For about two hours on Wednesday, next year’s spending plan contained a $30 million hole that would prove difficult to fix after members of the House took a surprise vote to reject a proposal to take funding out of the state’s marijuana tax cash fund.
Senate Bill 268 was one of 63 “orbital” bills sponsored by the Joint Budget Committee, which intended to change state law to balance the budget.
The bill’s share was $30 million, which was funded by canceling a transfer from the marijuana tax cash fund that would be used to shore up the budget. By law, the state must have a balanced budget by the end of the session…