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House Appropriations

Thursday, May 7, 2026·▶ Watch / Listen

House Appropriations moved a full slate of bills to the floor, but the day's friction came over money — a firefighter behavioral-health fix, a nearly $100 million county benefits overhaul, and a retail-theft measure that got yanked for a day after lawmakers erupted over the department 'magically' finding cash it had earlier said didn't exist.

Key Actions

·Treating People with Behavioral Health DisorderPassed

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Notable Quotes

departments seem to find magical pots of money when things matter to them. This is one of those situations where the department has magically found another pot of money.

Kyle BrownThe chair joined members in objecting to a mid-session appearance of $350,000 for a retail-theft program, after the department had said no funds were available for other priorities.

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Votes

Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (10)Andrew Boesenecker, Junie Joseph, Matthew Martinez, Chris Richardson, 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, Matthew Martinez, Chris Richardson, Rick Taggart, Brianna Titone, Elizabeth Velasco, Yara Zokaie, Emily Sirota, Kyle Brown
Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (10)Andrew Boesenecker, Junie Joseph, Matthew Martinez, Chris Richardson, Rick Taggart, Brianna Titone, Elizabeth Velasco, Yara Zokaie, Emily Sirota, Kyle Brown
No (1)Scott Bottoms
Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (8)Andrew Boesenecker, Matthew Martinez, Rick Taggart, Brianna Titone, Elizabeth Velasco, Yara Zokaie, Emily Sirota, Kyle Brown
No (3)Scott Bottoms, Junie Joseph, Chris Richardson
Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (10)Andrew Boesenecker, Junie Joseph, Matthew Martinez, Chris Richardson, 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, Matthew Martinez, Rick Taggart, Brianna Titone, Elizabeth Velasco, Yara Zokaie, Emily Sirota, Kyle Brown, Chris Richardson
Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (11)Andrew Boesenecker, Scott Bottoms, Junie Joseph, Matthew Martinez, Chris Richardson, Rick Taggart, Brianna Titone, Elizabeth Velasco, Yara Zokaie, Emily Sirota, Kyle Brown
Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (10)Andrew Boesenecker, Matthew Martinez, Chris Richardson, Rick Taggart, Brianna Titone, Elizabeth Velasco, Yara Zokaie, Emily Sirota, Kyle Brown, Junie Joseph
Excused (1)Scott Bottoms
Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (11)Andrew Boesenecker, Scott Bottoms, Junie Joseph, Matthew Martinez, Chris Richardson, Rick Taggart, Brianna Titone, Elizabeth Velasco, Yara Zokaie, Emily Sirota, Kyle Brown
Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (10)Andrew Boesenecker, Junie Joseph, Matthew Martinez, Chris Richardson, 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, Matthew Martinez, Rick Taggart, Brianna Titone, Elizabeth Velasco, Yara Zokaie, Emily Sirota, Kyle Brown
No (2)Scott Bottoms, Chris Richardson
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It's in the first packet. Supposedly. House Appropriations will come to order. Ms. Pope, please call the roll. Representative Spacenecker. Here. Bottoms. Excused. Joseph. Here. Martinez. Here. Yes. Here. Here. Richardson. Here. Taggart. Here. Tatone. Here. Velasco. Here. Zokai. Here. Madam vice chair. Here. Mr. Chair. Here. All right, folks, we will be. For those of you following along at home, I will be laying over. I'm going to lay over 1250 until a future date. I am also going to move House Bill 1433 to second on the list after 154. Let's go ahead and get started with 154. Madam speaker and Mr. Minority Leader. Committee members, do we have any questions for our witnesses? Sorry. Witnesses are our bill sponsors. Sorry about that. Seeing none. There are no amendments in our packet. Are there any amendments that you have, sponsors? No, Mr. Chair. Committee members seeing no amendments. The amendment phase is closed. Madam Vice Chair. Thank you, Mr. Chair. I move Senate Bill 154 to the Committee of the Whole second. Seconded by Representative Belasco. Ms. Pope, please call the roll. Representative Spacenecker? Yes. Bottoms. Excused. Joseph. Yes. Martinez. Yes. Richardson. Yes. Taggart. Yes. Tatone. Yes. Velasco.
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