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Joint Finance staff outlines statewide decision choices: revenue forecasts and competing compensation proposals
Summary
Legislative budget staff presented options for FY2026 general fund revenue forecasts and competing change‑in‑employee‑compensation (CEC) proposals: the governor's recommendation and the CEC committee’s alternative. Lawmakers asked for more detail on health‑insurance funding, controller fee changes and the distributional effects of compensation.
Joint Finance Committee budget staff walked members through statewide decision packets that will be considered later in the week's work schedule, presenting two revenue forecast options and competing personnel compensation proposals.
Keith Bybee, Division Manager for Budget Policy Analysis (Legislative Services Office), and staff explained the committee will take votes on statewide decisions (general fund revenue estimates, personnel benefit cost adjustments, contract inflation, statewide cost allocation and change in employee compensation) on Thursday and then set program maintenance budgets later in the week.
Revenue options presented were the governor’s recommended FY2026 general fund revenue of $6.26 billion and the Economic Outlook and…
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