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Senate Appropriations

Friday, March 20, 2026·▶ Watch / Listen

Senate Appropriations split 4-3 along party lines to advance a bill stripping the judicial-approval exception that lets minors marry, and unanimously moved a measure requiring recovery residences to be licensed by the Behavioral Health Administration.

Key Actions

·Remove Exception to Marry with Judicial ApprovalPassed

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Notable Quotes

Madam Chair, the word fee. The word fee. We're all a little allergic to that.

Barbara KirkmeyerA wry aside after the committee confirmed the licensing bill would carry no general fund impact, capturing the perennial legislative wariness around fee-funded programs.

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Votes

Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (4)Julie Gonzales, Chris Kolker, Jeff Bridges, Judy Amabile
No (3)Barbara Kirkmeyer, Larry Liston, Byron Pelton
Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (7)Julie Gonzales, Barbara Kirkmeyer, Chris Kolker, Larry Liston, Byron Pelton, Jeff Bridges, Judy Amabile
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TranscriptPreview
The committee on the Senate Committee on Appropriations will come to order. Mr. Catlib, please take the roll. Senators Gonzalez, Kirkmeyer. Here. Kolker, out of breath. Liston, A key. Pelton, I. Mr. Vice Chair. Yeah, I made it. Madam Chair. Early. Okay, so we have two bills today, and our bill sponsor is at the table with our first bill. Let's move the bill, Mr. Vice Chair. Thank you. Madam Chair, I move the first bill, which is Senate Bill 26048, along with J001 committee members. Any questions for the bill Sponsor. Any objections to the passage of J001? Seeing none. J001 is passed. Mr. Catlett, please poll the committee on the adoption of Senate Bill 48, as amended by J01. It's. It was good. No, I liked it. I was just trying. I was distracted because there were names that could come later. My last name used to start with Z. Zender. Yeah. So I know there were 398 people who graduated my high school class. US Senator Zenzinger still would have come after you. Yeah. Z. N. Z. That's your maiden name. We just make it now that we're just, like, waiting. Yeah. Yep. Senators Gonzalez, I. Kirk,
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