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SP 799

Joint Order, To Require The Joint Standing Committee On Appropriations And Financial Affairs To Report Out 2 Bills To The Senate

132nd Legislature (2025-2026) Introduced by Rick Bennett

Directs the appropriations committee to report two bills to the Senate; the measure failed and is currently dead, leaving no immediate effect.

Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
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Bill Summary · SP 799

Summary of SP 799 — Joint Order to Require the Joint Standing Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs to Report Out 2 Bills to the Senate

Overview

SP 799 is a joint resolution (Joint Order) introduced on June 25, 2025. Its stated purpose is to require the Joint Standing Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs to report two bills to the Senate. The measure is categorized as a joint resolution and was introduced and sent through the normal chamber procedures.

What the bill would do

  • Directs the Joint Standing Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs to report out two bills to the Senate.
  • As a joint order, it serves as a procedural directive rather than a substantive policy statute. The specific topics or contents of the two required bills are not provided in the summary.
  • No additional substantive policy changes or funding details are specified in the available information.

Legislative history and status

  • Introduced: June 25, 2025.
  • 2025-06-25: The motion to READ and FAILED PASSAGE was recorded for SP 799.
  • Roll call on the motion: 2 Yeas, 30 Nays, 3 Excused, 0 Absent (Roll Call Number 644).
  • Result: The measure was placed in Legislative Files as DEAD, indicating it did not advance in the session and is not expected to become law.

Who is affected

  • Primary: Members of the Joint Standing Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs, as the directive targets this committee.
  • The Senate as a whole would be the recipient of the two bills if the measure had advanced.
  • Potentially impacted entities include state agencies and other budgetary actors that would be considered in the two reported bills, though specific sectors or programs are not identified in the summary.

Timeline and procedural implications

  • The bill would have set a schedule or requirement for the committee to report two bills to the Senate, but no concrete deadlines or topics are provided in the available information.
  • With SP 799 currently dead, there is no immediate procedural impact. If revived in the future, the measure would reestablish a directive to the appropriations committee regarding its reporting duties.

Key takeaways

  • SP 799 is a procedural measure aimed at directing the appropriations committee to report two bills to the Senate.
  • The bill did not pass, as indicated by a failed passage vote and its placement in Legislative Files as DEAD.
  • The actual impact, topics of the two bills, and any fiscal effects would depend on the content of the two bills and subsequent legislative actions if the measure is revived.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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