Budget Reconciliation
Senator Chuck Hall Budget Reconciliation
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
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This is the time of the legislative session when my colleagues and I are hard at work trying to reconcile a state budget. The Legislature has one constitutional duty each session, and that is to pass a balanced budget for the fiscal year. The budgetwriting process takes all four months of session, but we’re now focused on trying to balance Senate budget requests with funding requests from the House and the governor. Although all three sides don’t always see eye to eye on every spending proposal, we try to work that out in negotiations so all sides accept the final budget. The Senate continues to push for a transparent budget process from beginning to end.