The House and Senate conferees have been named for SB1. The conference committee will meet on April 29 at 9 a.m. in E1.036.

Senate Conference Committee Sens.: Chair Jane Nelson (R-Flower Mound), Sen. Joan Huffman (R-Houston), Sen. Lois Kolkhorst (R-Brenham), Sen. Robert Nichols (R-Jacksonville), and Sen. Larry Taylor (R-Friendswood)

House Conference Committee Reps.: Chair Greg Bonnen (R-Friendswood), Rep. Giovanni Capriglione (R-Southlake), Rep. Mary Gonzalez (D-Clint), Rep. Armando Walle (D-Houston), and Rep. Terry Wilson (R-Marble Falls)

HB 2, the supplemental appropriations bill, was sent to the Senate on April 26th.

HB 2021 (Bonnen), relating to the acceptance, rejection, and uses of certain money provided by the federal government to this state, was voted favorably as substituted out of House Appropriations on 4/19 and a committee report was sent to Calendars on 4/26.

HB 2896 (Bonnen), relating to the creation and re-creation of funds and accounts, the dedication and rededication of revenue and allocation of accrued interest on dedicated revenue, and the exemption of unappropriated money from use for general governmental purposes, passed out of the House unanimously on 4/20.