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House approves supplemental appropriations bill to close current biennium
Summary
The Texas House concurred with Senate amendments to House Bill 500, a supplemental appropriations measure that finalizes spending for the current biennium and includes multi‑hundred‑million dollar allocations for water infrastructure, corrections, teacher insurance support and other items.
The Texas House on a recorded vote concurred with Senate amendments to House Bill 500, the supplemental appropriations act that closes out the 2024–25 biennium, advancing a package of funding that House authors and supporters said ties up the current budget and directs money to water projects, corrections, teachers and emergency response.
The measure matters because it finalizes actual spending for the current two‑year budget period and directs one‑time and near‑term funding for infrastructure, public safety and agency needs that lawmakers said could not wait for the next biennial budget.
Doctor Bonin, the House sponsor, told members the supplemental closes out the current biennium with Texas remaining ‘‘well under all…
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