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• Our office is federally funded, and we are not able to even supervise gifted education if gifted education
• primarily through the federal IDEA, so there’s... ...is funded primarily through the federal IDEA, so
• This department is funded through the federal IDEA funding, so that's why we don't have to go to...
• that are in the... how did those funds get disseminated down to this office from those federal dollars
• So essentially the way that the federal funding works is we get a total allotment of funds from the federal

Keywords: 996, all

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• Also, increased funding for the Community Governance Attorney Program is necessary.
• Created funding for the Land Grant Studies Program at the University of New Mexico.
• There's the adjudication program. It's called the Second Community Ditch Fund.
• A status update from the Federal Funding Stabilization Subcommittee is also needed because those changes
• I believe that would fit under A5, which is state and federal land stewardship and firewood programs.

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• And I realized that about 68% of your budget Currently, 68% of your budget relies on federal funding.
• I will say there's about 51 positions that were a direct result of the loss of federal funding.
• This also goes back to the loss of federal funding.
• This also goes back to the loss of federal funding.
• We had worked out a deal with our federal partners to use some of that pandemic era funding to fund a

Keywords: 914, all

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• He explained that if the federal funding is pulled, the program goes away.
• the fully Federal federally funded if the fully Federal federally funded if the feds<02:38:10.319
• So if the federal funding for those programs goes away, the program goes away. Yes, exactly.
• <03:07:14.680> goes federal funding for those programs goes federal funding for those programs
• The folks in this program work with federal funding and help communities to investigate and clean up

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Environment and Agriculture Committee held an introductory orientation for members, many of whom were new or newly assigned to the committee. Leadership emphasized that the committee is intended to operate in a nonpartisan, collaborative way, and members introduced themselves and described their backgrounds in farming, gardening, food service, environmental work, water and waste issues, veterinary work, and related fields. Several members noted personal ties to homesteading, livestock, orcharding, food security, landfill concerns, and animal welfare, while others said they were eager to learn the committee’s work. The chair then reviewed committee procedures and expectations. Members were told the committee would generally meet on Tuesdays, with hearings starting around 10 a.m. and often running until about 4:30 p.m., and that absences, substitutes for executive sessions, and email communications would be handled through House rules and the committee’s email system. The chair also covered decorum rules for live-streamed meetings, including professional dress, limiting food and drink at the table, and giving full attention to witnesses. Members were reminded that legislative emails are subject to public records laws and that the committee may soon transition to a new email domain. The chair also explained logistics such as bill folders, committee room storage, and emergency procedures for evacuation or shelter-in-place. No bills were debated or voted on in this meeting, but the chair noted that the committee already had roughly two dozen bills pending, including animal welfare, landfill, policy, and cat-and-dog related measures. Members were told to expect a broad mix of topics beyond agriculture, including solid waste and animal-related legislation.

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• The one pay-as-you-go is a closed program, a legacy program called.
• That's an optional program. It's funded with a hundred percent of employees.
• and the JRS2 fund are effectively 100% funded.
• The fund is actually in a good spot. We have a positive fund balance.
• So we applied for that funding and we received over. $600 million in federal funds to reimburse our active

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• Services funding and it has to be a pilot program that's compliant with the requirements of that act
• , but they receive a large share of federal funds that's primarily in protective services.
• I will note it's pretty common in the GAA to fund, startup costs for new organizations or programs as
• The agency requested backfilling federal funds in their operating budget.
• That's the funding that goes out to our pre-K programs.

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• funded out of the Agri program.
• funded out of the Agri program.
• funded out of the Agri program.
• funded out of the Agri program.
• funded out of the Agri program.

Bills: HF770, HF857, HF38, HF1500, HF43

Keywords: HF770, Rural Finance Authority, RFA, capital investment, state bonds, general obligation bonds, bonding bill, agricultural loans, farm loans, beginning farmer, new farmer, seller-sponsored loans, loan restructuring, agricultural improvement loans, livestock expansion, modernization loans, rural development, Minnesota agriculture, farm credit, chapter 41B

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• The program, unfortunately, was set to sunset in 2024 and just ran out of funds this past month.
• This program helped fund 13 organizations that provided services across the state, and the top counties
• This program helped fund 13 organizations that provided services across the state, and the top counties
• But unfortunately, funding for this pilot program ended in 2024 and operations fully ceased earlier this
• AB 1324 will simplify eligibility rules for the CalWORKs program by aligning them with key federal CalFresh

Summary: The committee heard a series of child care, social services, immigrant support, disability services, and language access bills, with many measures drawing strong support and no opposition. Early in the hearing, AB 450 proposed a Department of Aging task force to study and recommend policies for undocumented adults age 55 and older; AB 593 would let CDSS identify data-sharing opportunities to improve CalFresh administration and participation; and AB 904 would clarify child care subsidy eligibility so families do not lose care during pregnancy leave, family leave, caregiving, or job search periods. All three were presented as ways to reduce barriers and improve access to essential services, and AB 904 was moved out on a 1-0 call after support testimony from child care advocates and a member of the public. AB 617, which would expand and standardize respite care access for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities by requiring licensing and registry participation, drew both support and significant opposition from respite providers and disability service organizations concerned about added regulation, cost, and possible delays; the author said she would continue working with opponents, and the bill was moved out on a 2-0 call. The committee also heard AB 1220, which would require regional centers to document denials, notices of action, and appeals in individual program plans and include that data in annual reports to improve transparency and equity in developmental services. The bill drew extensive public support from parents, advocates, and disability organizations, with no opposition, and passed 5-0. AB 752 would make child care centers by right in certain residential zones when co-located with multifamily housing or institutional uses, and supporters argued it would reduce zoning barriers and help expand child care capacity; it also passed 5-0. AB 1242 would create a CalHHS language access director, require human review of machine translation, and improve language coverage determinations for state and local agencies; supporters emphasized health equity and the need for better access for limited-English communities, and the bill was moved out on a 4-0 call. Later, AB 548 would continue and expand the Asylee and Vulnerable Non-Citizen Program, which provides case management and integration services for asylees and certain visa holders; supporters said the program had been effective but had run out of funding, and the bill passed 4-0. AB 495, the Family Preparedness Plan Act, would strengthen family safety planning for immigrant families, standardize acceptance of caregiver authorization affidavits, and create a joint guardianship process for temporary separations; testimony focused on fear of family separation and the need for clear school and medical procedures, and the bill passed 4-0. AB 1357 would exclude guaranteed income payments from being counted as income for state public assistance eligibility, with supporters arguing it would prevent recipients from falling off the “benefits cliff”; it passed 4-1. Finally, AB 1201, the Reunity Act, was introduced to require individualized court assessments before denying reunification services to parents with certain violent felony convictions after a five-year period, with the author and a witness describing the bill as a trauma-informed approach to family reunification.

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• With the work from the Office of Broadband and the Public Regulation Commission and federal funds, we
• As part of our BED program, the federal fund, $382 million, we ran two bidding processes.
• As part of our BED program, the federal fund, $382 million, we ran two bidding processes.
• We also awarded funds to Acoma Pueblo and Jemez Pueblo as part of that program.
• program, where the federal government mandated that we consider all companies, whether it's a fiber

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• , and is entirely federally funded.
• Sixty-eight percent is paid for by federal funding. Federal shares do differ among the programs.
• of while federal funds make up about 70% of of<00:14:01.440> grant<00:14:01.720> program
• > shares for by federal funding uh Federal shares for by federal funding uh Federal shares do<
• > the about are program funds they are the about are program funds they are the funds<00:49:41.280

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Regulations are programs that uh Federal Regulations are programs that uh Federal Regulations or<
• agency to retain federal agency to retain federal funds<00:31:27.279> represent<00:31:27.679
• talked about is you know loss of federal talked about is you know loss of federal funding<00:43:
• would lose our federal funds so we won't would lose our federal funds so we won't be<01:11:41.520
• funds but everybody a loss of federal funds but everybody here<01:27:08.520> wants<01:27:08.719

Bills: HF1, HF1384

Keywords: Office of Inspector General, inspector general, legislative audit, fraud prevention, waste and abuse, public funds, grant oversight, state grants, grant management, whistleblower protection, retaliation, subpoena power, data practices, government transparency, accountability, law enforcement referrals, sanctions, debarment, payment withholding, public assistance fraud

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• <00:05:34.160> funded enrollment in the federally funded enrollment in the federally funded
• <00:06:05.199> funded enrollment in these federally funded enrollment in these federally funded
• Yeah, the federal government provides half of the funding in these programs. Thank you very much.
• Yeah, the federal government provides half of the funding in these programs. Thank you.
• the funding in these programs. the funding in these programs.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• cemetery funding.
• program.
• While increased funding is beneficial, I have concerns about cuts to the middle class scholarship program
• While increased funding is beneficial, I have concerns about cuts to the middle class scholarship program
• for funding.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

Summary: The Senate opened with roll call, prayer, and the Pledge of Allegiance, then approved the Senate journals and adopted floor amendments. Members voted on motions to advance Budget and Fiscal Review Committee measures and to suspend Joint Rule 62A so the budget committee could hear budget-related bills with shortened notice; both motions passed by roll call. The chamber then moved through the Daily File, including several second-reading bills and gubernatorial appointments. Three appointments were confirmed: Julie Lee and Ann Patterson to the Delta Stewardship Council, and Santa Cruz County Sheriff Christopher Clark to the Board of State and Community Corrections. Senators also took up Senate Joint Resolution 17, which urges Congress and the President to clarify that states may extend burial and memorial benefits in state veterans’ cemeteries to Republic of Korea veterans who served alongside U.S. troops in Vietnam; the resolution passed unanimously. The Senate then considered AB 109, the Budget Act of 2026, with extensive debate on the state’s fiscal condition and major budget priorities. Supporters said the budget is balanced, maintains reserves, reduces the structural deficit, and protects funding for child care, Medi-Cal, distressed hospitals, in-home supportive services, housing, higher education, and transit. Opponents argued it relies on future tax increases, leaves a structural deficit, and does not adequately address affordability, public safety, or repayment of unemployment insurance debt. After debate, AB 109 passed 28-9, and the chamber later approved the consent calendar items 81 through 86. The session ended with adjournments in memory of Honorable Hajan Lee, Doris Fisher, and James Leslie Barbie. The Senate announced its next floor session would be Thursday, June 18, 2026, at 9 a.m.

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• Those staff are just funded with those federal funds.
• That does go to multiple programs, not just to food safety, but they do have a specific general fund
• There's also a lot of focus federally, so we're going to be looking at that program.
• It's been an area that there's been a lot of federal funding.
• As that federal funding is drying up, there's going to be a lot of state funding that the legislature

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• Our state programs, a couple of federal programs. It's not an exhaustive list by any stretch.
• competitive with other states and those other federal programs.
• And so, here's a distribution of the federal programs.
• It is supplemented by federal funds, but there is only about $1 million a year in those federal funds
• Harrison mentioned earlier that the program did fund 30 residents last cycle.

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• allow the state to draw down federal funds for inpatient... ...budget year to keep people connected
• to Medi-Cal and allow the state to draw down federal funds for inpatient hospitalization.
• We hope for the continued funding of this vital program. Thank you.
• We hope for the continued funding of this vital program. Thank you. Thanks.
• request the Legislature to fund the full $40 million for deportation defense programs.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

Summary: The Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 3 on Human Services held its final hearing on the budget, with the chair framing the Senate’s plan as a counterproposal that rejected major cuts and preserved revenues. Public comment was overwhelmingly supportive of the subcommittee’s actions, with advocates, counties, providers, and community groups thanking members for rejecting or delaying proposed cuts to Medi-Cal asset limits, immigrant coverage and premiums, IHSS, PACE, APS, behavioral health advocacy and innovation grants, mobile crisis services, and certain dental and provider payment reductions. Speakers also urged additional funding or trailer bill changes for county eligibility work, public hospitals, indigent care, CalFresh outreach and food benefits, child care slots and COLAs, legal services for immigrants, and long-term services and supports. A major theme was the Senate’s “Be Home Soon” proposal, which many disability, aging, home care, and health care organizations praised as a way to shift care from institutions to home- and community-based settings. Testimony also supported restoring or maintaining funding for behavioral health programs, including 988/mobile crisis infrastructure, community advocacy contracts, and Title IV-E workforce funding. Several county and provider groups asked the committee to consider alternative proposals related to H.R. 1 impacts, Medi-Cal coverage losses, and county indigent care costs, while others requested continued work on public hospital support, CFAP expansion, and implementation details for child care and IHSS. The subcommittee then took three votes on grouped budget items. The first consent block, covering a large set of items, passed 3-0. The second block passed 2-1, with Senator Grove voting no. The final block passed 3-0. The hearing concluded with the chair stating the subcommittee had done its part and adjourning the meeting.

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• As amended, my bill uses a health plan assessment to leverage federal matching funds, and by using a
• federally allowed Medicaid funding mechanism, our MCO partners get back 99% of their assessment through
• and by using a federally matching funds and by using a federally allowed<00:04:02.079> Medicaid
• <00:05:08.759> funds not done enough to access federal funds not done enough to access federal
• He said this program is going to create base funding, and in 2030 there is going to be a cliff, when

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• So I need to because we do in the Medicaid program um a lot of our funding comes federally um in terms
• So I need to because we do in the Medicaid program um a lot of our funding comes federally um in terms
• So I need to because we do in the Medicaid program um a lot of our funding comes federally um in terms
• So I need to because we do in the Medicaid program um a lot of our funding comes federally um in terms
• So I need to because we do in the Medicaid program um a lot of our funding comes federally um in terms

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• <00:02:11.599> funds<00:02:12.040> and<00:02:12.200> matching we use our federal
• funds and matching we use our federal funds and matching State<00:02:12.920> funds<00:02:13.319
• State funds to create Partnerships collaboration<00:02:15.599> innovated<00:02:16.200> programs
• And if you include the federal match that Mary Brogan talked about, the Medicaid waiver program actually
• Division through the Department of Health to fund the Medicaid waiver program and offer the vital community

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The Committee on Health and Human Services held an informational briefing on the Developmental Disabilities Council and related agencies. The Hawaii State Council on Developmental Disabilities outlined its 2025 legislative priorities, including a pilot project for guardian ad litem and capacity evaluations in guardianship/conservatorship cases, a supported decision-making bill, a health disparities study for people with disabilities, an ABLE savings outreach/staffing measure, a Medicaid buy-in proposal, an adult changing tables equity bill, and a resolution on fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. Council representatives emphasized that supported decision-making would complement tools like powers of attorney and medical releases, and that the health disparities study would help identify unmet needs by ZIP code and improve state data on the intellectual and developmental disability population. The Center on Disability Studies at the University of Hawaii described its role as the research and training arm within the DD system, working with the DD Council and the Hawaii Disability Rights Center. It reported activities such as interdisciplinary training, community education, technical assistance, research collaborations, the Pacific Rim International Conference on Disability and Diversity, publications, telehealth, ECHO Autism, and counseling for Maui fire survivors. The center said it leveraged about $16 million in outside funding last year and highlighted goals focused on workforce development, community capacity, research with direct participation from people with disabilities, and accessible dissemination of information. The Hawaii Disability Rights Center, the state’s protection and advocacy agency, supported the Council’s priorities, especially supported decision-making, which it said could help some people avoid guardianship while preserving liberty and reducing state resource use. The center also raised concerns about the DD system budget and urged legislators to review whether the Developmental Disabilities Division is requesting enough funding, noting possible backsliding in services and eligibility. The Developmental Disabilities Division of the Department of Health then outlined its statewide waiver program serving just over 3,500 people, its service array, and its budget request for increased waiver funding, a federal initiatives coordinator, and IT upgrades to comply with the new HCBS access rule; no votes or formal actions were taken during the briefing.

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• Together, our congressional delegation has secured more than $650 million in federal funding through
• We launched the program by redirecting interest funds from our Community Air Protection Program, $2.7
• million in those funds, and also had contributions from federal EPA, a CARB supplemental environmental
• ... ...from federal EPA, a CARB supplemental environmental project fund, the County of San Diego District
• , federal funds will not be in place before the next storm season begins.

Summary: The joint Senate and Assembly Environmental Quality/Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials informational hearing focused on the Tijuana River Valley sewage crisis, with members from both parties emphasizing that the problem is long-running, cross-border, and severe enough to require federal, state, local, and binational action. Opening remarks described the crisis as an environmental and public health emergency affecting beaches, air and water quality, marine life, tourism, and residents’ quality of life in South Bay communities. Assembly Member Boerner and Senator Jones both stressed the need for continued funding and cooperation, while Senator Padilla said the issue is underappreciated because of where it occurs but has major public health, economic, and educational consequences. Congressman Mike Levin’s office reported more than $650 million in federal funding secured for infrastructure and cleanup, along with federal legislation and requests for CDC and EPA involvement. Supervisor Paloma Aguirre gave a detailed overview of county efforts and the scope of the crisis, citing decades of sewage flows from Tijuana, nearly four years of beach closures, and the county’s expanded water-quality monitoring. She said the county is pursuing warning signs, an air purifier distribution program, an epidemiological study, soil testing, an economic impact study, and a feasibility analysis to remove the “hot spot” near Saturn Boulevard, which she described as a key local source of airborne pollution. She also pointed to binational funding for treatment plant upgrades and said the county is seeking state support, including from Proposition 4 cross-border river funds, to expand relief and mitigation efforts. Scripps researchers Dr. Sarah Giddings and Dr. Kimberly Prather presented scientific findings on water and air transport. Giddings described a high-resolution forecast model that predicts wastewater movement and beach closure risk up to five days ahead, using real-time observations and showing about 72% accuracy against county measurements. Prather said the main exposure route is through air, not just water, and reported that turbulence at the river hot spot aerosolizes pollutants, with hydrogen sulfide and other gases spiking at night and dropping when river flow is diverted. She said the team has identified thousands of gases and linked measurements closely to odor complaints, while also noting that air purifiers can reduce indoor exposure but are not a permanent solution. Dr. Paula Stigler Granados added that community health surveys and CDC assessments show widespread symptoms, sleep disruption, anxiety, and daily life impacts, especially during nighttime odor events. She said her team has found more than 900 contaminants in river water and 106 chemicals uniquely associated with the Saturn Boulevard hot spot, with passive air sampling showing similar chemical fingerprints in nearby homes. The panel discussion ended with questions about standards and accountability, and witnesses and legislators agreed that the crisis requires updated air-quality standards, more health research, and continued coordination to reduce exposure and address the source of pollution.