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House Appropriations advances six bills, lays over one after brief committee session
Summary
The House Appropriations Committee met and advanced six bills to the Committee of the Whole — many with adopted amendments — while laying over one measure for a future hearing. Most motions passed on roll-call votes recorded between 8–10 yes votes and 1–3 no votes.
The House Appropriations Committee met and moved six bills to the Committee of the Whole, adopting several committee amendments, and laid over one bill for a future date.
Committee business opened with roll call and a reminder from the Chair that seven bills were on the day’s docket. Committee members adopted committee amendments across multiple measures before voting to refer the bills to the Committee of the Whole for further consideration on the floor.
House Bill 10 29: The committee adopted amendment L006 and voted to send House Bill 10 29 as amended to the Committee of the Whole. The roll-call vote was 10 yes to 1 no. The Vice Chair moved the amendment and Representative Velasco was recorded as the seconder. No further substantive debate was recorded.
House Bill 11 41: Sponsor Representative Bacon indicated an amendment in the packet; the committee approved L7 without objection and referred the bill to the Committee of the Whole. The measure passed the committee by a 10–1 vote.
House Bill 14 18: Representative Zocai led consideration of House Bill 14 18. The committee adopted several amendments in sequence (L17, L18, L19 and J01) and then voted 8 yes to 3 no to move the bill to the Committee of the Whole as amended.
House Bill 14 29: The chair announced that House Bill 14 29 would be laid over and heard at a future date; no amendments or vote occurred today.
House Bill 14 30: The committee received no amendments and voted to send House Bill 14 30 to the Committee of the Whole with a favorable recommendation; the roll-call vote was 9 yes, 2 no.
Senate Bill 20: Committee members noted that an appropriation was not required, offered no amendments, and moved Senate Bill 20 to the Committee of the Whole. The vote passed 9–2.
Senate Bill 36: Sponsors listed included Representative Bacon and Representative Zocai. The committee adopted amendment J003 and moved Senate Bill 36, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The committee vote recorded 8 yes and 3 no.
The chair closed the meeting and announced the committee would reconvene at 08:15 the next morning.
(Procedural note: all vote tallies in this roundup reflect roll-call results announced in committee and reported at the close of each item.)
