The release of the March forecast this week opens the door for the release of proposed biennial budgets next week. The House will release their biennial budgets first this session.
While both the biennial transportation budget and the capital budget (March 23) have been scheduled for a public hearing and executive session, no actions have been scheduled to date for the operating budget.
The budget will be the center of focus next week, both in terms of the biennial budget and the move from policy committees to fiscal committees.
All policy bills from the opposite chamber must be moved either to an appropriations committee or the floor by the end of Friday, March 25 (one week from today). The Legislature will then have a week to move all bills from the appropriations committee to the floor. Bills with a fiscal impact must be moved to the floor by the end of Friday, April 1.
To this end this week will be filled with a mix of public hearings and executive sessions to move bills forward as the deadline looms. Please see the links below for a list of all the hearings that might be of interest.