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Conference committee recommends Senate Bill 6,005 transportation budget after 5–1 vote
Summary
A conference committee voted 5–1 to recommend the conference report on Senate Bill 6,005, a two-year transportation budget the staff summarized at roughly $16.6 billion; the package includes reappropriations, preservation and maintenance funding and provisions for ferry work.
The conference committee on the two-year transportation budget voted 5–1 to recommend the conference report on Senate Bill 6,005 after a roll call in which the clerk reported five votes to recommend and one vote not to recommend.
Amy Skay, committee staff, told conferees the conference agreement compares senate, house and conference funding levels and includes supporting schedules. Skay said the senate floor budget totaled $17,000,000,000, the house floor $16,500,000,000 and the conference appropriation $16,600,000,000. She said the package provides $800,000,000 in reappropriated capital funds from the prior biennium, $300,000,000 in new preservation funding, $40,000,000 in maintenance funding and a small ferries…
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