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Conference committee advances FY26 budget items, leaves several decisions unresolved
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Members of the conference committee on the FY26 budget reviewed competing House and Senate positions, agreed on multiple funding changes and position moves, and left a set of items flagged for further reconciliation.
Members of the conference committee on the FY26 budget reviewed a color‑coded reconciliation sheet and agreed on a number of funding moves and position changes while leaving other items open for later negotiation, staff said.
The committee relied on a single reconciliation spreadsheet with a new conference‑committee column. Emily Burns, staff member, said the sheet uses green to indicate items the committee believes are agreed, purple for unresolved language or amounts and white where the House and Senate matched. "The green cells are ones that we believe we're pretty sure you've agreed to," Burns said. "Anything that's in purple, is…
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