SB 174 Summary

• Appropriates $401,062,600 in operating expenditures for fiscal year 2020, including $290,404,500 for Medicaid services, $110,500,000 for fire suppression, and $158,100 for transportation infrastructure.

• Appropriates $48,316,000 in capital projects and grants, including $35,856,000 for HUD Community Development Block Grant disaster recovery, $3,700,000 for election security (Help America Vote Act), and $8,155,000 for transportation equipment and vessel overhaul.

• Reappropriates unexpended balances totaling approximately $4.4 million from prior-year appropriations for various departments including Commerce, Transportation, and Revenue for continuing projects.

• Amends prior appropriations including $6,000,000 from the power cost equalization endowment fund for Palmer Correctional Center reopening (extended through June 30, 2021) and $131,700 for Department of Law judgment settlements.

• Authorizes appropriation from the constitutional budget reserve fund if unrestricted state revenue is insufficient to cover general fund appropriations in fiscal year 2020, and establishes immediate effective date.