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House staff outline FY26 budgets for the General Assembly and joint committees
Summary
House budget staff presented the General Assembly's FY26 budget book, covering member salaries, per diems, committee cores, legislative research and capitol maintenance items; no substantive funding changes beyond the governor's recommended pay plan were shown.
House budget staff presented the General Assembly portions of the FY26 budget book, summarizing cores for the House and Senate, member salaries, per diems, joint contingent expenses and joint committee budgets.
Angela Smith, House budget officer, walked committee members through the book and highlighted that the governor's recommended pay plan was the only new decision item affecting the legislature in the submission. The book includes core appropriations for representatives' and senators' pay, mileage and per diem accounts, the Joint Committee on Legislative Research, the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules and other joint entities.
Smith listed a few one-time items from the current year that reduced core requests, including Capitol Commission transfers and maintenance and repair line items that had been one-time in FY25. Members asked technical questions about lapsing balances in the statutory-revision fund; the reviser explained that the statute-sales and republication fund accumulates proceeds and is used for periodic republication of statute books and supplements.
Why it matters: the legislature's internal operating budget informs how committees, research offices and legislative functions are resourced for the session.
Committee action and next steps: committee members asked follow-up technical questions; no appropriation votes occurred during the agency presentations.
