Legislative Update for 07/01/24
July 1, 2024
Last week the verbal battle between the House and Senate became so intense that legislative leaders discussed a “little cooling off” period this week. The House presented and passed their $31.7 billion budget plan for the upcoming fiscal year starting July 1, which was approved with a 68-36 vote. However, the Senate has expressed no interest in this measure, even announcing it was dead on arrival. So, the Senate in turn proposed their own $31.4 billion “mini budget” in response. The Senate plan is 240 pages shorter than the House bill and excludes many of the House’s provisions, including additional salary increases for teachers and state workers on top of the increases already passed in the long session. The House also declared that they were not interested in the “Senate version” of the budget. Read the full report here.
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