Senate lets S.B. 5 committee consider conditional camp-safety funding

The resolution lets the S.B. 5 conference committee consider adding camp-safety funding to the bill. The proposed funding would go to the Department of State Health Services to carry out that safety legislation. The funding depends on enactment of S.B. 1 or similar legislation about campground and youth camp safety. The health department must adjust license fees as needed to recover the appropriated costs. If the conditional appropriations are made, the department may use $500,000 in capital budget authority and employ 16.0 additional full-time equivalent employees. The funding would cover two years starting when S.B. 5 takes effect, plus the state fiscal year beginning September 1, 2026.

The resolution lets the conference committee consider changing S.B. 5 to take effect immediately. This applies to S.B. 5. The immediate effective date is subject to Subsection (b), which is not included in this text. The resolution permits the committee to consider the effective-date change; the text does not state when the separate subsection applies.