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Committee adopts amendment, passes fire company grant bill despite GOP objections over property tax relief funding
Summary
The committee passed House Bill 24-46, creating a Fire Company Transformational Grant Program, after approving Amendment A03404 to route funds directly to the Property Tax Relief Fund. Republicans opposed the amendment and the final bill, citing concerns about diverting property tax relief dollars.
The Appropriations Committee passed House Bill 24-46 on June 2, 2026, after adopting Amendment A03404 that altered how the bill’s funding would be routed.
Committee executive director (Committee executive director) told the panel that the amendment "removes" an intermediate reserve step so funds would go "directly to the property tax relief fund" rather than first to a property tax relief reserve fund. The amendment was met with partisan opposition: a committee member (Committee member) said the panel "clearly wanna support our our fire companies, but we don't feel that we should be doing that at the expense of the property tax relief fund that helps senior citizens and homeowners." The member also said Republicans would vote against the amendment.
Chair (Chair) recorded that Democrats voted in the affirmative and announced that Amendment A03404 passed. After further brief debate on the bill as amended, the Chair again recorded Democrats voting in the affirmative and announced that House Bill 24-46 would pass the committee as amended, while Republican members signaled they would vote no.
The hearing record shows two distinct procedural decisions: first the committee adopted Amendment A03404 changing the routing of the funding; second the committee passed HB24-46 as amended. Committee members raised an alternative proposal during debate — to fund the program from table-games revenue — but that proposal was not adopted on the floor. The transcript does not record named movers or the exact numerical roll-call tally for either the amendment or the final bill; votes were described in party terms (Republicans opposed, Democrats in favor). The committee did not provide additional detail in the meeting record about the amount of funding involved or the schedule for grant awards.
What happens next: HB24-46 was approved by the committee as amended and will proceed per legislative order; the transcript does not specify implementation dates or additional executive-branch rules.
