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KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
House Standing Committee on Primary and Secondary Education (2-26-25)
Transcript Highlights:
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was <00:05:19.360>some <00 - So what this bill does is find a place within the current credit structure to place a personal finance
- Um, try to get them elevated to a point of understanding debits and credits and loans and finance, and
- I contacted the Next Generation Personal Finance group, NGPF, as we'll refer to it now.
- kuckian who take a personal finance kuckian who take a personal finance course<00:19:08.679>
Summary:
The committee heard House Bill 342, which would require all Kentucky students to complete a one-credit financial literacy course for graduation, with the credit able to count toward math, social studies, or an elective. Representative Meredith and student advocate Patrick Rovi argued the current financial literacy mandate is too weak without a credit requirement, citing low implementation across schools and the need for practical instruction in loans, credit, investing, and budgeting. Members generally supported the bill, while Representative Tipton raised concerns about adding credit requirements and limiting dual credit options, and Representative Willner questioned whether it would create an unfunded mandate. Supporters responded that the bill is designed to fit within existing graduation requirements and that free curriculum and professional development resources are available through groups like Next Generation Personal Finance. HB 342 passed the committee unanimously with an expression of opinion that it should pass.
The committee next considered House Bill 661, a technical cleanup bill related to the previously enacted nine-passenger van option for school transportation. Representative Emily Callaway said the measure only adjusts regulations needed for KDE to implement the earlier law effectively. The bill passed without opposition.
House Bill 208, sponsored by Representatives Josh Bray and James Tipton, would require school districts to adopt policies limiting cell phone use during the school day and, in the updated version, restrict social media access as well. Supporters said the bill is intended to improve student attention, reduce cyberbullying and mental health harms, and address concerns raised by school disruptions and social media use. Members asked about exemptions for students with medical needs, emergency access, and whether districts would need new software; sponsors said existing district technology and local discretion should handle those issues. The bill passed unanimously. The committee then began taking up House Bill 430, which would let certain small-transportation districts seek an exemption from the KDE requirement for four annual bus safety trainings, provided they adopt a local safety policy and submit it to KDE. A district superintendent testified that the current blanket requirement causes significant instructional disruption for districts with very limited daily transportation needs.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- President, your Committee on Finance, having had under consideration HB 2120 relating to property tax
- President, your Committee on Finance, having had under consideration HB 2120 relating to property tax
- I move the Finance Committee amendment be adopted for House Bill 2120.
- I move the Finance Committee amendment be adopted for House Bill 2174.
- President your committee on finance the bill to pass sent jade mr. Mr.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Education Study Jan 19th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Chairman, members of the committee, my name is Daniel, and I cover public school finance for the LESC
- The Senate doesn't have any of the Education Committee on the Senate Finance Committee, and therefore
- And that's what most of that Senate Finance Committee hearing was about.
- I mean, was that voted on by Finance? Committee members, you know, who came up with that?
- They're the, you know, the finance funding experts. We're the education experts.
VT
Vermont 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session - 2026-05-12 - 10:00AM
Vermont Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- bill, it's a finance bill. bill, it's a finance bill.
- Committee on Finance. Committee on Finance.
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Committee discussion in uh the Finance Committee discussion in uh the Finance - Your Senate Finance Mr. President.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Appropriations - S/C on Article III Feb 24th, 2025
Appropriations - S/C on Article III
Transcript Highlights:
- That slice the school finance system a bunch of different ways.
- And that is financed through the Pension Trust Fund.
- is being financed based upon active member payroll, but that is the financing mechanism that has been
- through the school finance formula with funding flowing to districts.
- Student-Centered Special Education Finance System in Texas.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- I don't know who SC finance, but we're going to go to the finance, but we're going to go to the floor
- So, if the staff thinks this belongs in the finance committee... >> If it stays here or goes to finance
- So, it's a hope that we move this bill into finance, which it does have to go to finance, and then we
- move this bill into finance. move this bill into finance.
- <01:52:46.920>
and which it does have to go to finance and which it does have to go to finance
MD
Transcript Highlights:
- . finance. finance.
- Madam Chair of Finance, any announcements?
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Summary:
The Senate convened with a quorum, heard an invocation from Reverend Carissa Serber, and journalized her remarks. Members then welcomed several guests and groups in the gallery, including Maryland Community Action Partnership advocates, Cecil College students and Dr. Mary Bolt, Cecil County Executive Adam Strait, the Maryland Association of Justice, Faith Baptist School students, and several interns and staff members. The chamber also introduced Senate Bill 585 and a bond initiative for the Active Achievers Youth Center, both of which were referred to the appropriate committees or subcommittees.
The main floor debate centered on Senate Bill 255, the Voting Rights Act of 2026 for counties and municipal corporations. Senators questioned the bill’s scope, especially whether it would affect county commissioner election methods, who could bring suit, what “vote dilution” means, and whether the measure was tied to district maps or candidate filings. The sponsor explained that the bill creates a state framework for the federal Voting Rights Act, provides standing rather than a remedy, and applies when a protected class believes its vote has been diluted; political party was said not to be a protected class. The committee amendment was adopted without objection, and the amended bill was ordered printed for third reading.
On third reading, Senate Bill 5 and Senate Bill 29 passed with constitutional majorities. Senate Bill 93 also passed. Senate Bill 141, dealing with election misinformation, disinformation, and deep fakes, was moved back to second reader for a technical amendment and then special ordered to Tuesday. The Senate also held a lighthearted recorded vote on Seahawks versus Patriots, with the Seahawks winning 28 to 8, and then received committee scheduling announcements for upcoming hearings and voting sessions.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session Jun 11th, 2026
California Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Senate Resolution 18 by Senator McNerney, relative to campaign finance reform.
- Senate Resolution 18 by Senator McNerney, relative to campaign finance reform.
- In campaign events everywhere, people respond most strongly when I talk about campaign finance reform
- On my own time, the problem we have with campaign finance has been...
- And in my opinion, that is the most serious challenge we have relative to campaign finance.
NY
New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Standing Committee on Housing, Construction and Community Development - 03/31/2026
Housing, Construction, and Community Development
Transcript Highlights:
- We reported it to finance and eventually to the floor each of the last year.
- I'll be looking once again for a motion to report to finance. ...and it went to the floor each of the
- last years, and I'll be looking once again for a motion to report to finance.
- We will be looking for a motion to report to finance. Any questions or discussion? Oh, yes.
- We'll be looking for a motion to report to Finance.
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Housing, Construction, and Community Development met on March 31, 2026, with a quorum present and noted that the Legislature was in budget negotiations and approaching a scheduled break. The committee took up several housing-related bills, with most being reported to Finance after discussion. The first bill, S.3742A, would require information to be provided in new and renewal leases for certain housing accommodations, and it was reported without opposition. S.4659B, the Rental Emergency Stabilization for Tenants Act, generated the longest debate; supporters said it would give local governments outside New York City a more flexible way to determine a housing emergency and opt into rent stabilization, while opponents argued it lacked a clear vacancy-rate standard, could discourage development, and would benefit higher-income tenants. The bill was ultimately reported, with some negative votes and one or more votes without recommendation.
The committee then discussed S.8168, which would create a deconstruction and salvage framework for building materials, including local options, technical assistance, grants, and related code updates. Supporters said it could reduce landfill use, lower disposal costs, and encourage reuse markets, while opponents questioned costs, market demand, and whether the program would raise housing and demolition expenses. The bill was reported, again with some negative or without-recommendation votes. S.8595, dealing with how certain valuations and amounts due are calculated in foreclosure actions, was also reported. S.8672, the Employer-Assisted Housing Matching Grant Act, would provide a state match for employer housing assistance for certain nonprofit human services employers; members raised concerns about scope, possible double-dipping, and whether the program should be expanded to other workers, but the bill was reported with some negative and without-recommendation votes.
The final bill, S.94A, made a minor amendment to the Housing Access Voucher Pilot Program regarding priority applicants and unit inspections, and it was reported as well. Throughout the meeting, members repeatedly emphasized that several proposals were optional for local governments or employers rather than mandates, and many of the exchanges focused on affordability, housing supply, local control, and the fiscal effects of the bills. No floor votes were taken; the committee’s actions were limited to reporting the bills to Finance, with some reported favorably and others reported with negative or without-recommendation votes.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Government, Elections And Indian Affairs Feb 6th, 2026 at 08:32 am
House Government, Elections & Indian Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- With all this criteria, we'll have the New Mexico Finance Authority on the committee.
- Just referring back to the Legislative Finance Committee report that was generated in January of 2024
- And I am just, I just have confidence, extreme confidence in the Finance Authority.
- I just have confidence, extreme confidence in the Finance Authority, and it is awesome to sit on the
- Finance Authority oversight because we do the checks and balances.
MS
Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
MS Senate Floor - 30 January, 2026; 9:00 AM
Mississippi Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- . >> Finance will meet Monday at 3:00 in room 216. >> 216. Mr. Clerk, any other announcements?
- Finance will meet on Monday in room 216 at 3:00 p.m.
- Finance will meet on Monday in room 216 at 3:00 p.m.
- >> Finance will meet Monday at 3:00 in room >> Finance will meet Monday at 3:00 in room 216
- Finance will meet on Monday, 3:00 p.m.
Summary:
The Senate convened with a quorum present, heard an invocation from Pastor Joe Thrasher, and recited the Pledge of Allegiance. A national anthem was performed by Audrey Mapier, who was also recognized as a page for Senator Frazier. The chamber then dispensed with reading the journal, committee reports, and bill and resolution titles, and there were no messages or petitions.
During the calendar, the Senate repeatedly took up items by motion to “pass and retain” across a long list of bills and resolutions, effectively postponing consideration of those measures. No substantive debate on individual bills was recorded in this segment. The body also recognized several guests in the gallery, including the pastor’s family, a newly appointed member of the State Cosmetology Board, and family members of senators.
Multiple committee meeting announcements were made for later that day and for Monday, including Appropriations, Agriculture, Business and Financial Institutions, Medicaid, Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Finance, Corrections, Universities and Colleges, Environmental Protection, Judiciary Division A and B, Tourism, Energy, Education, Highways and Transportation, Public Property, Municipalities, Economic and Workforce Development, and Ports and Marine Resources. Senators also requested that the chamber adjourn in memory of several individuals, including Miss Judy Fry, Rico Varnado, Pastor Ivon Lewis, and former state trooper and reverend David Ard. The Senate then voted to stand in recess until the last committee report is filed, with the journal to reflect adjournment until Monday at 1 p.m.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- The Legislative Finance Committee. Voting members for the House. Representatives small chair.
- Uh, for those keeping score, that means that they can attend every meeting of legislative finance and
- Alright, we'll move next to Mortgage Finance Authority Oversight Committee, MFA.
- Alright, next we move to New Mexico Finance Authority Oversight Committee. This is NMFA.
- Uh, I did talk to Uh, legislative finance.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm a shareholder in our public finance, uh, section and, uh, the attorney for the district.
- ago we began developing land that was formerly a gravel pit and sand mining operation, and we to finance
- So please note that the district is still required to finance such sewer infrastructure as well as to
- Mud number 70 will have the power to finance the construction of water, sewage, and drainage facilities
- Members of municipal utility districts are an important financing mechanism to support new residential
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Committee Apr 10th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- For today's hearing, Eric Ali at the Department of Finance will present the bills.
- It also authorizes the Department of Finance to approve expenditures up to $2 million from the Foster
- I believe that is accurately the deadline unless Finance has a different thing to jump in.
- I believe that is accurately the deadline unless Finance has a different thing to jump in.
- But before I do that, let me thank the Department of Finance. Let me thank the LAO.
Summary:
The Assembly Budget Committee held an informational hearing on SB 100/AB 100, the early action budget bills, with a focus on Medi-Cal funding, wildfire recovery, and several smaller budget adjustments. The Department of Finance explained that the bill would add $2.8 billion General Fund and $8.3 billion federal funds for Medi-Cal, along with other items including wildfire-related local assistance for Los Angeles County, property tax backfills for fire-damaged local agencies, Cal OES wildfire monitoring authority, nonprofit security grants, the Property Tax Postponement Fund, FARMER and Clean Cars for All funding, foster family home insurance claims, Proposition 98 technical assistance for LA wildfire-impacted schools, teacher credentialing authority, and Proposition 4 climate bond appropriations for wildfire and forest resilience projects.
Much of the member discussion centered on rising Medi-Cal costs, the recent $3.4 billion cash-flow loan, and whether the new appropriation would cover payments through June. Finance said the new funds were for program costs and cash flow, not repayment of the loan, and that no additional loan authority remained. Members also debated the causes of higher Medi-Cal spending, including expanded eligibility, higher enrollment, pharmacy costs, and federal policy changes. The LAO noted that forecasting errors are not unusual but that current revisions are somewhat higher than typical, though not unprecedented. Several members emphasized that Medi-Cal supports access to care and hospital stability, while others raised concerns about sustainability and future federal cuts.
Public commenters largely supported the bill, especially the Medi-Cal funding and wildfire-related provisions. Health and labor advocates argued that the program is functioning as intended by covering more low-income Californians and preventing uncompensated care. Representatives of special districts and the Altadena Library District supported the property tax backfill provisions tied to the Eaton fire. The hearing ended without a vote, with the chair noting that the committee would adjourn for floor session and that the Assembly would vote on one of the early action bills later that morning.
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions Interim Topics Meeting, March 3, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
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program doing our own municipal finance program doing our own municipal finance - We'll go back and we'll take up campaign finance.
- And so some state campaign finance laws.
- . finance. finance.
Summary:
The chairman opened by explaining that the committee would hear proposed interim topics and then rank them by written submissions rather than debating them one by one. The Public Service Commission presented two topics: an educational session on small water utilities, citing maintenance needs, water-quality compliance, and difficulty accessing capital, and a review of civil penalties for pipeline safety violations because Wyoming’s statutory penalties are far below federal levels and could affect compliance and funding.
Members and outside presenters then outlined a range of additional topics. Representative Campbell proposed work on fire protection districts and EMS districts, focusing on financial stability, mill levies, and possible county authority to combine districts and levies. He also raised public records at meetings, corporate filing fees, and fraudulent corporate filings. The Community College Commission proposed updating annexation statutes so communities can join community college districts more easily, especially where current mill-levy rules create funding issues. Senator Crago supported the fraudulent corporate filings topic and noted related technology-based solutions and overlap with blockchain issues.
Other proposals included CPA “Pathways” licensing changes to address a shortage of accountants, a review of public meetings and public records laws, continuation of the electricity study with emphasis on grid reliability and large-load capacity constraints, and a broader review of the public meetings and records act. Ashley Harpstreith of the Wyoming Association of Municipalities supported extending municipal audit deadlines and described a statewide shortage of auditors and CPAs. Healthy Wyoming proposed studying health coverage options for low-income working adults, including state-sponsored or cooperative models. Representative Chestek proposed making most nonpartisan county offices elected on a nonpartisan basis. No votes or final selections were taken in the portion provided; the committee mainly heard testimony and discussed whether topics should be assigned to this committee or another one.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- This is the Minnesota State Education Finance Committee, and it will now come to order.
- We will then look at the Education Finance budget.
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Summary:
The Senate Education Finance Committee met on January 21 with a quorum present for the first meeting of the 2025 biennium. The co-chairs described the temporary power-sharing arrangement in the tied Senate, introduced committee staff and pages, and had members briefly introduce themselves and share what subject they would teach. After the introductions, the committee moved to a presentation from State Demographer Susan Brower.
Brower reviewed Minnesota’s school-age population trends and projections, noting that the state had just under 1 million children ages 5 to 17 in 2023 and that, for the first time, the older adult population exceeded the school-age population. She said the school-age population is concentrated in the Twin Cities metro and other regional centers, and projected an overall decline of about 5% over the next 15 to 20 years, driven mainly by declining birth rates and long-running net outmigration of young adults. She also explained that growth is expected in some areas, especially along the I-94 corridor north of the metro, while northern regions are projected to see the largest declines. She clarified for members that her figures measure resident children, not school enrollment, and that boundary changes are not reflected in the district-level data.
The presentation also covered demographic change among students. Brower said about 35% of Minnesota children ages 5 to 17 are children of color, with growing multiracial populations and increasing linguistic diversity. She reported that about 20% of school-age children have at least one foreign-born parent, and about 18% of enrolled students speak a language other than English at home, with Spanish, Somali, and Hmong the largest home languages. She also discussed child poverty, saying Minnesota’s rate is just under 10%, below the national rate of about 15%, and that poverty is concentrated in Minneapolis-St. Paul, some first-ring suburbs, and parts of northern Minnesota, including districts with larger Native populations. Members asked questions about whether the projections accounted for migration and whether open enrollment affected the figures; Brower said the data reflect where children live, not where they attend school, and that the projections are based on recent migration and birth patterns, with future changes more likely to come from international immigration than from domestic migration.
AZ
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- I don't finance at 511 p.m. in room 329.
- Isn't that the finance room? Yeah. 309. Okay. Today.
- Isn't that the finance room? right? Isn't that the finance room? Yeah.<00:13:24.880>
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of uh, uh, partial public financing of uh, uh, partial public financing of - So that's the finance room. Was there any resolution on the civil legal?
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection - 04/03/25
Commerce and Consumer Protection
Transcript Highlights:
- And, um, we have seen and we're trying to curb that a lot in the finance committee. So, Mr.
- And, um, we have seen and we're trying to curb that a lot in the finance committee. So, Mr.
- And, uh, by the way, on the grant administration, you know, when you get to Finance, you can amend it
- to finance, you can amend it that way. to finance, you can amend it that way.
- <00:30:17.679>
and omnibus which will go to finance and omnibus which will go to finance and
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Senate Executive Departments and Administration (04/16/2025)
Executive Departments and Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- We own financing is we we own property.
- The Government Finance Officers Association consists of representatives from the finance departments
- the New Hampshire government finance the New Hampshire government finance officers.<02:10:00.079
- So, it finances for a city and town.
- We are eliminating line F, which is a finance city finance officer appointed by the NHMA because we already