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Conference committee adopts conference report for House Bill 4706, advancing budget changes
Summary
A Michigan legislative conference committee adopted conference report CR1 for House Bill 4706, approving a package of FY2026 funding changes and a FY2025 supplemental that together include major general fund shifts, transportation revenue changes and targeted program reductions and one-time investments.
A Michigan legislative conference committee voted unanimously to adopt conference report CR1 for House Bill 4706, a package that lays out fiscal year 2026 departmental funding and a fiscal year 2025 supplemental, the committee chair announced following the vote.
The conference report, summarized by a House Fiscal Agency staff member identified in the record as Kevin, would reduce ongoing general-fund support for departmental budgets by about $360,000,000 net while adding roughly $425,000,000 in one-time general-fund appropriations. The transportation budget also would increase by more than $1,000,000,000 under changes to state transportation revenues, Kevin said.
The summary from the House Fiscal Agency said the ongoing departmental savings are driven largely by programmatic lapses, program eliminations or reductions, and the elimination of about 2,000 unfilled full-time-equivalent positions. Larger line items called out in the agency summary included a…
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