The House Appropriations Committee advanced roughly 50 bills across subcommittees covering energy, cannabis regulation, criminal justice, health, and education, with the most contested items splitting 15–7 along apparent party lines. Three bills were carried over to the 2027 session, and one bill (HB 336) was incorporated into another (HB 1398) after a mid-session reconsideration motion.
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Sign in to subscribeGood afternoon everyone, and welcome to the House Appropriations Committee. Click. Will you open the roll, please? Alrighty, close the roll. And Tony, Welcome. Yes, sir. Mr. Chairman, from the Higher Education subcommittee. The first bill is House Bill 404. This delegate Reed's bill. It basically would prohibit any institution that's required to implement the programs under the enslaved Ancestors College Access Scholarship Program from passing the cost on to students. Move to report it's been moved. And second that we report. House Bill 404 members, please cast your vote. That bill reports 22 to 0. Next bill. Mr. Chairman, is House Bill 417. Delegate Guzmans. There is a substitute. Who is the substitute? All those in favor? Aye. The substitute now is identical to House Bill 1333 that was reported from the House in 2022 unanimously. It would basically reduce the number of years for a person. Move to report it's been moved in. Second that we report. House Bill 417 with the substitute members, please catch your vote. That bill reports 22 to 0. Next bill, Mr. Chairman, is House Bill 1016. This is Delegate Trans bill. That would require the Cooperative Extension Service to create a list…
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