This bill appropriates additional funds to the State Appellate Public Defender for the fiscal year 2026, totaling $139,800, which includes $129,500 for personnel costs, $8,200 for operating expenditures, and an insertion of $2,100 for capital outlay. Additionally, the bill increases the full-time equivalent position authorization for the State Appellate Public Defender by one position for the same fiscal year.

Furthermore, the bill provides reappropriation authority for unexpended and unencumbered balances from fiscal year 2025, allowing up to $1,209,400 to be used for capital case representation and for costs related to outside counsel for noncapital appeals. The reappropriated funds are designated for nonrecurring expenditures during the period from July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2026. The bill declares an emergency, making it effective immediately on July 1, 2025.