ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Fifty-seventh Legislature

First Regular Session

HM2001: governor's budget; update; resubmittal

Sponsor: Representative Livingston, LD 28

Caucus & COW

Overview

Urges the Governor to update and resubmit to the Legislature an Executive Budget Proposal that is balanced in all three upcoming fiscal years.

History

No later than five days after the convening of the regular legislative session, the Governor must submit to the Legislature a budget containing a complete plan of expenditures proposed to be made before the close of the next fiscal year for budget units and all monies and revenues estimated to the available (A.R.S. § 35-111).

From the time of transmission of the budget report to the Legislature until the General Appropriations Act is passed, the Director of the Governor's Office of Strategic Planning and Budgeting (OSPB), in person or by an assistant, must be available to the Legislature and the House and Senate Appropriations Committees to explain any recommendation made in the Governor's budget report (A.R.S. § 35-119).

The General Appropriations Act is required to include a provision outlining the revenue and expenditure estimates for the following three years. The expenditure estimates must be based on existing statutory funding requirements (A.R.S § 35-125).

On January 17, 2025, the OSPB released the Governor's FY 2026 Executive Budget Proposal.

Provisions

1. Urges the Governor to, within 10 days, update and resubmit to the Legislature an Executive Budget Proposal that is balanced in all three upcoming fiscal years.

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