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Utah House passes final appropriations bill; members told "bill of bills" includes line-item guides
Summary
Representative Brown presented the legislature's final appropriations package (HB3), calling it the "bill of bills" and directing members to a lavender line-item copy; the House passed HB3 on final reading.
Representative Mel Brown presented House Bill 3, the final appropriations package for the session, describing it as "the final appropriations bill of this session. It's the bill of bills." He told members they would receive a lavender-colored copy that shows line items and where each appropriation appears in the bill.
Brown summarized the bill's structure and said it appropriates operating and capital budgets for the fiscal years under consideration, and that subcommittee and floor deliberations produced the itemized allocations. He thanked subcommittee chairs and staff and highlighted the collective work to produce the budgets.
No substantive floor questions were raised after the presentation. House members then moved to final passage; the clerk recorded HB3 as passing the House with 68 yes votes and 7 no votes. The bill will be transmitted to the Senate for its consideration and signatures consistent with interchamber procedures.
Why it matters: HB3 directs state operating and capital funding and is the primary vehicle for the session's budget decisions. The sponsor emphasized members should rely on the printed line-item copy for detailed allocations.
Next steps: the bill will be sent to the Senate; enrolled copies and formal signatures will follow routine post-passage processing.
Representative Brown said the document is the product of the subcommittees and thanked chairs, in particular noting the vice chair for his work; he also encouraged members to review the line-item materials distributed on the floor.
