Revision: April 9, 2025, 8:37 a.m.
Rep. Gibbs, Merr. 23
April 8, 2025
2025-1549h
11/09
Floor Amendment to HB 2-FN-A-LOCAL
Amend the bill by deleting sections 293-304, relative to repealing the human rights commission.
Amend the bill by replacing section 305 with the following:
305 Human Rights Commission; Appropriation.
There is hereby appropriated to the human rights commission the sums of $1,582,703 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, and $1,629,311 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027. The governor is authorized to draw a warrant for said sums out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. In addition to the appropriation of general funds, the human rights commission may accept and expend federal funds in the amounts of $182,129 for fiscal year ending June 30, 2026 and $184,425 for fiscal year ending June 30, 2027.
Amend the bill by inserting after section 463 the following and renumbering the original section 464 to read as 466:
464 Appropriation; Department of Information Technology.
There is hereby appropriated to the department of information technology the sums of $44,438 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026 and $62,416 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027. The source of funds are transfers to the department from the housing appeals board, the commission on aging, the human rights commission, and the office of the child advocate.
465 Nullification of HB 1-A Section Relative to Positions Abolished in the Human Rights Commission. If HB 1-A of the 2025 general legislative session becomes law, section 5, paragraph VII of HB 1-A, relative to abolishing certain positions in the human rights commission shall not take effect.
2025-1549h
AMENDED ANALYSIS
REPLACE 125 with:
125. Appropriates general funds to the human rights commission and allows the commission to receive and expend certain amounts of federal funds.
ADD:
Makes an appropriation to the department of information technology and nullifies the portion of HB 1-A proposing to abolish certain positions at the human rights commission.