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House passes amended budget bill to restore full work hours, funds for schools and health programs
Summary
The House passed House Bill 24-6, House Draft 1, to appropriate funds from the fiscal 2025 appropriations act, restore government employees to 100% work hours and allocate specific sums for student travel and other items. The bill passed 16-1 after floor amendments and a subsidiary motion to include cultural competitions.
The House of Representatives passed House Bill 24-6, House Draft 1, a revision to the Appropriations and Budget Authority Act for fiscal year 2025, on a 16-1 roll call after adopting a floor amendment and a subsidiary motion to broaden eligible uses for a travel allocation.
The bill, described on the floor as a time-sensitive revision to restore government employees who had been subject to austerity measures back to full work hours, was moved for first and final reading by the floor leader and carried after debate and amendments. Representative Patrick San Nicolas offered an amendment to reserve $300,000 for travel and lodging costs for students participating in interscholastic sports leagues and academic competitions for school year 2024–25.…
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