Partisan splits appear on select measures as Appropriations committee advances amended bills

Although much of the hearing was procedural, several measures recorded partisan splits and substantive amendments. The committee approved amendments on a number of bills; where amendments were adopted the chair said the committee would post addendum analyses summarizing the changes and fiscal effects.

Examples from the transcript include AB 2047 (firearms 3‑D printing), approved as amended by a 5–2 vote with Republicans voting no, and AB 2270 (low‑income housing tax credit), approved 6–1. The transcript records the amendment summaries read into the record (for example, AB 2047 was amended to make attorney general guidance contingent upon ASTM international standards, narrow scope and remove enforcement provisions). The chair announced outcomes immediately after roll calls.

Committee members repeatedly noted that votes in Appropriations are fiscal in nature; Senator Grayson said the floor vote could differ once policy considerations are in play. The committee’s next steps are to post the roll calls and addendum analyses online and to advance the bills to the Senate floor consistent with the recorded motions.

Speakers in the transcript included the chair and committee members whose votes are recorded in the roll calls; specific amendment texts and fiscal numbers will be available in the addendum materials published by the committee.