BILL NUMBER: S9630
SPONSOR: KRUEGER
 
TITLE OF BILL:
An act making appropriations for the support of government; and provid-
ing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
 
PURPOSE:
This bill provides appropriations to various State departments and agen-
cies to permit certain payments due from April 1 to April 7, 2026, to be
made absent enactment of the Budget appropriation bills submitted by the
Governor for the State fiscal year beginning April 1, 2026.
 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 authorizes the Comptroller to utilize the appropriations
contained in this bill, which relate to the 2026-27 State fiscal year,
absent enactment of the 2026-27 Budget.
Section 2 provides $247.9 million in appropriation authority for
personal service payments scheduled to be made to State officers and
employees on the payrolls scheduled to be paid April 1 through April 7,
2026. This appropriation also includes payment for services performed by
mentally ill or developmentally disabled persons who are employed in
State operated special employment, work for pay or sheltered workshop
programs.
Section 3 provides $10 million in appropriation authority for nonper-
sonal service payments by various State agencies. It is the intent of
this section to provide sufficient authorization for agencies to enter
into contracts, the terms of which may continue beyond the life of this
appropriation and for which payments for liabilities incurred beyond
April 7, 2026 would be made subject to additional future appropriations.
Section 4 provides $22.5 million in appropriation authority for payment
of State employee and retiree fringe benefits and other fixed costs
mandated by statute or collective bargaining agreements during the peri-
od April 1 to April 7, 2026.The appropriation amount includes the
State's contribution to the Social Security payroll tax, the Metropol-
itan Commuter Transportation Mobility Tax, and the Voluntary Defined
Contribution Plan.
Section 5 provides $616.3 million in appropriation authority for various
payments made by the Department of Health to include: a) $6.4 million
for the Federal Food and Nutritional Services; and b) $609.9 million for
the Medical Assistance Administration Program, jointly financed by State
and Federal funds.
Section 6 provides $135 million in appropriation authority for the
continuation of unemployment insurance benefits. New appropriation
authority is necessary due to daily new liabilities created by those
filing unemployment insurance benefit claims.
Section 7 provides $10.1 million in appropriation authority to the
Office for People with Developmental Disabilities to support not-for-
profit providers of essential programs and services.
Section 8 provides $36,000 in appropriation authority for statutorily
required payments to veterans experiencing homelessness.
Section 9 prohibits expenditures from all appropriations until certif-
icates of approval have been issued by the Director of the Budget and
filed with certain State officers.
Section 10 requires the Comptroller to transfer any expenditures made
against these appropriations to the 2026-27 Budget appropriations after
they have become law.
Section 11, the severability clause, provides that if any part of this
Act be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid,
such judgment would not invalidate the remainder of the Act.
Section 12 provides that the bill takes effect immediately and is deemed
to be in full force and effect on April 1, 2026, and, further, that the
appropriations made in the bill will be deemed repealed upon the trans-
fer of expenditures by the Comptroller pursuant to section 10 of the
bill.
 
STATEMENT IN SUPPORT:
This bill will allow the State to make certain payments and incur
certain liabilities during the period April 1 through April 7, 2026 on a
timely basis, in the absence of an enacted budget for State fiscal year
2026-27.
 
BUDGET IMPLICATIONS:
Expenditures and disbursements made against these appropriations shall,
upon final action by the Legislature on the appropriation bills submit-
ted by the Governor for the support of government for the State fiscal
year beginning April 1, 2026, be transferred by the Comptroller as
expenditures and disbursements to such appropriations for State depart-
ments and agencies. Accordingly, this bill will have no additional
impact on the State's 2026-27 Financial Plan.