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• Introduced by Sen. Patrick Colbeck (R) on February 14, 2012, to provide a “template” or “place holder” for the Fiscal Year 2012-2013 State Police 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 25, 2012, to adopt a version of this budget that expresses the fiscal and policy preferences of the Republican-majority in the Senate on various spending items and programs. The substitute passed by voice vote in the Senate on April 25, 2012.
• Passed 38 to 0 in the Senate on April 25, 2012, the Senate version of the State Police budget for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1, 2012. This would appropriate $572.9 million in gross spending, compared to $525.0 million the previous year. Of this, $104.9 million is from federal revenue.
  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• Received in the House on April 25, 2012.
  • Referred to the House Appropriations Committee on April 25, 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.
• 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"
• Received in the Senate on May 3, 2012.
• Failed 0 to 38 in the Senate on May 3, 2012, to concur with the House-passed version of the budget. The vote sends the bill to a House-Senate conference committee to work out the differences.
  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• Received in the Senate on May 30, 2012.
• Passed 34 to 2 in the Senate on May 30, 2012, the House-Senate conference report for the State Police budget for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1, 2012. This would appropriate $577.9 million in gross spending, compared to $525.0 million the previous year. Of this, $104.9 million is from federal revenue.
  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• Received in the House on May 30, 2012.