Committee backs interim panel to examine state budgeting and base spending

The House State Government Committee voted to report House Concurrent Resolution 50 favorably, by a recorded vote of 16 yes, 3 no and 1 pass. The resolution directs the Legislative Research Commission to establish a 10-member interim task force — described by sponsors as focused on “discipline of government efficiency” — to examine state financial practices, with particular attention to transitioning toward zero-based budgeting and greater legislative review of base spending.