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House Appropriations Committee advances package of bills and clears multiple measures
Summary
The House Appropriations Committee reviewed and advanced a slate of bills covering school health training, mobile device policies, shared-equity agreements, accessory dwelling units, medical marijuana for terminally ill patients and other measures; the committee voted to pass each item on today’s agenda and referred a package of bills to the House floor.
The chair called the House Appropriations Committee to order and, after staff overview, the panel advanced a series of bills spanning education, housing, health and natural resources.
The committee executive director summarized the agenda before debate. "We have a house bill 10 45, requires school nurses and employees to complete seizure recognition training every 3 years," the executive director said, and then outlined HB 18-14 (a school mobile-device ban policy), HB 21-20 (licensing and regulation of shared-equity providers), HB 21-86 (creation of accessory dwelling units), HB 22-54 (allowing terminally ill patients in health care facilities to use medical marijuana), HB 22-74 (a change to the limit on dirt and gravel roads), HB 23-63 (updates to big game harvest tagging and reporting), HB 23-91 (prohibiting certain prepayment penalties), and HB 24-36 (teacher certification fee revenue to a talent recruitment account and a one-time transfer).
On HB 21-20 the chair called up amendment A03291. A committee member characterized the amendment as technical and reported partisan support language; the amendment was adopted and HB 21-20 passed the committee as amended.
The chair then proposed a package combining HB 22-54, HB 23-63 and HB 24-36 (excluding HB 23-91). After clarification that HB 23-91 would be handled separately, the committee member noted party support and the package was forwarded to the House floor after the committee voted to pass the three bills unanimously.
Several bills were taken individually with roll calls. HB 10-45, which requires school nurses and other employees to complete seizure recognition training every three years, was called up, a roll call recorded members' responses by designation, and the chair announced "the ayes have it," declaring the bill passed the committee. HB 18-14 (school mobile-device ban policy), HB 21-86 (accessory dwelling units), and HB 22-74 (change to dirt-and-gravel-road limits) each received roll calls and were announced as passed.
When HB 23-91 was called, a member indicated Republicans would vote against it and a roll call was prepared; that roll call was canceled and the chair recorded Democrats' affirmative votes, announcing the ayes have it and that HB 23-91 would pass the committee.
With no further business, the chair adjourned the meeting.
Votes at a glance: HB 21-20 (amendment A03291 adopted; bill passed as amended); Package (HB 22-54, HB 23-63, HB 24-36) passed and referred to the House floor; HB 10-45 passed (seizure recognition training requirement); HB 18-14 passed (school mobile-device ban policy); HB 21-86 passed (accessory dwelling units); HB 22-74 passed (dirt-and-gravel limit adjustment); HB 23-91 passed (prohibition on certain prepayment penalties).
The committee record shows roll-call responses by designation for multiple bills; the transcript records the chair announcing that "the ayes have it" for each passed item. Individual yea/nay tallies are recorded in the meeting transcript as members responding "yes," "no," or "designation," but a full numeric tally for each vote is not specified in the transcript provided.
