2022 End of Session Report

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End of Session Report 2022

By RPEC Lobbyist Emily Murphy
March 17, 2022

Context

The 2022 60-day Legislative Session concluded on time on March 10th. For the second year of the pandemic, the legislature conducted its business mostly remotely.

With Democratic majorities in both chambers, the legislature passed the 2022 supplemental operating budget totally $64.1 billion in state general funds and $130.9 billion in total funds for the 2021-23 biennium, including more than $1 billion in remaining federal coronavirus aid, an overall increase of roughly $5 billion from the budget lawmakers approved last April. The 8% spending increase is paid…

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