Joint Fiscal Office outlines fiscal notes, state-only modeling and research resources for Agriculture committee

At a committee orientation meeting, Joint Fiscal Office staff described how the office supports legislators with fiscal notes, statutorily required reports and research resources relevant to the House Agriculture, Food Resiliency & Forestry Committee.

The office’s work centers on state revenue and spending. “Broadly speaking, you’ll be hearing from legislative counsel soon, but they handle the words, we handle the money,” Joint Fiscal Office staff said. The office writes fiscal notes for bills that move out of policy committees and toward money committees so appropriators have an estimate of expected revenue and spending impacts.

Why it matters: committee members heard that timely contact with JFO improves the office’s ability to estimate costs and administrative effects for legislation the committee may consider. That can affect whether and…