House Committee on Budget #
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Purpose/Jurisdiction #
“(a) The Chair of the Committee on Budget shall have the sole responsibility of filing all appropriations bills. The Committee on Budget shall have the responsibility for any other bills, measures, or questions referred to it pertaining to the appropriation and disbursement of public moneys.
“(b) Other duties. The committee may consider and report upon any bill or resolution referred to it which, in the opinion of the Speaker, merits special consideration. The committee may also consider and report upon bills and matters referred to it relating to the reorganization, consolidation, and abolition of boards, bureaus, commissions, and other offices and buildings of the state, including the Division of Facilities Management, Design and Construction, the capitol grounds, and the state and legislative libraries. The committee is empowered to study and investigate the efficiency and economy of all branches of government, including the possible existence of fraud, misfeasance, malfeasance, collusion, mismanagement, incompetence, corruption, waste, conflicts of interest, and the improper expenditure of government funds in transactions, contracts, and activities of the government or government officials and employees. The committee is authorized to hold hearings, sit, and act at any time or place within the state of Missouri during the recess and adjournment periods of the House, administer oaths, and take testimony, either orally or by sworn written statement. If the committee, after hearing and upon findings incorporated in a report, deems that a particular activity, bureau, agency, committee, commission, department, or any other entity of state government should be discontinued, it shall report such finding to the House for further action by the House.”(b) Other duties. The committee may consider and report upon any bill or resolution referred to it which, in the opinion of the Speaker, merits special consideration. The committee may also consider and report upon bills and matters referred to it relating to the reorganization, consolidation, and abolition of boards, bureaus, commissions, and other offices and buildings of the state, including the Division of Facilities Management, Design and Construction, the capitol grounds, and the state and legislative libraries. The committee is empowered to study and investigate the efficiency and economy of all branches of government, including the possible existence of fraud, misfeasance, malfeasance, collusion, mismanagement, incompetence, corruption, waste, conflicts of interest, and the improper expenditure of government funds in transactions, contracts, and activities of the government or government officials and employees. The committee is authorized to hold hearings, sit, and act at any time or place within the state of Missouri during the recess and adjournment periods of the House, administer oaths, and take testimony, either orally or by sworn written statement. If the committee, after hearing and upon findings incorporated in a report, deems that a particular activity, bureau, agency, committee, commission, department, or any other entity of state government should be discontinued, it shall report such finding to the House for further action by the House.
“(c) The Committee on Budget shall have the following subcommittees:
- “a. The Subcommittee on Appropriations – Agriculture, Conservation, Natural Resources, and Economic Development.
- “b. The Subcommittee on Appropriations – Education.
- “c. The Subcommittee on Appropriations – General Administration.
- “d. The Subcommittee on Appropriations – Health, Mental Health, and Social Services.
- “e. The Subcommittee on Appropriations – Public Safety, Corrections, Transportation, and Revenue.
- “f. Other subcommittees designated by the Speaker.
“(d) The Committee on Budget may place a limitation on the time of floor debate for appropriations bills. If a time limitation is imposed, such time shall be divided equally between and controlled by the floor handler of the bill and the floor leader of the political party other than that of the floor handler or their respective designees” (House Rule 24(4)).
House Committee on Fiscal Review #
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Purpose/Jurisdiction #
“(a) The Committee on Fiscal Review shall consider any bill which requires net additional expenditures of state money in excess of $250,000 or which reduces net state revenue by more than $250,000 in any of the three fiscal years immediately following the effective date or at full implementation of the bill. The following bills, excluding appropriations bills, shall be automatically referred to the Committee on Fiscal Review:
- “a. Any House bill after perfection and before third reading that requires net additional expenditures of state moneys in excess of $250,000 or that reduces net state revenue by more than $250,000 in any of the three fiscal years immediately following the effective date or at full implementation of the bill.
- “b. Any House bill returned with Senate amendments before its consideration.
- “c. Any Senate bill upon placement on the third reading calendar that requires net additional expenditures of state moneys in excess of $250,000 or that reduces net state revenue by more than $250,000 in any of the three fiscal years immediately following the effective date or at full implementation of the bill.
- “d. Conference committee reports for all House bills and Senate bills upon submission and distribution.
“(b) Any Senate or House bill amended so as to increase net expenditures or reduce net revenues shall, upon timely motion adopted by the members, be referred to the Committee on Fiscal Review.
“(c) The primary sponsor or, in the case of a Senate bill, the floor handler of a bill referred to the Committee on Fiscal Review shall be entitled to a hearing on the bill but such hearing shall be limited to the reception of testimony by the primary sponsor or floor handler, as the case may be, in person and none other, without leave of the committee chair.
“(d) For the purposes of this rule, “net” is defined as the sum of revenues and expenditures, after reductions and increases brought about by a bill have been calculated.
“(e) The Committee on Fiscal Review may, with the consent of the House sponsor or floor handler, amend an effective date, emergency clause, or sunset provision onto any bill referred to the Committee prior to its third reading.
“(f) If the chair of the Committee on Fiscal Review or any member with approval by a majority vote of the standing committee requests clarifying questions or supplemental information from the director of the oversight division of the Committee on Legislative Research, such clarifications may be given to the Committee or to the member in the form of an appendix to the fiscal note” (House Rule 24(16)).
House Committee on Ways and Means #
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Purpose/Jurisdiction #
“The Committee on Ways and Means may consider and report upon bills and matters referred to it relating to the taxes of the state, tax credits, revenue and public debt of the state, and the interest thereon, and the administration of taxation and revenue laws. The committee may also inquire into and suggest to the House such changes, if any, that should be made in respect to existing sources of revenue and such new sources of revenue, if any, that in the judgment of the committee should be considered by the House. The committee may also inquire into and suggest to the House such changes, if any, that should be made in respect to eliminating any existing sources of revenue, if any, that in the judgment of the committee should be considered by the House” (House Rule 24(34)).
Senate Committee on Appropriations #
Website #
Membership, assigned bills, and meeting minutes available on website.
Purpose/Jurisdiction #
“The Committee on Appropriations shall consider and report upon all bills and matters referred to it pertaining to general appropriations and disbursement of public money” (committee website).
Senate Committee on Fiscal Oversight #
Website #
Membership, assigned bills, and meeting minutes available on website.
Purpose/Jurisdiction #
“The Committee on Fiscal Oversight shall review, study, and investigate all bills and matters referred to it relating to the fiscal affairs of the state or any state agency or department as well as any policy impacting the operation and effectiveness of any state agency or department or program thereof. The Committee on Fiscal Oversight shall also consider and report upon all bills, except regular appropriation bills, that require new appropriations or expenditures of appropriated funds in excess of $250,000, or that reduce such funds by that amount during any of the first three years that public funds will be used to fully implement the provisions of the Act, or that result in an increase in revenue to the state in excess of $250,000 during any of the first three years in which the provisions of the Act will be fully implemented. Any such senate bill, after having been approved by the regular standing committee to which it has been assigned and after the same has been perfected and ordered printed by the senate, shall thereafter be referred to the Committee on Fiscal Oversight for its consideration prior to its submission to the senate for final passage thereof by the senate. Any such house bill after having been reported by the regular standing committee to which it was assigned shall be referred to the Committee on Fiscal Oversight for its consideration prior to it being considered by the senate for third reading and final passage. Any senate or house bill amended so as to increase expenditures or reduce revenue in excess of $250,000 during any of the first three years that public funds will be used to fully implement its provisions, or amended so as to increase revenue to the state in excess of $250,000 during any of the first three years in which its provisions will be fully implemented, shall upon timely motion be referred or re-referred to the Committee on Fiscal Oversight. The author or first named sponsor of a bill referred to the Committee on Fiscal Oversight shall be entitled to a hearing on his or her bill but such committee hearing shall be limited to the reception of testimony presented by the author or first-named sponsor in person and none other. The Committee on Fiscal Oversight may recommend the passage of a bill subject to the adoption of an amendment specifying a certain effective date proposed by the committee, and if such an amendment is not adopted, the bill shall again be referred to the Committee on Fiscal Oversight” (committee website).
