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House Appropriations

Friday, March 20, 2026·▶ Watch / Listen

The House Appropriations Committee cleared a slate of sunset renewals and the legislature's own budget bills, transferring $12 million out of a legislative cash fund and suspending interim committees to help close the state's budget gap. Nearly every sunset measure drew a recurring 'no' from Republicans Scott Bottoms and Matt Soper, and two — a jail sexual-abuse bill and a substance-abuse treatment licensing renewal — split the panel on party lines.

Key Actions

·Thriving Institution Designations for Higher EducationPassed

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Notable Quotes

We are doing this much like we did last year in order to contribute to the, to the state's budget challenges. This will save us roughly $400,000 and we eliminate 3.3 FTE.

Julie McCluskieThe Speaker's rationale for suspending all 2026 interim committees — the second consecutive year of doing so to help address the state's budget gap.

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Votes

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)Scott Bottoms, Matt Soper
Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (9)Andrew Boesenecker, Karen McCormick, Rick Taggart, Brianna Titone, Elizabeth Velasco, Yara Zokaie, Emily Sirota, Kyle Brown, Junie Joseph
No (2)Scott Bottoms, Matt Soper
Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (8)Andrew Boesenecker, Junie Joseph, Karen McCormick, Brianna Titone, Yara Zokaie, Emily Sirota, Kyle Brown, Elizabeth Velasco
No (3)Scott Bottoms, Matt Soper, Rick Taggart
Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (10)Andrew Boesenecker, Junie Joseph, Karen McCormick, Matt Soper, Rick Taggart, Brianna Titone, Elizabeth Velasco, Yara Zokaie, Emily Sirota, Kyle Brown
No (1)Scott Bottoms
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)Scott Bottoms, Matt Soper
Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (9)Andrew Boesenecker, Junie Joseph, Rick Taggart, Brianna Titone, Elizabeth Velasco, Yara Zokaie, Emily Sirota, Kyle Brown, Karen McCormick
No (2)Scott Bottoms, Matt Soper
Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (11)Andrew Boesenecker, Scott Bottoms, Junie Joseph, Karen McCormick, Rick Taggart, Brianna Titone, Elizabeth Velasco, Yara Zokaie, Emily Sirota, Kyle Brown, 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)Scott Bottoms, Matt Soper
Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (10)Andrew Boesenecker, Junie Joseph, Karen McCormick, Matt Soper, Rick Taggart, Brianna Titone, Elizabeth Velasco, Yara Zokaie, Emily Sirota, Kyle Brown
No (1)Scott Bottoms
Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (8)Junie Joseph, Karen McCormick, Brianna Titone, Elizabeth Velasco, Yara Zokaie, Emily Sirota, Kyle Brown, Andrew Boesenecker
No (3)Scott Bottoms, Matt Soper, Rick Taggart
Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (10)Andrew Boesenecker, Junie Joseph, Karen McCormick, Matt Soper, Rick Taggart, Brianna Titone, Elizabeth Velasco, Yara Zokaie, Emily Sirota, Kyle Brown
No (1)Scott Bottoms
Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (11)Andrew Boesenecker, Scott Bottoms, Junie Joseph, Karen McCormick, Matt Soper, Rick Taggart, Brianna Titone, Elizabeth Velasco, Yara Zokaie, Emily Sirota, Kyle Brown
Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (10)Andrew Boesenecker, Scott Bottoms, Junie Joseph, Karen McCormick, Rick Taggart, Brianna Titone, Elizabeth Velasco, Yara Zokaie, Emily Sirota, Kyle Brown
Excused (1)Matt Soper
Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (10)Andrew Boesenecker, Scott Bottoms, Junie Joseph, Karen McCormick, Rick Taggart, Brianna Titone, Elizabeth Velasco, Yara Zokaie, Emily Sirota, Kyle Brown
Excused (1)Matt Soper
Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (11)Andrew Boesenecker, Scott Bottoms, Junie Joseph, Matt Soper, Brianna Titone, Elizabeth Velasco, Yara Zokaie, Emily Sirota, Kyle Brown, Karen McCormick, Rick Taggart
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TranscriptPreview
The House Appropriations Committee will come to order. Ms. Curry, please call the roll. Representatives. Basenecker. Here. Bottoms. Excused. Joseph. Right here. McCormick. Here. Soper. Excused. Taggart. Here. Tatone. I'm here. The tone. I said I'm here. Zocai. Excused. Madam Vice Chair. Here. And Mr. Chair. Here. All right, thank you, Committee. Today we have 15 bills to hear. We will start with 1331. We have our sponsors in front of us. We are the committee of reference for the next three. For the first three bills. Sponsors, would you like to start, Madam speaker? Thank you, Mr. Chair. And good morning committee members. We are here to speak to you about House Bill 1331. I want to thank our legislative management team, Director Castle Deco, Directors Castle d', Checo, our Auditor Hunter and Director Harper for their great work in helping us with this year's budget and certainly with. Two of the bills that you'll hear today are orbitals for the Legislative branch budget. I'm also pleased to be here with my co prime, Minority Leader Caldwell. This bill does something similar to what we did last year and that is suspend all committees that meet over the interim
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