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Appropriations panel approves amendment creating agency-level vacant FTE pool; sends SB 2013 to floor
Summary
A legislative appropriations subcommittee approved amendment 0.01002, which moves a portion of vacant and new FTE funding into agency-level line items and shows a net savings of $86,204; the committee then recommended Senate Bill 2013 as amended for a due-pass to the full body in unanimous votes.
The Appropriations - Government Operations Division approved amendment 0.01002 to Senate Bill 2013 on a unanimous voice vote and then recommended SB 2013 as amended for a due-pass to the full legislature after a unanimous roll call.
The amendment creates a new ‘‘vacant and new FTE’’ line item within each agency’s budget rather than keeping the pool in OMB, reallocating existing dollars and producing a reported net savings of $86,204 for the affected budget lines. Adam, committee staff, said the O2 version of the amendment “would just build on this, build on that previous version,” and that a technical correction — adding a descriptive section about the new pool — would be added before the amendment is transmitted.
The nut graf: The committee debated only technical and accounting adjustments tied to how vacant and newly authorized full‑time equivalent (FTE) positions are reflected in agency budgets for the 2025–27 biennium; those…
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