The Missouri House passed on Tuesday a more than $1.2 billion supplemental budget - much of it federal funds to fight the COVID-19 pandemic - sending the spending package on to the Senate.
The appropriations bill - the reason Gov. Mike Parson called a second special legislative session this year - also contains $2 million to fund a pre-trial witness protection fund that was created but not financed during the previous special session this year.
The more than $1.2 billion spending package is more than 91 percent federal funds, but also contains $11.89 million in general revenue funds.
The biggest single grouping of money involved in the supplemental budget is more than $764 million - $10 million from general revenue and the rest from a federal stimulus fund - that's at Parson's discretion for helping state agencies to provide "immediate aid and relief" during the pandemic.
There's also more than $140 million of federal funds to help the Department of Health and Senior Services, almost all for testing, contact tracing, reporting and other related expenses; more than $96 million in federal funds for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program; more than $75 million in federal funds to support schools' food programs; and $34 million in federal funds for the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to support unemployment programs.
The Senate is scheduled to next convene at 10 a.m. Friday.