Despite the session’s complexity, lawmakers finished on time Sunday evening, gaveling out one last time after signing a budget including a host of new taxes, cuts to services and new spending. Over the final full week in session, the Legislature approved contentious policies like yearly rent caps, new permit requirements for purchasing guns, parental rights stipulating when family members can access information about their school-aged children and the establishment of unemployment benefits for striking workers.
Overall, they approved three new spending plans and more than 400 bills.
Sunday came as a relief to both Democrats and Republicans, who described the session as one of the most difficult they’d ever experienced,
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