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State operations bill advances amid debate over broad legal‑defense funding for state officers
Summary
Assembly Bill 3000D, the state operations appropriation for SFY 2025–26, advanced after an extended floor debate that focused on a new, $10 million appropriation authorizing state payment of outside legal fees for certain state officers when the executive or attorney general determines they have been targeted because of their office.
The Assembly advanced Assembly Bill 3000D, the state operations budget bill for SFY 2025–26, which carries $63.6 billion in all‑funds appropriations and authorizes up to $25 billion in general fund disbursements.
Floor debate on the state operations bill included a mix of programmatic line items and a high‑profile dispute over a newly added provision authorizing the state to reimburse reasonable attorney fees and costs for certain state officers when the executive (or the attorney general for non‑executive officers) determines the individual was targeted because of the position they hold.
Chair Pretlow, the bill’s floor sponsor, described multiple line items across agencies including $68,100,000 for the Office of Cannabis Management, increased funding for the ethics commission (chiefly for lease costs), and an appropriation for a reparations commission. He answered questions on corrections funding and a…
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