NJ budget committees approve $60.7B budget in late-night votes

Sunday night’s votes set up a final vote for the budget before the full Legislature on Tuesday, the state deadline to OK a spending plan.

By: Nikita Biryukov

Outlets: New Jersey Monitor

Published: June 29, 2026

Words: 1,262

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 1 day ago

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Budget committees in both chambers of the Legislature approved a $60.7 billion annual spending bill in late night party-line votes Sunday, but they also advanced hundreds of millions of dollars in additional spending for lawmakers’ priorities using a separate bill that boosts overall spending to above $61 billion.

The budget, the largest in state history, maintains the state’s full pension payment, increases school aid to record levels, and enacts cuts across a range …

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