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Appropriations chair previews budget package, flags $25M education transfer and ARPA contingencies
Summary
Representative Diane Lanfer told a caucus of the whole that the committee of conference has signed the FY25 budget, outlining a sizable contingency list and a one-time $25,000,000 transfer to the Education Fund; members pressed for details on ARPA obligations, regulatory fees and childcare funding.
Representative Diane Lanfer, chair of the House Appropriations Committee, presented the committee of conference budget to a caucus of the whole on Wednesday, May 8, and walked members through the highlight sheet, base changes, one-time investments and a contingency list that will guide spending if revenue forecasts hold.
Lanfer said committee staff had emailed members the packet and directed legislators to the Joint Fiscal Office web report for a line-by-line comparison. "The numbers are right," she told the caucus, noting the document includes the House, Senate and committee-of-conference positions and that the web report shows year-over-year comparisons.
Why it matters: the conference report combines policy and funding decisions crafted to fit forecasted revenues. Lanfer said the general-fund contingency list is substantial and that a separate ARPA contingency schedule remains subject to monthly oversight by…
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