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Appropriations subcommittee advances House substitute for general‑government budget with cuts, EV spending ban and new digital oversight office funding
Summary
The House Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government advanced the House substitute for the general‑government budget (House Bill 5601, H1), approving the measure 4–1 after a presentation that outlined roughly $4.7 billion in spending, major IDG and FTE cuts, a boilerplate prohibition on state EV charging purchases, and repurposing restricted lawsuit‑settlement proceeds to create a digital oversight office.
The House Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government on March 19 advanced the House substitute for the general‑government budget (House Bill 5601, substitute H1) following a condensed overview from the House Fiscal Agency.
"Overall general government total for all departments and agencies budget is at $4.7 billion," Michael Kassen of the House Fiscal Agency told the panel, calling the figure roughly a $500 million, or 10.3 percent, reduction from the current year. He said much of the decline stems from cuts to internal service (IDG) authorizations (about $367 million) and a reported reduction in general‑fund support of about $142.2 million, along with hundreds of FTE authorizations removed.
The presentation listed several notable policy and boilerplate changes. Kassen flagged a new provision, identified in the substitute as section 254, that would "prohibit the any spending of appropriated funds on electric vehicle charging stations." He also described changes to motor‑vehicle fleet…
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