2007 Senate Bill 166 ↩

House Roll Call 17: Passed

To provide supplemental funding in the current fiscal year (FY 2006-2007) to cover overspending in the previous fiscal year by the Departments of Corrections, Human Services (Welfare), and State Police. The three departments overspent the amount appropriated for them by the legislature by approximately $19.6 million, $42.9 million and $6.6 million, respectively; the bill covers part of this with new money and part with fund transfers. Note: The bill was not granted Immediate Effect (IE), which means it would not go into effect in time to allow the state to "close the books" on the previous fiscal year's finances. Republicans withheld the votes needed to reach the required two-thirds supermajority for IE, because they want the bill tie-barred to SB 184, which would require the executive branch to report potential overspending by departments four months before the end of the fiscal year.