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Joint Fiscal Office walks committee through technical corrections and recommends acceptances and rejections across multiple budget sections
Summary
The Joint Fiscal Office presented a technical letter to the H.493 conference committee on Oct. 11, 2025, recommending a mix of acceptances and rejections of draft budget language, corrections to base vs. one-time funding, and other drafting fixes.
The Joint Fiscal Office (JFO) provided a detailed technical review of the budget adjustment (H.493) on Oct. 11, 2025, recommending acceptance of some language fixes and rejection of others. JFO staff guided the conference negotiators through corrections to one-time and base appropriations, recommended where prior-year language should remain, and flagged sections that should be handled by legislative counsel rather than negotiated at the conference table.
Key JFO recommendations and technical corrections included: moving an $80,000 item to one-time where appropriate; correcting the funding source for an item (grants versus personal services); placing urban search and rescue (USAR) funding in the proper base and…
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