Date: 03/14/2016
Location: LSB A

Votes: View-->	Action Taken:
Postpone House Bill 16-1221 indefinitely. The moti Refer House Bill 16-1221 to the Committee on Appro	PASS FAIL

02:29 PM -- HB16-1221

Representative Joshi, sponsor, presented House Bill 16-1221 to the committee. The bill restricts spending by state agencies and institutions of higher education on lobbying expenses and membership fees beginning in FY 2016-17. Specifically, state agencies and institutions must restrict spending on lobbying expenses and membership fees to no more than 50 percent of the amount spent on these items in FY 2015-16. For FY 2016-17 and beyond, the General Assembly must make a General Fund appropriation to the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing to increase Medicaid provider rates by an equal amount as the required spending reduction on lobbying expenses and membership fees.

Representative Joshi provided copies of two research memos concerning lobbying expenses and membership fees (Attachments C and D).

16HouseState0314AttachC.pdf 16HouseState0314AttachD.pdf

No witnesses testified on the bill.

BILL:	HB16-1221
TIME:	02:31:14 PM
MOVED:	Neville P.
MOTION:	Refer House Bill 16-1221 to the Committee on Appropriations. The motion failed on a vote of 4-5.
SECONDED:	Humphrey
		VOTE
	Foote	No
	Humphrey	Yes
	Leonard	Yes
	Neville P.	Yes
	Primavera	No
	Tyler	No
	Wist	Yes
	Lontine	No
	Ryden	No
YES: 4 NO: 5 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: FAIL

BILL:	HB16-1221
TIME:	02:33:17 PM
MOVED:	Lontine
MOTION:	Postpone House Bill 16-1221 indefinitely. The motion passed on a vote of 5-4.
SECONDED:	Foote
		VOTE
	Foote	Yes
	Humphrey	No
	Leonard	No
	Neville P.	No
	Primavera	Yes
	Tyler	Yes
	Wist	No
	Lontine	Yes
	Ryden	Yes
Final YES: 5 NO: 4 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS

02:35 PM

The committee recessed.