Session Review: Appropriations
Lawmakers approved the state’s $10.7 billion budget package this session.
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Session Review: Education
The state will direct approximately $300 million per year in additional funding to K-12 public schools under a bill advanced by the Education Committee this session.
Read MoreState auditor funding reinstated, other line-item vetoes stand
Lawmakers voted May 31 to override a gubernatorial veto and increase funding to the state auditor’s office, but all other line-item vetoes were sustained.
Read MoreLine-item vetoes delivered
Gov. Jim Pillen sent a message to lawmakers May 24 announcing millions in line-item vetoes to a variety of programs and proposals contained in two components of the state budget package passed last week.
Read MoreState budget package passed
Lawmakers gave final approval this week to the seven components of the state’s $10.7 billion, two-year budget package following successful cloture votes.
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Budget package clears second round with lower cash reserve, other changes
Lawmakers amended and advanced three components of the state’s $12.975 million budget package this week. The state budget is structured on a two-year basis, with the budget enacted during legislative sessions held in odd-numbered years.
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State budget package clears first round
Lawmakers gave first-round approval this week to three components of the state’s $12.975 billion budget package. The state budget is structured on a two-year basis, with the budget enacted during legislative sessions held in odd-numbered years.
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Session Review: Revenue
Among the proposals advanced by the Revenue Committee this session is a package of bills that cut individual and corporate income tax rates, speed up the phaseout of state taxation of Social Security income and expand a program intended to offset property taxes used to fund education.
Read MoreTurnback tax expansion, postcard cleanup measure approved
Parking facilities for convention centers and arenas qualify for state turnback tax assistance under a bill passed by senators April 13.
Read MoreTurnback tax proposal amended, advanced
Parking facilities for convention centers and arenas would qualify for state turnback tax assistance under a bill advanced from general file March 31.
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