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Proposal to align Utah budgeting with actual receipts prompts lengthy House debate
Summary
Representative Farren proposed changing the Executive Appropriations Committee process to cap target budgets at current-year revenue forecasts, arguing the change would reduce structural deficits; the proposal drew extended debate, questions about forecasting methods, and procedural motions on the floor.
A proposal to change the timing and basis of Utah’s appropriations process drew extended floor debate as Representative Farren moved an amendment to HJR 1 to change effective dates and explained a plan to limit target budgets based on the current year’s best revenue forecast.
Farren told colleagues the state has struggled with recurring deficits and that forecasting revenue 5 to 17 months ahead leads to promises the state cannot…
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