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Sponsor seeks to limit 'trailer' budget bill to items required to implement the budget
Summary
Representative Harrington introduced HB 11 66 to require that the trailer bill (HB 2) contain only items explicitly necessary to implement the biannual budget, citing transparency concerns after items historically have been added without public hearings. Committee members and the LBA discussed enforceability and alternatives such as rule or constitutional changes; the committee scheduled further work as a full-committee item.
Representative Daniel "Bridal" Harrington opened the committee hearing on House Bill 11 66, which would restrict the governor's trailer bill to provisions necessary to implement the biannual budget and require each trailer line item to reference the budget line it supports. "It just restricts the trailer bill to its original purpose," Harrington told the committee, arguing the practice of placing unrelated items in the trailer bill undermines transparency and public participation.
Nut graf: Harrington said the trailer bill has been used to reintroduce defeated measures and to add…
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