All Budget Highlights Posts

We’ve all been there: the second trip to the home improvement store for a part we forgot earlier; stopping at the grocery store every day...

With only four more periods in the fiscal year (excluding close out), Legislative economists watch with anticipation to see how close their brackets revenue projections...

The Utah Legislature concluded its 2025 General Session with a budget of $30.8 billion for fiscal year 2026. The budget includes $12.7 billion from state...

Ingredients: 8 - Appropriations Subcommittee Reports (linked below): Economic and Community Development Criminal Justice Higher Education General Government Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environmental Quality Transportation...

Every year, the Legislature passes a bill that adjusts the ongoing base funding for state employees’ compensation, sometimes referred to as the “compensation bill” or...

Passed on the 10th day of session, the base budget bills for state agencies provide important direction for state agencies in the upcoming budget year....

In December, Legislative economists provided updated revenue estimates to the Executive Appropriations Committee, along with a summary of how current spending and statutorily required and...

A quick glance at the December Revenue Snapshot shows a relatively bleak picture of year-to-date (YTD) state revenue collections, particularly for Income Tax Fund (ITF)...

Loyal readers of budget.utah.gov may recall this post from last month, summarizing the latest technology upgrades for the Fiscal Note system (FiNS). As a reminder,...

2024 marked the third year for the Legislative Fiscal Analyst’s Operations and Performance Team (Ops. Team). In addition to completing three efficiency evaluations for the...

During the 2020 General Session, the Legislature passed H.B. 357, “Public Education Funding Stabilization.” The bill, which was contingent on the passage of Constitutional Amendment...

During the 2024 interim, the Legislative staff have been hard at work designing and testing a new fiscal note system, intended to improve the user...