Senate Way and Means Subcommittee on General Government 02/02/2026

General Government Subcommittee, Ways and Means · February 3, 2026

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Chair opens discussion: budget constraints and priorities

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Chair opened the meeting by noting a shortfall between meeting needs and available tax dollars and introduced the agency presenter and priority items, signaling the committee will try to do "some good things" but cannot meet all requests.

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The General Government Subcommittee of Ways and Means discussed recommended budget changes for indigent defense, including raising the public defender 1 starting salary, cell-phone service funding, reappropriation of capital defense funds to assigned counsel, expert witness funding, Office 365 and server replacements; the committee approved recommendations by unanimous consent.

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