“I’m going to ask you to vote yes even though you hate this budget,” said Senate Appropriations Chairman Luke Kenley, R-Noblesville. “This budget passed by the General Assembly is better than no budget.”

House Speaker Patrick Bauer, D-South Bend, said Democrats had done all they could to at least secure larger overall spending increases for schools than was included in a budget bill previously passed by Senate Republicans.

In the House, 14 Democrats joined all 48 Republicans in voting for the budget. Thirty-seven Democrats voted against it. In the Senate, 30 Republicans and four Democrats voted yes, while three Republicans and 13 Democrats voted no.