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Votes at a glance: key committee outcomes from the Appropriations meeting
Summary
A quick reference to the committee's recorded votes and notable procedural actions taken today, including which bills passed, which failed, and amendments adopted.
The Senate Appropriations Committee recorded the following outcomes during the session:
- Senate Bill 148 — Loan from UPTF to Clean Energy Fund: failed in committee, 5–2 (ayes: Senator Gonzales, Chair; noes: Senators Kirkmeyer, Kolker, Liston, Pelton, Vice Chair). - Senate Bill 185 — JTC/OIT audit process/TRPR funding: passed unanimously and recommended for the consent calendar. - House Bill 1004 — child care tax credit discussion: passed unanimously in committee; vice chair recommended consent calendar but one member later objected to consent placement. - House Bill 1014 — job growth tax credit extension: passed unanimously. - (Pesticide disposal enterprise bill) — adopted in committee, 5–2 (sponsor created a small enterprise within Department of Agriculture to coordinate discounted pesticide disposal events). - House Bill 1206 — housing authorities/GENTAX amendment: passed 4–3. - House Bill 1287 — sunset: passed unanimously and placed on the consent calendar. - House Bill 1428 — online provider data collection (amendment L1001): passed unanimously; includes a one‑year $125,000 State Education Fund appropriation for data collection stand‑up. - Senate Bill 178 — reinsurance/Omni Salud (as amended by L14 and L15): passed 4–3 after adoption of amendments that require a JBC presentation and delay bond issuance until at least January 2027. - Senate Bill 193 — clarifying state treatment of local minimum wages: passed unanimously after administrative testimony and union testimony in opposition and support.
Several amendments were adopted on the floor for specific bills: L14 (technical) and L15 (policy) were adopted for SB178; one J‑amendment (J4) that reduced an appropriation was adopted on another bill and passed 4–3. Some bills were placed on the consent calendar; others had objections noted.
