Senate committee gives do-pass recommendation to three appropriation bills

The Senate Indian Bridal Cultural Affairs Committee voted to recommend "do pass" for three appropriation bills — Senate bill 2 16, Senate bill 2 25 and Senate bill 2 48 — after handling them on the consent calendar.

Committee Chair opened the session and announced the consent calendar, saying the three bills were before the committee. An unidentified committee member moved approval of all three bills "and I'll second those 3 motions," and the committee recorded each as receiving a "do pass" recommendation. The chair said there was no opposition and that a roll call was unnecessary; the transcript does not record individual vote tallies.

During the brief discussion, a committee member observed that one of the bills involved about $33,000,000, noting it was larger than the others in that grouping; the record does not specify which bill carried that amount. The chair stated the three bills "will receive a due pass out of the Senate Indian Bridal Cultural Affairs Committee."

After the actions, the committee recessed until next Tuesday. The chair said two other pieces of legislation will receive full hearings at that time. The transcript records no further debate or public testimony on the three consent-calendar bills.

Action taken: the committee recommended "do pass" for Senate bill 2 16, Senate bill 2 25 and Senate bill 2 48; the recommendation was recorded as unanimous in the transcript, though the exact tally was not specified. The committee is scheduled to reconvene next Tuesday for two full hearings.