Letter dated April 23, 2026, transmitting proposed conference drafts amending S.B. No. 3090, S.D. 1, H.D. 2 and H.B. No. 2271, H.D. 2, S.D. 1 to fund the agreement deficit concerning Collective Bargaining Units 1 and 10.

This bill provides emergency funding to cover unpaid arbitration awards and settlement costs related to temporary hazard pay for public employees in specific collective bargaining units. The legislation authorizes the state to use general funds to pay these obligations while simultaneously creating a short-term loan mechanism to restore budget accounts that were previously depleted by these payments. By reclassifying and then reversing these financial entries, the bill ensures that departments can repay the loan without permanently reducing their operating budgets. The measure is designed to resolve immediate financial shortfalls caused by pandemic-era pay disputes while maintaining the executive branch's authority to negotiate labor agreements.