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HB101 • 2025

AN ACT MAKING A ONE-TIME SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2026 TO THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET.

AN ACT MAKING A ONE-TIME SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2026 TO THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET.

Budget Children Technology
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Minor-Brown
Last action
2025-01-15
Official status
House Appropriations 1/15/25
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official text lists specific line items (e.g., Trauma Informed Services, Prison Research Innovation Network) that were generalized in the summary as 'technology' or omitted for brevity.

HB101: One-Time Funding for Specific Projects in Fiscal Year 2026

This bill provides $17,561,900 from General Funds to pay for specific one-time projects and equipment through the Office of Management and Budget.

What This Bill Does

  • Appropriates a total of $17,561,900 in General Funds for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026.
  • Funds technology upgrades including an ERP Cloud Migration and general equipment purchases.
  • Provides contingency money to support health care services funded by the Tobacco Settlement Fund.
  • Pays for lease costs and moving expenses for the Department of Justice if related fee laws pass.
  • Allocates funds to implement specific requirements from previously passed bills like Senate Bill 2 and House Bill 86.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The Office of Management and Budget, which receives the main allocation.
  • State agencies including the Department of Justice, State Police, Public Defender's office, Delaware Heritage Commission, Criminal Justice Council, and Justices of the Peace Courts.
  • Health programs that rely on funding from the Tobacco Settlement Fund.

Terms To Know

Supplemental Appropriation
Extra money added to a budget after it was originally approved for specific needs.
Contingency Fund
Money set aside to be used only if certain conditions happen or unexpected costs arise.
ERP Cloud Migration
Moving a large computer system that manages business data from local servers to an online cloud service.

Limits and Unknowns

  • $3,000,000 for the Department of Justice lease is only available if new fee legislation passes.
  • The bill states agencies must find other funding sources to keep health programs running after this one-time money runs out.

Bill History

  1. 2025-01-15 Delaware General Assembly

    Introduced and Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House

Official Summary Text

AN ACT MAKING A ONE-TIME SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2026 TO THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET.
This Act appropriates $17,561,900 to provide one-time funded projects through the Office of Management and Budget.

Current Bill Text

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SPONSOR: Rep. Minor-Brown & Sen.
Harris
Osienski
Williams
Sokola
Townsend
Lockman
Paradee

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
153rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HOUSE BILL NO. 101
JANUARY 10, 2025
AN ACT MAKING A ONE -TIME SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING
JUNE 30, 2026 TO THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE:

Section 1. There is hereby appropriated $17,561,900 (Seventeen Million, Five Hundred Sixty-One Thousand, 1
Nine Hundred Dollars) in General Funds to Executive, Office of Management and Budget, Contingencies and One-2
Time Items (10-02-11) for the following purposes: 3
(02-08-10) Equipment $34,100 4
(02-13-10) Permit to Purchase $13,300 5
(10-07-01) Permit to Purchase $6,700 6
(10-02-11) ERP Cloud Migration $2,000,000 7
(10-02-11) Technology $432,200 8
(10-02-11) Health Care Services Contingency $3,500,000 9
(10-02-11) Trauma Informed Services Contingency $1,700,000 10
(10-02-11) Department of Justice Lease $3,000,000 11
(12-03-02) Insurance Revenue Shortfall $3,000,000 12
(12-05-06) Delaware EARNS $403,700 13
(15-02-02) Equipment $23,800 14
(20-03-01) Delaware Heritage Commission $250,000 15
(35-01-10) Hospital Provider Contingency $1,500,000 16
(38-01-03) Prison Research Innovation Network $52,700 17

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(45-01-20) Equipment $350,000 1
(45-02-10) Equipment $200,000 2
(45-06-08) Permit to Purchase $858,400 3
(60-01-40) Equipment $200,000 4
(75-02-01) Emergency Training Equipment $37,000 5
Section 2. Section 1 of this Act appropriates $13,300 in Permit to Purchase to Judicial, Justice of the Peace 6
Court (02-13-10). The expenditure of these funds shall support full implementation of Senate Substitute 1 for Senate 7
Bill 2 as passed by the 152nd General Assembly. 8
Section 3. Section 1 of this Act appropriates $6,700 in Permit to Purchase to Executive, Criminal Justice, 9
Criminal Justice Council (10-07-01). The expenditure of these funds shall support full implementation of Senate 10
Substitute 1 for Senate Bill 2 as passed by the 152nd General Assembly. 11
Section 4. Section 1 of this Act appropriates $3,500,000 to Executive, Office of Management and Budget, 12
Contingencies and One-Time Items (10-02-11) for health programs funded by the Tobacco Settlement Fund. These 13
funds shall be used to supplement Fiscal Year 2026 reductions to state-operated health programs, with the intent that 14
the agencies affected will determine alternative state, federal or private funding sources to sustain the existing 15
programs in subsequent fiscal years if continued. 16
Section 5. Section 1 of this act appropriates $3,000,000 to Executive, Office of Management and Budget, 17
Contingencies and One-Time Items (10-02-11) for first year lease and associated moving expenses for the Department 18
of Justice. The expenditure of these funds shall be contingent upon the passing of fee legislation amending 6 Del. C. § 19
73 and Title 6 of Administrative Code. 20
Section 6. Section 1 of this Act appropriates $23,800 in Equipment to Office of Defense Services, Public 21
Defender (15-02-02). The expenditure of these funds shall support full implementation of House Bill 86 as passed by 22
the 152nd General Assembly. 23
Section 7. Section 1 of this Act appropriates $858,400 in Permit to Purchase to Safety and Homeland Security, 24
State Police, State Bureau of Identification (45-06-08). The expenditure of these funds shall support full 25
implementation of Senate Substitute 1 for Senate Bill 2 as passed by the 152nd General Assembly. 26
SYNOPSIS
This Act appropriates $17,561,900 to provide one-time funded projects through the Office of Management and
Budget.