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Legislative Fiscal Office outlines heavy workload, requests $263,883 for two budget items
Summary
The Legislative Fiscal Office told the General Government subcommittee it is stretched by session-driven peaks in fiscal impact statements and is seeking two policy option packages totaling $263,883 to reclassify an administrative position and add a publications editor.
Amanda Bridal of the Legislative Fiscal Office told the Joint Committee on Ways and Means subcommittee on General Government on April 30 that the office produces fiscal analysis and staff support for the legislature and is facing large, deadline-driven workloads during session. "The legislative fiscal office is a nonpartisan, independent, professional support staff office to the legislature," Bridal said as she summarized the office's mission and staffing.
The office said it has 27 positions and 22 analysts and that its 2025–27 current service level budget totals $16,200,000, including $10,400,000 in General Fund and $5,800,000 in other funds. Bridal said about 86% of LFO expenditures are personal services and that other funds revenues come primarily from a central government service charge transfer of $4,500,000. "We don't…
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