SF5201 Summary

• Appropriates $44.161 million in fiscal year 2025 from the general fund for capital improvements including education ($23.425M), administration ($10.05M), corrections ($3.906M), human services ($2M), and other agencies.

• Requires prevailing wage rates for all projects funded and establishes that grant recipients must demonstrate ability to fund programs at facilities; exempts state agencies from this requirement.

• Creates new law establishing capital project preservation accounts requiring grantees to set aside funds for future major rehabilitation, replacement, or preservation of state-funded capital projects.

• Establishes a state building renewable energy, storage, and electric vehicle account to fund clean energy improvements at state buildings and electric vehicle purchases, with authority to apply for federal tax credits under the Inflation Reduction Act.

• Creates a new grant program through the Department of Employment and Economic Development for public skate park construction, transferring administration from the Amateur Sports Commission to the commissioner of employment and economic development.