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Legislative staff present statewide decision packet: revenue forecast choices and competing CEC recommendations
Summary
Legislative Services Office briefed the committee on statewide decisions that will affect FY2026 budgets, including two revenue forecast options and competing change‑in‑employee‑compensation (CEC) recommendations: the governor’s package and the CEC committee’s dollar‑per‑eligible‑employee alternative.
Legislative staff told the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee that it will need to choose among statewide budget decisions this week, including the FY2026 general‑fund revenue forecast, personnel benefit adjustments, contract inflation, statewide cost allocation changes and competing change‑in‑employee‑compensation (CEC) proposals.
Keith Bybee, Division Manager of Budget Policy Analysis for the Legislative Services Office, walked the committee through the packet and timetable. The committee is scheduled to set statewide decisions Thursday and then set program maintenance budgets later in the week. Bybee outlined two revenue forecast options: the governor’s recommended general fund revenue…
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