The Appropriations Committee is responsible for processing legislation involving the following subject areas:

• appropriations bills
• support of state government
• capital construction
• senators’ salaries
• salaries of constitutional officers
• deficiency appropriations
• appropriations for special purposes or projects
• special fund creation
• exchanges between or disbursements from various funds
• state employee compensation
• state contributions to state employees’ group health insurance
• substantive program provisions within the jurisdictions of other committees that also contain provisions for major appropriations.