The Senate and House Appropriations Committee kick off their agency-by-agency hearings on Gov. Wolf’s FY 2018-19 budget request next week both hearing from the Independent Fiscal Office. Here’s the schedule for several key agencies--
-- February 20-- House: 10:00- Independent Fiscal Office
-- February 20-- Senate: 1:00- Independent Fiscal Office
-- February 22-- House: 1:00- Department of Conservation and Natural Resources; 10:00- Department of Transportation
-- February 26-- House: 10:00- Department of Environmental Protection; 3:00- Department of Agriculture
-- February 26-- Senate: 3:00- Department of Transportation
-- February 28-- Senate: 1:00- Department of Agriculture; 3:00- Department of Conservation & Natural Resources
-- March 1-- Senate: 3:00- Department of Environmental Protection
-- March 8-- House: 10:00- Governor’s Budget Secretary
-- March 8-- Senate: 1:00- Governor’s Budget Secretary
All House budget hearings will be held in Room 140 of the Main Capitol in Harrisburg. Click Here to watch the hearing online. Click Here for the full House budget hearing schedule.
All Senate budget hearings will be in Hearing Room 1, North Office Building. Hearings are typically webcast on the Senate Republican website. Click Here for the full Senate budget hearing schedule.
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[Posted: Feb. 15, 2018]
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