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House Appropriations Committee sets committee-of-conference schedule, continues FY26 budget review
Summary
The House Appropriations Committee announced a committee of conference beginning Feb. 27 to work on the FY26 budget, with the Attorney General's office and other committee chairs scheduled to brief members and a transportation revenue handout to be posted for members.
The House Appropriations Committee announced on Feb. 26 that it will convene a committee of conference beginning Feb. 27 at 9 a.m., likely in Room 11, to continue work on the fiscal year 2026 budget.
The session matters because committee members said the conference will be an important stage for resolving differences in a large bill and that members should monitor the work closely even if they are not physically present. Committee member (speaker 1) said, "we have a committee of conference now as you heard, and we're gonna meet for the first time. Our schedule is to meet tomorrow morning at 9. I think we're gonna meet in Room 11." The committee also scheduled additional check-ins to finish work before a planned town meeting.
Committee members described a short calendar of follow-up events tied to the FY26 review. The Attorney General's office is scheduled to brief the committee tomorrow at 10:45 a.m. A judiciary committee chair offered to appear for about 15 minutes, and the committee asked staff to try to accommodate a 10:30 a.m. slot for that briefing. Members were asked to read incoming committee letters (including ones from the judiciary and energy and digital infrastructure committees) before reconvening.
Committee member (speaker 1) reminded members the budget is tight and asked them to re-examine allocations: "Remember, we're on a tight budget as it were. So, you know, Dave found some money the other day. Some things were saying, do we need all of it? Do we only some of it?" Staff said a transportation revenue breakdown prepared by Matt Walker will be posted electronically in the committee's transportation information folder; members asked staff to post the hard-copy handout as an electronic document for committee review.
The committee's scheduling statements and requests for briefings were presented as operational directions during the check-in; the transcript does not record any formal motions or roll-call votes related to the schedule or briefings. The committee indicated it may meet tomorrow morning and afternoon and possibly Friday morning, with the intent to complete conference work before the town meeting.
No formal committee actions (motions or votes) were recorded in the transcript excerpt. The meeting was a brief operational check-in focused on scheduling, incoming committee letters, and making committee materials available to members.
