Senate Committee of Reference Report

Committee on Appropriations

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April 17, 2026

After consideration on the merits, the Committee recommends the following:

SB26-078     be amended as follows, and as so amended, be referred to the Committee of the Whole with favorable recommendation and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar:

Page 1, Line 1Amend printed bill, page 5, strike lines 13 through 18.

Page 1, Line 2Renumber succeeding sections accordingly.

Page 1, Line 3Page 6, line 12, after "group" insert "facilitated by the department".

Page 1, Line 4Page 8, strike lines 17 through 27.

Page 1, Line 5Renumber succeeding sections accordingly.

Page 1, Line 6Strike pages 2 and 3 of the Education Committee report, dated March 2,

Page 1, Line 72026.

Page 1, Line 8Page 4 of the report, strike lines 1 through 20 and substitute:

Page 1, Line 9"Strike pages 9 through 11 of the bill.

Page 1, Line 10Page 12 of the bill, strike line 1.

Page 1, Line 11Renumber succeeding sections accordingly.".