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Appropriations committee advances several bills to consent calendar and adopts technical fixes; DORA, victim-notification and PERA items cleared
Summary
The Senate Appropriations Committee advanced Senate Bills 6, 78, 124 and placed others on the consent calendar; SB6 included a minor DORA staffing add, SB124 was a technical fix to victim notification systems, and SB151 (PERA policy) was placed on consent.
The Senate Committee on Appropriations approved several bills with limited debate and placed several items on the consent calendar during a single session.
Senate Bill 6: Senator Kirkmeyer moved Senate Bill 6, explaining that the Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA) added 0.2 FTE and that the cost is under $20,000 and can be accommodated within current resources. The committee adopted the bill and recorded aye votes.
Senate Bill 78: Senator Kirkmeyer moved SB78; the committee adopted the measure and the vice chair suggested placing it on the consent calendar, which occurred by unanimous consent.
Senate Bill 124: Sponsor Senator Wallace explained a strike-below amendment that converted SB124 into a technical change to how the automated victim notification system collects a particular data element; sponsors said the change should not require a new appropriation although local workload may change. The committee adopted SB124 unanimously.
Senate Bill 151: Senator Gonzales moved SB151 (policy affecting PERA); members had no substantive objections and the item was placed on the consent calendar.
Votes: Several of these bills were adopted unanimously in committee; SB6 and SB78 were put on the consent calendar after adoption.
