House Bill 1130, which would require the Developmental Disabilities Administration (DDA) to prioritize specified populations when enrolling eligible clients into open home- and community-based services waiver slots and to collect and publish data about waiver utilization, was reported out of the Early Learning Human Services Committee with a due-pass recommendation.

The bill was introduced to the committee in executive session and described by committee staff as written with no amendments. Vice Chair Cortez moved that the bill be reported out of committee with a due-pass recommendation; the motion was seconded. Representative Taylor urged support, saying the bill “directs DDA to prioritize populations that have challenges that they often get put at the end of the line” and praised the requirement that DDA perform data analysis to inform future policy. Ranking Member Esselick also voiced support, saying the measure would help ensure services “go to the group that needs the services the most.”

The committee called the roll and recorded 11 ayes, 0 nays; the clerk announced the tally as 11–0 and the bill was reported out of committee with a due-pass recommendation.

No amendments were adopted during the committee’s executive-session consideration. The motion recorded in committee was to “report out of committee with a due pass recommendation.” The mover was Representative Cortez; the transcript states the motion was seconded but the second is not specified in the record.

Committee discussion focused on prioritization and the value of publicly available waiver-utilization data; no change to the bill text was recorded.

Votes at a glance: Representative Bergquist — aye; Representative Cortez — aye; Representative Eslic — aye; Representative Burnett — aye; Representative Birnbaum — aye; Representative Dent — aye; Representative Goodman — aye; Representative Hill — aye; Representative Ortiz Self — aye; Representative Penner — aye; Representative Taylor — aye.

The bill will proceed out of committee as reported. The transcript does not record follow-up steps, fiscal notes, or an implementation timetable in committee.