The proposed 2008 supplemental operating budget is expected to be released one week from today on February 20th by committee chair Rep. Helen Sommers (D-Seattle). A public hearing on that budget is now scheduled for 3:30 p.m. that afternoon in House Hearing Room A. The 2008 House capital budget is also expected to be released next week and a public hearing on Rep. Bill Fromhold’s proposal is scheduled for next Thursday at 8:00 a.m.
Although a schedule has not been announced, it is widely speculated that the Senate operating and capital budgets will be released the following week.