An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summary

Authorizes the Senate Judiciary Committee to conduct hearings, reports, and investigations from March 1, 2025 through February 28, 2027 and to make related expenditures, hire personnel, and use executive department or agency staff with proper consent. It sets specific spending ceilings for three time periods within that window, establishes subcaps for consultant contracts and professional staff training, and prescribes how committee expenses are to be paid from the Senate contingent fund and related appropriations, including listed exceptions to voucher requirements.

• Authorizes Judiciary Committee hearings, reports, and investigations from March 1, 2025 to February 28, 2027.
• Permits committee to spend from the Senate contingent fund and to hire personnel for that period.
• Sets explicit spending ceilings for three date ranges totaling roughly $31,077,189 across the full period.
• Establishes consultant procurement and professional training subcaps for each period.
• Allows use of executive department/agency personnel with prior consent and possible reimbursement.
• Specifies that committee expenses are paid via vouchers approved by the committee chair, with listed routine exceptions.
• Authorizes use of Senate appropriations for agency contributions to committee employee compensation for the three periods.
• Limits on consultants and training constrain outside contracting and staff development spending.