A communication from the Office of the Comptroller (see item 1599-2040 of Section 2B of Chapter 9 of the Acts of 2025) submitting the Paid Prior Year Deficiency Report for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2026

This bill is a procedural communication from the Office of the Comptroller to the House and Senate Committees on Ways and Means, submitting the Paid Prior Year Deficiency Report for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2026. The report details that state departments spent a total of $17,800,344.79 on prior year deficiencies across 46 departments during this period. These expenditures are recouped from each department's current year appropriation through chargebacks to Fiscal Year 2026 funds.