to adopt the amendment to HB 4246.
Representative Bollin moved to adopt the amendment to HB 4246. The motion did not prevail 12-17-0: UNFAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Lightner, Bollin, Green, Slagh, Beson, Borton, Fink, Cavitt, DeBoer, Kuhn, Schuette, Steele. Nays: Reps. Witwer, O'Neal, Brixie, Hood, Brabec, Morse, Puri, Steckloff, Weiss, Martus, McKinney, Mentzer, Morgan, Price, Skaggs, Snyder, Wilson. Pass: None. Representative Steele offered the following amendments to HB 4246: 1. Amend page 21, following line 2, by inserting: "(2) By March 1 of the current fiscal year, the departments and agencies shall report to the senate and house appropriations committees, the senate and house appropriations subcommittees on general government, and the senate and house fiscal agencies the following information: (a) Number of employees who were engaged in remote work in 2022. (b) Number of employees authorized to work remotely and the actual number of those working remotely in the current reporting period. (c) Estimated net cost savings achieved by remote work. (d) Reduced use of office space associated with remote work.". and renumbering subdivisions accordingly. 2. Amend page 22, following line 6, by inserting: "(c) Maintain an internet site that posts any severance pay in excess of 6 weeks of wages, regardless of the position held by the former department employee receiving severance pay.”. 3. Amend page 23, following line 12, by inserting: " Sec. 235. By April 1, the state budget director shall submit a report to the senate and house appropriations committees and the report recipients required in section 205 of this part. The report shall recommend a contingency plan for each federal funding source included in the state budget of $10,000,000.00 or more in the event that the federal government reduces funding to this state through that source by 10% or greater.".