Cleveland, OH
Ohio Senate passes $86 billion state budget plan. Here are the differences it will have to reconcile with the House
COLUMBUS, Ohio—The Ohio Senate on Thursday passed a two-year, $85.8 billion state budget plan that would slash state taxes, dramatically expand publicly funded school vouchers, and make major changes to the state’s K-12 and college systems, among many other things.
The 9,198-page legislation, which was passed by a party-line, 24-7 vote, is now likely to head to a conference committee of House and Senate negotiators who will hammer out differences between the Senate’s budget plan and the House’s version before sending a final bill to Gov. Mike DeWine.