY 2025–26, Department of Education): reported from committee, unanimous. - HB 1978 (appropriation for FY 2025–26, Executive Department of the Commonwealth): reported from committee, unanimous. - HB 1979 (appropriation for FY 2025–26, Department of Human Services): reported from committee, unanimous.

The committee adjourned after reporting the five bills. The transcript contains no public comment, extended debate, amendment language, dollar amounts for the appropriations, or departmental testimony beyond the initial staff overview; those details were not specified in the record.