1. 2018 LEGISLATIVE SESSION & SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET
Jed Bradley
Senior Policy Analyst
Office of Planning & Budgeting

2. SUPPLEMENTAL SESSIONS & BUDGETS
Supplemental sessions last 60 days, with the possibility of one or more 30-day special sessions
Supplemental budgets are intended to accommodate:
Technical corrections
Changes in expected Near General Fund- State (NGF-S) revenue from revenue forecasts
Changes in legally-mandated caseloads or workloads
All bills from the previous session are automatically reintroduced (unless passed)
Members also can (and do) submit new bills
-Supplemental sessions last 60 days with the possibility of one or more 30-day special sessions.
-In the 2017 session the legislature passed a two year budget funding government agencies through mid Legislators will now be working toward a supplemental budget. Supplemental budgets are intended to amend the biennial budget to accommodate:
Technical corrections
Changes in expected Near General Fund- State (NGF-S) revenue from revenue forecasts
AND Changes in legally-mandated caseloads or workloads
-All bills from the previous session are automatically reintroduced (unless passed)
-Members also can (and do) submit new bills

3. 2018 SESSION & SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET
REVENUE FORECAST & BUDGET OUTLOOK
The November revenue forecast predicted a slight increase in expected revenue for the current biennium
Total available GF-S revenue in is expected to be $43.6 billion, 13.7 percent more than
Higher education accounts for 8.8 percent of GF-S spending
McCleary update: The budget increased K-12 spending by $7.3 billion over four years, but the Supreme Court ruled that the state still hasn’t satisfied obligations
-The November revenue forecast predicted a slight increase in revenue to be collected during the current biennium, which is now predicted to be roughly $43.6 billion.
-Higher education accounts for 8.8 percent of GF-S spending
-McCleary update: The budget increased K-12 spending by $7.3 billion over four years, but the Supreme Court ruled that the state still hasn’t satisfied obligations
-Overall, this is not promising for any additional funding for higher education in the supplemental budget.

4. GOVERNOR INSLEE’S PROPOSED SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGETS
Governor Inslee released his 2018 Supplemental Budget proposals on December 14
No notable increase in funding for higher education, but about $1 billion in additional funding for K-12
The proposal did not fund our request to modify the “fund split” between state funding and tuition revenue for new expenses
Includes a couple small increases for UW:
Additional funding for computer science enrollments
Operations funding for buildings coming online in
Capital budget: similar to the final bipartisan proposal that was not passed due to a disagreement over water rights. Includes funding for the Burke Museum, seismic upgrades, Health Sciences T-Wing, Population Health Sciences Building, CAMCET, capital repair, Parrington Hall, and growth at Bothell and Tacoma.
-Governor Inslee released his 2018 Supplemental Budget proposals on December 14
-No notable increase in funding for higher education, but nearly $1 billion in additional funding for K-12
-The Governor’s proposal did not fund our request to modify the “fund split” between state funding and tuition revenue for new expenses, which Joe will talk about a bit more later
Includes a couple small increases for UW:
-Additional funding for computer science enrollments
-Operations funding for new buildings
-Capital budget: similar to the final bipartisan proposal that was not passed due to a disagreement over water rights. Includes funding for the Burke Museum, seismic upgrades to unreinforced masonry buildings, Health Sciences T-Wing, Population Health Sciences Building, Center for Advanced Materials and Clean Energy Technologies, capital repair, growth at Bothell and Tacoma, and Parrington Hall

5. AS A REMINDER…
Leadership in the House and Senate will release their own budget proposals over the course of session
OPB will review budgets as they are released and will produce budget briefs for all major budget proposals
Stay tuned to session related s and the OPBlog (depts.washington.edu/opbblog/) for updates regarding:
Budget proposals
Revenue forecasts
As a reminder…
-Leadership in the House and Senate will release their own budget proposals over the course of session, which could start to happen within a couple months.
-OPB will review budgets as they are released and will produce budget briefs for all major budget proposals. We post budget briefs on our website here. Our brief for the Governor’s budgets is already posted!
-Finally, please stay tuned to session related s and the OPBlog (which is here) (depts.washington.edu/opbblog/) for updates regarding:
• Budget proposals
• Revenue forecasts