2018 House Bill 5574

Appropriations: Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs

Introduced in the House

Feb. 14, 2018

Introduced by Rep. Tommy Brann (R-77)

To provide a “template” or “place holder” for the Fiscal Year 2018-2019 Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs budget. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations

May 9, 2018

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the substitute (H-2) be adopted and that the bill then pass.

May 15, 2018

Passed in the House 107 to 1 (details)

To send the bill on to the Senate "stripped" of all actual appropriations, leaving it as a "template" or "placeholder." This vote is basically a procedural method of launching negotiations to work out the differences between the House and Senate budgets. The House has actually passed its version of the full budget in two "omnibus" bills, House Bills 5578 and 5579.

Received in the Senate

May 16, 2018

Referred to the Committee of the Whole

May 22, 2018

Passed in the Senate 26 to 10 (details)

To send the bill back to the House with no actual appropriations. Both bodies have passed budget bills with actual appropriations, and negotiations are underway to reconcile them. Exercises like this exchange of empty bills facilitate moving quickly once the differences are resolved.

Received in the House

May 22, 2018

May 23, 2018

Failed in the House 0 to 109 (details)

To concur with the Senate-passed version of the bill.

June 6, 2018

Received

Sept. 5, 2018

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations