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The budget proposed by House Republicans and approved on a mostly party line vote now heads to the Ohio Senate.

The change involved a small tweak to the plan to give property tax relief to people in Ohio school districts that lawmakers think have too much reserve money in their operating budgets.

The budget includes tax cuts and universal vouchers that were a key part of the Senate's plan and funding for K-12 schools that were part of the House proposal.

The new two-year state budget is supposed to be passed by June 30 but it's looking more and more like that's not going to happen so the Ohio House has taken action to keep the state operating while negotiations continue.

The deadline for adopting a new two-year state budget is June 30, but lawmakers can't agree whether they can resolve their differences in time.

The differences between the Ohio House and Senate budgets might not be resolved by the June 30 deadline, Speaker Jason Stephens said.

An analysis by Policy Matters Ohio finds more than 80% of benefit from the Senate's income tax changes will go to the top fifth of earners.

The Ohio Senate Finance Committee has released its working budget, and it includes many changes from the budget passed by the House.

Ohio Business Roundtable Executive Director Pat Tiberi, Gov. Mike DeWine and Lt. Gov Jon Husted are urging lawmakers who are considering the two-year state budget right now to include funding DeWine proposed for K-12 education, college and job training.

Several lawmakers wanted to propose more than two dozen amendments to the budget, but the vote in the end was overwhelming.