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Contentious bill to authorize central collection of federal funds advances after roll call
Summary
Senate Bill 828, which would create central authority to collect federal funds owed to the state and allow liens on federal property in certain cases, was debated as politically fraught and advanced by the committee after a roll call that recorded several no votes.
Vice Chair Kaiser introduced Senate Bill 828 and described it as a measure authorizing a central collection unit to recover federal funds owed to the state, place liens on federal property and withhold payments to the federal government if the Board of Public Works determines the federal government is delinquent. Committee members noted the bill passed the Senate on a strictly partisan vote, and the chair said the measure would prompt an ‘‘interesting debate.’’
Committee members asked questions and deferred some answers to the next day. After discussion the bill was moved and the clerk called the roll. The roll call recorded multiple no votes; those recorded voting no on the committee roll included Delegate Grace, Delegate Beichchum (recorded as Bechum in other lines), Delegate Heinbball, and Delegate Mezer. The bill passed with a majority of recorded yays.
Members then took up House Bill 706, the house cross-file of SB 828, and moved to mark the house cross-file with the same recorded vote as the committee had just taken on SB 828.
The committee adjourned with a note that bill hearings and additional voting might resume the following day.
