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House Appropriations

Tuesday, May 5, 2026·▶ Watch / Listen

The House Appropriations Committee advanced five bills to the floor, with sponsors repeatedly stripping fiscal notes to clear the appropriations panel — but the day's fight came over Senate Bill 26-135, which would ask voters in November 2026 to let the state keep and spend surplus revenue for K-12 schools.

Key Actions

·Guardianship for Incapacitated AdultsPassed

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Notable Quotes

This bill that we are bringing before you refers a November 2026 ballot measure to voters. If approved, the measure would unlock critical revenue for our schools and other essential services that need it. Allow the state to retain and spend revenue that it already collects in an amount equal to state K12 funding.

Meghan LukensThe sponsor's plain-language description of what the referred ballot question would do — central to the transparency dispute that dominated the hearing.

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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 (1)Scott Bottoms
Excused (1)Chris Richardson
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 (2)Scott Bottoms, Rick Taggart
Excused (1)Chris Richardson
Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (10)Andrew Boesenecker, Junie Joseph, Karen McCormick, Matt Soper, Rick Taggart, Brianna Titone, Yara Zokaie, Emily Sirota, Kyle Brown, Elizabeth Velasco
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, Kyle Brown, Emily Sirota
No (2)Scott Bottoms, 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
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TranscriptPreview
House Appropriations will come to order. Ms. Curry, please call the roll Representatives. Basenecker? Here. Bottoms. Representative Bottom. Excused. Representative Joseph. Yes. Right here. McCormick. Here. Richardson. Excused. Taggart. Here. Tatone. Still here. Velasco. Here. Zokay. Here. Madam vice chair. Here. Mr. Chair. Here. All right, for those of you in the audience, I will be laying over 11:41 until a future date. But let's start with House Bill 1100. We have our sponsors. Ish. One of our sponsors here. Great. Committee members, do we have any questions for our bill sponsor? All right. Seeing none. Representative Stewart, you have an amendment in our packet? Thank you, Mr. Chair. Yes, we do. We have L003, which we're asking the committee to adopt. L003 essentially strikes everything that costs money and along with all of my feelings, and leaves us with some really important definitional changes, as well as the Guardianship Bill of Rights, which is really critical for establishing a baseline and helping us to move forward in future years with future legislation. Thank you very much, bill sponsors, and I appreciate you working on your fiscal note. I know it's difficult. Things cost money, and we don't have any
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