SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE March 16, 2018 10:05 a.m. 10:05:26 AM CALL TO ORDER Co-Chair MacKinnon called the Senate Finance Committee meeting to order at 10:05 a.m. MEMBERS PRESENT Senator Lyman Hoffman, Co-Chair Senator Anna MacKinnon, Co-Chair Senator Click Bishop, Vice-Chair Senator Peter Micciche Senator Donny Olson Senator Gary Stevens Senator Natasha von Imhof MEMBERS ABSENT None ALSO PRESENT Laura Cramer, Staff, Senator Anna MacKinnon. SUMMARY SB 196 APPROPRIATION LIMIT CSSB 196(FIN) was REPORTED out of committee with a "do pass" recommendation and with one previously published fiscal note: FN1 (GOV/VARIOUS). SENATE BILL NO. 196 "An Act relating to an appropriation limit; and providing for an effective date." 10:06:20 AM Vice-Chair Bishop MOVED to ADOPT the committee substitute for SB 196, Work Draft 30-LS1022\O (Wallace, 3/15/18). Co-Chair MacKinnon OBJECTED for discussion. LAURA CRAMER, STAFF, SENATOR ANNA MACKINNON, discussed the Summary of Changes (copy on file): Section 1: Page 1, lines 4 - 8 Intent language that the legislature reevaluate the appropriation limit in three years Section 3: Page 2, line 14 Statutory Appropriation Limit: Appropriation Limit excludes appropriations: Section 4: Page 2, lines 23 - 30 Requires the Governor to submit a report with his operating budget with the calculation of the appropriation limit. The report must be updated with the supplemental appropriation bill and budget amendments Section 6: Page 3, lines 1 - 5 Applicability language that the appropriation limit and Governor's report applies to Fiscal Year 2020 Section 7: Page 3, lines 6 - 11 Transition language that the calculation of the appropriation limit is not adjusted for inflation and may not exceed $4,100,000,000 for FY2020 Co-Chair MacKinnon WITHDREW the OBJECTION. There being NO OBJECTION, the proposed committee substitute was adopted. Vice-Chair Bishop discussed the fiscal note. Co-Chair MacKinnon OPENED and CLOSED public testimony. Senator Micciche thanked the committee and felt that there had been healthy discussion about tying in an appropriation limit to the annual budgeting process. Co-Chair MacKinnon surmised that there was an idea of tying a calculation, so the governor must disclose at the point of the budget introduction, supplemental, and amendments. Co-Chair MacKinnon remarked that there was a concern about state disasters. She asked for further comment. Vice-Chair Bishop replied that there was a three-year look- back in Section 1. Co-Chair MacKinnon announced that the three-year look-back was necessary to be sure that the statutory appropriation limit functioned as intended by the legislature. Vice-Chair Bishop MOVED to REPORT CS SB 196 (FIN) from committee with individual recommendations and accompanying fiscal note. There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered. CSSB 196(FIN) was REPORTED out of committee with a "do pass" recommendation and with one previously published fiscal note: FN1 (GOV/VARIOUS). ADJOURNMENT 10:12:43 AM The meeting was adjourned at 10:12 a.m.