House Finance

Monday, April 13, 2026·1h 45m·▶ Watch / Listen

Key Actions

·SB 26-113 – Recovery House Oversight ReformPassed

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Controversies

SB 26-113 fiscal note: why costs increase if bureaucracy is being removed

Rep. Hartsook argued that since the state already funds BHA which funds the third party, eliminating the middleman should produce a 'net wash' or savings, and pressed Rep. Carter to explain why the fiscal note grows in out years. Rep. Carter acknowledged BHA staffing would account for costs; Rep. Garcia intervened to explain the shift from the general fund to a cash fund.

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Notable Quotes

“I would think we'd be saving money because if BHA is going to take it over now itself, they don't have to pay any of that overhead cost for the third party. That's that's what I'm trying to reconcile on the the fiscal note. Rep. Carter thank you. Understood. And I'm going to have make sure you ask that question specifically. I just know that in the original physical note it is a zero because we have there is no there's the first year, there's a net zero. And so regarding the”
Rep. Michael Carter — Rep. Carter, sponsor of SB 26-113, explaining why the current third-party oversight structure for recovery houses had failed and why direct BHA regulation was needed.

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Votes

Move SB 26-113 to Committee on Appropriations as amendedPassed

Yes (7)Camacho, Marshall, Stewart, Zokaie, Woodrow, Madam Chair, Mr. Chair

No (3)Brooks, Garcia. Gonzalez. [UNCLEAR — may be one or two Members, Hartsook

Absent (1)Soper

Move SB 26-144 to Committee on the Whole with favorable recommendationPassed

Yes (10)Brooks, Camacho, Garcia, Gonzalez, Hartsook, Marshall, Stewart, Zokaie, Woodrow, Madam Chair

Absent (1)Soper

Move HB 26-1276 as amended to Committee on Appropriations with favorable recommendationPassed

Yes (6)Camacho, Garcia, Marshall, Stewart, Zokaie, Mr. Chair

No (4)Brooks, Gonzalez, Hartsook, Soper

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TranscriptPreview

Good enough. All right, The Finance Committee will come to order. Please take the roll. Representatives Brooks. President Camacho. Here. Garcia Gonzalez. Hello. Hartshook. Here. Marshall. Here. Soper. Excused. Stuart. Here. Zocar. Excused. Woodrow. Excused. Madam Chair, I am here. All right. We have a sponsor for the bill today. Well, maybe we'll be joined by the other sponsors soon. Rep. Carter, would you like to tell us about Senate Bill 113? Thank you, madam Chair. What I will say is my sponsor, the other sponsor is in another committee. Rep. Soper is in the committee. I just left. That being said, one second. Sorry. So Senate Bill 113, basically what we are doing, we are taking the BHA. There is, and I believe Rep. Both Rep. Brooks and Rep. Gonzalez were part of the last conversation. So what we were trying to do is move the recovery residents. Right now they are being overseen by a third party. But the. Because they're being overseen by this third party, there has to be. There's a lack of oversight where in which if there is something that goes wrong in one of these centers, we are having places where we had…

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