HOUSE BILL REPORT

ESHB 1455

BYHouse Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Representatives Bristow, Holland, Grimm, McLean and Wineberry; by request of Governor Gardner)

Adopting the supplemental capital budget.

House Committe on Ways & Means

Majority Report:  The substitute bill be substituted therefore and the substitute bill do pass.  (21)

      Signed by Representatives Grimm, Chair; Bristow, Vice Chair; Appelwick, Basich, Belcher, Braddock, Brekke, Ebersole, Grant, Hine, Locke, Peery, Rust, Sayan, Schoon, H. Sommers, Spanel, Sprenkle, Valle, Wang and Winsley.

Minority Report:  Do not pass.  (5)

      Signed by Representatives Butterfield, Holland, McLean, Nealey and Silver.

House Staff:Bill Robinson (786-7136)

AS PASSED HOUSE FEBRUARY 29, 1988

BACKGROUND:

The supplemental capital budget.

SUMMARY:

See spreadsheets prepared by committee staff.

EFFECT OF SENATE AMENDMENT(S):  The total Supplemental Capital Budget was reduced to $105,149,000.  The $123 million appropriation for the East Capitol Campus Development project, $29 million for the Washington Convention and Trade Center, and various other capital construction projects were deleted from the supplemental budget and various other capital projects were added.  See attached spreadsheet for an itemization of the differences between the House and Senate supplemental capital budget.

Appropriation:    $249,469,000 is appropriated for the various capital projects identified in the attached spreadsheet.

Fiscal Note:      Not Requested.

Effective Date:The bill contains an emergency clause and takes effect immediately.

House Committee ‑ Testified For:    See committee staff.

House Committee - Testified Against:      None Presented.

House Committee - Testimony For:    See committee staff.

House Committee - Testimony Against:      None Presented.

VOTE ON FINAL PASSAGE:

      Yeas 59; Nays 38, Excused 1

Voting Nay: Representatives Amondson, Ballard, Barnes, Baugher, Beck, Betrozoff, Brooks, Bumgarner, Butterfield, Chandler, Day, Dellwo, Doty, Ferguson, Fuhrman, Grant, Hankins, Heavey, Holland, Lewis, May, McLean, Miller, Moyer, Nealey, Patrick, Prince, Sanders, Schmidt, Schoon, Silver, Smith C, Sommers D, Walker, Williams B, Williams J, Wilson S, Zellinsky

Excused:    Representative Padden