Budget and Appropriations legislation

Bills that appropriate funds, set spending caps, or govern the budget process.

41 bills tracked 15 states with activity 10 recent recorded votes

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S 3178 Massachusetts Introduced

Amendment S.3178

Senate, July 16, 2026 -- Text of the Senate amendment to the House Bill relative to economic development in the commonwealth (House, No. 5576) [This legislation authorizes $325,100,000…

Last action July 24, 2026

SB 337 Delaware Enacted

AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR CERTAIN GRANTS-IN-AID FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2027; SPECIFYING CERTAIN PROCEDURES, CONDITIONS AND LIMITATIONS FOR THE EXPENDITURE OF SUCH FUNDS; AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2027 APPROPRIATIONS ACT; AND AMENDING CERTAIN STATUTORY PROVISIONS.

This Act provides supplementary appropriations to certain Grants-in-Aid recipients for Fiscal Year 2027. Section 1 – Government Units and Senior Centers $40,534,269 Section 2 – One-Times and Community…

Last action July 15, 2026

HB 500 Delaware Enacted

A BOND AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ACT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE AND CERTAIN OF ITS AUTHORITIES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2027; AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS OF THE STATE; APPROPRIATING FUNDS FROM THE TRANSPORTATION TRUST FUND; AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF REVENUE BONDS OF THE DELAWARE TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY; APPROPRIATING SPECIAL FUNDS OF THE DELAWARE TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY; APPROPRIATING GENERAL FUNDS OF THE STATE; REPROGRAMMING CERTAIN FUNDS OF THE STATE; SPECIFYING CERTAIN PROCEDURES, CONDITIONS AND LIMITATIONS FOR THE EXPENDITURE OF SUCH FUNDS; AND AMENDING CERTAIN STATUTORY PROVISIONS.

This Bill is the Fiscal Year 2027 Bond and Capital Improvements Act.

Last action July 6, 2026

AB 2176 California Passed one chamber

Student housing: intersegmental working group.

Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, the California State University, under the administration of…

Last action June 29, 2026

HB 1405 Florida Enacted

Statewide Project for Missing Persons with Special Needs

Statewide Project for Missing Persons with Special Needs; Revives, readopts, & amends provisions relating to missing persons with special needs statewide project; provides that project is created through…

Last action June 26, 2026

HB 1429 Colorado Enacted

County Administration Public Assistance Programs

The act requires the department of health care policy and financing, in coordination with the department of human services and the department of early childhood (state departments), to…

Last action June 4, 2026

HB 1298 Colorado Enacted

Background Checks for Child Welfare Placements

The act gives county departments of human or social services and the Colorado department of human services (department) the statutory authority needed to conduct the required fingerprint-based criminal…

Last action June 4, 2026

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Legislators who have sponsored the most bills tagged Budget and Appropriations in the current session. Sponsorship count describes activity, not position.

Virginia Foxx

U.S. Representative, North Carolina District 5 (R)

Jake Oliveira

Massachusetts upper, District Hampden, Hampshire and Worcester (D)

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