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House refuses to concur with Senate changes to veterans nursing home funding language
Summary
Representative Bigelow moved and the House voted to refuse to concur with Senate amendments to HB440, arguing Senate edits removed language clearly restricting funds for the veterans nursing home; the motion passed and the House asked the Senate to recede from its amendments.
On March 11 the Utah House voted to refuse to concur with Senate amendments to House Bill 440 (Veterans Nursing Home Reimbursement Restricted Account), pressing that the Senate edits removed statutory language that had clearly restricted the dedicated funds for the veterans nursing home.
Representative Bigelow moved to refuse to concur and explained the House's intent "was to restrict those funds very clearly for the veterans' nursing home." He said the Senate's changes made the restriction unclear and recommended refusal to concur so the House could ask the Senate to recede. Representative Hughes urged support for refusal to concur, saying he did not expect the issue to be a long-term sticking point but asked members to support the motion.
After floor debate and summations, the House approved the motion to refuse to concur and will request the Senate to receive from its amendments. The transcript records that the motion passed but does not provide a roll-call tally for the refusal-to-concur vote on the floor.
The House's action sends the matter to a conference committee or to the Senate for reconsideration to reconcile the disagreement over statutory restriction language for the restricted account.
