HB 1408 CO

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The act requires a state agency, defined as any department, commission, council, board, bureau, committee, institution of higher education, agency, or other governmental unit of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of state government that receives an appropriation or is otherwise included in the annual general appropriation act, to submit a base budget for the upcoming state fiscal year to the joint budget committee and the office of state planning and budgeting (office) on or before September 1 of each year, beginning in 2026. The act excludes specific independent agencies within the judicial department from this requirement. For these excluded agencies, the office of administrative services for independent agencies must submit a single, consolidated base budget on their behalf. A base budget is defined as the total amount appropriated in the annual general appropriation act and other legislation enacted in the prior state fiscal year plus:Out-year costs or savings from legislation adopted in prior years that were not included in the appropriations for the preceding state fiscal year; and Budget adjustments from prior years that were not included in the appropriations for the preceding state fiscal year.A state agency is required to submit its base budget using a format agreed upon by state agencies and the office, in coordination with joint budget committee staff.     The act also requires the director of the office, in collaboration with the executive director of the department of personnel, to provide information related to the office's calculations for common policies, as annually submitted in the governor's November 1 budget request, to the departments, institutions, and agencies of the executive, judicial, and legislative branches of state government as soon as practicable prior to the submission of the November 1 budget request.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

• K. Brown Democratic · sponsor
• R. Taggart Republican · sponsor
• J. Amabile Democratic · sponsor
• J. Bridges Democratic · sponsor
• E. Sirota Democratic · sponsor
• B. Kirkmeyer Republican · sponsor

1. Jun 1, 2026 Governor Signed · executive
2. May 28, 2026 Sent to the Governor · executive
3. May 28, 2026 Signed by the President of the Senate · upper
4. May 28, 2026 Signed by the Speaker of the House · lower
5. Apr 16, 2026 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments · upper
6. Apr 15, 2026 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments · upper
7. Apr 14, 2026 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole · upper
8. Apr 13, 2026 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations · upper
9. Apr 11, 2026 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments · lower
10. Apr 10, 2026 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments · lower
11. Apr 9, 2026 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments · lower
12. Apr 8, 2026 House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments · lower
13. Apr 6, 2026 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole · lower
14. Apr 2, 2026 Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations · lower