Legislative Updates

The big news this week is that the House and Senate passed the Capital budget!  The 2017 sessions ended without a Capital budget, so it is a relief that it is now done.  Both the House and the Senate have been on the floor throughout the week and...

Welcome to the first week of the 2018 legislative session!  Didn’t the 2017 session(s) just end??!! This is a short session, meaning 60 days.  Granted there could be special sessions after that, but the plan is to get done on time.  Fingers crossed...

SINE DIE!!      On July 20th, 2017, the legislature adjourned Sine Die.  Unfortunately, they did not pass a capital budget prior to adjourning, which means many projects will be halted and even more new projects will not begin.  The Governor stated...

Well, the legislature hasn't adjourned, but they did pass a budget in time to avoid a partial government shutdown!  And the budget, from our perspective, turned out quite well for human services, including children and family services.  A budget...

We seem to be getting close to finalizing a budget – which would be great, given today is June 30th, the last day of the fiscal year, and the day a budget needs to pass in order to not have a partial shutdown of state government! The House and...

Today is the third day of the third special session… and hopefully a budget is forthcoming! Brief update: The revenue forecast came out on the 20th and is roughly $81 million higher for the remainder of this biennium (which ends June 30th) and $86...

Another special session is coming to a rapid close… June 21st is the last day of the second special session, and it is expected that the Governor will call a third special session right away.  The eagerly-anticipated revenue forecast will be...

We are now well into the third week of the second special session.  And, unfortunately, there seems to be little movement towards reaching an agreement on McCleary or the operating budget. The Office of Financial Management has posted information...

Another week and another session has come and gone… AND a new session has begun!  On May 23rd, the first special session ended, and the Governor called the legislature back into session right away for a second special session.  While very few...

This is the last week of the first special session, and again there is very little to report with respect to progress on the operating budget.  While we won’t know until it happens, the expectation is that the Governor will call the second special...