Joint committees extend deadlines for 2025–26 long appropriation bill

The Senate and House committees on delayed bills, acting jointly under Joint Rule 23(c), read a memorandum extending several procedural deadlines for LLS 0551, the 2025–26 long appropriation bill.

The memorandum moves the Senate’s deadline for introduction of the long appropriation bill from Monday, March 24, to Monday, March 31, and shifts later legislative-day deadlines into April. It also extends the deadline for the House and the deadline for adoption of a conference committee report into mid- to late April. The memorandum directs that the notice be printed in the journal of each house as required by Joint Rule 23(c).

The extensions change key calendar points in the budget process for the current session. Senate leaders listed in the memorandum included Senator Coleman, the president of the Senate; Senator Rodriguez, the Senate majority leader; Senator Lundin, the Senate minority leader; Representative McCluskey, the speaker of the House; Representative Duran, the House majority leader; and Representative Puglisi, the House minority leader. No roll-call vote was recorded on the memorandum; it was read into the record and ordered printed in the journals.

By shifting introduction and adoption deadlines, the memorandum alters the timeline for the conference committee and final action on the statewide appropriation measure with potential downstream effects on committee schedules and floor debate. The memorandum, as read into the record, concluded with the direction that it be printed in both chambers' journals.