2014 Senate Bill 773

Appropriations: Department of Military and Veterans Affairs

Introduced in the Senate

Feb. 11, 2014

Introduced by Sen. Patrick Colbeck (R-7)

To provide a “template” or “place holder” for the Fiscal Year 2014-2015 Department of Military and Veterans Affairs budget. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations

April 29, 2014

Reported without amendment

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

April 30, 2014

Substitute offered

The substitute passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Sen. Vincent Gregory (D-14)

To prohibit awarding DMV contracts to a company or other private entity with a record of willful noncompliance with any relevant federal, state, or local statute or regulation, including payment of taxes or other payments owed to a public entity.

The amendment failed 15 to 22 (details)

Amendment offered by Sen. Vincent Gregory (D-14)

To require companies with DMV contracts to give the department a copy of records and files related to the performance of the governmental function, and establish that these would be public records.

The amendment failed 14 to 23 (details)

Passed in the Senate 37 to 0 (details)

The Senate version of the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs budget for the fiscal year that begins on Oct. 1, 2014. This would appropriate $167.2 million in gross spending, compared to $166.3 million the previous year. Of this, $90.3 million is from federal funds.

Received in the House

April 30, 2014

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations

May 14, 2014

Substitute offered by Rep. Joseph Haveman (R-90)

To adopt a version of the budget that contains no appropriations, but is instead intended to launch negotiations to work out the differences between the House and Senate budgets.

The substitute passed by voice vote

Passed in the House 108 to 0 (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 20, 2014

Failed in the Senate 0 to 37 (details)

June 12, 2014

Received

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations