House Appropriations Committee approves package of bills and advances ethics-related measure on digital assets

The House Appropriations Committee approved a package of bills and advanced a separate ethics-related proposal during its meeting.

Package vote: The chair called House Bills 10-06 (extends milk tester certification from one year to two), 20-14 (clarifies hours for certain minors serving volunteer emergency service organizations), 25-12 (transcript reads "prohibits the use of surveillance prices by transportation network companies" — the phrase in the transcript is unclear), 25-59 (authorizes land conveyances), and 26-44 (authorizes capital bridge projects) as a package. The committee voted unanimously in favor of the package, and the chair announced the package will be referred to the House floor. The transcript records the chair saying "All Republicans will be supporting... All of the Democrats will also vote in the affirmative, and therefore... will pass the committee with a unanimous vote." Individual recorded roll-call tallies by name were not provided in the segments read aloud for the package.

House Bill 20-37 (ethics/digital assets): The committee also considered HB 20-37, described by the committee executive director as expanding the list of restricted activities for public officials to include promoting a digital asset in which the official has a financial interest or from which the official receives a financial benefit. During roll call for HB 20-37 several members' responses were noted as "designation, no" or similar; despite these recorded designations the chair announced that HB 20-37 will pass the committee and be referred to the House floor. The transcript does not provide an itemized vote record by member name for this measure.

Next steps: Each bill was referred to the House floor for consideration; the transcript does not record further amendments or committee instructions for implementation.