House Appropriations Committee tables many Senate bills, reports several others and carries multiple measures to 2027

The House Appropriations Committee met to consider a broad list of Senate bills and took mostly procedural actions: members tabled numerous measures, reported several bills to the floor, and carried others over under Rule 22 to the 2027 session.

The meeting began with the chair calling roll and moving through the agenda. Many items were handled quickly. For example, the chair introduced SB35 (Senator Favola), and Delegate Doug Reed moved to “pass by for the day.” The motion was seconded and approved by voice vote. Similar procedural "pass by" motions were used for SB39 (Senator Favola), SB52 (Senator Rouse), SB96 (Senator Rome) and other measures.

Several bills were tabled on recorded votes. The committee tabled SB50 (Senator Rouse) on a recorded vote reported in the transcript as 20 to 0. SB198 (Senator Favola) was tabled on a recorded vote reported as 21 to 0. The transcript records SB484 (Senator Deeds), SB499 (Senator Marsden), SB556, SB625 (as substituted) and several others as tabled with unanimous or near-unanimous tallies; where the transcript provided a numeric tally it is reported here. SB517 (Senator Stanley) was reported in the transcript as tabled on a 16 to 6 recorded vote.

The committee reported several bills to the floor. SB285 (Senator Erd) was reported with the transcript noting “there’s no cost to this bill,” and members voted to report it 20 to 0. SB592 (Senator Bagby), SB835 and SB836 (both attributed to Senator Lucas in the transcript) were reported on recorded votes the transcript records as 22 to 0. SB257 (Senator Favola) was considered with a House substitute; the substitute was adopted and the committee moved to report SB257 as substituted. The transcript records the post-adoption tally in a shorthand form (“2110”) that is unclear in the record; the committee clerk’s official minutes should be consulted for the exact tally.

A number of bills were carried over under Rule 22 to the 2027 session. The transcript records motions to carry over SB97 (Senator Rome), SB392 (Senator Jordan), SB564 (Senator Sternan) and SB606 (Senator Lucas), among others; each motion was seconded and approved by voice vote.

Delegate Doug Reed was the member most often recorded as making motions during the session; members frequently responded simply by saying “Second” or by voice voting. The chair managed the agenda and called for votes, but the chair’s name does not appear in the transcript.

The committee adjourned after completing the agenda.

Why this matters: the committee’s decisions determine which measures move on to floor consideration, which are paused for further work, and which are removed from immediate consideration. Reported bills will proceed to the next steps in the House process; tabled or carried-over measures may be revisited in later sessions or committees.

What to watch next: consult the committee clerk’s official minutes and the House calendar for precise vote tallies and the scheduling of any reported bills for floor action.