The Assembly Budget Committee on June 29 moved forward a final 2026-27 budget package that includes $141 million for Next Gen 911 modernization, along with new reporting, audit and oversight requirements, according to the committee’s hearing summary and transcript materials. The package was part of the Legislature’s three-party budget agreement for the coming fiscal year.
Committee materials identify Assembly Budget Committee member Bernie Arosco as the witness who explained the Next Gen 911 funding and the related reporting and audit provisions during the hearing. The summary says the broader budget agreement contained 19 implementing bills, including two budget bill juniors and 17 trailer bills.
The hearing summary does not spell out the exact oversight language or implementation timeline, and the underlying trailer bill text was not included in the materials reviewed. But the budget action is presented as a discrete decision tied to emergency communications infrastructure and state oversight.
The same hearing summary places the overall package at $351.7 billion and says the state ended the process with a $4.5 billion reserve in the General Fund’s fund for economic uncertainty. It also notes that the budget package included major commitments in education, housing, health care and other programs.
