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Senate committee opens 2025 session, sets three-week budget timeline and flags $600M Medicaid shortfall
Summary
At the committee’s first 2025 meeting, the chair ordered subcommittees to meet, set a roughly three-week target to report the budget, directed procedural limits on late substitutes and public comment, and said the Medicaid forecast requires over $600 million in additional funding.
The Committee Chair opened the first meeting of the 2025 session and set a roughly three-week timeline for the committee to report the budget, urging members to “commit to working toward adopting a budget that all committee members can support” while focusing on long-term fiscal health.
The chair framed two parallel priorities: provide immediate relief to working families affected by inflation and invest in education and health care for long-term prosperity. On education, the chair said the education subcommittee will continue to explore additional student investments and prioritize teachers and staff, and will examine…
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