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2012 Senate Bill 947: Appropriations: Department of Agriculture
  1. Introduced by Sen. Michael Green (R) on February 14, 2012, to provide a “template” or “place holder” for the Fiscal Year 2012-2013 Department of Agriculture budget. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.
    • Referred to the Senate Appropriations Committee on February 14, 2012.
      • Reported in the Senate on April 24, 2012, with the recommendation that the substitute (S-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
    • Substitute offered in the Senate on April 24, 2012, to adopt a version of this budget that expresses the fiscal and policy preferences of the Republican-majority in the Senate. The substitute passed by voice vote in the Senate on April 24, 2012.
  2. Passed 28 to 10 in the Senate on April 24, 2012, the Senate version of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development budget for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1, 2012. This would appropriate $76.2 million in gross spending, compared to $72.2 million, which was the FY 2011-2012 amount enrolled in 2011. Of this, $11.1 million is federal money, and the rest is from state and local taxes and fees.
    Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"

  3. Received in the House on April 24, 2012.
    • Referred to the House Appropriations Committee on April 24, 2012.
    • Substitute offered by Rep. Chuck Moss (R) on May 2, 2012, to strip out all of the appropriations of the Senate-passed version of the bill, which is basically a procedural method of launching negotiations to work out the differences between the House and Senate budgets. The substitute passed by voice vote in the House on May 2, 2012.
  4. Passed 63 to 47 in the House on May 2, 2012, to send the bill back to the Senate "stripped" of all actual appropriations. This vote is basically a procedural method of launching negotiations to work out the differences between the House and Senate budgets.
    Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"

  5. Received in the Senate on May 3, 2012.
  6. Failed 0 to 38 in the Senate on May 3, 2012, to concur with a House-passed version of the bill. The vote sends the bill to a House-Senate conference committee to work out the differences.
    Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"

  7. Received in the Senate on May 30, 2012.
  8. Passed 29 to 7 in the Senate on May 30, 2012, the House-Senate conference report for the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development budget for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1, 2012. This would appropriate $76.9 million in gross spending, compared to $72.2 million, which was the FY 2011-2012 amount enrolled in 2011. Of this, $11.2 million is federal money, and the rest is from state and local taxes and fees. Note: House Bill 5365 contains an identical version of this conference report.
    Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"

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