Committee chair rules multiple appropriation amendments out of order amid repeated challenges
During a Committee of the Whole session on the FY‑27 substitute budget, the chair repeatedly ruled appropriation amendments out of order, prompting several motions to overrule that were put to a hand vote and failed; senators pressed for reasons and raised concerns about consistency and the treatment of lapse funds.
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The Committee of the Whole opened its FY‑27 substitute‑budget markup with the chair reading a detailed set of rules of engagement, including deadlines for submitting written amendments and limits on yielding time. Early in the session the chair declared a set of appropriation amendments out of order for the chapter being considered and said those items would be handled instead in the bill's miscellaneous provisions.
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