FY 2025-26 SUPPLEMENTAL S.B. 182 (S-2):
SUMMARY AS PASSED BY
THE SENATE
Senate Bill 182 (Substitute S-2 as passed by the Senate)
Sponsor: Senator Sarah E. Anthony
FY 2025-26 SUPPLEMENTAL S.B. 182 (S-2):
SUMMARY AS PASSED BY
THE SENATE
Senate Bill 182 (Substitute S-2 as passed by the Senate)
Sponsor: Senator Sarah E. Anthony
CONTENT
The supplemental appropriations bill would appropriate $71.0 million of State General Fund/General Purpose (GF/GP) revenue for four items for the Departments of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) and Health and Human Services (DHHS) for fiscal year (FY) 2025-26.
The bill would appropriate $70.0 million GF/GP to the DHHS for the following:
-- $50.0 million to support food assistance programs for low-income individuals and households to assist with needs due to a gap in Federal food assistance funding. Those funds could be used to purchase food and beverage intended for human consumption and would exclude alcohol, tobacco, and hot or prepared foods.
-- $10.0 million to the Michigan Agricultural Surplus System to assist the Michigan Food Bank Council in the distribution of surplus produce to low-income residents.
-- $10.0 million to food banks to support activities including nutrition assistance and food bank resources. Boilerplate would require the individual allocation of resources to food banks to be done in a geographically diverse manner.
The bill also would appropriate an additional $1.0 million GF/GP to support the Double Up Food Bucks program in MDARD. The enacted FY 2025-26 budget contains a total of $5.0 million for this program, which provides funds to match purchases of fresh produce using an electronic benefits transfer card. This appropriation would bring total support for the program for FY 2025-26 to $6.0 million.
The bill would directly appropriate $71.0 million GF/GP for FY 2025-26. The current projected FY 2025-26 year-end GF/GP balance is approximately $237.0 million. If the bill were enacted and all of the appropriations authorized under the bill were fully spent, the bill would leave a projected GF/GP balance of $166.0 million at the end of this fiscal year.
SAS\S2526\s182sd This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent. |