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Committee reviews legislative-branch budget proposal including 25 new FTEs and $8.45 million chamber upgrades
Summary
Appropriators reviewed Senate Bill 2001, the legislative branch budget request, which includes proposed 3%+3% salary adjustments, a request for 25 additional FTEs in the first phase, and $8.45 million in one-time funding for chamber accessibility, lighting and audio-video upgrades.
The Appropriations - Government Operations Division discussed Senate Bill 2001, the legislative-branch budget, with staff outlining both ongoing and one-time requests including salary adjustments, additional staff, and capital projects.
Legislative staff described a salary package of 3% in each year of the biennium for legislators and some staff (the committee referred to this as a "3 and 3" adjustment), increases to leader compensation and session daily rates, and modest increases to lodging reimbursement and mileage (from 60¢ to 67¢ per mile). Committee staff said the base budget remains the same and the listed line items are increases above base. A one-time capital request of $8,450,000 would fund chamber…
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