House Finance met this morning.
Senate Bill 29 increases the salaries of all justices and judges in the state.
Senate Bill 228 requires the Department of Human Services to provide child welfare workers with mobile technology that allows them to conduct investigations and create digital records. Technology will automatically upload updates to the system.
Senate Bill 231 reorganized the state’s addiction care system into a value-based continuum of care and incentivized coordination, integration, and accountability for recovery success.
Senate Bill 389 was amended. The amended bill would provide a corporation net income tax credit for the qualified rehabilitation of buildings.
Senate Bill 587 adjusts the salary schedules for elected county officials and eliminates duplicative budget certification by the State Auditor’s office.
Senate Bill 724 removes the requirement that home confinement officers be certified law enforcement officers to participate in the EMS retirement system. The bill allows EMS officers participating in PERS to begin participating in the EMS retirement system.
Senate Bill 950 repeals mileage and expenses for judges.
Senate Bill 1065 was heard by the committee, but the motion to advance to markup and passage failed.
Senate Bill 144 was tabled.
Senate Bill 570 is a supplemental appropriation that grants the Department of Health Central Office spending authority for the Rural Health Transformation Program.
Senate Bill 392 reduces personal income taxes and increases the excise tax on e-cigarettes and vape products to $1.20 tax per cartridge or container.
