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Budget committee advances dozens of House and Senate bills and governor letters by voice vote
Summary
The committee read large House and Senate packets, adopted multiple governor letters and amendments, and advanced many House and Senate bills and resolutions through grouped 'due pass' voice votes; no recorded roll-call tallies appear in the transcript.
Committee members moved through large House and Senate packets across multiple pages. The chair read grouped bill numbers from the House packet (examples include HB 1012, 1014–1016, 1019–1036, 1038–1050, 1056–1063, 1067, 1069–1076 and several resolutions) and moved them to due pass in page-by-page blocks; members were given opportunities to hold items but none were held except Arkansas Tech’s HB 1016.
The Senate packet items (SB 5–6, 9, 11–13, 17–18, 25, 27–35, 37–50, 54, 56–57) were likewise advanced in grouped voice votes. The transcript records multiple "aye" voice votes and motions carried; the committee did not record roll-call tallies in the available transcript.
The group of governor letters D1–D10 (homestead tax credit reallocation, small agency reallocations, reappropriations and supplemental fund transfers) were presented by staff and adopted by voice vote. The committee chair also noted scheduling for claims, personnel and JVC meetings and adjourned the session.
Because the transcript records grouped voice actions without individual roll-call counts, this summary lists the bills and letters advanced and notes that motions passed by voice vote rather than reporting individual member votes.
