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Senate Finance explains role as policy-making committee separate from budget joint process

2508767 · February 27, 2025
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Summary

Committee leadership and staff explained that Senate Finance was meeting as a policy-making committee to consider bills related to state finances and budget policy; funding and appropriation decisions remain part of the joint budget process (JFAC/House Appropriations).

Committee leadership took time during the meeting to explain the committee's role as a policy-making body distinct from the joint budget process.

Keith Bybee, division manager of budget policy analysis, told members that Senate Finance meets as a policy committee "rather than…

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