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Bills with a Fiscal Impact (Non-Appropriations) That Are Referred to Appropriations CommitteesLegislative Budget Procedures: Deliberation on the Recommended BudgetLegislative Budget Procedures Executive Summary Bills with a Fiscal Impact (Non-Appropriations) That Are Referred to Appropriations Committees
Source: National Conference of State Legislatures, December 1997. Key: *Notes: Alabama--Bills with fiscal impacts may be referred by the presiding officer to any related standing committee (House or Senate). Delaware--All bills with an impact of more than $50,000 must go through the House Appropriations Committee. In the Senate, there is no policy on assignment of legislation to committees, but almost all money bills are assigned to the Finance Committee. Georgia--All resolutions dealing with personnel claims against the state are referred to the appropriations committees. Indiana--All bills with a fiscal impact that exceed a dollar threshold are referred. Iowa--Leadership decides where bills with a fiscal impact are assigned. Kansas--Bills are assigned to committees at the discretion of the speaker of the House and president of the Senate. Kentucky--In addition to revenue bills, most other bills with a fiscal impact are referred. Louisiana--In both the House and Senate, bills are referred that deal with deposit and investment of public money, budgetary requirements and procedures, central purchasing, and professional service contracts. In addition, Senate rules require all bills with a fiscal impact equal to or exceeding $500,000 to be duly referred to the Senate Finance Committee. Maine--The "Special Appropriations Table" process provides for a review by the Joint Standing Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs of all bills with a fiscal impact on the general fund to maintain a balanced relationship between appropriations and revenue. All bills with a fiscal impact on the general fund are tabled before final enactment for this review. The Transportation Committee has the same process for all bills that affect the highway fund. Maryland--Pension, personnel and welfare bills are referred to the House. Revenue bills are referred to the Senate; there is a secondary referral for bills with a major fiscal impact. Massachusetts--Any legislation with a public fiscal impact is referred to the ways and means committees. Michigan--This is solely the prerogative of the speaker of the House and Senate majority leader. There are no rules or statutory requirements. Often, the chair of the Appropriations Committee or another member will request that major legislation that affects spending be referred. Missouri--All revenue bills with a cost in excess of $100,000 are referred to the State Budget Control Committee. Nebraska--Unicameral Legislature. All bills written to appropriate funds or bills, over which the Appropriations Committee is deemed to have subject matter jurisdiction, are referred through the bill referencing process. Nevada--Although not required, bills with significant impact usually are referred or re-referred. New Jersey--All bills with a fiscal impact and revenue bills are referred per House and Senate rules, with exceptions. New York--All bills that are part of the executive budget and the enacted budget are referred. North Carolina--All bills with a fiscal impact are referred to the House and Senate appropriations committees, which meet jointly. The committees may vote independently. North Dakota--All bills with a fiscal impact on an agency's appropriation of $50,000 or more are referred. Oklahoma--Bills are referred at the discretion of the majority floor leader, who assigns bills to committee. Oregon--Virtually all bills with general fund impact are referred, as well as bills with other fund impact in excess of $50,000. South Carolina--Bills authorizing the use of the state's bonding authority are first considered by the Joint Bond Review Committee, which introduces the bill in the House. Such bills then are referred to the House Ways and Means Committee. South Dakota--All bills with a fiscal impact and revenue bills are referred to the House and Senate committees, which meet jointly for agency hearings and construction of the General Appropriations Act. Tennessee--House and Senate bills that have a fiscal impact of $100,000 or more and that relate to taxes, bonds, state debt and appropriations of state funds, deposit of public funds, congressional relations, and assessment and collection of property taxes are referred to the Finance and Ways and Means committees. Texas--Some bills with a fiscal impact are referred, including some affecting new or special programs and some funded from special revenue. All legislation is referred pertaining to claims and accounts filed with the Legislature against the state (they then may be referred to another standing committee). Virginia--Bills with a fiscal impact are considered first by the appropriate policy committee, and are then re-referred to the House or Senate money committee for consideration. West Virginia--Legislation with a fiscal impact on other governmental entities (counties, cities, public service districts, etc.) is included. Wisconsin--All bills with a fiscal impact are referred to the Joint Finance Committee, which is responsible for state omnibus budget and revenue bills. All bills providing for revenue or relating to taxation also must be referred. Wyoming--All appropriations bills and some program bills are referred. There are no set rules on which bills are referred other than those with appropriations. Guam--Unicameral Legislature. Northern Mariana Islands--When both houses do not agree on certain policies or provisions in a bill, a compromise is effected through the formulation of a joint committee. Published March 1998; posted January 2004.
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