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Update on the State Budget Process: Conference Committee

June 13, 2019

The state budget has moved on to the next phase: Conference Committee.

(Need to catch up on the FY20 budget? Check out The MALC Guide for Senate Budget Debate.)

FY 2020 state budget process timeline
Fiscal year 2020 budget process progression // (timeline from MALegislature.gov)

Six legislators make up the Conference Committee:

  • Rep. Aaron Michlewitz (D-Boston) — House Committee on Ways and Means, chair
  • Sen. Michael Rodrigues (D-Westport) — Senate Committee on Ways and Means, chair
  • Rep. Denise Garlick (D-Needham) — House Committee on Ways and Means, vice-chair
  • Sen. Cindy Friedman (D-Arlington) — Senate Committee on Ways and Means, vice-chair
  • Rep. Todd Smola (R-Warren) House — Committee on Ways and Means, ranking minority member
  • Sen. Vinny deMacedo (R-Plymouth) — Senate Committee on Ways and Means, ranking minority member

Once they agree on a final budget, their report is sent to the full House and Senate, and then on to Governor Baker for approval.

According to MASSCreative, a letter from the co-chairs of the Tourism, Arts and Cultural Development Committee – Rep. Paul McMurtry (D-Dedham) and Sen. Ed Kennedy (D-Lowell) – is circulating among colleagues. It encourages the Conference Committee to support the Senate’s version of the budget regarding Mass Cultural Council’s funding. (The Senate version funds Mass Cultural at $18 million, and includes language ensuring that MCC can continue to provide grants and services to artists, non-profits, schools, and cultural districts.)

This is our last chance to have a say in the budget process for 2020. Call or email your legislators and ask them to sign on to Rep. McMurty and Sen. Kennedy’s letter to the Conference Committee >> Find My Legislator

You can also use MASSCreative’s Action Center tool here: https://www.votervoice.net/MAARTS/campaigns/66809/respond

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