The Senate and Assembly are sharpening their budget-analysis knives with publication Friday of a list of department-by-department hearings starting in late March and running through mid-May.
SENATE
All hearings in Rm. 4 of the Statehouse Annex.
March 28
10 a.m.: Budget Overview and Revenue Forecast (Office of Legislative Services)
1 p.m., Budget Overview (State Treasurer)
March 30
10 a.m., Department of Community Affairs
1 p.m., Department of Environmental Protection
April 4
10 a.m., Department of Health and Senior Services
1 p.m., The Judiciary
April 6
10 a.m., Department of Children and Families
1 p.m., Department of Banking and Insurance
April 11
10 a.m., Higher Educational Services
1 p.m., Department of Law and Public Safety
April 13
10 a.m., Department of Transportation, NJ Transit and Motor Vehicle Commission
1 p.m., Department of Corrections and State Parole Board
April 27
10 a.m., Department of Education
1 p.m., Department of Labor and Workforce Development
May 2
10 a.m., Department of Human Services/Medicaid
May 4
10 a.m., Department of Treasury and Interdepartmental Accounts
May 9
10 a.m., Department of Agriculture
11 a.m., Department of Military and Veterans’ Affairs
1 p.m., Department of State
May 18
10 a.m., Revenue Update (Office of Legislative Services)
1 p.m., Revenue Update (State Treasurer)
ASSEMBLY
All hearings in Rm. 11 of the Statehouse Annex
March 29
10 a.m., Budget Overview and Revenue Forecast (Office of Legislative Services)
1 p.m., Budget Overview (State Treasurer)
March 31
10 a.m., Transportation Roundtable
2 p.m., Department of Transportation, NJ Transit and Motor Vehicle Commission
April 5
10 a.m., Medicaid Roundtable
2 p.m., Medicaid
April 7
10 a.m., Department of Human Services
2:30 p.m., Department of Labor and Workforce Development
April 12
10 a.m., Department of Education
2:30 p.m., Department of State
April 14
10 a.m., Department of Health and Senior Services
2:30 p.m., Department of Children and Families
April 28
10 a.m., Department of Military and Veterans’ Affairs
11:30 a.m., Department of Agriculture
2 p.m., Department of Banking and Insurance
3:30 p.m., The Judiciary
May 3
10 a.m., Property Tax Roundtable
2 p.m., Department of Community Affairs
May 5
10 a.m., Department of Environmental Protection
2:30 p.m., Department of Law and Public Safety
May 10
10 a.m., Higher Education Roundtable
2 p.m., Higher Educational Services
May 12
10 a.m., Department of Treasury and Interdepartmental Accounts
2:30 p.m., Department of Corrections and State Parole Board
May 17
10 a.m., Revenue Update (Office of Legislative Services)
1 p.m., Revenue Update (State Treasurer)