Capitol Update – Nightly During Session – Tuesday, April 23, 2019

Capitol Update is daily review of state government during the Legislative Session. Today’s topics include:

• The House and Senate agreed to begin budget negotiations and released budget allocations.
• The Senate voted unanimously to approve a bill that would provide cancer benefits to firefighters, sending the bill to the full House.
• The full House passed a bill that would make texting while driving a primary offense.