supplemental budget

The legislation is one of two supplemental budget bills the legislature will pass this year. The bill now goes to the Senate.

The House passed the Senate version of a supplemental budget bill Thursday morning without having to go to conference committee. Gov. Mike Parson signed it Thursday afternoon.

The decision backs the governor’s original funding proposal as opposed to the recently passed plan from the Missouri House.

The Missouri House also passed a resolution that makes several changes to the state’s initiative petition process. It would make it tougher for proposed amendments to the state’s constitution to make it on the ballot and for voters to pass them.

The emergency supplemental budget also includes almost $2 billion in federal money for schools and funding for Missouri’s Medicaid program.

Missouri’s governor hopes the legislature will pass his proposed raises for state employees in time for them to go into effect in February.

The legislation, which passed the House last month, now heads to Gov. Mike Parson’s desk.

The Missouri House on Tuesday passed a $1.2 billion supplemental budget with a vote of 133-4. Most of the money is federal coronavirus relief funds.

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has called a second special legislative session to begin on Thursday, Nov. 5, to deal with a supplemental budget bill. The main priority is ensuring the state has access to additional federal funding for coronavirus response and recovery.

The Missouri Legislature on Wednesday approved $6.2 billion to fight the coronavirus statewide. The supplemental budget gives Gov. Mike Parson spending…