AN ACT amending the 2024-2026 State/Executive Branch biennial budget, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.

Amend the 2024-2026 State/Executive Branch biennial budget to stipulate that no unbudgeted Federal Funds can be allotted or expended without the express authority of the General Assembly and that no unanticipated, unappropriated Federal Funds received after January 1, 2025, can be expended without the express authority of the General Assembly; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.

Introduced: February 19, 2025

Last action: February 27, 2025

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This bill would change the rules for how Kentucky state agencies can spend federal money that was not already planned for in the state budget. Under this proposal, any unexpected or unbudgeted federal funds received after January 1, 2025, could not be spent unless the Kentucky General Assembly specifically approves it first. This shifts spending authority over surprise federal dollars from the executive branch to the legislature. Who it may affect: state agency administrators, and Kentuckians who rely on programs funded by federal grants or aid that may require faster spending decisions.

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