2011 General Appropriations Act
SB 2000 by the Senate Budget Committee (HB 5001)
The General Appropriations Act for State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2012 totals approximately $69.7 billion, and represents a $700 million decrease from the previous state fiscal year. The chart below summarizes a comparison of expenditures between SFY 2012 and SFY 2011 by budget section.
Health and Human Services received the largest portion of funding in the amount of approximately $30 billion. This represents a 5.3% increase in appropriations from the previous year. All Educational programs and services combined received the second largest amount of total in funding equal to approximately $19.9 billion. This represents approximately a 12% decrease from the previous fiscal year. Finally, natural resources, environmental issues, growth management and transportation expenditures represent the third largest portion of the SFY 2012 with funding equaling $10.85 billion, which represents a 11% increase from the previous fiscal year. The figure below displays the percentage of SFY 2012 funding dedicated to each constitutionally mandated section of the state budget.
Planned general revenue expenditures for SFY 2011 equal $23.7 billion and trust fund expenditures total approximately $46.5 billion. The chart below illustrates a comparison of expenditures between SFY 2011 and SFY 2010 by fund type.
