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House Appropriations

Friday, March 6, 2026·7m·▶ Watch / Listen

The House Appropriations Committee advanced all four bills on its agenda to the Committee of the Whole with favorable recommendations, with Rep. Bottoms casting the only dissenting votes on two of the four bills and HB 1069 and HB 1088 passing without opposition.

Key Actions

·HB 1009/1109 [UNCLEAR] – Bill substance not described on recordPassed

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Controversies

Rep. Bottoms's No votes on HB 1009/1109 and HB 1008

Rep. Bottoms voted No on both HB 1009/1109 and HB 1008 while all other present members voted Yes. No verbal explanation for the No votes was recorded in the transcript.

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Notable Quotes

“I'm going to recommend that we not add this amendment and that we allow the department to absorb this within existing resources, given that the department is already at its more or less at its hutf spending limit.”

Mr. Chair — The chair was explaining his recommendation against adopting an unnamed amendment to HB 1009/1109, citing the relevant department's spending constraints.

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Votes

Move HB 1009/1109 to the Committee of the Whole with a favorable recommendation (Madam Vice Chair)Passed
Yes (9)Andrew Boesenecker, Junie Joseph, Karen McCormick, Rick Taggart, Brianna Titone, Elizabeth Velasco, Yara Zokaie, Emily Sirota, Kyle Brown
No (1)Scott Bottoms
Absent (1)Matt Soper
Adopt amendment J001 to HB 1008 (Rep. Taggart, seconded by Rep. Zocai)Passed
Move HB 1008 to the Committee of the Whole as amended with a favorable recommendation (Rep. Taggart)Passed
Yes (9)Andrew Boesenecker, Junie Joseph, Karen McCormick, Rick Taggart, Brianna Titone, Elizabeth Velasco, Yara Zokaie, Emily Sirota, Kyle Brown
No (1)Scott Bottoms
Absent (1)Matt Soper
Adopt amendment J001 to HB 1069 (Madam Vice Chair, seconded by Rep. Zocai)Passed
Move HB 1069 as amended to the Committee of the Whole with a favorable recommendation (Madam Vice Chair)Passed
Yes (10)Andrew Boesenecker, Scott Bottoms, Junie Joseph, Karen McCormick, Rick Taggart, Brianna Titone, Elizabeth Velasco, Yara Zokaie, Emily Sirota, Kyle Brown
Absent (1)Matt Soper
Adopt amendment J001 to HB 1088 (Rep. Taggart, seconded by Rep. Tatone)Passed
Move HB 1088 as amended to the Committee of the Whole with a favorable recommendation (Rep. Taggart)Passed
Yes (10)Andrew Boesenecker, Scott Bottoms, Junie Joseph, Karen McCormick, Rick Taggart, Brianna Titone, Elizabeth Velasco, Yara Zokaie, Emily Sirota, Kyle Brown
Absent (1)Matt Soper
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TranscriptPreview
House Appropriations will come to order. Ms. Shen, please call the roll representatives. Basenecker. Here. Bottoms. Here. Joseph. Here. McCormick. Here. Soper. Excused. Tiger. Here. Tatone. Here. Velasco. Here. Zokai. Here. Madam Vice Chair. Here. And Mr. Chair. Here. All right, folks, we have four bills today. We'll start with 1009. We have our sponsors here. Committee, do we have any questions for our sponsors? Seeing none, we'll move on to amendments. Committee, I'm going to recommend that we not add this amendment and that we allow the department to absorb this within existing resources, given that the department is already at its more or less at its hutf spending limit. Are there any other amendments? Seeing none. The amendment phase is closed. Sorry, rick. Let's see any wrap up. Seeing none. Ms. Shen, please call. Nope. Call the roll. We need to move bill. Ah, shoot. Yes, of course, Madam. Madam Vice Chair. Thank you, Mr. Chair. I move House Bill 1109 to the committee of the whole with a favorable recommendation. Second seconded by Rep. Zokai. Ms. Shen, please call the roll. Representative Basenecker? Yes. Bottoms. No. Joseph. Yes. McCormick. Yes. Soper. Excused. Taggart. Yes. Tatone. Yes. Velasco.…
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