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House Appropriations

Saturday, May 9, 2026·▶ Watch / Listen

The House Appropriations Committee moved a full slate of finance-touched bills to the floor Saturday, with the marquee fight over Senate Bill 178's use of a $100 million revenue bond to prop up health-insurance affordability programs for another year, and a late scramble over Senate Bill 193's occupation-tax repeal that even the chair said she regretted agreeing to so fast.

Key Actions

·Regulation of Underground Injection Control WellsPassed

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Notable Quotes

“We would be taking on 20 years of debt to pay for just one year program expenses and and the people carrying that risk are not insurance companies, hospitals, or even the state, all of whom benefit from the enterprise.”

Vanessa Martinez (COLOR) · witness — Crystallized opponents' core objection: financing a one-year program fix with a long-term revenue bond.

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Votes

Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (9)Junie Joseph, Karen McCormick, Brianna Titone, Elizabeth Velasco, Yara Zokaie, Emily Sirota, Kyle Brown, Andrew Boesenecker, Rick Taggart
No (2)Chris Richardson, Matt Soper
Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (10)Andrew Boesenecker, Karen McCormick, Matt Soper, Rick Taggart, Brianna Titone, Elizabeth Velasco, Yara Zokaie, Emily Sirota, Kyle Brown, Junie Joseph
No (1)Chris Richardson
Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (11)Andrew Boesenecker, Junie Joseph, Karen McCormick, Chris Richardson, Matt Soper, Rick Taggart, Brianna Titone, Elizabeth Velasco, Yara Zokaie, Emily Sirota, Kyle Brown
Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (8)Andrew Boesenecker, Junie Joseph, Karen McCormick, Brianna Titone, Elizabeth Velasco, Yara Zokaie, Emily Sirota, Kyle Brown
No (3)Chris Richardson, Matt Soper, Rick Taggart
Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (9)Andrew Boesenecker, Junie Joseph, Karen McCormick, Rick Taggart, Brianna Titone, Elizabeth Velasco, Yara Zokaie, Emily Sirota, Kyle Brown
No (2)Chris Richardson, Matt Soper
Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (9)Andrew Boesenecker, Junie Joseph, Karen McCormick, Rick Taggart, Brianna Titone, Elizabeth Velasco, Yara Zokaie, Emily Sirota, Kyle Brown
No (2)Chris Richardson, Matt Soper
Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (11)Andrew Boesenecker, Junie Joseph, Karen McCormick, Chris Richardson, Matt Soper, Rick Taggart, Brianna Titone, Elizabeth Velasco, Yara Zokaie, Emily Sirota, Kyle Brown
Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (11)Andrew Boesenecker, Junie Joseph, Karen McCormick, Chris Richardson, Matt Soper, Rick Taggart, Brianna Titone, Yara Zokaie, Emily Sirota, Kyle Brown, Elizabeth Velasco
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TranscriptPreview
It's. House Appropriations. Will come to order. Ms. Curry, please call the roll. Representatives Basine Ecker. Joseph McCormick. Richardson. Here. Soper. Here. Taggart. Here. Tatone. Here. Velasco. Here. Okay. Sirota. Sorry. Madam Vice Chair. Mr. Chair. Here. All right, folks, we have a number of bills on the docket today. Let's start. Madam Vice Chair, if you wouldn't mind. Oh, yes. Let's start with 155. All right. Welcome, Madam Speaker. Committee members, do you have questions for the bill sponsors on Senate Bill 155? All right, I do. See an amendment in our packet for us. J3. Would you all like that amendment? All right, Mr. Chair. Thank you. Madam Chair. I move Senate Bill 155. Sorry. I move J003 to Senate Bill 155. Second seconded by Representative Joseph. Any questions on J003? Any objection? Seeing none. J003 is adopted. Any further amendments to Senate Bill 155? None. Seeing none, the amendment phases closed. Mr. Chair. Thank you. MADAM CHAIR. I move Senate Bill 155 to the Committee of the whole with a favorable recommendation. Second seconded by Representative Velasco. Any final discussion on Senate Bill 155? Seeing none. Ms. Curry, please call the roll. Representative Basenecker? Yes. Joseph? Yes.…
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