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House endorses $16.6 billion budget

On April 2, 2025, the Montana House gave initial approval to House Bill 2 after an all-day floor debate.
House Bill 2, introduced by Rep. Llew Jones, serves as the main state budget bill for the next two years.
The bill allocates over $16 billion in spending and faced proposed amendments regarding public defense, diversion programs, and inmate housing.
Representative Howell stated legislators would be voting on amendments and the budget, urging them to consider its stability.
The 60-39 vote, with bipartisan support, advances the bill, though 26 legislative days remain to finalize the budget.

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Helena Independent Record

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House endorses $16.6 billion budget

Montana House lawmakers on Wednesday endorsed a $16.6 billion two-year budget that includes a hearty investment in the state's correctional facilities, the renewal of government-funded health care for low-income earners and hunter's safety education.

20 hours ago·Helena, United States

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indepthnh.org

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NH House Committee Approves $15.6 Billion Two-Year Budget Plan

By PAULA TRACY and GARRY RAYNOInDepthNH.org CONCORD — The finishing touches on a proposed House budget that cuts many state programs and services for the next two years but offers a balanced budget were worked out Thursday by the House Finance Committee. It looks to eliminate funding for the arts, drastically cut tourism promotion and funding to the university system, raise fees and eliminate the human rights commission, the office of the child …

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Montana Standard

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Montana House endorses $16.6 billion budget after daylong debate

The $16.6 billion proposal that emerged from the House floor with a preliminary vote of 60 to 39 on Wednesday is $293.9 million greater than Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte’s proposal.

2 days ago

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Bozeman Daily Chronicle

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'Discipline and ... transparent': Montana House approves $16.6 billion state budget

Lower chamber approved a 6% increase to the budget, which will fund Montana’s government functions for the next two years.

2 days ago·Cherokee County, United States

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Montana Free Press

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State budget draft passes initial House vote with bipartisan support

Bipartisan support propelled Montana’s next state budget through an initial vote in the House on a 60-39 margin Wednesday, putting an initial stamp of legislative approval on approximately $16.6 billion of spending for the two-year financial cycle that starts July 1.While some state spending will be authorized by other bills or existing laws, the budget bill, traditionally numbered House Bill 2, represents the single largest spending measure law…

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Daily Montanan

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House approves $16.6 billion state budget

The Montana House of Representatives convenes for a floor session on Jan. 6, 2025. (Micah Drew/ Daily Montanan)Fixing bridges and roads, while funding nursing homes and law enforcement officers took center stage Wednesday on the House floor with the full chamber’s first look at Montana’s big budget bill — a plan that costs $16.6 billion. Last fall, Gov. Greg Gianforte proposed his budget for the next biennium, and since the beginning of the 2025…

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