Senate Report by Bryan Breitling

Final Budget Setting

With crossover week complete, legislators are now focusing on bills from the other house and beginning to work on conference committees for when a bill passes the first house and amended in the second house. Crossover week is a stressful week where the final bills that have been adjusted and vetted all session need final disposition in the house of origin. Some make the cut, while many don’t.

Joint Appropriations, this seventh week, was entirely focused on hearing testimony and passing or defeating one time spending bills. Those that passed...