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Senate advances capital construction bill; members press for legislative control over state property sales
Summary
The Senate adopted the Committee on Institutions' report and advanced H882 (capital construction and state bonding), including an appropriations amendment concerning the Southeast State Correctional Facility. Senators sought clarification that legislative approval would be required before BGS sells certain parcels and pressed for future debate over long‑unused state properties.
The Senate considered and adopted the report of the Committee on Institutions as amended and moved H882 through third reading. The reporter explained that multiple appropriations and reallocation lines represent completed projects and returned balances. A prominent floor exchange focused on language in the appropriations amendment (Section 22A, page 3630) relating to the Southeast State Correctional Facility in Windsor: senators asked who determines that a state site is "not…
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