Committee adopts amendment and advances 2025–26 capital budget bill to House floor

The House committee adopted an amendment to the state's proposed capital budget for fiscal 2025–26 and advanced the bill to the full House. A committee member moved support for Amendment A01786 during consideration of House Bill 1331, and the amendment was adopted unanimously. After the amendment was adopted, the committee voted to advance HB1331, as amended, to the floor of the House of Representatives. The committee took no recorded substantive debate on the amendment or on the bill as amended. A committee member stated, “No discussion, mister chairman. We will be supporting the amendment.” The chair then called for the vote and recorded no negative votes. House Bill 1331, as amended by A01786, was passed out of committee and re-referred to the House floor for further consideration. The committee recessed earlier in the session to await materials from the Legislative Reference Bureau and reconvened for the votes; Representative Marcel was placed on leave during the session, and Representatives Devantel and Warner were present when the committee returned. No implementation details or budget allocations beyond the bill title were discussed on the record during the committee's consideration.