Bill
SB 2554
Allocates $12,256,900 to fund the Office of the Executive Inspector General for FY starting July 1, 2025, with $10,646,100 GRF and $1,610,800 other funds.
Bill number: SB 2554
Primary sponsor: Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
Status: Died in Committee
Introduced: February 25, 2025 (filed/received March 13, 2025)
Effective date (if enacted): July 1, 2025
Subjects: Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
Note on title discrepancy
- The metadata provided includes a title about a nonbinding ballot initiative and Medicaid expansion. The bill text and synopsis, however, clearly show SB 2554 as an appropriations measure for the Office of the Executive Inspector General (OEIG). This summary follows the bill text/synopsis (appropriations for the OEIG).
Purpose and intent
- Provide fiscal-year appropriations to fund the ordinary and contingent (operating) expenses of the Office of the Executive Inspector General for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025. The goal is to authorize specific funding levels to support OEIG operations (investigations, oversight, personnel, and related operating costs).
Key provisions / changes
- Appropriates a total of $12,256,900 for the OEIG for the FY beginning July 1, 2025, broken down as:
- $10,646,100 from the General Revenue Fund
- $1,610,800 from Other State Funds
- States an effective date of July 1, 2025.
- No programmatic or policy changes to OEIG authority are included in the text; the bill strictly addresses budgetary appropriation.
Who would be affected
- Office of the Executive Inspector General: receives funding to support operations, staff salaries, investigations, audits, and other ordinary and contingent expenses.
- State budget/General Revenue Fund: the appropriation would increase General Revenue expenditures by $10.646 million for the specified fiscal year.
- State agencies and entities subject to OEIG oversight: continued or enhanced oversight capacity may affect investigations and audit activity.
- Taxpayers indirectly, because appropriations affect state spending priorities and budget allocations.
Procedural history and timeline
- Filed/introduced by Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr. (Feb 25, 2025; record shows filing received by Secretary of Senate on Mar 13, 2025).
- Read first time and referred to committee(s) per legislative actions (Criminal Justice; Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency; Assignments).
- The bill would have taken effect on July 1, 2025 if enacted.
- Final status in the record provided: Died in Committee (date shown as Feb 4, 2025, which appears inconsistent with the introduction dates listed). The provided legislative-action dates contain chronological inconsistencies; however the bill did not advance to enactment.
Budgetary note
- This is an appropriation-only bill: it specifies dollar amounts for OEIG operations but does not create new programs or modify statutory authorities beyond funding.
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