JEFFERSON CITY—Senate President Pro Tem Charlie Shields (R-St. Joseph) today appointed five senators to serve on the budget conference committee that will work out the differences between the Senate and House regarding the fiscal year 2011 budget.
Five members of the House will join Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Rob Mayer (R-Dexter), Sen. Kurt Schaefer (R-Columbia), Sen. Scott T. Rupp (R-Wentzville), Sen. Joan Bray (D-St. Louis), and Sen. Tim Green (D-St. Louis) to serve on the 10-member conference committee, which will discuss House Bills 2001 through 2013. These 13 bills make up the FY 2011 budget.
The committee will need to reconcile the Senate’s approximately $23.1 billion budget with the House’s slightly less than $23.6 billion budget. After the conference committee produces a negotiated version of the state’s FY 2011 spending plan, the 13 bills will first return to the House for approval and then make a final trip to the Senate for its endorsement.
The General Assembly is constitutionally required to pass this year’s budget by 6 p.m. on Friday, May 7. Fiscal year 2011 begins July 1, 2010, and runs through June 30, 2011.
The Second Regular Session of the 95th Missouri General Assembly runs through May 14, 2010. For more information about the Missouri Senate, visit www.senate.mo.gov . To contact the Senate Newsroom, call (573) 751-3824 or e-mail newsroom@senate.mo.gov .
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