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House approves $240M supplemental budget after floor fight over $800,000 engineering allocation
Summary
The Utah House passed the New Fiscal Year Supplemental Appropriations Act (House Bill 2) 70-2 after a floor fight over an amendment that would have redirected an $800,000 engineering initiative allocation through the established engineering-initiative board instead of awarding it one institution directly.
The Utah House of Representatives on March 3 passed House Bill 2, the new fiscal-year supplemental appropriations act, on a 70-2 vote after floor debate over an $800,000 engineering allocation. Representative Bigelow, sponsor of the appropriation bill, described the measure as the basic budget bill for the new fiscal year, appropriating “over $240,000,000” and including fee changes and intent language drawn from executive appropriations.
A contentious amendment offered by Representative Holdaway sought to remove language that would direct $800,000 to a single institution (Weber State University)…
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