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Senate adopts new procedures for mini-appropriations and assigns in-depth budget reviews to subcommittees
Summary
The Senate passed two joint rules resolutions establishing a formal mini-appropriation request route to the fiscal office (SJR1) and shifting in-depth annual budget reviews to relevant subappropriation committees (SJR2); SJR2 recorded two dissenting votes before final passage.
The Utah Senate on Jan. 15 approved two joint rules resolutions that reshape how small, non-statutory appropriation requests are processed and where the Legislature conducts its annual in-depth budget reviews.
SJR1: formalizing mini-appropriations
Senator Blackcomb, sponsor of SJR1, described the resolution as a way to "bring the process a little bit back into the appropriation" by channeling requests that only seek additional funding (and do not change statute) through the fiscal office and into appropriate appropriation committees. "This is a bill as a result of the…
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