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FY 2023 Budget Senate Debate

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The full body of the Senate considers amendments to the Senate Ways and Means recommendations, and debates their inclusion in the bill. This is a very busy time for the Senate, as the Senators and their staffs are constantly working to make sure the concerns and needs of their constituents are addressed in the final budget.

Actions of Bill S.4

Date Branch Action
5/5/2022 Senate Recommended new text for H4701
5/5/2022 Senate Order relative to subject matter adopted
5/10/2022 Senate Reported from the committee on Senate Ways and Means
5/10/2022 Senate Placed in the Orders of the Day for Tuesday, May 24, 2022 pursuant to an order previously adopted
5/24/2022 Senate The following amendments were considered as one and rejected: 5, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 35, 38, 40, 51, 52, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 66, 79, 80, 88, 92, 93, 96, 101, 106, 112, 116, 120, 124, 127, 128, 132, 133, 134, 135, 138, 139, 140, 141, 145, 149, 150, 152, 153, 160, 161, 167, 181, 183, 184, 185, 186, 190, 197, 199, 200, 201, 202, 204, 205, 208, 209, 212, 213, 220, 221, 232, 233, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 247, 248, 249, 250, 254, 257, 258, 259, 261, 263, 265, 266, 268, 271, 275, 277, 278, 279, 280, 285, 287, 288, 290, 291, 297, 306, 315, 316, 335, 338, 343, 364, 367, 368, 373, 381, 383
5/24/2022 Senate The following amendments were considered as one and adopted: 4, 6, 7, 14, 21, 34, 37, 48, 64, 69, 70, 72, 73, 82, 90, 102, 103, 104, 105, 110, 113, 115, 117, 118, 147, 173, 178, 180, 188, 207, 216, 226, 231, 234, 235, 245, 246, 251, 255, 262, 264, 267, 269, 270, 273, 276, 281, 282, 286, 294, 303, 304, 305, 307, 309, 310, 317, 318, 319, 321, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 327, 331, 339, 344, 348, 363, 369, 370, 376, 377, 378, 379, 380, 382, 384
5/24/2022 Senate Amendment #9 (Fattman) rejected
5/24/2022 Senate Amendment #10 (Fattman) rejected
5/24/2022 Senate Amendment #11 (Fattman) rejected
5/24/2022 Senate Amendment #76 (Rausch) adopted
5/24/2022 Senate Amendment #78 (Lovely) adopted
5/24/2022 Senate Amendment #67 (Comerford) adopted
5/24/2022 Senate Amendment #83 (Rausch) adopted
5/24/2022 Senate Amendment #154 (Eldridge) adopted
5/24/2022 Senate Amendment #198 (Timilty) adopted
5/24/2022 Senate Amendment #222 (Gomez) adopted
5/24/2022 Senate Amendment #224 (Gomez) adopted
5/24/2022 Senate Amendment #274 (Feeney) adopted
5/24/2022 Senate Amendment #211 (Velis) adopted
5/24/2022 Senate Amendment #3 (Gobi) adopted -see Roll Call #168 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0)
5/24/2022 Senate Amendment #143 (DiDomenico) adopted
5/24/2022 Senate Amendment #284 (Cronin) adopted
5/24/2022 Senate Amendment #302 (Rausch) adopted
5/24/2022 Senate Amendment #568 (Rausch) adopted
5/24/2022 Senate Amendment #300 (Lovely) adopted
5/24/2022 Senate The following amendments were considered as one and adopted: 8, 47, 49, 50, 53, 55, 97, 98, 123, 196, 260, 296, 312, 314, 334, 349, 350, 351, 393, 394, 399, 418, 438, 444, 446, 449, 450, 451, 452, 454, 455, 456, 470, 491, 493, 494, 495, 500, 502, 504, 505, 517, 520, 532, 533, 540, 541, 548, 550, 556, 557, 569, 572, 576, 579, 583, 584, 592, 619, 621, 625, 629, 635, 648, 651, 655, 656, 657, 658, 661, 669, 670, 683, 689, 693, 698, 699, 708, 709, 710, 711, 712, 713, 715, 718, 719, 728, 729, 744, 745, 756, 757, 758, 759, 770, 771
5/24/2022 Senate The following amendments were considered as one and rejected: 33, 41, 44, 45, 91, 99, 100, 121, 122, 125, 129, 130, 137, 157, 171, 172, 203, 229, 328, 329, 336, 342, 371, 374, 387, 389, 395, 397, 401, 405, 406, 407, 408, 412, 416, 417, 421, 422, 423, 425, 426, 427, 431, 433, 436, 439, 440, 442, 443, 445, 447, 448, 457, 471, 472, 473, 477, 478, 479, 481, 482, 483, 484, 485, 487, 488, 489, 490, 492, 497, 499, 507, 509, 512, 513, 514, 515, 516, 519, 522, 523, 524, 526, 527, 528, 529, 530, 531, 534, 538, 542, 543, 544, 545, 546, 549, 551, 552, 554, 555, 561, 565, 567, 575, 578, 580, 581, 582, 588, 589, 591, 594, 598, 600, 606, 611, 613, 614, 616, 618, 623, 627, 630, 632, 638, 645, 646, 652, 653, 659, 664, 667, 668, 672, 675, 682, 684, 685, 687, 690, 692, 697, 700, 701, 704, 707, 714, 717, 720, 722, 723, 725, 726, 727, 730, 731, 732, 733, 736, 738, 741, 742, 746, 749, 750, 755, 761, 762, 767, 769, 773
5/24/2022 Senate Amendment #480 (Lovely) adopted
5/24/2022 Senate Amendment #486 (Lovely) adopted
5/24/2022 Senate Amendment #577 (Moran) adopted
5/24/2022 Senate Amendment #419 (Keenan) adopted
5/24/2022 Senate Amendment #460 (Gomez) adopted
5/24/2022 Senate Amendment #676 (Gomez) adopted
5/24/2022 Senate Amendment #501 (Moore) adopted
5/24/2022 Senate Amendment #695 (Moore) adopted
5/24/2022 Senate Amendment #696 (Moore) adopted
5/24/2022 Senate Amendment #547 (O'Connor) adopted
5/24/2022 Senate Amendment #558 (Comerford) adopted
5/24/2022 Senate Amendment #571 (Rausch) adopted
5/24/2022 Senate Amendment #634 (Edwards) adopted
5/24/2022 Senate Amendment #525 (Eldridge) adopted -see Roll Call #170 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0)
5/24/2022 Senate Amendment #622 (Feeney) adopted
5/24/2022 Senate Amendment #403 (Timilty) adopted
5/24/2022 Senate Amendment #404 (Timilty) adopted
5/24/2022 Senate Amendment #647 (Gobi) rejected
5/24/2022 Senate Amendment #686 (Lovely) adopted
5/24/2022 Senate Amendment #735 (Lovely) adopted
5/24/2022 Senate Amendment #535 (Keenan) rejected
5/24/2022 Senate Amendment #566 (Keenan) rejected
5/24/2022 Senate Amendment #650 (Keenan) rejected
5/24/2022 Senate Amendment #739 (Moran) adopted
5/25/2022 Senate The following amendments were considered as one and adopted: 775, 812, 822, 848, 849, 854, 863, 869, 875, 899, 902, 904, 906, 911, 915, 920, 921, 924, 928, 930, 945, 953, 956, 959, 960, 962, 965, 966, 970, 973, 974, 975, 976, 981, 982, 984, 985, 988, 995, 1005, 1006, 1008, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1016, 1017, 1019, 1020, 1021, 1022, 1023, 1024, 1026, 1027, 1029, 1031, 1032, 1033, 1034, 1035, 1036, 1037, 1038, 1039, 1040, 1041, 1042, 1043, 1044, 1046, 1047, 1048, 1049, 1050, 1052, 1053, 1054, 1055, 1056, 1057, 1058, 1059, 1060, 1061, 1062, 1063, 1064, 1065, 1066, 1067, 1068, 1069, 1070, 1071, 1072, 1074, 1075, 1076, 1077, 1079, 1080, 1081, 1082, 1083, 1084, 1085, 1086, 1087, 1088, 1089, 1091, 1092, 1093, 1095, 1096, 1099, 1100, 1101, 1102, 1103, 1105, 1106, 1108, 1109, 1110, 1111, 1113, 1114, 1115, 1116, 1121, 1122, 1124, 1126, 1129, 1130, 1131, 1133, 1134, 1135, 1136, 1139, 1145, 1149, 1151, 1152, 1154, 1157, 1159, 1160, 1161, 1162, 1165, 1167, 1168, 1169, 1170, 1171, 1172, 1173, 1175, 1176, 1178
5/25/2022 Senate The following amendments were considered as one and rejected: 778, 779, 781, 782, 783, 790, 797, 804, 805, 807, 808, 809, 811, 814, 824, 825, 827, 828, 829, 835, 836, 838, 841, 843, 844, 847, 851, 855, 856, 859, 860, 864, 867, 868, 870, 872, 873, 874, 877, 878, 879, 880, 881, 883, 884, 887, 893, 895, 898, 901, 905, 908, 913, 916, 917, 918, 919, 923, 925, 927, 929, 932, 933, 935, 936, 940, 941, 947, 948, 950, 952, 954, 955, 957, 963, 964, 967, 968, 969, 971, 972, 977, 978, 979, 980, 983, 986, 987, 989, 993, 998, 999, 1001, 1002, 1009, 1018, 1028, 1045, 1078, 1090, 1094, 1097, 1098, 1104, 1107, 1119, 1120, 1132, 1138, 1141, 1144, 1146, 1147, 1148, 1150, 1155, 1163, 1164, 1166, 1177
5/25/2022 Senate Amendment #871 (Edwards) adopted
5/25/2022 Senate Amendment #816 (Gomez) adopted
5/25/2022 Senate Amendment #1117 (Gomez) adopted
5/25/2022 Senate Amendment #1118 (Gomez) adopted
5/25/2022 Senate Amendment #1127 (Gomez) adopted
5/25/2022 Senate Amendment #909 (Eldridge) adopted
5/25/2022 Senate Amendment #958 (Eldridge) adopted
5/25/2022 Senate Amendment #931 (Timilty) adopted -see Roll Call #171 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0)
5/25/2022 Senate Amendment #934 (Timilty) adopted -see Roll Call #172 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0)
5/25/2022 Senate Amendment #815 (Kennedy) adopted
5/25/2022 Senate Amendment #938 (Lesser) adopted -see Roll Call #173 (Yeas 40 to Nays 0)
5/25/2022 Senate Amendment #991 (Tarr) adopted -see Roll Call #174 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0)
5/25/2022 Senate Amendment #1030 (Velis) adopted
5/25/2022 Senate Amendment #799 (Velis) adopted -see Roll Call #175 (Yeas 40 to Nays 0)
5/25/2022 Senate Amendment #1174 (Moran) adopted
5/25/2022 Senate Amendment #1142 (Moran) adopted
5/25/2022 Senate Amendment #411 (Chandler) adopted
5/25/2022 Senate Amendment #414 (Chandler) adopted
5/25/2022 Senate Amendment #94 (Hinds) rejected
5/25/2022 Senate Amendment #320 (Hinds) adopted
5/25/2022 Senate Amendment #743 (Hinds) adopted
5/25/2022 Senate Amendment #891 (Hinds) adopted
5/25/2022 Senate Amendment #892 (Hinds) adopted
5/25/2022 Senate Amendment #857 (Hinds) rejected
5/25/2022 Senate Amendment #886 (Chandler) adopted
5/25/2022 Senate Amendment #900 (Creem) adopted -see Roll Call #176 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0)
5/25/2022 Senate Amendment #943 (Creem) adopted
5/25/2022 Senate Amendment #159 (Tarr) rejected -see Roll Call #177 (Yeas 10 to Nays 30)
5/25/2022 Senate Amendment #151 (Moore) adopted
5/25/2022 Senate Amendment #388 (Friedman) adopted
5/25/2022 Senate Amendment #939 (Lesser) adopted -see Roll Call #178 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0)
5/25/2022 Senate The following amendments were considered as one and adopted: 2, 24, 26, 36, 46, 65, 71, 74, 89, 95, 107, 144, 189, 191, 195, 206, 214, 215, 217, 218, 219, 256, 289, 293, 295, 311, 340, 341, 345, 346, 398, 420, 458, 461, 462, 498, 553, 559, 563, 564, 574, 593, 595, 599, 608, 612, 615, 617, 620, 641, 643, 654, 662, 671, 673, 674, 688, 702, 703, 706, 716, 737, 751, 753, 754, 768, 774, 890, 914, 926, 937, 944, 994, 1014, 1051, 1073, 1112, 1125, 1158
5/25/2022 Senate The following amendments were considered as one and rejected: 1, 32, 126, 165, 169, 170, 175, 176, 177, 192, 193, 194, 292, 308, 330, 333, 337, 365, 366, 396, 409, 413, 424, 474, 539, 560, 562, 586, 590, 603, 610, 640, 642, 660, 666, 748, 772, 776, 777, 784, 785, 786, 787, 788, 789, 791, 792, 793, 794, 795, 796, 798, 852, 882, 922, 1007
5/25/2022 Senate Amendment #386 (Moore) adopted -see Roll Call #179 (Yeas 38 to Nays 0)
5/25/2022 Senate Amendment #834 (Comerford) adopted
5/26/2022 Senate Amendment #25 (Tarr) rejected
5/26/2022 Senate Amendment #42 (Tarr) rejected
5/26/2022 Senate Amendment #43 (Tarr) adopted
5/26/2022 Senate Amendment #54 (Tarr) adopted
5/26/2022 Senate Amendment #114 (Collins) adopted
5/26/2022 Senate Amendment #136 (Tarr) adopted
5/26/2022 Senate Amendment #146 (Tarr) rejected
5/26/2022 Senate Amendment #162 (Moran) adopted
5/26/2022 Senate Amendment #252 (Keenan) rejected
5/26/2022 Senate Amendment #253 (Keenan) rejected
5/26/2022 Senate Amendment #298 (Keenan) adopted
5/26/2022 Senate Amendment #663 (Finegold) adopted
5/26/2022 Senate Amendment #332 (Tarr) rejected
5/26/2022 Senate Amendment #372 (Moran) adopted
5/26/2022 Senate Amendment #840 (DiZoglio) adopted
5/26/2022 Senate Amendment #842 (DiZoglio) adopted
5/26/2022 Senate Amendment #385 (Tarr) rejected
5/26/2022 Senate Amendment #476 (Tarr) adopted
5/26/2022 Senate Amendment #511 (Edwards) adopted
5/26/2022 Senate Amendment #536 (Feeney) adopted
5/26/2022 Senate Amendment #573 (Cyr) adopted
5/26/2022 Senate Amendment #628 (Tarr) laid aside as duplicative
5/26/2022 Senate Amendment #631 (Tarr) rejected
5/26/2022 Senate Amendment #665 (Lesser) rejected
5/26/2022 Senate Amendment #833 (Eldridge) adopted
5/26/2022 Senate Amendment #846 (Crighton) adopted
5/26/2022 Senate Amendment #888 (Timilty) rejected
5/26/2022 Senate Amendment #894 (Timilty) rejected
5/26/2022 Senate Amendment #896 (Timilty) rejected
5/26/2022 Senate Amendment #903 (Tarr) rejected
5/26/2022 Senate Amendment #910 (Tarr) rejected
5/26/2022 Senate Amendment #949 (Creem) adopted
5/26/2022 Senate Amendment #961 (Feeney) rejected
5/26/2022 Senate Amendment #992 (Fattman) rejected
5/26/2022 Senate Amendment #1004 (Montigny) adopted -see Roll Call #181 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0)
5/26/2022 Senate Amendment #12 (O'Connor) adopted
5/26/2022 Senate Amendment #13 (Timilty) adopted
5/26/2022 Senate Amendment #158 (Tarr) rejected
5/26/2022 Senate Amendment #164 (Chang-Diaz) rejected
5/26/2022 Senate Amendment #230 (Lovely) adopted
5/26/2022 Senate Amendment #432 (Keenan) adopted
5/26/2022 Senate Amendment #435 (Chang-Diaz) adopted
5/26/2022 Senate Amendment #475 (Chang-Diaz) adopted
5/26/2022 Senate Amendment #845 (Rush) adopted
5/26/2022 Senate Amendment #142 (Cyr) adopted
5/26/2022 Senate Amendment #802 (Velis) adopted -see Roll Call #182 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0)
5/26/2022 Senate Amendment #858 (Rodrigues) adopted
5/26/2022 Senate Reprinted, as amended, see S2915
5/26/2022 Senate Substituted, as amended, for H4701
5/26/2022 Senate See H4701