2012 Senate Bill 962

Appropriations: State Police

Introduced in the Senate

Feb. 14, 2012

Introduced by Sen. Patrick Colbeck (R-7)

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 Committee on Appropriations

April 24, 2012

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the substitute (S-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.

April 25, 2012

Substitute offered

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

Passed in the Senate 38 to 0 (details)

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.

Received in the House

April 25, 2012

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations

May 2, 2012

Substitute offered by Rep. Chuck Moss (R-40)

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

Passed in the House 63 to 47 (details)

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.

Received in the Senate

May 3, 2012

Failed in the Senate 0 to 38 (details)

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.

May 30, 2012

Received

Passed in the Senate 34 to 2 (details)

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.

Received in the House

May 30, 2012