Summary#
HB 5202, titled “Relating to state financial administration; declaring an emergency,” is a proposed budget law, not an amendment to an existing Act. If enacted, it would appropriate General Fund money and set spending limits for an unnamed state agency for the biennium ending June 30, 2027; its stated goal is not specified. The supplied status says the bill failed, so it did not become law.
- It would authorize a General Fund appropriation, but the agency, amount and purpose are blank.
- It would set maximum spending limits for the agency from its own fees and other non-federal, non-lottery revenue, and separately from federal funds. The agency and both limits are blank.
- It would take effect on passage if enacted, because it declares an emergency.
What it means for you#
- State agency: The bill names no agency and provides no usable amounts or spending purposes. It does not identify an agency that could act under it.
- Taxpayers and the public: The text does not specify any change to taxes, benefits or public services. It does not say what services the proposed budget would fund.
Money#
No cost estimate is available; the bill contains blank dollar amounts for its proposed appropriation and spending limits.
- The bill describes a General Fund appropriation, but its amount and purpose are blank.
- It proposes separate maximum spending limits for non-federal, non-lottery revenue and federal funds; both amounts are blank.
- No publicly available information is supplied about the intended agency, amounts or costs.
What is unclear#
- Which state agency would receive the appropriation and spending limits.
- How much money would be appropriated or allowed to be spent, and for what purposes.
- Whether the bill was intended to fund a particular service or activity.
- The bill text does not give enough information to assess its practical effects. The supplied status says it failed.
Case for#
- A possible argument for the bill is that it would authorize an agency budget for the two-year period, including separate limits for different revenue sources.
- If the blanks were completed, the appropriation and limits could specify how much the agency may use and from which sources.
Case against#
- The missing agency, dollar amounts and spending purposes make it impossible to assess who would benefit, what would be funded or how much public money would be involved.
- The bill does not identify what public need the proposed budget would address.
- As supplied, the text does not provide a workable basis for judging the spending limits or their effects.