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House advances base budget bills: H.B. 5 passes; H.B. 1 and H.B. 6 substituted and circled
Summary
The House placed base budget bills H.B. 1, H.B. 5 and H.B. 6 on the third‑reading calendar; H.B. 5 (natural resources/agriculture/environment) passed 71–0, H.B. 1 was replaced with a first substitute and circled, and H.B. 6 was substituted and circled for later consideration.
The House moved multiple base budget measures forward on the third‑reading calendar. Representative Pompey successfully moved that the base budget bills—H.B. 1 (public education), H.B. 5 (natural resources, agriculture and environmental quality), and H.B. 6 (retirement and independent entities)—be lifted from rules and placed on the third‑reading calendar. The body also agreed to suspend the one‑legislative‑day rule to allow floor consideration of those bills the same day.
Representative Mathis presented H.B. 5, the base budget for natural resources, agriculture and environmental quality, and said the committee had voted unanimously to pass the base budget bill out unamended. After summation was waived, the House recorded a vote of 71 yes and 0 no; H.B. 5 will be transmitted to the Senate.
On H.B. 1, Representative Last moved to substitute House Bill 1 with a first substitute to reflect committee changes; the House replaced the bill and circled the substitute to allow members time to review it before further consideration. Representative Powell moved to substitute H.B. 6 with a first substitute and emphasized the amendment included a $1,000,000 reduction that members should consider; that motion and the subsequent circle motion carried.
The House recessed for roughly 14½ minutes to give members time to review the substituted text before returning to the calendar.
