Under the Senate rules, Wednesdays are “House bill days” in which House bills already on the calendar may be brought up for consideration without suspending the regular order of business (without 2/3 vote). The next House bill on the Senate’s official Regular Order of Business calendar is HB 1 and was taken up today.
Senate Committee Finance Chairman Steve Ogden offered an amendment that would:
Amend Senate Committee Substitute for House Bill 1 by adding a provision to Article IX adjusting certain appropriations previously adopted in the preceding articles. This action includes the following for the 12-13 biennium:
- Strike Art IX, Section 18.09 of Senate Committee Substitute to House Bill 1.
- Add a new provision to Article IX reducing $1,250,000,000 in fiscal year 2013 General Revenue appropriations to Medicaid.
- Add a new provision to Article IX making a 1.2% General Revenue Related appropriation reduction in fiscal year 2013 to state agencies and institutions of higher education, excepting the Foundation School Program, with restoration contingent on certification of additional revenue by the Comptroller of Public Accounts.
The amendment was adopted with 19 ayes and 12 nays. HB 1, as substituted and amended, was passed to third reading with 19 ayes and 12 nays.