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Subcommittee adopts LFC budget recommendations for multiple agencies

Appropriations & Finance · January 14, 2026
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Summary

The Appropriations & Finance subcommittee moved to adopt Legislative Finance Committee recommendations for several agencies, including Cumbres & Toltec, State Personnel Office, Administrative Hearings Office, Judicial Standards Commission and the State Ethics Commission; motions were carried by the committee during the hearing.

The Appropriations & Finance subcommittee voted during its hearing to adopt LFC recommendations for a number of agencies on the agenda. Motions were moved from the floor and carried by voice vote or consensus.

Cumbres & Toltec (agency 490): A motion to adopt the LFC recommendation was moved and carried by the committee after the railroad presented its request and discussed insurance and program changes. The motion to adopt the LFC recommendation was made in committee and the chair indicated the motion carried.

State Personnel Office (agency 378): After questions about internship distribution, health insurance costs and hiring timelines, a motion to accept the LFC recommendation was moved and adopted. LFC had proposed a lower special-appropriation amount for SPO’s internship request than the executive.

Administrative Hearings Office (agency 210): The agency requested a partial supplemental to cover a group insurance miscalculation and proposed a FY27 adjustment tied to the motor vehicle suspense fund. The committee moved to adopt the LFC recommendation; the motion carried.

Judicial Standards Commission (agency 210): The committee adopted the LFC recommendation after hearing the commission describe a 48% rise in complaints following the move to online complaint filing; Representative Silva moved and Representative Herrera seconded the motion, with Representative Duncan registering opposition.

State Ethics Commission (agency 410): The committee advanced the LFC recommendation after the commission described its enforcement responsibilities, modest staffing, and the difference between executive and LFC proposals for personnel and contractual funding.

Most motions were recorded as carried by the chair without roll-call tallies in the transcript; specific vote tallies were not listed in the hearing record.