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Joint Budget Committee passes dozens of bills; Representative McClinton withdraws $400,000 memorial request
Summary
The committee moved and passed a long list of House and Senate bills by voice vote and heard a brief presentation from Representative McClinton, who withdrew a $400,000 request for the Bella Vista Veterans Wall of Honor and said she will seek alternate funding.
The Joint Budget Committee completed consideration of its agenda by taking motions and voice votes to pass a long series of House and Senate bills and by hearing a brief project pitch that was withdrawn by its sponsor.
Representative McClinton presented a bill seeking $400,000 to expand the Bella Vista Veterans Wall of Honor (a large regional veterans memorial along Lake Bella Vista). She explained the site draws tourists and that an expected increase in demand for name space motivated the request, but she withdrew the bill and said she would pursue alternate funding sources this summer.
Following that presentation the committee moved through the previously announced House bills (beginning with HB 1005) and took motions to pass or pass-as-amended a long list of measures by voice vote. After finishing the House packet, the committee considered the Senate packet and passed the listed Senate bills (including SB 3, SB 4, SB 7, SB 8, SB 15, SB 20, SB 21, SB 30, SB 31, SB 36, SB 41, SB 43, SB 58, SB 63, SB 67, SB 73, and SB 77) on voice votes; the transcript records aye/voice results rather than roll-call tallies.
Votes at a glance (voice votes recorded in transcript): HB 1100 — passed as amended; SB 75 — passed as amended; Multiple other house and senate bills listed in the committee packet were passed by voice vote (see committee packet referenced in the transcript for a complete list).
What happens next: Passed bills will continue through the legislative process; Representative McClinton said she will pursue alternate funding for the Bella Vista project rather than pursuing the bill in this session.
