The eighth week of the 2010 supplemental session will be focused on budget and revenue.

Both the House and Senate released their proposed 2010 supplemental operating budgets this past week. The Senate has yet to release its proposed 2010 supplemental capital budget and the House has yet to release a revenue package.

Fiscal committees will be busy through Monday of next week moving the proposed budget and revenue packages forward as well as any remaining bills in their committees. Both committees must have moved bills from the opposite chamber to the floor by end of day Monday, March 1.

Tuesday through the adjournment of the 2010 supplemental session will be focused on finalizing budgets and revenue packages. So the floors of both chambers will be the center of legislative action from here on out.

Having said that it is worth keeping an eye on the House and Senate fiscal committees for a conference budget and bills (i.e. fiscal and policy) that are Necessary to Implement the Budget (NITB) (i.e. Senate Ways & Means and House Ways & Means).

It is also worth watching legislative policy committees (i.e. House Higher Education and Senate Higher Education & Workforce Development) . Many of the policy committees will hold work sessions next week on hot issues or plans for the Interim.