Washington State House of Representatives Office of Program Research | BILL ANALYSIS |
Appropriations Committee |
HB 2299
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Brief Description: Making supplemental operating appropriations.
Sponsors: Representative Ormsby; by request of Office of Financial Management.
Brief Summary of Bill |
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Hearing Date: 1/8/18, 1/10/18
Staff: Charlie Gavigan (786-7340).
Background:
The state government operates on a fiscal biennium that begins on July 1 of each odd-numbered year. A two-year biennial operating budget is adopted every odd-numbered year. Supplemental budgets frequently are enacted in each of the following two years after adoption of the biennial budget. Appropriations are made in the biennial and supplemental budgets for the operation of state government and its various agencies and institutions, including higher education, as well as allocations for the funding of K-12 public schools.
The 2017-19 biennial operating budget appropriates $43.7 billion from the Near General Fund-State (General Fund-State and the Education Legacy Trust Account) plus the Opportunity Pathways Account. The total budgeted amount, which includes state, federal, and other funds, is $88.3 billion.
Summary of Bill:
Near General Fund-State plus Opportunity Pathways appropriations for the 2017-19 biennium are increased by $961 million; the total budget is increased by $682 million.
Other changes to the original 2017-19 biennial budget are also made.
Appropriation: The bill contains multiple appropriations.
Fiscal Note: Not requested.
Effective Date: The bill contains an emergency clause and takes effect immediately.