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Senate Finance committee adopts omnibus budget corrections, sends substitute House Bill 184 to Rules
Summary
The Senate Finance Committee adopted a 36‑item omnibus amendment (AM1507) into substitute House Bill 184 — including a $40 million seed transfer for a post‑traumatic stress fund and changes to childcare payments and nursing‑home reimbursement language — and favorably reported the substitute bill to Rules and Reference after tabling several member amendments.
The Senate Finance Committee adopted a budget‑correction omnibus amendment and voted to send substitute House Bill 184 to the Committee on Rules and Reference during its first hearing.
An amendment offered as AM1507, described by the committee chair’s presenter as “another round of time‑sensitive changes and corrections to the operating budget and the previous capital budget,” was incorporated into the substitute bill after no members objected. The amendment package contains 36 changes the presenter said were identified in coordination with the House and the administration.
Key, explicit provisions explained to the committee included transferring administration of a post‑traumatic stress fund to the Department of Public Safety and transferring $40,000,000 in one‑time general‑fund money to seed the fund; temporarily continuing public childcare payments based on attendance rather than enrollment until July 9, 2028, as permitted under federal law; and amendments to nursing‑home reimbursement language to align appropriations with House Bill 96 from the 136th General Assembly. The presenter said the amendment also clarifies that, under certain circumstances, drivers holding valid, unexpired H‑2A visas are exempt from some bill provisions affecting agricultural workers.
Ranking Member Hicks Hudson sought clarification about the nursing‑home language and whether the change would apply retroactively. Hicks Hudson asked, “I just wanted to be clear that we are talking about prospective as opposed to retro.” The presenter replied, “That is correct. This is — there is nothing retroactive to this at all,” and confirmed the amendment adopts the legislature’s intended interpretation going forward.
Other technical clarifications in AM1507 noted by the presenter included a provision limiting surety‑bond liability to 115% of bond value for additional costs incurred by the ODOT director as applied to the Brent Spence Bridge project, and adjustments to appropriation language tied to prior budgets.
Several amendments proposed by members during the hearing were debated briefly and then tabled on motions from Vice Chair Chavez. Those member amendments included proposals to reinstate a tax‑expenditure review committee; require use of an updated fair school‑funding plan; increase film and Broadway production tax credits from $50 million to $75 million per fiscal year; and change homestead exemption thresholds and State Teachers Retirement System board composition. Each of those motions to table was carried by roll call vote.
Vice Chair Chavez moved that the committee favorably report substitute House Bill 184 to the Committee on Rules and Reference. By roll call, the committee approved the motion and the substitute bill was reported favorably. The chair then moved, without objection, to authorize the Legislative Service Commission to harmonize amendments for substitute House Bill 184.
The hearing concluded with no further business and the committee adjourned.
What happens next: Substitute House Bill 184 has been sent to Rules and Reference; harmonization by LSC was authorized during the hearing.
