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Connecticut Senate passes $55.8 billion biennial budget after extended floor debate
Summary
After nearly seven hours of floor debate and multiple roll‑call votes, the Connecticut Senate approved House Bill 7287, the state’s $27.1 billion (FY26) / $28.6 billion (FY27) biennial budget. Sponsors said it expands child care and special education funding while holding a reserve for potential federal cuts.
The Connecticut Senate approved the two‑year state budget on June 3, sending to the governor a spending plan intended to expand child care, boost special‑education funding and increase support for health‑care providers.
Senator Joan Austin, a co‑chair of the Appropriations Committee, summarized the bill on the floor as the state’s “biennial budget,” telling colleagues it includes an ‘‘investable trust’’ to sustain child‑care seats and what she called “historic new funding for special education” and federally qualified health centers. “We have included an investable trust to provide sustainable funding for child care programs,” Austin said, urging passage.
Senators who opposed the measure described it as a return to earlier spending habits and said it weakens…
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