Friday Report - March 14, 2025

Members of the House worked Monday through the early morning Wednesday to debate and pass their version of the $14 billion FY 2025-26 state budget (H. 4025) and Capital Reserve Fund (H. 4026). The House gave the bills second reading around 11:30 p.m. Tuesday and adjourned until 12:01 a.m. Wednesday, when it reconvened to give H. 4025 and H. 4026 third readings. The House will meet in perfunctory session next week, but several subcommittees have scheduled meetings. 

Throughout the week, members of the Senate met with stakeholders to work on a compromise to S. 244, the tort reform bill. On Thursday, Senate leadership announced that a compromise had not yet been reached. The Senate also polled the liquor liability bill (H. 3497) out of the Senate Judiciary Committee this week and placed it on their calendar. This will likely be the subject of the next debate on the floor after S. 244. 

The budget and bills of interest to counties are detailed in the Friday Report.