Senate panel gives due‑pass recommendation to resolution authorizing legislative hearings on federal block grants

Senate Appropriations Committee, Government Operations Division members gave a due‑pass recommendation to Senate Concurrent Resolution 4,001 after a public hearing and staff briefing.

Levi Kinshitsky, fiscal analyst with the Legislative Council, told the committee the resolution authorizes the Budget Section to hold required legislative hearings on federal block grants when the Legislature is not in session. "Some concurrent, resolution 4,001 authorizes the budget section of legislative management to hold the required legislative hearings on state plans for the receipt and expenditure of new or revised block grants passed by congress," Kinshitsky said. He said the authorization would extend through September 2027 and that the resolution is similar to one the Legislature has approved for several past bienniums.

The hearing arose because the Legislative…