Appropriations panel checks off multiple Section C and base budget items; several proposals deferred or reallocated

The House Appropriations Committee reviewed Section C changes and base/one-time items during its March 21 meeting and reached direction-level decisions on multiple line items, while holding other proposals for later discussion.

For the record, Emily Byrne of the Joint Fiscal Office told the committee, “we're going to walk through the section C changes through the big bill,” and presented a draft spreadsheet of sources and uses for committee decisions. Members worked through numerous line items, confirming or deferring changes and asking staff to produce the next iteration of the spreadsheet.

Key outcomes and directions from the session included: the committee agreed to revert the remainder of a previous treasurer appropriation to the general fund (transcript language stated the $20 million proposed elimination left $6 million remaining to revert); the judiciary technology fund request was…