HB1199 Summary

• Requires the Office of Legislative Analyst to prepare fiscal notes for all fiscal bills before committees vote on them, increasing transparency by disclosing potential financial impacts on state and local government.

• Changes the appointment and removal of the legislative analyst from committee-based selection to appointment by majority vote of both houses in joint session, and sets the analyst's salary equal to the director of the legislative reference bureau.

• Authorizes the legislative analyst to employ a first assistant and other necessary staff, expanding the office's capacity to produce fiscal notes.

• Mandates that fiscal notes include dollar amounts, affected statutes, revenue/expenditure estimates, absorable costs, assumptions, and long-range implications, and must be delivered to relevant committees and made public as part of standing committee reports.

• Appropriates funds for fiscal years 2025-2026 and 2026-2027 for the Office of Legislative Analyst's operations, including salaries and equipment, effective July 1, 2025.