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