Senate Appropriations
Senate Appropriations churned through a long stack of House bills upon adjournment, sending everything before it to the floor amid a steady drumbeat of fiscal-note grilling from Barbara Kirkmeyer — from a cottage-foods bill funded out of an assisted-living cash fund to a firefighter mental-health fund whose sponsor disclosed a recent suicide in her county.
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“I personally had a firefighter take his own life in Jefferson county within the last several months. So this is a serious issue, and I think this is a small thing that we're asking to do.”
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Sign in to subscribeOkay. It's very exciting. This is the potentially the penultimate Senate community on approach Creations. It's been an honor to serve with you. Senators Coleman. Let's do this. Gonzalez. It's been 12 hours and we're still here. Kirk Meyer. Still here. Liston, a key bilingual. Elton, for the tamales. Mr. Vice Chair. I expect we'll be here in another 12 hours, Madam Chair. Will there be tamales, though? I'm here. And not maybe all here, but definitely here. Okay, first up, we have Senate House Bill 1029. I see Senator Marchman is here. Committee members, do you have any questions for the bill sponsor on 1029? I don't see any amendments, Mr. Vice Chair. Thank you, Madam Chair. I move. House Bill 1029. No amendments. Senator Kirkmeier. Thank you, Madam Chair. I need you to explain your fiscal note or why there isn't a fiscal note. Senator Marchman. Thank you, Madam Chair. And thank you, Senator Kirkmeyer. So there is no fiscal for this year, but in the next year, there's about a $3,600 difference. And what that is is we got rid of one advisor, and we usually pay them about $1,500 a year. And then we picked up…
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