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Legislative committee approves FY2026–27 budget, authorizes two audit positions and partial IT staffing
Summary
The Committee on Legislative Budget approved the Legislature’s FY2026–27 budget with amendments, authorized two audit-style positions with a not-to-exceed funding cap, kept CTO/CISO half-year funding, and removed several line items including a K–12 simulator and unused special-session funds.
The Committee on Legislative Budget approved the Legislature’s fiscal 2026–27 budget on a series of voice votes after debate over staffing, technology and reappropriations. Committee members authorized two new audit-style positions and set funding parameters while retaining partial-year funding for newly hired IT roles.
The presenter told members the approved FY2026 budget without reappropriations was $34,500,000 and noted $3,200,000 in State General Fund reappropriations that the Senate restored after the State Budget Committee had deleted them. The presenter said several items — including a $2.6 million CALIS modernization paid from ARPA funds, a $500,000 House voting board upgrade, and a $400,000 allocation for Amazon Web Services (AWS) conversion…
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