The updated revenue forecast was released last Wednesday and showed a disappointing $500-756 million reduction in anticipated revenue. They did not see a recession in our future, but they did see very slow growth and an aging population. This will make it more difficult to approve bills that have a large fiscal. Bills should start getting assigned to a Ways & Means subcommittee (because W&M has so many bills)- which is a good sign they may be moving. The pace of bills moving should also be speeding up now as they race to sine die on June 29th
Brian Smith, Chair
Columbia Chapter Legislative Committee