Staff provides assistance to special study committees and commissions.
It also reviews all programs or activities of state government which are required by statute to determine discretionary and non-discretionary state spending. LBAO staff monitors bills that hold appropriation and revenue implications, and write fiscal notes as they are needed. The LBAO staff provides support to the Fiscal Committee, the House Finance Committee, the Senate Finance Committee, the Senate Ways and Means Committee, the Senate Capital Budget Committee, the Capital Budget Overview Committee, and the Long Range Capital Planning and Utilization Committee. As required by statute, the Legislative Budget Assistant assists the committees responsible for estimating state revenues for the forthcoming biennium and tracks, for the responsible committees, actual state revenues as compared to projections. Please click on one of the categories below to learn more.