The House Appropriations Committee advanced eight bills in a session dominated by unanimous or near-unanimous votes, with the Community Builders gun violence intervention program (HB 1153) drawing the only clear split at 14–7, and HB 17's vote count remaining unclear due to a transcript error.
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The bill passed 14–7, indicating meaningful opposition among committee members, but no named speakers opposing the bill were identified in the transcript. No specific rebuttal or counterargument was recorded.
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Sign in to subscribeOkay. Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome to the House Appropriations Committee meeting. We're ready to begin. And Zach? Oh, we'll do roll call, please. Okay. We can close the roll, please. Is that. Good afternoon, Mr. Chairman. The first bill before you is House Bill 18. This is the report of the elementary and Secondary Education Subcommittee. First bill is House Bill 18, Delegate McClure. This establishes the Employee Child Care Assistance Program. It would provide matching funds to incentivize employers to contribute to their employees childcare costs. The Virginia Early Childhood foundation would administer the program. And you have a amendment. Amendment. All those in favor? Aye. And what this amendment does is it puts it back. Puts the bill back in the same posture of the bill that passed this committee last session. And the subcommittee recommended amending and reporting. 6. 0. Move to report. It's been moved and seconded that we report House Bill 18 as amended. Members, please cast your vote. The bill reports 21 0. Thank you. The next bill, Mr. Chairman, is House Bill 263 from Delegate Simons. This bill would require the Department of Education to employ a certified school library specialist. Would…
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