JEFFERSON CITY • New college buildings and voting machines across the state are included in a budget plan passed by a Missouri Senate committee today.
The Senate Appropriations Committee voted on the bill this afternoon. The House passed the bill with a vote of 137-9 earlier this month. Legislators have until Friday to pass all budget-related bills.
The measure includes funding for projects on various college campuses where the cost is split evenly between the school and the state.
Some projects included in the bill are:
• $7.5 million for voting machines.
• $10 million for the construction of the College of Business Administration building at University of Missouri-St. Louis.
• $25 million for a new State Historical Society of Missouri building.
• $10 million for the construction of an Applied Learning Center for University of Missouri-Columbia's College of Business.
Initially, the House included $4 million for Kansas City to host the 2016 Republican National Convention. The city is a finalist. The committee, however, stripped this money from the budget plan because $5 million for this purpose is included in the economic development budget bill.
The bill now moves to the Senate floor.
The bill is HB 2021.
