Signed by Governor Gina Raimondo

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that establishes the state budget for the 2021 fiscal year.

Highlights:

• Appropriates $10.96 million for information technology (Sec. 1).

• Appropriates $33.08 million for Rhodes Island Capital Plan Funds (Sec. 1).

• Appropriates $194.01 million for debt service payments (Sec. 1).

• Appropriates $21.54 million for the Rhode Island Health Benefits Exchange (Sec. 1).

• Appropriates $10.87 million of the General Revenues for Capital Asset Management and Maintenance (Sec. 1).

• Appropriates $623.05 million for statewide administration (Sec. 1).

• Appropriates $27.75 million of business regulation funds for the Office of Cannabis Regulation (Sec. 1).

• Appropriates $34.51 million for housing and community development (Sec. 1).

• Appropriates $12.63 million for quasi-public appropriations (Sec. 1).

• Appropriates $165.2 million for the Economic Development Initiatives Fund (Sec. 1).

• Appropriates $215.5 million for the Executive Office of Commerce (Sec. 1).

• Appropriates $26.97 million for workforce development services (Sec. 1).

• Appropriates $1.61 billion for income support (Sec. 1).

• Appropriates $1.71 billion for labor and training (Sec. 1).

• Appropriates $35.48 million for taxation for the Department of Revenue (Sec. 1).

• Appropriates $32.77 million for the Registry of Motor Vehicles (Sec. 1).

• Appropriates $136.53 million for municipal COVID-19 relief funds (Sec. 1).

• Appropriates $706.72 million for revenue collection (Sec. 1).

• Appropriates $46.12 million for the legislature (Sec. 1).

• Appropriates $15.1 million for the Secretary of State (Sec. 1).

• Appropriates $13.05 million for the State Retirement System (Sec. 1).

• Appropriates $25.76 million in restricted receipts for unclaimed property (Sec. 1).

• Appropriates $44.52 million for the general treasurer (Sec. 1).

• Appropriates $11.75 million for the Public Utilities Commission (Sec. 1).

• Appropriates $181.43 million for central management of the Office of Health and Human Services (Sec. 1).

• Appropriates $2.98 billion for the Office of Health and Human Services (Sec. 1).

• Appropriates $254.72 million for children, youth, and families (Sec. 1).

• Appropriates $16.56 million for health laboratories and the medical examiner (Sec. 1).

• Appropriates $14.49 million for customer services (Sec. 1).

• Appropriates $578.63 million for health (Sec. 1).

• Appropriates $14.36 million for child support enforcement (Sec. 1).

• Appropriates $159.87 million for individual and family support (Sec. 1).

• Appropriates $44.09 million for the Office of Veterans Services (Sec. 1).

• Appropriates $84.79 million for Rhode Island Works (Sec. 1).

• Appropriates $686.9 million for human services (Sec. 1).

• Appropriates $43.13 million for behavioral health services (Sec. 1).

• Appropriates $486.08 million for behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities, and hospitals (Sec. 1).

• Appropriates $40.85 million for the Office of Postsecondary Commissioner (Sec. 1).

• Appropriates $14 million of federal funds for COVID-19 relief (Sec. 1).

• Appropriates $861.7 million for the University of Rhode Island (Sec. 1).

• Appropriates $202.85 million for the Rhode Island College (Sec. 1).

• Appropriates $1.27 billion for public higher education (Sec. 1).

• Appropriates $33.8 million for the Attorney General (Sec. 1).

• Appropriates $254.74 million for the corrections (Sec. 1).

• Appropriates $40.13 million for the Supreme Court (Sec. 1).

• Appropriates $23.76 million for the Superior Court (Sec. 1).

• Appropriates $14.2 million for the District Court (Sec. 1).

• Appropriates $122.13 million for the judiciary (Sec. 1).

• Appropriates $46.16 million for military staff (Sec. 1).

• Appropriates $133.89 million for public safety (Sec. 1).

• Appropriates $45.27 million for the Emergency Management Agency (Sec. 1).

• Appropriates $67.05 million for natural resources (Sec. 1).

• Appropriates $109.29 million for environmental management (Sec. 1).

• Appropriates $449.73 million for infrastructure engineering (Sec. 1).

• Appropriates $607.34 million for transportation (Sec. 1).

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