S.B. 3 Current Fiscal Year Supplemental Appropriations: transcript

Thank you very much. Uh, this bill supplements appropriations for the fiscal year 2026, which need, which ends on June 30th. These are additions to the appropriations made in the appropriations bills passed in 2025. General session. It contains funding items appro, uh, funding items, appropriation adjustments and intent language approved by the Executive Appropriations Committee last Friday. From recommendations provided by the appropriation subcommittees, we have distributed an index, which is on your desk, uh, that shows each each approved funding item. And there is, uh, there is included in the appropriations acts for those, uh, items approved last Friday. There are physical notes on bills which will be funded in the appropriations bills, which will be in the house, which is House Bill three, unless they carry their own appropriation. Four other bills made public this week also contained funding items approved by the Executive Appropriations. Friday we have just passed House Bill two, uh, in the, in the Senate we have just passed, uh, or Senate bill eight. Uh, and we will, uh, they and they include some fees and different things that set rates and appropriation of money. Appropriates money free impacts this Bill Appropriates four, uh, 454 million point 0.7 million including a reduction of 25.8 million from the general fund and income tax fund for the fiscal year 2026 in the state operating and capital budgets and expendable funds and accounts. It transfers another 85.6 billion from other funds and accounts into the general income tax funds. That concludes my presentation. I would, uh, be happy to try and answer some questions if anyone has any.

Thank you. I would move that under, under, uh, uh, suspension of the rules as Senate Bill three pass.

Thank you. Got a simple cleanup Bill. This directs deals with a few definitions and then directs some of the money to corrections rather than AP NP. Um, that just makes sense because we've got a division with an agency and, and sending the funding through the agency is the appropriate avenue. With that, I'm open for questions.

Senate Bill three. Current fiscal year supplemental appropriations by Senator Stevenson. The House sponsors Representative Val Peterson, Representative Val Peterson.

Thank you Mr. Speaker. Senate Bill three Appropriates $454.7 million including a reduction of 25.8 million from the general and income tax funds for FY 2026 in the State's operating in capital budgets and expendable funds accounts. It also transfers another 85.6 million from other funds and accounts in the general and income tax funds. If you look at this bill at, uh, funds various agencies in state government such as Higher education, the governor's office, goo and uh, this is a supplemental amount that we did after we did our base budgets as as we reviewed it. And with that, that's my presentation. Mr. Speaker.

You representatives. I appreciate your support on this as we fund our state government and we start to work through our process, we have, uh, one more, uh, major budget bill today. Thanks. And then, uh, we'll have our last, uh, bill of Bills Friday night that, uh, will, uh, be the end of our fiscal process, this current fiscal year. Thank you.