SB3170 - Noncitizen Population Spending Transparency Act

• Department of Human Services must prepare annual reports identifying all state spending on services and resources for noncitizen and asylum-seeking populations, in collaboration with relevant state agencies including education, public health, healthcare, labor, and emergency management.

• Reports must include total spending amounts, specific appropriations authorizing spending, number of families or individuals served, funding sources, and contracts awarded in categories including emergency shelter, food, health services, legal services, job training, school enrollment, and mental health assessments.

• Department of Human Services must submit reports to the General Assembly by November 15, 2024, and annually thereafter, and post reports on its public website.

• Beginning with fiscal year 2026 budgets, all executive branch state agency budgets submitted by the Governor and appropriations made by the General Assembly must include detailed accounting of all proposed spending on noncitizen and asylum-seeking populations.

• Effective immediately upon enactment.