The new budget would bar the governor from spending the $2.4 billion to the state as well as the $185 million for capital projects that support work, education and health (i.e. remote work, telehealth) without the General Assembly's authorization.
https://twitter.com/joesonka/status/1370742929774551040
Similar language was not included in last year's budget which was enacted after the CARES Act passed. The governor used the Coronavirus Relief Fund from that act throughout the rest of the year to shore up the budget, address the public health crisis, and provide aid.
Here's what the $2.4 billion can be used for: 
No portion of the $2.4 billion can go into pension funds, and the state is barred from using it directly or indirectly for tax cuts. If we do, we will have to pay an equivalent amount of aid back to the Feds: kypolicy.org/last-minute-ta…
The legislature's budget adds $743M to the state's rainy day fund. The governor's budget had added $100M to the rainy day fund and used the remainder of one-time monies to provide small raises, reinvest in some services that had been cut, fund one-time relief efforts.
That would bring the rainy day fund to a whopping $1.2 billion, a number that will very likely get even bigger through a revenue surplus at the end of June.
That's at the cost of significant cuts compared to what the governor proposed. Gone is the 1% raise for state employees, $1,000 raise for school employees, $73M for teacher retiree healthcare, $139M from SEEK funding formula for P-12 schools, $100M from school construction
Also removed is $11M for textbooks, $5M for preschool, $7M for additional social workers to address the child protection crisis
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