Legislature(2023 - 2024)SENATE FINANCE 532

05/06/2024 04:30 PM Senate CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ON HB268 AND HB270

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04:30:38 PM Start
04:37:59 PM Adjourn
* first hearing in first committee of referral
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
Conference Committee:
Organizational Meeting
HB 268 APPROP: OPERATING BUDGET; CAP; SUPP; AM
HB 270 APPROP: MENTAL HEALTH BUDGET
                                                                                                                                
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 268(FIN)                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
     "An  Act making  appropriations for  the operating  and                                                                    
     loan  program  expenses  of state  government  and  for                                                                    
     certain   programs;   capitalizing   funds;   repealing                                                                    
     appropriations;    amending   appropriations;    making                                                                    
     supplemental  appropriations and  reappropriations; and                                                                    
     providing for an effective date."                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 268(FIN) am(brf sup maj fld)                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
     "An  Act making  appropriations for  the operating  and                                                                    
     loan  program  expenses  of state  government  and  for                                                                    
     certain   programs;    capitalizing   funds;   amending                                                                    
     appropriations; making  supplemental appropriations and                                                                    
     reappropriations;  and   providing  for   an  effective                                                                    
     date."                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
and                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 270(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."                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 270(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."                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
4:31:28 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Vice-Chair  Johnson MOVED  that Chair  Stedman serve  as the                                                                    
presiding  chair of  the FY  25 Operating  Budget Conference                                                                    
Committee on  HB 268 and  HB 270. There being  NO OBJECTION,                                                                    
it was so ordered.                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Chair  Stedman MOVED  that Representative  Johnson serve  as                                                                    
Vice-chair  of   the  FY  25  Operating   Budget  Conference                                                                    
Committee on  HB 268 and  HB 270. There being  NO OBJECTION,                                                                    
it was so ordered.                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
4:32:33 PM                                                                                                                    
AT EASE                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
4:32:49 PM                                                                                                                    
RECONVENED                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
4:32:55 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Chair   Stedman  reviewed   procedures  pertaining   to  the                                                                    
conference  committee.  He noted  that  both  the House  and                                                                    
Senate  budget  process  allowed for  public  testimony.  He                                                                    
stated that  the 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  Johnson   MOVED  that  all   appropriations  and                                                                    
language in the  FY 25 operating budget  that were identical                                                                    
in  House and  Senate  versions  of HB  268  and  HB 270  be                                                                    
adopted. There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered.                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
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  Johnson  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.                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
4:35:57 PM                                                                                                                    
AT EASE                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
4:37:12 PM                                                                                                                    
RECONVENED                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
Chair Stedman observed that the committee meetings would be                                                                     
posted on BASIS under the 24 hour rule.                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
HB 268 and HB 270 were heard and HELD in committee for                                                                          
further consideration.                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Vice-Chair Johnson MOVED to ADJOURN the meeting. There                                                                          
being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered.                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                

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