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Senator Watson secures reconsideration and reduction to funding for Senate amendment 36 (Commission on Children & Youth)
Summary
Senator Watson moved to reconsider the committee's earlier action on Senate amendment 36 (Commission on Children and Youth). The committee reconsidered and the appropriation was reduced in committee (transcript references a reduction from $120,000 to $70,000).
Senator Watson moved to reconsider the committee's prior adoption of Senate amendment 36, which addressed funding for the Commission on Children and Youth and related expansion of the court‑appointed special advocates program. The chair conducted the votes to reconsider and then to adopt an amended funding level; the transcript records the committee adopting a reduced amount (from $120,000 to $70,000 as stated during the exchange).
Senator Watson initiated the motion to reconsider: "I'd like for the committee to reconsider our actions on senate amendment 36." The chair acknowledged the motion, the committee reconsidered and then approved the revised appropriation.
