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House Appropriations Committee approves H 9 15 to create producer-responsibility program for veterinary containers
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Summary
The House Appropriations Committee on March 19 approved H 9 15, an extended producer responsibility program for veterinary containers, after brief debate about using the Clean Water Fund as a funding source; the motion passed 8-3.
The House Appropriations Committee voted on March 19 to approve H 9 15, which creates an extended producer responsibility program for veterinary containers, after a brief discussion about funding and program administration. The motion passed with eight members voting yes and three voting no.
The chair opened the session at 3:25 p.m. and said the committee would take up H 9 15, describing it as an "extended producer responsibility program for veterinary container[s]," and asked members to move to a vote. The chair also relayed a reason offered earlier for advancing the bill: that the Clean Water Fund typically retains unused balances each year, which one member said made the committee chair comfortable supporting the measure for a period of time.
One committee member objected to using that rationale, saying, "I totally don't like it because that's a matter of business management at that end," arguing the decision about deploying fund resources raised management questions separate from the committee's policy choice.
The chair then asked for a motion to approve H 9 15 "as introduced." A motion was made (the transcript does not specify who moved). A second was recorded and acknowledged by name as Marty. The chair said there was no further discussion and asked the clerk to call the roll.
The clerk recorded the following votes: Representative Bloomager — yes; Representative Dickinson — no; Representative Peltas — yes; Representative Kosenka — yes; Representative Roach — no; Representative Rybicki — no; Representative Nigro — yes; Representative Squirrel — yes; Representative Stevens — yes; Representative Yakima — yes; Representative Shah — yes. The tally was eight yes, three no; the motion passed.
After the vote, the chair thanked members, asked Trevor to serve as the reporter again, and suggested the committee go offline until it was ready to resume.
The committee did not record amendments, deadlines, or implementation details for the program in the provided transcript; those items were not specified and may appear in committee files or subsequent legislative text.
