Legislature(2021 - 2022)

05/15/2022 03:00 PM Senate CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ON HB281

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03:10:08 PM Start
03:16:40 PM Adjourn
* first hearing in first committee of referral
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
Conference Committee Organizational Meeting
HB 281 APPROP: OP BUDGET/LOANS/FUNDS; CAP; SUPP
Heard & Held
                                                                                                                                
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 281(FIN) am S                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
     "An Act making appropriations for the operating and                                                                        
     loan program expenses of state government and for                                                                          
     certain    programs;   capitalizing   funds;    amending                                                                   
     appropriations;    making     capital    appropriations,                                                                   
     supplemental  appropriations, and reappropriations;  and                                                                   
     providing for an effective date."                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 282(FIN) am S                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
     "An  Act making  appropriations  for  the operating  and                                                                   
     capital    expenses    of   the    state's    integrated                                                                   
     comprehensive mental  health program; and  providing for                                                                   
     an effective date."                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
and                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 281(FIN) am(brf sup maj fld)(efd fld)                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
     "An  Act making  appropriations  for  the operating  and                                                                   
     loan  program  expenses  of  state  government  and  for                                                                   
     certain    programs;   capitalizing   funds;    amending                                                                   
     appropriations;   and  making  capital   appropriations,                                                                   
    supplemental appropriations, and reappropriations."                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 282(FIN)                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
     "An  Act making  appropriations  for  the operating  and                                                                   
     capital    expenses    of   the    state's    integrated                                                                   
     comprehensive mental  health program; and  providing for                                                                   
     an effective date."                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
3:10:08 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Vice-Chair  Merrick MOVED  that  Chair Stedman  serve as  the                                                                   
presiding  chair of the  Conference Committee  on HB  281 and                                                                   
HB 282. There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered.                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Chair  Stedman  MOVED  that  Vice-Chair   Vice-chair  of  the                                                                   
Conference Committee  on HB  281 and HB  282. There  being NO                                                                   
OBJECTION, it was so ordered.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
Chair   Stedman  reviewed   procedures   pertaining  to   the                                                                   
conference  committee.  He  noted  that both  the  House  and                                                                   
Senate  budget process  allowed  for public  testimony.  That                                                                   
portion  of   the  process  was  concluded;   the  conference                                                                   
committee would  not accept further public  testimony. Unless                                                                   
invited  by  the  Chair,  only   members  of  the  conference                                                                   
committee  would  take part  in  discussions  or sit  at  the                                                                   
table.                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Chair   Stedman  observed   that   the  Legislative   Finance                                                                   
Division  had been directed  to prepare  the "motion  sheets"                                                                   
for  use  by the  conference  committee.  The  motion  sheets                                                                   
summarized the  differences between  the two versions  of the                                                                   
bills before  the conference  committee  and were located  on                                                                   
the Legislative Finance Division's website.                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Chair Stedman  explained that the conference  committee would                                                                   
operate  under  Uniform  Rule   42.  All  action  required  a                                                                   
majority  vote  from  each  body  for  adoption.  A  copy  of                                                                   
Uniform Rule 42  and related legal opinions  were provided in                                                                   
each member's  packet.  Motions required  a majority  of each                                                                   
body.                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Vice-Chair   Merrick  MOVED  that   all  appropriations   and                                                                   
language in  the FY 23 operating  budget that  were identical                                                                   
in  House  and Senate  versions  of  HB  281  and HB  282  be                                                                   
adopted. There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered.                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
3:13:15 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Chair  Stedman  explained  the   motion  to  request  limited                                                                   
powers, and  noted that  the reason  for combining  the bills                                                                   
in the committee  was to decrease the paperwork  required for                                                                   
the process.                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Chair  Stedman   observed  that  the  committee   would  need                                                                   
limited powers to  reach agreements. He explained  that under                                                                   
Limited  Powers  the  Conference Committee  could  adopt  any                                                                   
amount between  zero and  the higher of  the House  or Senate                                                                   
version of each item subject to conference.                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Vice-Chair  Merrick    MOVED to  ADOPT  a  letter  requesting                                                                   
limited powers  of free  conference for  the items  that were                                                                   
not identical. There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered.                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
3:14:16 PM                                                                                                                    
AT EASE                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
3:15:47 PM                                                                                                                    
RECONVENED                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
Chair Stedman observed  that the committee meetings  would be                                                                   
posted on BASIS under the 24 hour rule.                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
HB 281 and HB 282 were heard and HELD in committee for                                                                          
further consideration.                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Vice-Chair Merrick MOVED to ADJOURN the meeting. There                                                                          
being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered.                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                

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