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Lawmakers debate $1M furniture appropriation as part of legislative department budget; SB188 adopted
Summary
Representative Bottoms and others criticized more than $1 million in furniture spending tied to an annex move; Speaker McCloskey and Majority Leader defended the appropriation and cash‑fund transfers, and Senate Bill 188 (appropriations adjustments) was adopted after explanation and votes.
A heated exchange on the House floor focused on appropriations in the legislative department budget, including roughly $1 million for new furniture tied to an annex renovation and staff relocation.
Representative Bottoms criticized the appropriations as poor optics while the state faces budget cuts: "there's over a million dollars that has been appropriated toward furniture in our move...that's just a bad look," she said on the floor.…
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