Joint Fiscal Committee reviews House one‑time appropriations, flags roughly $148.5M in add‑backs

The Joint Fiscal Committee spent its meeting reviewing the House and governor proposals for one‑time appropriations in the FY27 budget, receiving a line‑by‑line briefing from Joint Fiscal Office staff that totaled roughly $148.5 million in one‑time funds in the House plan and identified about $38–39 million in one‑time general‑fund add‑backs compared with $30 million in the governor’s plan.

The briefing concentrated on three revenue buckets treated as one‑time: prior‑year reversions (a little over $10 million), anticipated carryforwards (about $75 million that staff flagged as one‑time), and reserves that the governor and House have handled differently (two $30 million reserves, one of which the House agreed to unreserve to reduce property tax rates). "There were two $30 million reserves established," a Joint Fiscal Office presenter said, and the House has agreed to unreserve one to make that money available for transfers or appropriations.

Why it matters: the committee must reconcile competing choices with no new revenue; some items are purely one‑time and others create policy or statutory changes that could affect future budgets. Committee members pressed staff on how miscellaneous tax bill changes and federal tax linkages alter the near‑term revenue picture, including a roughly $4 million reduction in anticipated…