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House Appropriations Committee reviews FY25 contingent appropriations, Emergency Board funds still available
Summary
The committee heard a Joint Fiscal Office briefing on statutory closeout order, the $138.97 million carryforward to FY26, contingency list funding, and remaining Emergency Board-accessible funds after a partial SNAP response; members questioned funding order and options to reallocate reserved sums.
The House Appropriations Committee on Jan. 8 received a briefing from the Joint Fiscal Office on how contingent appropriations from fiscal 2025 were applied at year-end and what funds remain available for fiscal 2026.
Emily Fern, introduced in the transcript as the Joint Fiscal Office deputy fiscal officer, told the committee that the statutory closeout order requires filling the General Fund stabilization reserve first, designating an unallocated carryforward (about $138,970,000), funding the contingent appropriation list in priority order, and then following statutory distributions for rainy day and pension allocations. Fern said the office had fully funded roughly $118,000,000 on the contingency list and carried forward about $138,000,000 into FY26.
Why it mattered: the closeout sequence determines whether one-time unexpected revenue pays for new priorities on the contingency…
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