Legislative update 2/28 cont.

HB 622 was rolled into the Budget Bill, HB 2.

It is expected that the House will vote on the budget bill tomorrow at 10am.

Keller's bill HB 44 was passed in the Senate today.
HB 44 is an accountability and reporting bill that provides overall fiscal information for the legislature.

While this is a very good bill, it has nothing to do with the $45 million limit that is currently a part of the budget bill.
We want to continue the outreach to the House of Representatives.
We want them to restore the $15 million back to the initial budget compromise.
The current limit of $45 million is unworkable, a 30-50% reduction in revenue.

We want to encourage the Souse to revise the budget back to the $60 million.
We also want them to pass Senator's Keller's HB44, which will come to vote with them in the upcoming week.
We are happy that HB 44 passed in the Senate today, but it still has to be approved by the House.
Conversely, if the budget bill passes in the House tomorrow, we will have to focus on the Senate to defeat it.
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rowan