State Budget Update

Walker Delivers State Budget

Governor Scott Walker delivered the Wisconsin State Budget Address in the Assembly chambers of the Capitol on Tuesday, March 1. For more information regarding the budget address, please use the following links:

• The Legislative Fiscal Bureau released the language for both the Senate version and the Assembly version companion bills. [Please note: each document is 1,345 pages in length.]
  
• A copy of the Governor's prepared remarks.
• The Budget in Brief [98 pages]; or the shorter version, the Executive Budget Summary [16 pages]
• Video of the Governor Walker's budget address is available from WisconsinEye. Also available are videos of news conferences and reactions from legislative leaders and others.
• UW System news release:  University of Wisconsin leaders assess budget impact
  

The Department of Administration (DOA) also provides a series of helpful links, the following may be most useful:

• About the Budget Documents
• How to Read the 2011-13 Executive Budget
• Statewide Budget and Positions Summaries

Next Steps for the Budget
Following the Governor's budget address, the Joint Finance Committee (JFC) briefly met and voted to approve the budget introduction.

The Legislative Fiscal Bureau will release an analysis of the bill, which typically takes two to three weeks. Following this release, the JFC will hold agency briefings, likely at the end of this month. The JFC's public hearings are currently expected to be held in April.

Please check back regularly for updates on the budget process.