The Kentucky House hopes to have a budget to the Senate by the end of the month so a finished product can be on the governor’s desk before the veto recess and it will look a lot different than what the governor recently proposed.
State Representative Myron Dossett serves on the Appropriations and Revenue Committee that will take up the spending plan first and says he’s been concerned by continued large financial commitments to the Kentucky Wired Project.
Representative Walker Thomas wants funding in the current budget cycle to begin steps toward making two Pennyrile Parkway interchanges compliant with interstate standards so the I-169 designation can happen as quickly as possible.
Senator Whitney Westerfield says Governor Andy Beshear’s proposed budget hurts quasi-governmental agencies such as Sancutary, Inc. and the Pennyroyal Center by increasing their pension liability.
The veto recess begins April 2 and legislators then return to Frankfort in mid-April with the opportunity to override any of the governor’s vetoes with a simple majority vote in each chamber.