The House Finance Department of Natural Resources subcommittee on Feb. 27 rejected a conceptual amendment to retain funding for a deputy commissioner by an 8–1 roll call, then voted 8–1 to move the FY27 subcommittee recommendation (BA report) out of committee; members debated tradeoffs between agency capacity and tight state revenue.

A Senate subcommittee approved a committee substitute for House Bill 9‑16 and added a reenactment clause after members raised concerns that removing named certifiers could leave the Department of Criminal Justice Services without the capacity to certify training, effectively blocking concealed‑carry permits.