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Bill Number: HB26-1178
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Archived At: 2026-02-23 13:35:15 MST
Created At: 2026-02-23 13:35:15 MST

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One of those conditions is that the overexpenditure is necessary due to unforeseen circumstances arising while the general assembly is not meeting in a regular or special session. The bill modifies that condition to also include when an overexpenditure is necessary due to a lapse in a federal appropriation that the joint budget committee determines is reasonably likely to occur while the general assembly is not meeting in regular or special session during which such overexpenditure can be legislatively addressed.</p><p>The bill also makes a conforming amendment to the process by which the general assembly can remove the spending restriction that the controller attaches to an overexpenditure. 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