The General Government Appropriations Subcommittee voted to adopt the fiscal-year 2027 line-item performance measures presented by staff, approved a package of accountable-budget process recommendations, and authorized legislative staff to include the subcommittee's adopted items in the base budget bill sent to the Executive Appropriations Committee.

Alejandra (legislative staff) presented the line-item performance measures and said the committee's action would adopt measures for inclusion in the base budget. She described several measure revisions and new measures, including a new Department of Commerce licensing measure (percentage of licenses processed within seven days), changes to targets for Department of Financial Institutions' assets-per-examiner measure, a Tax Commission measure to replace an unstable percent-change metric with a cleared-case turnover goal, and Labor Commission target adjustments. After discussion, the committee approved the line-item measures by voice vote; the chair ruled the motion passed unanimously.

The committee also adopted staff recommendations from the 2025 accountable budget process, a consolidated set of operational and procedural improvements to how agencies report and how staff and the Governor's Office coordinate fee and rate data. Representative Shepherd moved the motion to adopt the recommendations; members approved the motion by voice vote and the chair ruled the motion passed unanimously.

The subcommittee next passed a required motion authorizing legislative staff to include the subcommittee's adopted accountable-process changes, ongoing appropriations and related items in the base budget bill for the Executive Appropriations Committee. Chair Vickers moved that authorization; the motion passed by voice vote and the chair ruled it unanimous.

The committee also approved minutes for a previous meeting (motion by Senator Mikel). That vote carried but one senator recorded an opposed vote: Senator Brammer identified himself as opposed during the vote on approving the August 19, 2025 minutes.

Votes at a glance

- Approve minutes (Aug. 19, 2025) — motion by Senator Mikel; outcome: approved; recorded opposition: Senator Brammer.

- Adopt fiscal-year 2027 line-item performance measures — motion by Chair Thurston (staff presentation); outcome: approved unanimously.

- Adopt 2025 accountable-budget process recommendations — motion by Representative Shepherd; outcome: approved unanimously.

- Authorize staff to prepare base budget bill (joint rule motion) — motion by Chair Vickers; outcome: approved unanimously.

Committee members discussed details of measure changes, how statutory fees should be handled in future reporting and the timing for fee and rate data submissions. Staff amended several recommendations to remove a hard September 15 deadline and to direct coordination between the Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst and the Governor's Office of Planning and Budget to schedule data releases and technical improvements to fee-reporting systems.