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Ways and Means clears a long consent calendar: summary of bills advanced
Summary
After advancing the budget, the Senate Ways and Means Committee passed a series of House bills — largely on the consent calendar — including judiciary and programmatic appropriations, changes to effective dates for several measures, and provisions on housing, public safety and education. Several members asked for committee‑report language on implementation concerns.
The Senate Committee on Ways and Means moved a large set of House bills through committee after the budget item, adopting recommendations to pass many measures either unamended or with technical amendments. Multiple bills were adopted on the record with no extended debate; a few drew brief member comments that the committee agreed to capture in the committee report.
Notable items advanced include: HB 400 (judiciary funding and staffing adjustments, adopted with amendments), HB 214 (changes to school resource…
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