House Appropriations advances four bills to Committee of the Whole

The House Appropriations Committee advanced four bills to the Committee of the Whole after brief consideration and the adoption of technical amendments.

The committee, led by the chair, opened the session and proceeded through four sponsored measures. Committee members adopted proposed amendments where offered, then voted to send each bill to the Committee of the Whole with a favorable recommendation.

Most discussions were procedural and brief. For the first item (referred to in the record as "10 o 9"), the chair recommended against adding a proposed amendment and said the department should absorb any cost within existing resources, noting the department was at its "h u t f spending limit." The vice chair moved House Bill 10 o 9 to the Committee of the Whole; the motion passed by roll call, 9–1 with one member excused. The chair announced, "That passes 9 to 1 with 1 excused."

On House Bill 1008, sponsors moved and the committee adopted amendment j001; Rep. Taggart then moved the bill as amended to the Committee of the Whole with a favorable recommendation. The motion passed by roll call, 9–1 with one excused.

House Bill 10 69 (sponsored by Rep. Frey and Rep. Stewart) and House Bill 10 88 (sponsored by Rep. Clifford and Rep. Kaggart) each had amendment j001 adopted and were moved to the Committee of the Whole as amended. The committee recorded two near-unanimous outcomes: the committee chair stated HB 10 69 passed "unanimously with 1 excused," and HB 10 88 passed "10 to 0 with 1 excused."

Votes at a glance: the record lists four motions to send bills to the Committee of the Whole with favorable recommendations; recorded results in the transcript are: HB 10 o 9 — 9 yes, 1 no, 1 excused; HB 1008 (as amended) — 9 yes, 1 no, 1 excused; HB 10 69 (as amended) — unanimous with 1 excused; HB 10 88 (as amended) — 10 yes, 0 no, 1 excused.

The chair closed the meeting with brief thanks to sponsors and members and indicated the bills would proceed to the floor.

The transcript contains some inconsistent spellings of member names and brief transcription errors (noted below); votes and outcomes reported here follow the roll-call tallies as recorded in the committee transcript.