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Senate adopts technical budget amendments and passes main appropriations bill
Summary
The Senate moved several technical amendments into the budget—shifting pilot‑fund language and correcting a duplicated $500,000 line—and passed H951, the main appropriations act. Members debated homelessness funding, a proposed exempt‑salary freeze (which failed), and small reallocations for corrections facility sprinkler upgrades.
Senate leaders on the floor moved technical changes into the budget and approved H951, 'an act relating to making appropriations for the support of the government.' The chamber adopted four technical amendments that, according to the amendment presenter, transfer pilot‑fund language into budget text, correct a duplicated $500,000 capital line and add a $500,000 sprinkler upgrade appropriation for the Newport correctional facility, and add language so homelessness spending can be…
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