Supplementing and amending appropriations to the Department of Economic Development – Office of the Secretary

HB 3509 is a procedural appropriations bill that reallocates $41,159,321 in unused funds from the Department of Economic Development’s "Site-Ready Projects, SEED, Vo-Tech and Workforce Investments - Surplus" account. It directs these unspent FY2025 funds to be carried forward for use in FY2026, rather than returning them to the general treasury. This bill directly affects the Department of Economic Development’s Office of the Secretary, which manages economic development funding. The change involves no new policy or program but adjusts how existing unspent state funds are utilized across fiscal years.