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Senate passes bill to remove lottery transfer repealer, keeping highway and education allocations unchanged
Summary
The Senate passed Senate Bill 2019, which removes a statutory repealer that would have stopped lottery transfers into the State Highway Fund on July 1, 2028; sponsors said the change preserves existing allocations—first $80 million to highways, then remaining proceeds to education.
The Senate passed Senate Bill 2019 on a morning roll call after a brief presentation on the chamber floor. Senator Younger, who called up the bill, said it "simply gets rid of the repealer" and does not alter how lottery proceeds are distributed beyond removing the scheduled cessation of transfers.
The bill’s title, read by the clerk, says the measure would delete the provision that ceases…
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