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Emily Pope, JBC staff, summarized a memo of recommended amendments to the long bill and conference committee report, describing a net $1,200,000 general‑fund increase focused largely on technical adjustments and a small set of flagged larger items; she offered to bring analysts forward for questions.
The Joint Budget Committee met April 12, 2025 to review staff recommendations for technical and substantive amendments to the long bill and related "orbital" bills. Staff presented a packet of changes totaling roughly $1.2 million in new general‑fund requests and several larger flagged items; members debated corrections to Health, Life & Dental estimates, a methodology change for Aid to the Needy Disabled (MOE/PTC issue), several capital swaps, and shifting marijuana tax revenue from local shares to the state.
