SJR3 SFA Romano 2-14 #1

Baker 7816

Senator Romano moved to amend the resolution on page three, section fifty-one, line nine, after the words “Provided, That” by inserting the words “no item relating to the judiciary may be decreased by more than three percent compared to the previous fiscal year’s appropriation for that item without a separate vote on the bill’s third reading that requires two thirds of the members elected to each house, taken by yeas and nays, on the specific question of the reduction in the items relating to the judiciary prior to the final vote on passage of the bill: Provided, however, That the separate vote on decreasing an item relating to the judiciary is not required if the percentage decrease is equivalent to or less than the decrease for the entire state budget as compared to the previous fiscal year: Provided further, That”.

Adopted

Rejected