{"id":7153,"date":"2017-04-25T11:58:58","date_gmt":"2017-04-25T15:58:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artistsunderthedome.org\/malc\/?p=7153"},"modified":"2017-04-25T15:23:09","modified_gmt":"2017-04-25T19:23:09","slug":"update-house-budget-processamendment-votes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/artistsunderthedome.org\/malc\/legislation\/update-house-budget-processamendment-votes\/","title":{"rendered":"Update on the House Budget Process &#038; Amendment Votes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">(This post was\u00a0updated at 3pm April 25th)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>MALC is actively following the House Budget Debate and tracking the progress of several amendments.<\/p>\n<p>You can track amendments via this link:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/malegislature.gov\/Budget\/HouseDebate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/malegislature.gov\/Budget\/HouseDebate<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Watch budget debate in person at the State House or via the web (note you can watch the debates from yesterday\u2019s April 24th formal session as they are recorded):<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/malegislature.gov\/Events\/Sessions\/Detail\/2809\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/malegislature.gov\/Events\/Sessions\/Detail\/2809<\/a><\/p>\n<p>MALC is happy to report that yesterday the two amendments that would have hurt our state\u2019s film tax program did not move forward:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Amendment #465 was rejected<br \/>\nAmendment #728 was withdrawn<\/p>\n<p>Also yesterday the library amendments MALC is following were \u201cbundled\u201d<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">*<\/span> into <em>\u201c<strong>Consolidated Amendment #A to H.3600<\/strong>\u201d<\/em>\u00a0. Two\u00a0did not pass, one\u00a0passed with its\u00a0original filed language, and the others were changed. Please see below for the complete report on the library amendments.<span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>**<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The remaining two amendments MALC is following have been grouped into the category: <strong><em>Labor and Economic Development.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><em>We have gotten word this afternoon that the House has been meeting on the Labor &amp; Workforce Development amendments. No word when they will be voting on them as of now.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Representative Cory Atkins<\/strong> filed the following amendments for the tourism and the Massachusetts Cultural Council:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Amendment #6 \u00a0<i>for line item<\/i> 0640-0300 f<i>or the Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC)\u00a0<\/i> to restore and increase the Massachusetts Cultural Council\u2019s funding<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><i>For Tourism:<\/i> Amendment #39<i> for line item<\/i> 7008-1000 for the regional tourism councils (line item restoration,\u00a0i.e., to restore their funding)<\/p>\n<p>We are waiting to hear when the House will take up the amendments in the\u00a0<em>Labor and Economic Development<\/em> category for debate\/discussion.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">*<\/span>To understand what bundling is see this past blog post: <a href=\"http:\/\/artistsunderthedome.org\/malc\/news\/malcs-guide-budget-debates-bundled-legislation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/artistsunderthedome.org\/malc\/news\/malcs-guide-budget-debates-bundled-legislation\/<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Breakdown of the Library Amendments:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">a. <strong>Representative Kate Hogan<\/strong> filed two amendments.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">i. Amendment # 1039\u00a0<i> for line item <\/i>7000-9501, State Aid to Public Libraries. DID NOT pass\u00a0as was written: 7000-9501, by striking out the figures \u201c$9,500,000\u201d and inserting in place thereof the figures \u201c$10,127,412\u201d<strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">**<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">(The funding remains at $9,500,00)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">ii.\u00a0 Amendment #1007<i> for line item <\/i>7000-9508, Massachusetts Center for the Book \u2013 Line Item Restoration.\u00a0This line item was restored, but not funded to the level asked for:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">And further move to amend said section 2, by inserting after item 7000-9506 the following item:-7000-9508 For the Massachusetts Center for the Book, Inc., chartered as the Commonwealth Affiliate of the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress; provided, that the Massachusetts Center for the Book, Inc. shall continue its work as a public-private partnership\u2026\u2026.$200,000;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">(original ask was $250,000)<\/p>\n<p>b. <strong>Representative Byron Rushing<\/strong> filed one amendment<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><i>i.\u00a0 Amendment #528 for line item 7000-9401 for State Aid to Regional Public Libraries \u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">This was amended<i>: &#8220;<\/i><em>And further move to amend said section 2, in item 7000-9401, by striking out the figure \u201c40.7\u201d and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- 43.9;.<\/em>&#8221; \u00a0(original ask was 44.7)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">&#8220;<em>And further move to amend said item by striking out the figure \u201c$9,982,317\u201d and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- $10,182,317;<\/em>&#8221;\u00a0(original ask was $10,948,670)<\/p>\n<p>c. <strong>Representative Paul Brodeur<\/strong> filed one amendment:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><i>i. 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