Committee moves to concur with budget recommendations after agency presentations

At the close of the hearing, the Committee on General Government Budget returned to earlier follow-up with the Public Disclosure Commission and then considered committee action on the reviewed agency budgets. Representative Amix made a motion to “concur with the committee’s recommendation”; the motion was seconded by Representative Van Houten and carried by voice vote. The committee’s action advances the FY2026 and FY2027 budget recommendations as presented, but members retained the ability to revisit specific enhancement requests after receiving the additional documentation they asked agencies to provide.

Committee members explicitly recorded several outstanding information requests — including monthly fee‑fund statements from the Board of Tax Appeals and Department of Revenue, documentation of salary‑comparison research, a job‑title and FTE breakdown by division at DOR, and complaint‑handling materials from the Department of Insurance — which the agencies agreed to deliver to staff for follow‑up before final appropriations decisions are made.

The voice vote was recorded as “Aye” and no roll‑call tally was entered in the hearing record; committee staff indicated that further motions would be necessary to restore or amend any global deletions previously applied to FY2027 enhancement requests.