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Lawmakers preview $4.5 billion General Appropriations Act and clash over emergency-work funding
Summary
Representative Valentine introduced HB387, outlining an almost $4.5 billion budget (including nearly $2 billion federal funds) and subcommittee chairs summarized allocations; a contentious floor fight followed over restoring Emergency Work Program funding and reallocating Medicaid dollars, with motions to restore the program failing on the floor.
SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah House formally introduced the General Appropriations Act (HB387) on March 1 and spent significant time on floor summaries and contested amendments.
Representative Valentine told the chamber the budget totals “a 4.496, almost a $4,500,000,000 state budget,” and that the overall increase including federal funds was roughly 5.27 percent. Subcommittee chairs then gave brief reports on priorities,…
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