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Conference committee walks through judiciary and public safety budget differences between House and Senate
Summary
Nonpartisan staff presented a line-by-line spreadsheet showing where House and Senate targets diverge on judiciary and public safety funding, highlighting differing agency adjustments, new positions, fee increases and a newly proposed crime victims account.
Nonpartisan fiscal staff led a line-by-line walk-through of the judiciary and public safety budget targets during the May 7, 2025, conference committee on judiciary and public safety.<br><br>John Walls, House fiscal staff, told conferees, “everyone should have a spreadsheet in their packets. In the interest of time, I'm not going to read all of the numbers.” Walls highlighted that the senate’s targets are higher than the house’s on many agency adjustments, producing differing totals for several agencies and programs.<br><br>The presentation summarized key differences. The House includes $3.5 million for cybersecurity and $4,000,000 for a “justice partner access” line. The Senate includes a higher forensic exam rate (from $136 to $165 per hour) that the House does not. The House includes fiscal deficiencies for…
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