2005 Senate Bill 242 ↩

House Roll Call 207: Passed

To authorize $201.2 million in supplemental appropriations for various state departments and programs. Of this, $72.9 million is federal money, and the balance is from state tax and fee revenue. $70 million of the total is for more Medicaid spending; $47 million is for capital projects and rent on buildings used by the state; $17 million is for information technology; $32 million for a new internet-based unemployed worker payment system; $37 million for natural resources trust fund recreation projects and acquisitions; and lesser amounts for many other items. The budget includes funding for 51 new child protective services social workers, requested after an infamous child abuse and murder case became public; and $631,800 in additional spending for arts grants.