Legislative Update:
Week 11: Bring On the Budgets (and the Revenue Ideas!) 3/24/25
By Marie Sullivan, legconsultant@wastatepta.org
Last week, the Economic and Revenue Forecast Council reported that anticipated revenue collections would be down by nearly $900 million over the next four fiscal years: $479 million in 2025-27, and $420 million in 2027-29.
The news provided the information budget negotiators needed to finalize their budgets, four of which will be released on Monday, March 24th. Senate Democrats will unveil their operating and transportation budgets at 10 AM and House Democrats will release their proposals at 12:30 PM. The 2025-27 capital budgets will be released the following week on March 31st.
The Senate Ways and Means Committee, the House Appropriations Committee, and the two Transportation committees will hold public hearings on Tuesday, March 25th, beginning at 4 PM. Committee markup and a vote will take place on Thursday, March 27th, sending the two-year spending plans to the Rules committees and then to the floor. In the Senate, floor action is scheduled for the operating budget on Saturday, March 29th; the House will hold floor action on Monday, March 31st.
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