Members of the Appropriations conference committee on Agriculture, Environment, General Government, State Administration and IT agreed to accept most budget offers from both chambers while marking specific line items and proviso language for further negotiation and unanimously authorized staff to make technical, conforming edits related to that process.

The committee preserved outstanding differences on the implementing bill and multiple proviso lines while narrowing the number of unresolved items. Speaker 1 summarized the Senate position, saying the Senate "is prepared to accept the House's offer with the exceptions of the following lines, which will get bumped," and noting the Senate agreed to project row 89 while bumping other unagreed project rows. Speaker 2 said the House concurred with the Senate on many bumped items and identified separate exceptions the House would maintain on the implementing bill and proviso spreadsheet.

Why it matters: conference committees reconcile House and Senate budget and proviso language before final passage. Leaving lines "bumped" preserves those items for later negotiation or separate action and lets staff align the documents technically before they advance.

The committee recorded the following outcomes and clearances during the session:

- Implementing bill: Speaker 2 reported the House and Senate agreed on much of the implementing language but that the House opposed certain lines; Speaker 2 listed lines 2, 6, 15 and 21 as exceptions the House would not accept at this time. These lines remain unresolved and were marked for further work.

- Proviso language: Speaker 2 said the House agreed with the Senate on most provisos except for a set of lines the House will bump. That set included items tied to the enterprise cybersecurity resiliency category and a number of individually numbered provisos the parties retained as outstanding.

- Budget spreadsheet and projects: Speaker 1 said the Senate would accept the House's spreadsheet with several exceptions (listed on the offer spreadsheet) and that the Senate agreed to project row 89 while bumping the remaining unagreed project rows.

On procedure, "Senator Collins makes a motion to allow staff to make technical and conforming adjustments related to the bump process," Speaker 1 said; the motion was adopted "without objection." Speaker 1 then called for public comment and, hearing none, reported that "Senator MacLean moves we rise." The committee adjourned "without objection."

Discussion vs. decisions: committee members mainly recorded areas of agreement and multiple specific exceptions to be carried forward. The only formal, recorded procedural actions were (1) the unanimous approval of a motion to allow staff to make technical and conforming adjustments related to the bump process and (2) a motion to rise and adjourn, also adopted without objection. No final decisions on the bumped substantive line items were made during the session.

Additional context from the meeting: members described a substantial amount of prior work resolving many rows, and repeatedly referenced spreadsheets with shaded items and hashtags that documented agreed and unresolved lines. Speakers emphasized that while the numeric lists of exceptions sounded lengthy, they represented a small portion of the overall spreadsheet. No public comments were taken, and the committee concluded its work at this level during the meeting.