BILL · 2021–22 SESSION
SB 5316: State financial management
Concerning oversight of state financial management.
Summary
- Revises the process to request spending unanticipated revenues.
- Creates a Joint Legislative Interim Budget Committee (joint committee).
- Requires review and approval by the joint committee before the Governor can approve spending for requests to spend unanticipated revenue of $5 million or more, or revenue less than $5 million when meeting certain criteria.
- Allows the joint committee, by a vote of six members, to approve or reject a request, in whole or in part.
- Prohibits the Governor from approving rejected requests, but allows submitting a new request to the joint committee.
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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
- IntroducedJan 21, 2021
- Out of committeestopped here
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- Lynda Wilson (R-17)
- Introduced
- January 21, 2021 in the Senate
- Last action
- January 10, 2022
- Budget
- Has a fiscal note
AN ACT Relating to oversight of state financial management;
Sponsors
Prime sponsor: Lynda Wilson (R-17)
9 co-sponsors (1 Democrat, 8 Republicans)
Votes
No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.
History
- By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- First reading, referred to Ways & Means.
SB 5316 in other sessions
Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.
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- SB 5316 (2011–12) Competition council
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