AN ACT MAKING A REAPPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION TO REAUTHORIZE THE EXPENDITURE OF CAPITAL EXPENSES AND SPECIAL FUNDS PREVIOUSLY APPROPRIATED FOR CONSTRUCTION AND/OR REPAIR AND RENOVATION PROJECTS AT VARIOUS STATE AGENCIES AND INSTITUTIONS, FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027.
Summary
House Bill 1933 is a fiscal reappropriation measure that reauthorizes the Department of Finance and Administration, through the Bureau of Building, Grounds and Real Property Management, to spend previously appropriated capital expense and special funds during fiscal year 2027. The bill does not create new programs or new spending purposes; instead, it extends the availability of unspent balances from prior legislative appropriations so they can continue to be used for the same construction, repair, renovation, and improvement projects originally approved by the Legislature.
The bill covers a broad range of state facilities and projects, including state agencies, universities, community and junior colleges, state-owned properties, the Law Enforcement Officers Training Academy, Alcorn State University’s water treatment facility, and Department of Public Safety and Mississippi Emergency Management Agency projects tied to COVID-19/ARPA funding. It also authorizes the Bureau of Building to receive, budget, and expend supplemental funds from state, local, or other sources for construction and renovation projects. The act takes effect July 1, 2026, and limits expenditures to the unexpended balances remaining as of June 30, 2026.
Impact
HB 1933 affects Mississippi appropriations law by extending the life of previously enacted capital and special-fund appropriations without changing their original purposes. It directs funds through the Department of Finance and Administration’s Bureau of Building, Grounds and Real Property Management and sets a ceiling on spending equal to the remaining unspent balances from prior fiscal years. The bill therefore preserves existing project authorizations across multiple prior appropriation acts and allows unfinished public construction and renovation work to continue into FY 2027.
Sentiment
The bill appears to have been broadly supported and noncontroversial in the Legislature. It passed the House overwhelmingly, 120-1, and the Senate unanimously, 51-0, which suggests strong bipartisan agreement on the need to keep existing capital projects funded and available for completion. The absence of committee transcript material also suggests there was little recorded debate or public dispute over the measure.
Contention
There is little evidence of substantive contention in the available record. The main policy feature that could draw scrutiny is that the bill reauthorizes a very large amount of prior-year funding across many projects and agencies, including long-running appropriations dating back several sessions, but it does so only within the limits of unspent balances and without changing project purposes. Any concern would likely center on whether these projects have moved slowly enough to require repeated reappropriations, rather than on the bill’s legality or scope.