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Votes at a glance: key motions and outcomes from Appropriations Committee markup
Summary
During the committee's second day of markup members approved a range of amendments, footnotes and reclassifications across health, family services, higher education and natural resources. This roundup lists the principal motions and outcomes the committee recorded.
Below are the principal motions, votes and outcomes the committee recorded during the markup session. This list focuses on substantive, agency‑level decisions and large‑value items the committee debated or moved to separate consideration. All outcomes are based on committee floor action recorded in the transcript.
1) Department of Health (Agency 048) - Outcome: Agency 048 as amended was adopted by roll call (12 ayes). Multiple unit amendments passed, including: a small reduction of $63,123 and 2 FTEs (unit 401) to remove some positions; a directive via footnote to use $5,450,000 for emergency waiver placements; and an additional $4.5 million (with matching federal funds) to reduce the DD waiver wait list by 50%.
2) Indian Health Services (Unit 471) - Motion: Representative Pendergraft moved to limit increases by $58,000,000 federal funds. - Outcome: Motion carried as amended; members debated that this was 100% federal funding and that Wyoming Medicaid automatically adopts federal rates.
3) Rural Health Transformation - Motion: Move $344,000,000 in federal funds out of the omnibus budget and run as a separate bill. - Outcome: Motion carried; the committee will consider the separate bill on Thursday.
4) Public health laboratory and ARPA continuation (Unit 532) - Motion and outcome: The committee did not concur with a miscoded table entry and removed or reclassified certain ARPA continuation requests after discussion; motions carried. The committee later removed a previously placed footnote when the funding was removed.
5) Sunbucks / Summer EBT (Unit 2510 and associated preschool ECA) - Outcome: After extended debate and amendment, the committee reduced the governor's requested increases and approved an amended amount (committee motions adjusting the original request were carried).
6) Wildland fire modules / hazard pay (Unit 401) - Outcome: The committee added footnotes connecting module funding to pending legislation; the committee specified fallback hiring as part‑time positions rather than AWEC in the event the related bills do not pass and added a small footnote to cover retirement differences (approx. $41,127 per module as discussed by staff).
7) Block votes and other agencies - Several smaller agencies (Governor's Residence, Wyoming Tourism Board) were closed by roll call as block votes prior to the lunch recess.
Notes on procedure: the committee repeatedly used footnotes to narrow the intended use of funds (for example to specify emergency placements, provider rates, or to delay ongoing obligations). Where a table coding error existed (e.g., a miscoded $1,820,623) the committee corrected or withheld concurrence to allow technical correction. Several items the committee viewed as larger policy packages (notably the Rural Health Transformation funding) were explicitly moved out of the omnibus to ensure separate public consideration.
A full list of floor motions and recorded roll calls is available in the transcript; this roundup highlights the principal outcomes that change budget authority or move major policy packages to other vehicles.
