Senate passes final budget bill

The Senate has voted 27-7 in favor of HB 328, the budget bill for the state Department of Administration. The bill had been held up in the House until this morning, when the House passed it shortly before it adjourned for the year. The seven “no” votes came from Sens. Bayer, DenHartog, Foreman, Nonini, Vick, Guthrie, and Hagedorn.