Decoding the Governor's Budget: Why Your Advocacy Starts in the Fall
- The Policy Stack
- Oct 1
- 3 min read
Updated: Oct 17
October 2025 | The Policy Stack
For many, the state legislative session begins with the resounding crash of a gavel in January. But for those who truly shape public policy, the most critical season is already underway. While the leaves are turning, state agencies are deep in the throes of a process that will define the legislative landscape for the next year: preparing their budget requests for the governor.
If your advocacy strategy waits until January, you're not just late to the party—you've missed the party entirely. The governor's executive budget, typically released in the winter, is the single most important policy document of the year. It's the blueprint from which the legislature will work, and items included in it have a massive head start. Items left out face a steep, often impossible, uphill climb.
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