With $1,000,413.00 released of $169,442,861.00 restrictions, $168,442,228 currently remains restricted as future restriction rumors loom.
Restrictions increased last fiscal year over the previous with FY2017 seeing $388,644,981 in restrictions with $36,940,077 released. FY2016 saw $48,187,508 in restrictions with just below $7.5 million released.
State Budget Director Dan Haug announced on December 4 that November 2017 net general revenue collections increased 8.2 percent compared to November 2016, from $687.2 million last year to $743.8 million this year.
CURRENT FY2018 RESTRICTIONS:
| Agency Name | Restricted Amount | Released Amount |
| OFFICE ADMINISTRATION CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS | $47,000,000.00 | $0.00 |
| HIGHER EDUCATION | $35,088,654.00 | $0.00 |
| MENTAL HEALTH | $18,442,603.00 | $0.00 |
| ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION | $15,259,713.00 | $0.00 |
| ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT | $10,123,860.00 | $0.00 |
| SOCIAL SERVICES | $9,835,362.00 | $407,105.00 |
| OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION | $9,026,609.00 | $0.00 |
| AGRICULTURE | $4,000,000.00 | $0.00 |
| REVENUE | $3,655,000.00 | $0.00 |
| PUBLIC SAFETY | $3,520,698.00 | $186,203.00 |
| PUBLIC SAFETY | $3,520,698.00 | $186,203.00 |
| REVENUE | $3,655,000.00 | $0.00 |
| SOCIAL SERVICES | $9,835,362.00 | $407,105.00 |
| $172,963,559.00 | $1,186,616.00 |
FY2017 RESTRICTIONS
FY2016 RESTRICTIONS
| 2016 | ||
| Agency Name | Restricted Amount | Released Amount |
| AGRICULTURE | $500,000 | $0 |
| ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION | $825,000 | $575,000 |
| HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES | $4,419,658 | $650,000 |
| LEGISLATURE | $1,231,939 | $118,312 |
| MENTAL HEALTH | $12,650,084 | $0 |
| NATURAL RESOURCES CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS | $500,000 | $500,000 |
| OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION | $1,557,231 | $0 |
| OFFICE OF STATE TREASURER | $250,000 | $0 |
| REVENUE | $2,950,000 | $0 |
| SOCIAL SERVICES | $18,365,809 | $650,000 |
| TRANSPORTATION | $3,000,000 | $3,000,000 |
| TRANSPORTATION CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS | $1,937,787 | $1,937,787 |
| Total: | $48,187,508 | $7,431,099 |
NUMBERS COURTESY OF THE OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION.
Rachael Herndon was the editor at The Missouri Times and also produced This Week in Missouri Politics, published Missouri Times Magazine, and co-hosted the #MoLeg podcast. She joined The Missouri Times in 2014, returning to political reporting after working as a campaign and legislative staffer.
Rachael studied at the University of Missouri – Columbia. She lives in Jefferson City with her husband, Brandon, and their two children.
