Bill > SB319

This bill appropriates funds for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2026, totaling $67,300,649,773. * **Department of Human Services:** $3,317,218,558 for local department operations, including foster care maintenance payments, family investment programs, child welfare services, adult services, general administration, child support, and assistance payments. * **Department of Health:** $2,715,027,688 for behavioral health administration community services, including programs for individuals with developmental disabilities. * **State Department of Education:** $11,686,977,201 for aid to education, including the state share of the foundation program, compensatory education, aid for local employee fringe benefits, and programs for students with disabilities. * **Department of Transportation:** $2,071,253,136 for Maryland Transit Administration bus and rail operations, facilities, and capital equipment. * **State Highway Administration:** $1,879,597,829 for state system construction, maintenance, and capital funds for counties and municipalities. * **University System of Maryland:** $2,016,524,769 in General Fund appropriations for various campuses, plus $160,824,696 in Special Fund appropriations. * **Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services:** $494,370,810 for various correctional facilities, parole and probation services, and pretrial detention. * **Department of State Police:** $653,593,393 for field operations, criminal investigations, and support services. * **Maryland Department of Emergency Management:** $877,606,349, primarily for federal funds related to emergency management and 911 services. * **Comptroller of Maryland:** $61,499,700 for revenue administration and taxpayer services, and $22,432,482 for law and oversight functions. * **Department of Budget and Management:** $352,695,527 for statewide salary and fringe adjustments, and $31,891,590 for office of the secretary operations. * **Department of Information Technology:** $158,096,772 for the Information Technology Investment Fund and $96,310,952 for state chief of information technology operations, security, and infrastructure. * **General Assembly:** $165,348,947 for the Senate, House of Delegates, and general legislative expenses. * **Judiciary:** $807,579,914 for the Supreme Court, Appellate Court, Circuit Court judges, District Court, administrative office of the courts, and clerks of the circuit court. * **Office of the Public Defender:** $165,232,848 for general administration and district operations. * **Office of the Attorney General:** $85,598,085 for legal counsel, civil rights, securities, consumer protection, and antitrust divisions. * **Department of Agriculture:** $45,239,888 for office of the secretary, marketing, animal industries, consumer services, plant industries, pest management, and resource conservation. * **Department of Commerce:** $211,191,586 for business and industry sector development, including small business financing and workforce quality initiatives. * **Department of the Environment:** $375,166,568 for various environmental programs, including water quality, hazardous substance cleanup, and air and radiation administration. * **Department of Housing and Community Development:** $133,686,353 for neighborhood revitalization and capital appropriations, and $552,628,764 for development finance, housing development, and homeownership programs. * **Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Agency:** $133,235,663 for administration, operations, and video lottery terminal and gaming operations. * **State Reserve Fund:** $745,249,483 for the Revenue Stabilization Account and Dedicated Purpose Account. * **Deficiency Appropriations:** The bill also includes numerous deficiency appropriations for fiscal year 2025, adjusting amounts for various agencies due to changes in projected revenues, expenditures, or program needs.