The Joint Budget Committee voted to introduce three bills and recorded unanimous committee votes where noted.

The committee voted to introduce a bill to make a collection of cash funds subject to annual appropriation (staff reference LOS 9 20). The motion to introduce the bill passed six-zero; the measure will start in the Senate and run with the long bill. Sponsors named in committee included Senators Bridges and Kirkmeyer (senate) and Representatives Byrd, Taggart, and Sirota in the House.

The committee then voted to introduce the Healthy School Meals for All bill to run with the long bill. Committee staff described the draft as including a trigger tied to voter approval of revenue that would provide at least $90,000,000 a year in additional revenue; if the revenue measure fails, program eligibility would narrow effective Jan. 1 to community eligibility and low-income sites, with additional department notification provisions and elimination of over-expenditure authority included in the draft. The introduction motion passed six-zero; sponsors named in committee included Senators Bridges and Amabile with Senator Kirkmeyer cosponsoring.

Finally, the committee introduced the Enterprise Disability Buy-In Premiums bill (LLS 25-0975), which clarifies premium collection for disability buy-in programs and confirms those charges are treated as fees for services rather than taxes in the language; the motion to introduce passed six-zero. Rebecca Bayetti of the Office of Legislative Legal Services and staff presented technical changes to subsections and added new language to clarify the treatment of collected charges.

Each motion was moved on the committee floor and the committee recorded unanimous votes on the introductions where the transcript records the tally. The committee then recessed.