House Bill 20 Summary

• Appropriates $92,949,992.00 from the General Fund and $1,578,105,219.00 from special funds to the Department of Human Services for fiscal year 2026 (July 1, 2025 - June 30, 2026).

• Authorizes $113,856,269.00 for personal services including employee salaries, wages, fringe benefits, and vacancy funding for 1,302 permanent and 353 time-limited positions.

• Transfers $1,000,000.00 to the Department of Health for child care licensure and $250,000.00 to the Department of Public Safety for the Juvenile Facility Monitoring Unit.

• Establishes performance targets for various programs including child support enforcement ($378,000,000 collections target), food assistance, TANF work program, and aging services (2,700,000 home delivered meals target).

• Reappropriates $56,188,624.00 in capital expense funds, including $54,000,000.00 to secure federal funding for a new computer system and allocates $15,000,000.00 for childcare vouchers and up to $1,500,000.00 in grants to regional food banks.