Lawmakers Begin Process of Approving $1.1 Billion Budget for FY2024/2025

With fiscal year 2025 around the corner, the 35th Legislature restores vital initiatives for youth, elderly, and veterans while preparing to fund key government operations

With less than one week until the start of a new fiscal year, the 35th Legislature has begun the work needed to ensure government departments and agencies have access to funding for the next 12 months. On Wednesday, the Committee on Budget, Appropriations, and Finance met to begin approving the raft of pending appropriation bills totalling approximately $1,100,000,000.‌

Wednesday’s meeting followed significant “clean-up work,” reported the committee’s chair, Sen. Donna Frett-Gregory. “We've put in a lot of work in the FY2025 budget,” she said. She lamented that while the executive budget sent down to the Legislature was delivered on time, it “required a lot of work.”