Bill
SB 3053
Reappropriates remaining ARPA funds for FY2026 to fuel water infrastructure, health programs, workforce, tourism, MAICU, and rural water grants.
Status
- Official bill label provided: Died In Conference (3/29/2025).
- Legislative action log in the provided record, however, shows later passage steps, enrollment, and filing (May–June 2025) and an entry “Filed without the Governor's signature” and “Effective immediately” (6/20/2025). These records conflict. Verify current statutory status with the Mississippi Legislature or Secretary of State for final disposition.
Purpose and intent
- To reappropriate remaining balances of federal Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund (CSFRF) monies — and certain state grant fund balances — for use in fiscal year 2026 (July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2026) for previously authorized programs. The bill continues and directs unspent ARPA-related funds to specific agencies and grant programs authorized by earlier legislation.
Key provisions / allocations (FY2026)
- Section 1 — Office of Workforce Development (Dept. of Employment Security as fiscal agent): $37,594,226.00.
- Section 2 — Department of Environmental Quality, to administer the Mississippi Municipality and County Water Infrastructure (MCWI) Grant Program (Section 49-2-131): $358,693,365.00.
- Section 3 — Department of Finance & Administration, for destination marketing organizations and Mississippi Main Street Association (Section 57-123-3): $602,722.00.
- Section 4 — Department of Finance & Administration (MAICU Grant Program Fund) to fund the MAICU Grant Program (Section 37-185-31): $7,215,238.00.
- Section 5 — State Department of Health, operational COVID-19 response expenditures allowable under ARPA (Section 9901): $1,950,581.00.
- Section 6 — State Department of Health, COVID-19 Hospital Expanded Capacity Program (Section 41-14-31): $2,103,442.00.
- Section 7 — State Department of Health, COVID-19 Mississippi Local Provider Innovation Grant Program (Section 41-139-1): $14,481,807.00.
- Section 8 — State Department of Health, ARPA Rural Water Associations Infrastructure Grant Program (Section 41-3-16.1): $295,422,517.00.
Common conditions
- Each appropriation is made “or so much thereof as may be necessary” and is expressly limited: expenditures cannot exceed the unexpended balance remaining as of June 30, 2025, and shall not change the originally authorized purposes of the funds.
- The bill references and builds on prior authorizing legislation (e.g., HB 1517 (2022), SB 3052 (2023), SB 3058 (2024), and other bills cited in each section).
Amendments and timing
- Committee Amendment No. 1 replaced the original text with the reappropriation schedule.
- An adopted amendment (Sen. Horhn) would insert a sunset clause (“and shall stand repealed on June 30, 2025”) at a specified line, indicating some provisions or the act itself may have been intended to be repealed; placement and scope should be confirmed in the enrolled bill.
- The allocations are for FY2026 (July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2026).
Who is affected
- State agencies receiving the reappropriations (Office of Workforce Development, Dept. of Environmental Quality, Dept. of Finance & Administration, State Department of Health).
- Subrecipients and programs: municipalities and counties (water infrastructure grants), destination marketing organizations, Mississippi Main Street Association, independent colleges (MAICU members), hospitals and local health providers, and rural water associations.
Potential impact
- Significant funding is directed to water infrastructure: combined MCWI and Rural Water Associations appropriations total over $654 million, continuing ARPA-funded infrastructure investments.
- Supports ongoing COVID-19 response, hospital capacity initiatives, and provider innovation grants.
- Continues support for workforce development, tourism/marketing, and private higher education grants using remaining ARPA or program fund balances.
Related bill
- Companion: HB 5690.
Note
- Because of conflicting status entries in the record, confirm whether the reappropriations took legal effect and the exact terms of any enacted sunset or repeal.
Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.
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