FISCAL NOTE, 89TH LEGISLATURE 2nd CALLED SESSION 2025
September 3, 2025
TO:
Honorable Dustin Burrows, Speaker of the House, House of Representatives
FROM:
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
HR174 by Bonnen (Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, S.B. No. 5.), As Introduced
Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for HR174, As Introduced: a positive impact of $2,594,265 through the biennium ending August 31, 2027.
Appropriations:
Fiscal Year
Appropriation out of General Revenue Fund 1
Appropriation out of Economic Stabilization Fund 599
2026
$0
$2,594,265
2027
$2,484,726
$0
General Revenue-Related Funds, Five- Year Impact:
Fiscal Year
Probable Net Positive/(Negative) Impact to General Revenue Related Funds
2026
$2,594,265
2027
$0
2028
$0
2029
$0
2030
$0
All Funds, Five-Year Impact:
Fiscal Year
Probable Savings/(Cost) from General Revenue Fund 1
Probable Revenue Gain/(Loss) from General Revenue Fund 1
Probable Savings/(Cost) from Economic Stabilization Fund 599
Change in Number of State Employees from FY 2025
2026
$0
$2,594,265
($2,594,265)
16.0
2027
($2,484,726)
$2,484,726
$0
16.0
2028
($2,484,726)
$2,484,726
$0
16.0
2029
($2,484,726)
$2,484,726
$0
16.0
2030
($2,484,726)
$2,484,726
$0
16.0
Fiscal Analysis
The resolution would suspend House Rule 13, Section 9 (a) (4) to permit the conference committee on Senate Bill 5 to add text on a matter not included in either the house or senate version of the bill in proposed SECTION 4 of the bill, by adding contingent appropriations to the Department of State Health Services for campground and youth camp safety.
The added section would, contingent on the passage of Senate Bill 1 or similar legislation, appropriate the amount of $2,594,265 from the Economic Stabilization Fund (ESF) for use during the two-year period beginning on the bill's effective date, and the amount of $2,484,726 from the General Revenue Fund (GR) for use during fiscal year 2027 to DSHS to implement the bill's provisions. The added section would require DSHS to adjust the amount DSHS sets for youth camp license fees as necessary to recover the costs of these appropriations. The added section would authorize DSHS to use $500,000 in capital budget authority for the appropriations during the 2026-27 biennium.
Methodology
The above tables reflect total appropriations made in the added section.
According to the Comptroller of Public Accounts, the appropriation from the ESF would take place on or after September 1, 2025, and any impact on interest or investment earnings within the ESF would be negligible. The Comptroller assumes there would be an increase to General Revenue in fiscal years 2026 and 2027 as a result of increased youth camp fee collections, as would be required by the bill. The Comptroller's analysis assumes DSHS would recover the entire amount of the ESF appropriation in fiscal year 2026, and that of the General Revenue appropriation in fiscal year 2027; as a result, there would be a gain to General Revenue in fiscal year 2026 and net zero impact to General Revenue in fiscal year 2027.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies:
304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 529 Health and Human Services Commission, 537 State Health Services, Department of