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Ways and Means advances two consent calendars and moves several bills favorable with amendments

Ways and Means Committee · April 8, 2026
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The Ways and Means Committee approved two consent calendars and moved multiple bills — including HB500/SB309 (precious-metals sales-tax exemption), SB311 (education funding/standards adjustments) and SB410 (appropriations changes) — favorably with amendments during its 17th voting session.

The Ways and Means Committee moved two consent calendars and approved several bills with amendments during its 17th voting session.

The committee approved a first-page consent calendar that included Senate Bill 968; House Bill 694 as amended (sponsor: Delegate Bhandari); Senate Bill 163 as amended (Senators West and McRae); House Bill 1168 as amended (Delegate Bagby); and Senate Bill 685 as amended (Senator Guyal). A second consent calendar including House Bills 1574 (as amended, Delegate Solomon), 1587 (as amended, Delegate Patterson), 1604 (as amended, Delegate Carr) and Senate Bill 646 (Senator King) also moved forward favorable with amendments. The Minority Leader moved each calendar and the Chair called the votes after there was no discussion.

The committee then…

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