Senate Appropriations Committee reviews House budget amendments, approves one‑page report to floors

The Senate Appropriations Committee met Feb. 11, 2025, to review House amendments to the biennial budget and voted to transmit a one‑page summary of those House positions to the Senate floor and to committee colleagues, voting 4 ayes, 0 no, 1 excused.

Committee staff described the principal differences between the House and Senate budget positions as centering on three big dollar issues: how much to allocate for state energy and large energy project matching funds, the level of grants for wildfire rehabilitation and restoration, and whether and how much to backfill local governments for residential property‑tax reductions. "How does that $165,200,000 arrive? $100,000,000 in energy matching funds, differences between the two houses. Dollars 60,000,000 for wildfires," staff said during the presentation.

The committee was presented five handouts including a one‑page high‑level summary, a Goldenrod fiscal profile dated Feb. 10, 2025, and a ledger‑size summary. Staff said the House added $119,400,000 in all funds (including…