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House appropriations briefing adds hundreds of millions to HB 2007; human services, health and IT increases highlighted
Summary
Legislative Research assistant director Dylan Deer told the Senate Ways and Means Committee that House Appropriations has added about $165.2 million SGF to its FY2025 position in House Bill 2007 and $258.1 million for FY2026, with notable additions for human services, Medicaid-related programs, IT modernization and targeted grants.
Dylan Deer, assistant director for fiscal affairs in Legislative Research, briefed the Senate Ways and Means Committee on House Appropriations Committee adjustments to House Bill 2007, saying the committee’s actions add roughly $165.2 million in state general fund (SGF) for fiscal 2025 and $258.1 million for fiscal 2026 to the bill as introduced.
Deer told senators the HAP restored a $7 million SGF reappropriation for a centralized professional licensing verification portal, added $26 million SGF as the first year of a planned three‑to‑four year move to a cloud-based enterprise resource planning system, and restored several reappropriations including $500,000 for faith‑based security measures and $400,000 for mail‑scanning equipment. He said the HAP deleted about $19.3 million for Docking State Office…
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