Joint Budget Committee

Thursday, January 22, 2026·4h 43m·▶ Watch / Listen

Key Actions

·OEDIT S1 – Climber Loan Program Transfer ($15M)Passed

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Controversies

SNAP payment error causation and staffing approach

Representative Taggart argued the Department of Human Services should identify the root causes of SNAP payment errors before hiring staff, stating 'There's nothing in here that tells us what the causation of the errors are. And just throwing six people out there to look at 200 more cases a month, I don't understand how we get there.' Senator Kirkmeyer argued the errors likely stem from CBMs technology problems, making new hires potentially futile. Tom Dermody acknowledged the current review teams had not assessed causation. The motion passed 4-2 over Taggart's and Kirkmeyer's objections.

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Notable Quotes

“If you run a bill to make the diversion and then we end up above the TABOR cap, then all you've done is take money away from the affordable housing program and push out general fund as a TABOR refund.”
Craig Harper, JBC staff — Harper was explaining the risk of introducing the Prop 123 $110 million income tax diversion bill before the March revenue forecast, given uncertainty about whether the state would exceed the TABOR cap.

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Votes

Staff recommendation for OEDIT S1 Climber loan program transfer ($15M to general fund)Passed

No (1)Senator Bridges

Staff recommendation for Dept. of Early Childhood S3 UPK cash fund increase ($10M)Passed

No (1)Senator Kirkmeyer

Staff recommendation for DHS S1 SNAP payment errors accuracy team (~$225K, 1.6 FTE)Passed

No (2)Senator Kirkmeyer, Representative Taggart

Staff recommendation for DPS S3 Wildfire Resiliency Code Enforcement Unit ($266,372)Failed

No (3)Emily Sirota, Senator Kirkmeyer, Representative Taggart

Staff recommendation for DPS S4 School Construction Inspection Increase ($76,934)Failed

No (3)Senator Mabrey, Senator Kirkmeyer, Representative Taggart

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TranscriptPreview

Andrew McClear, JBC staff the first item I have for you is a memo I dropped in front of you just now. This is just a memo regarding the Office of Information Technology's request to transfer $11 million from the IT Revolving Fund to the the general fund. This is a table you have seen before, reflecting the the projected fund balances for the fund, showing that this $11 million transfer can be made under current revenues. Staff is recommending approval of this request. Anyone? Vice Chair Burgess? This one, yeah. Thank you, Madam Chair. I move staff rec s1. Is there any objection seeing none. That passes on a vote of. Sorry, Are we clear? Sorry, not clear. Okay. That passes on a vote of 5 to 0, with Kirkmeyer excused. Mr. McClear. All right. Thank you, Madam Chair. All right, so this I will now start on the supplemental requests for the office of the Governor. Flipping ahead to page two, this is the summary table showing the four highlighted items I will be discussing today. These are all different kind of revenue enhancement options the Governor's office has provided for budget balancing purposes. So this is why…

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