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Senate Ways & Means holds hearing on SB 5,167 state operating budget; staff outlines outlook, revenue proposals
Summary
Committee staff summarized the chair's operating budget proposal for SB 5,167, highlighting concentrated maintenance costs, major policy adds in K'12 and capital, proposed revenue changes and numerous fund transfers that together modestly improve the near general fund balance.
The Senate Ways & Means Committee convened a public hearing March 25 on Senate Bill 5,167, the state operating budget proposal, and heard a staff overview of the chair's plan from James Kettle, Operating Budget Coordinator for the committee.
Kettle told the committee the overview document available on the Electronic Budget Book and fiscal.wa.gov shows the revenue forecast, maintenance-level cost drivers, policy-level adds and savings, and the budget outlook over the next several fiscal years. "This is the budget overview document," he said as he introduced the materials visible to the committee.
The nut graf: the chair proposal concentrates most maintenance-level costs in a small number of agencies and assumes substantial policy…
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