Pursuant to Senate Bill 8 (Eighty-seventh Legislature, Third Called Session, 2021), the Legislative Budget Board is tasked with producing a quarterly report detailing COVID-19 federal funding flowing through the state.…
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This report contains a side-by-side overview of House and Senate appropriations decisions for SB 1 prior to the Conference Committee process as well as the Conference Committee's decisions on SB 1. Their decisions have been adopted by both chambers.
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This report contains a comparison of the House and Senate Article II Special Provisions in Senate Bill 1.
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This report contains a comparison of House and Senate appropriations for the Health and Human Services Commission.
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Source for all information in this report is from the Legislative Budget Board documents. Background. Texas has four Constitutional limits on spending: the balanced budget limit, which commonly is referred…
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Source of all information provided in this report is the Legislative Budget Board documents. Background. Texas has four Constitutional limits on spending: the balanced budget limit, which commonly is referred…
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Article II was heard in House Appropriations Committee March 29th. This document reflects those final decisions. Still unreported are the decisions related to construction and technology. The Changes/Updates from the…
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Due to face masks, social distancing, and low speaking voices, a few decisions in the House could not be clearly understood. In the Senate Finance Committee, transparency in decision-making was a continuing problem. Every effort was made to report the decisions as accurately as possible. The House Subcommittee used a new convention called “Pend Plus” to designate a high priority if dollars are found to fund the item. Senate Finance decisions that were not reported are most likely not adopted. Decisions will be updated as the Committees update their documents. This is assumed to reflect the final Senate Finance Decisions. Riders will be covered in another document.
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On March 23rd the subcommittee met to discuss and make decisions on riders submitted by members. All members were invited to submit riders, whether on the subcommittee or not. Decisions…
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Article II Markup as of March 22, 2021. Due to face masks, social distancing, and low speaking voices, a few decisions could not be clearly understood. These are noted. Every effort was made to report the decisions as accurately as possible. The Subcommittee used a new convention called “Pend Plus” to designate a high priority if dollars are found to fund the item. This report does not contain member-specific riders which will be considered on March 23rd.
* Working Paper Prepared by Legislative Budget Board Staff. Notes provided by TXI Reporter.
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