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Ways and Means advances substitute for operating budget bill SB 5,998 after votes on 39 amendments
Summary
The Senate Ways and Means Committee met in executive session on Feb. 25 to consider 39 amendments to the proposed operating budget, Senate Bill 5,998. After debate and roll-call votes on several contested amendments, the committee adopted a substitute and gave SB 5,998 a due‑pass recommendation to the Rules Committee.
The Senate Ways and Means Committee took executive action Wednesday on the proposed operating budget, Senate Bill 5,998, considering 39 amendments and adopting a substitute that the committee recommended to the Rules Committee.
Staff opened the session by describing Amendment 1 as a "technical packet" of drafting corrections with no fiscal impact, and outlined a long series of amendments that would add, restore, or correct funding across programs including juvenile truancy intervention, public defense, developmental‑disabilities services, long‑term care, childcare, and education. "This is the dreaded technical packet that contains 12 corrections," a staff member said while briefing the committee on…
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