Bill to alter JFAC process heads to full House

The first motion in House Ed this morning, to introduce the new legislation to make changes in the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee’s budget-setting process and then hold a hearing on the measure, failed on an 8-8 tied vote. The original motion, from Rep. Branden Durst, D-Boise, to both introduce it and send it directly to the 2nd Reading Calendar in the full House, then passed on a divided voice vote.