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Senate refers House budget to conference committee after appropriations overview
Summary
Senate appropriators summarized differences with the House on the general‑government budget and referred House Bill 1 (the House budget) to a conference committee of five members from each chamber to resolve roughly $160 million in general‑fund differences and multiple programmatic disagreements.
House Bill 1 (general government appropriations) was taken up on third reading under joint rules and the Senate Appropriations Committee reviewed differences between the House and Senate positions. Senator Salazar and colleagues outlined numerous amendments where the chambers diverge, including university funding, business council allocations, a possible $20 million cut to UW in the House…
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