Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Michael P. Callagy, County Executive
Connie Juarez-Diroll, Chief Legislative Officer
Subject: 2024 State and Federal Legislative Update #3
RECOMMENDATION:
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Accept this informational report on the 2024 State and Federal Legislative sessions.
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BACKGROUND:
Following the February 16, 2024, bill submission deadline, the California Legislature reported that 2,124 bills were introduced for the 2024 session. While many of these proposals are still being finalized, the Intergovernmental and Public Affairs (IGPA) unit has begun to track more than 310 bills of interest to the County. Policy committees have until April 26 to refer bills to the fiscal committees and until May 24 to pass bills introduced in their respective house.
In late February, the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) updated its revenue forecast for the 2024-2025 fiscal year and anticipated that the state would receive $24 billion less revenue than the Governor had projected in his January budget proposal. As a result, the LAO now estimates the state budget deficit to be $73 billion. On March 14, 2024, Senate leadership released "Shrink the Shortfall," a budget proposal to address about $17 billion of the state's estimated $38 to $53 billion budget deficit.
On March 9, 2024, President Biden signed H.R. 4366, the "Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024," a six-bill, $460 billion spending package that includes funding for the following fiscal year 2024 appropriations measures: Agriculture, Commerce-Justice-Science; Energy-Water; Interior-Environment; Military Construction-Veterans Affairs, and Transportation-HUD. The package also included funding for Congressional Direct Spending requests, or "earmarks," which include two County projects.
DISCUSSION:
The following is a list of new notable bills identified since the February 2024 legislative update:
Behavioral Health
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