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Votes at a glance: JFAC actions and outcomes from the session
Summary
Summary of formal motions and vote outcomes taken by the Joint Finance and Appropriations Committee during the meeting: FY2025 revenue adopted; contract inflation and statewide cost allocation approved; several compensation and benefit motions failed or were withdrawn; FY2026 revenue remained unresolved.
This roundup lists each formal motion taken during the Joint Finance and Appropriations Committee meeting and the committee’s recorded outcome.
Adopt FY2025 revenue baseline - Motion: Adopt ERAC recommended general fund revenue projection of $5,990,000,000 for FY2025. - Mover: Senator Lori Woodward; Second: Co‑Chair Horman. - Outcome: Approved; combined committee vote 20 ayes, 0 nays. Use adopted baseline for setting agency budgets.
FY2026 revenue baseline (substitute and original) - Substitute motion: Adopt $6,330,000,000 (mover: Senator Lori Woodward; second: Senator Cook). Outcome: Failed to achieve required House and Senate majorities; recorded as 9 ayes, 11 nays overall and therefore failed. - Original motion: Adopt ERAC $6,400,000,000 (mover: Representative Penske). Outcome: Failed to secure necessary majority from both delegations; therefore no FY2026 number adopted and decision postponed.
Contract inflation (ongoing contract increases) - Motion: Adopt governor’s FY2026 recommendation adjusting operating expenditures and capital outlay for ongoing contract‑defined increases (total request $3,356,400). Mover: Representative Miller; Second: Senator Woodward. - Outcome: Approved; combined committee vote 20 ayes, 0 nays.
Statewide cost allocation adjustments - Motion: Adopt governor’s FY2026 recommendations adjusting attorney general fees, legislative audit costs, state controller fees, state treasurer fees, risk management and Office of Information Technology Services (net total $5,540,500 across funds). - Mover: Co‑Chair Horman; Second: Senator Woodward. - Outcome: Approved; combined committee vote 20 ayes, 0 nays.
Health insurance per eligible FTE (personnel benefit costs) - Two competing motions considered (CEC motion setting base at $13,960; governor’s motion setting base at $14,300). Neither motion met the cross‑delegation majority requirement and both failed; matter deferred for further action.
Change in employee compensation - Multiple motions (including Representative Furness’s $1.55 per hour CEC recommendation and Senator Cook’s substitute) were debated at length. Sponsors withdrew the motions by unanimous consent so staff could reformat and present corrected motions and fiscal tables at a later meeting.
Next steps: Adopted items will be integrated into agency maintenance budgeting; deferred items (FY2026 revenue, health insurance base, and compensation language) will be refiled after staff produce corrected ballots and fiscal tables.
