Overview
- The Senate passed SB 7040 to reauthorize the Emergency Preparedness and Response Fund through Dec. 31, 2027 and proposed a $250 million refill without new usage limits.
- The House has not voted on reauthorization and is advancing a $100 million transfer contingent on a bill limiting the fund to natural-disaster responses and banning purchases of aircraft, boats, and vehicles.
- The fund is set to expire at midnight Monday unless the chambers reach agreement, with the House bill not slated for a hearing until the day of the deadline.
- House language would require detailed reporting on balances and assets, with the emergency management director attesting to accuracy under penalty of perjury, and would route any federal reimbursements to General Revenue.
- A state report cites more than $573 million spent on immigration enforcement from 2023 to 2025, and officials reference up to $608 million in potential federal reimbursement that has not arrived and remains uncertain.