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Ways and Means subcommittee advances legislative branch budget after heated staffing debate
Summary
The Capital Construction Subcommittee reported House Bill 50 16 out as amended, approving the legislative branch budget while lawmakers debated whether to add permanent staff to legislators' offices and ordered a third‑party study of workloads.
The Capital Construction Subcommittee of the Joint Committee on Ways and Means on June 18 reported out House Bill 50 16, the budget bill for legislative branch agencies, after members debated requests to expand staffing for legislators’ offices and agreed to a third‑party workload study.
House Bill 50 16 recommends a total funds budget of $275,800,000 and 610 positions for the legislative branch, including Legislative Assembly administration, Legislative Council, Legislative Fiscal Office, Legislative Revenue Office, Legislative Policy and Research, and the Commission on Indian Services. The subcommittee’s recommendation was to amend the bill (dash 6) and report it out due pass as amended; members recorded no objections when the motion was called and the motion passed.
The bill includes one‑time funding for a third party to evaluate staffing models for members’ offices, and adds key performance measures for the…
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