2022 Senate Bill 843

Appropriations: Community Colleges

Introduced in the Senate

Jan. 20, 2022

Introduced by Sen. Kim LaSata (R-21)

To provide a “template” or “place holder” for the Fiscal Year 2022-23 Community Colleges budget. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations

April 28, 2022

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the substitute (S-2) be adopted and that the bill then pass.

May 3, 2022

Amendment offered

To increase the amount of proposed community college spending in the next fiscal year.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Passed in the Senate 33 to 2 (details)

The Senate version of the fiscal year 2022-2023 community colleges budget. This would appropriate $473.36 million in gross spending, with increases for each community college.

Received in the House

May 4, 2022

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations

May 18, 2022

Substitute offered by Rep. Thomas Albert (R-86)

To replace the bill with one that "zeroes-out" the specific appropriation amounts passed by the Senate.

The substitute passed by voice vote

Passed in the House 59 to 47 (details)

To send the bill back to the Senate "stripped" of all actual appropriations except $100 “placeholders.” This is part of a process for reconciling the House and Senate-passed department budgets for the next fiscal year.

Received in the Senate

May 19, 2022

Failed in the Senate 0 to 36 (details)

To concur with the House-passed version of the bill.

Received in the House

May 24, 2022