Budget Committee #
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Membership; budget data; and meeting schedule, agendas, minutes, and videos available on website.
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“The Budget Committee holds public hearings with state agencies to outline their budget requests. After the hearings are completed and future revenue estimates are presented via the Revenue Forecast, the committee makes a single, comprehensive budget recommendation to the Governor” (Indiana State Budget Agency).
House Ways and Means Committee #
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Membership; bills in committee; and meeting schedule, agenda, and video available on website.
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“The legislative budget process begins in the House of Representatives, when the Speaker of the House assigns the budget bill to the House Ways and Means Committee. This committee considers the proposed legislation and holds hearings. These hearings provide an opportunity for agency representatives and the public to be heard on various aspects of the proposed budget. The Committee may amend the bill by majority vote. When deliberations are completed, the Ways and Means Committee reports the bill out for consideration by the entire House, usually in an amended form” (Indiana State Budget Agency).
Senate Appropriations Committee #
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Membership; bills in committee; and meeting schedule, agenda, and video available on website.
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“In the Senate, the Appropriations Committee has primary responsibility for budget bill deliberations…the Senate Appropriations Committee conducts public hearings with selected agencies before issuing a committee report. Again, the bill may be amended in committee by a majority vote” (Indiana State Budget Agency).
