An estimated 100-200 protesters spent the night at the state Capitol, police told CNN.
Senate Republicans got around a long-running Democratic walkout on Wednesday evening by stripping financial provisions from the bill.
“Tonight, the Senate will be passing the items in the Budget Repair Bill that we can with the 19 members who actually do show up and do their jobs,” Sen. Scott Fitzgerald, the chamber’s Republican majority leader, said in a statement announcing the move.
