HOUSE BILL REPORT

                 ESHB 1410

 

                    As Amended by Senate:

                             

Title:  An act relating to fiscal matters.

 

Brief Description:  Making appropriations.

 

Sponsors:  By House Committee on Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representatives Silver and Sommers; by request of Office of Financial Management).

 

Brief History:

  Committee Activity:

Appropriations:  3/20/95, 3/22/95 [DPS].

Floor Activity:

Passed House:  3/24/95, 59-39.

Senate Amended.

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

 

Majority Report:  The substitute bill be substituted therefor and the substitute bill do pass.  Signed by 19 members:  Representatives Silver, Chairman; Clements, Vice Chairman; Huff, Vice Chairman; Pelesky, Vice Chairman; Beeksma; Brumsickle; Carlson; Cooke; Crouse; Foreman; Hargrove; Hickel; Lambert; Lisk; McMorris; Reams; Sehlin; Sheahan and Talcott.

 

Minority Report:  Do not pass.  Signed by 12 members:  Representatives Sommers, Ranking Minority Member; Valle, Assistant Ranking Minority Member; Basich; Chappell; Dellwo; G. Fisher; Grant; Jacobsen; Poulsen; Rust; Thibaudeau and Wolfe.

 

Staff:  Victor Moore (786-7143).

 

Background:  The state government operates on the basis of a fiscal biennium that begins on July 1 of each odd-numbered year.

 

Summary of Bill:  The 1995-97 omnibus appropriations act.

 

EFFECT OF SENATE AMENDMENT(S):

 

The Senate amendments increase the total appropriations by $809 million, of which $617 million is general fund-state.

 

Appropriation:  $26,225,028,000 from all funds; $17,279,236,000 from General Fund-State.

 

Fiscal Note:  Not requested.

 

Effective Date of Bill:  The bill contains an emergency clause and takes effect on July 1, 1995.

 

Votes on Final Passage:

 

Yeas 59; Nays 39

 

Nays:  Appelwick, Basich, Brown, Chappell, Chopp, Cody, Cole, Conway, Costa, Dellwo, Dickerson, Dyer, Ebersole, G. Fisher, R. Fisher, Grant, Hankins, Hatfield, Jacobsen, Kessler, Kremen, Mason, Mastin, Morris, Ogden, Patterson, Poulsen, Quall, Regala, Romero, Rust, Scott, Sheldon, Sommers, Thibaudeau, Tokuda, Valle, Veloria, Wolfe