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House Appropriations

Friday, February 27, 2026·▶ Watch / Listen

The House Appropriations Committee moved all four bills before it to the floor, with the labor measure House Bill 1005 drawing the sharpest split and Republican Scott Bottoms casting the lone no vote on three of the day's four bills.

Key Actions

·Provider Participation in Health InsurancePassed

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Notable Quotes

Yes. That passes on a vote of nine to two. Congratulations. You're on to the committee of the whole. Sorry, 10 to 1 is to. Because. Yes, because the chair can't count. Sorry about that.

Kyle BrownA light moment as the chair corrected his own tally on the PERA plan-options bill.

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Votes

Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (10)Junie Joseph, Karen McCormick, Matt Soper, Rick Taggart, Brianna Titone, Elizabeth Velasco, Yara Zokaie, Emily Sirota, Kyle Brown, Andrew Boesenecker
No (1)Scott Bottoms
Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (8)Andrew Boesenecker, Junie Joseph, Karen McCormick, Brianna Titone, Elizabeth Velasco, Yara Zokaie, Kyle Brown, Emily Sirota
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, Kyle Brown, Emily Sirota
No (1)Scott Bottoms
Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (10)Karen McCormick, Matt Soper, Rick Taggart, Brianna Titone, Elizabeth Velasco, Yara Zokaie, Emily Sirota, Kyle Brown, Andrew Boesenecker, Junie Joseph
No (1)Scott Bottoms
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TranscriptPreview
House Appropriations will come to order. Ms. Pope, please call the roll representatives. Basenecker? Here. Bottoms. Here. Joseph. Yes. McCormick? Here. Soper. Here. Taggart. Here. Tatone. Here. Velasco. Resent. Zocai. Here. Madam Vice Chair. Here. Yes, Mr. Chair. Here. All right, members, we have four bills to hear today. We'll start with our first bill, House Bill 1505. Do I. Do we have our sponsors here? You want to come forward and. Generally. Generally, you probably want to sit at the the D. Members, do we have any questions for our sponsors? All right. Seeing none. Members, I understand we have one amendment. Would you like us to move J001? Yes, Mr. Chair. Thank you, Madam Vice Chair. Thank you, Mr. Chair. I move J001 to House Bill 1505. Second seconded by Representative Tatone. Or Velasco? Whatever Ms. Pope can pick. Sorry. Is there any objection to J001? Objection. Okay, the objection is heard. Ms. Pope, please call the roll representatives. Basenaker? Yes. Bottoms. No. Joseph? Yes. McCormick? Yes. Soper. No. Taggart. No. Tatone. Yes. Velasco? Yes, sir. Okai? Yes. Madam Vice Chair. In the interest of saving people money. Yes, Mr. Chair. Yes. That passes on a vote of
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