Depending on who you ask, a final vote by the House of Representatives was either a sign that weary lawmakers were ready to go home, a shot across the bow at Senate Democrats or a vengeful act by Republicans against a member of their own party.

What is clear is the fate of a bill that would have provided funding for diabetes care, financial literacy programs and resources to investigate cold cases, which failed to raucous applause on a 7-53 vote shortly before the House motioned to adjourn sine die.

Sen. Paul Boyer, R-Glendale, who like most senators voted for the bill in the upper chamber, chalked up the bill’s defeat to representatives who simply wanted the session to end. By the time the bill came up for a vote minutes before midnight, representatives had been at recess for several hours, had eaten their fill of ice cream and were vocally tired of waiting for the Senate to wrap up its own business.

That business included amendments to HB2618 that added $6.5 million in federal and general fund dollars for diabetes care; $500,000 for youth financial literacy programs; $250,000 for an Arizona community schools pilot program; and $3 million from the state Lottery fund in grants to county attorneys for cold case investigations.

Sen. Heather Carter, R-Cave Creek, said it’s no coincidence that at least part of the spending outlined in HB2618 were for programs she supports.

Carter, faced with scorn stemming from her boycott of the budget over a bill to give victims of sexual abuse more legal options, had already been privately threatened by fellow Republicans. One such threat was made public, thanks to a hot mic in what was meant to be a closed House Republican Caucus meeting.

Representatives threatened retribution for Carter, who they argued wasn’t being a team player and voting for the GOP-led budget.

Perhaps retribution was on their minds when all but two House Republicans, House Speaker Rusty Bowers and Rep. Tony Rivero, voted against HB2618. Bowers wouldn’t say what led to the bill’s demise except only that some representatives “may be upset about how things happened.”

The Mesa Republican was less coy in remarks to House Majority Leader Warren Petersen. Bowers was overheard describing HB2618 to Petersen as “more gravy for the Carter potatoes.”

Sen. Michelle Ugenti-Rita, R-Scottsdale, said her vote against the bill was about Democrats, not Carter.

“The trailer bill was a last-ditch effort to include Democratic spending items in the budget,” said Ugenti-Rita, one of only four senators to vote against the bill.

Democrats wanted to vote against the budget for political reasons and still get what they wanted in the budget, Ugenti-Rita said. It wasn’t fair to Republicans, whose votes were vital to passing the budget, to include a “last-minute spending boondoggle” to appease the minority party, she added.

“That’s not how it works,” Ugenti-Rita said. “If you’re going to have items in the budget, if your priorities are in the budget, you need to be on the budget.”

If HB2618 was designed to appeal to the minority party, Democratic representatives didn’t get the memo.

Caught up in half-joking calls for an immediate adjournment of session, Democrats joined most of the GOP Caucus in the 7-53 vote to sink HB2618. Some Democrats were even heard lambasting five of their colleagues who voted in favor of the bill: Reps. Isela Blanc, Kelli Butler, Kirsten Engel, Jennifer Longdon and Geraldine Peten.

It didn’t take long for some in Democratic leadership to realize they’d just voted against a bill that would’ve provided more funding in areas of need. Rep. Randy Friese, D-Tucson, looked aghast at the mistake and made a motion to reconsider H2618.

But Petersen made a substitute motion for the House to adjourn sine die, which was overwhelmingly approved on a voice vote, ending any chance of a re-vote.

Carter said she was disappointed the bill didn’t pass, and pointed out that it included $3 million for prosecuting cold cases directly related to the child sex abuse bill she and Boyer backed.

“My hope is that the people in the House who took that action can put their hard feelings behind them and focus on the policy and get this done next year,” Carter said.

Julia Shumway contributed to this report.