Senate advances two‑year capital bill; committee maintains $100 million bonding recommendation, adopts several re‑allocations

Summary

The Senate Institutions Committee presented H.494, a two‑year capital bill that the committee packaged with a $100 million bonding recommendation, cash appropriations and project reallocations; a House‑sourced $250,000 amendment for a women's recovery residence was adopted and a Windsor property transfer amendment failed.

The Senate Institutions Committee on Monday presented H.494, a two‑year capital construction and bonding bill that the committee said follows the Capital Debt Affordability Advisory Committee’s recommendation of $100 million in general obligation bonding for the biennium.

Senator Harrison, reporting for the committee, described the bill as “a two‑year bill to fund capital projects” and said committee members would review the bill’s spreadsheet and highlighted items where the Senate differed from the House or the governor’s recommendations.

The bill combines bonded and cash appropriations across multiple agencies and projects. The Senate committee’s report and its floor presentation emphasized project‑level reallocations, the new 2022 cash fund that the treasurer and the Joint Fiscal Office now use to pay some projects in cash rather than by…

Senate advances two‑year capital bill; committee maintains $100 million bonding recommendation, adopts several re‑allocations

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