Representative Brad Halbrook Reacts to State Budget Passage

Springfield, IL-(Effingham Radio)-Following the passage of a $50.6 billion budget in the Senate Thursday night, the Illinois House will be working in the early morning hours Saturday on the spending plan the first fiscal year that begins July 1^st.

The House can’t move on the bill until Saturday, due to a constitutional requirement that a bill be read on the floor on three separate days before it can receive a vote. Leadership announced the plan to work into the early hours of Saturday rather than return to Springfield next week.

At a Friday afternoon press conference, State Representative Brad Halbrook (R-Shelbyville) made the attached comments on the budget.