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Appropriations panel advances multiple bills, approves amendments and emergency clause
Summary
The State Senate Appropriations Committee cleared a package of budget and policy bills after votes and amendments, including funding for county fair grants, public transit, the Public Service Commission and several agency budgets. Several measures passed with unanimous or near-unanimous roll calls; three items were amended before approval.
Appropriations Committee Chair and members advanced a slate of bills, approving amendments and sending measures back to policy or to the floor for further action.
The committee passed or amended a series of bills that fund agency operations, targeted grants and studies. Several amendments were adopted to clarify language, change funding levels or add emergency clauses before senators voted to give the bills a “do pass” recommendation.
The votes matter because they move spending and policy items to the next stage of consideration in the Legislature. Amendments adopted on the committee floor adjusted technical language in appropriations and changed funding levels for several programs.
On roll calls, clerks announced vote tallies after…
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