Demo shows new drafting workflow, attribute fields for appropriations

Apr 28, 2026

A system demo walked staff through a new appropriations drafting interface that uses programmable attributes and templates to pull budget data; presenters said snapshots and document-version selection will let users start root bills from prior-session documents.

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Presenter led a live demonstration of the appropriations drafting module, showing where to start a draft and how to open the appropriation tab. Presenter said, "If you start at draft documents here and new document, and then you'll see your appropriation tab over here." The demo included a temporary bug that requires saving and refreshing to persist appropriations; Presenter said that fix will be addressed before the system goes live.

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