Per email from John Nunnari –
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The crew of negotiators that will decide how the state spends about $32.4 billion over the next 12 months has been fully assembled. The House last week named Reps. Brian Dempsey (D-Haverhill), Stephen Kulik (D-Worthington) and Viriato DeMacedo (R-Plymouth) as its budget negotiators and the Senate on Monday appointed Sens. Stephen Brewer (D-Barre), Jennifer Flanagan (D-Leominster) and Michael Knapik (R-Westfield). The six-member conference committee has less than four weeks to agree on a final budget and settle myriad policy and spending differences between the House and Senate budget bills (S 2275 and H 4101). The new fiscal year begins on July 1. Conference committees may hold open or closed meetings, with most opting in recent years for closed deliberations.
** These are the folks that will determine whether Sen. Timilty’s amendment re: the state hospital will be part of the budget that goes to the governor or not.
John
John Nunnari, Assoc AIA
Executive Director, AIA MA
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