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• The bill is being referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Elections. House file.
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Keywords: 1183, house

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• That That will be if that's finance.
• we’ll reintroduce it back in finance.
• we’ll reintroduce it back in finance.
• Finance Committee? Finance Committee? >> Ms.<01:51:39.400> Gram. >> Ms.
• ,<02:09:48.880> make defend our position in finance, make defend our position in finance,

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• The Chair calls the Education Finance Committee meeting to order for Tuesday, March 11th, 2025.
• <00:02:54.720> February<00:02:55.159> 2025 through2 education Finance February 2025
• Beckle and their very deep understanding of the finances within our state education system.
• This is traditionally how the education finance bill has been structured.
• This is traditionally how the education finance bill has been structured.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• the technical college district revenue limit, and making an appropriation by the Joint Committee on Finance
• Report passage recommended by Joint Committee on Finance.
• Making an appropriation by the Joint Committee on Finance.
• Report passage recommended by Joint Committee on Finance. Ayes 12, noes 4.
• the technical college district revenue limit, and making an appropriation by the Joint Committee on Finance

Keywords: 970, all

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• This measure, in coordination with the Department of Transportation and the Hawaii Housing Finance and
• 00:05:24.440> the<00:05:24.720> Hawaii<00:05:25.280> Housing<00:05:26.280> Finance
• <00:05:26.840> and and the Hawaii Housing Finance and and the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development
• logistics facilities near ports, harbors, and airports to reduce material costs associated with public financing

Bills: SB2876, SB3253, SB2125, SB2781, HB549, HB1768, SB2053, SB2494, SB2851, SB3073, HB1678, HB1721, HB2475, HB2246, HB1667, HB1516, SB2532, SB3131, SB3154, HB2297, HB1737, SB2143, SB2398, SB2623, HB1740, HB1920, HB1682, SB2153, SB3140, HB1515, SB2835, HB2282, SB3083, SB2031, SB2519, SB2667, SB2140, SB2544, SB2069, SB2697, SB874, SB2043, SB888, SB2721, HB2152, HB1334, HB2385, HB1643, HB2314, HB1688, HB1692, SB2568, SB2983, SB2108, SB3136, HB1959, SB3156, HB1511, HB1753, HB1824, HB2137, HB1810, HB2279, HB2309, HB1548, HB2078, HB2293, SB3262, SB2169, SB2607, SB2964, SB3255, HB2576, HB1481, HB1864, HB1550, SB2818, SB3067, SB2061, HB1728, HB1881, HB2361, HB2395, HB1823, SB2050, SB2397, SB2175, SB2852, SB847, SB3001

Keywords: natural hair braiding, hair braiding, braids, braider, braiding license, cosmetology, barbering, barber board, Board of Barbering and Cosmetology, registration, licensure exemption, sanitation training, health and safety, hair extensions, cornrows, twists, locks, protective hairstyles, beauty industry, occupational licensing

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• Other than introducing my expert this morning, it's Callie Frosbill from the Legislative Finance Committee
• I've gotten conflicting news and reports from our staff with the Legislative Finance Committee.
• And so if I could have our esteemed economist, Jennifer from the Legislative Finance Committee, come
• referred to here, and it is my prerogative as the Chair to follow the direction of our Legislative Finance
• our customers are at a household income level of $100,000 or less, and about 25% of our customers finance

Keywords: 996, all

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• Unless both parties agree if there's some problem with getting an inspection or financing or whatever
• Unless both parties agree if there's some problem with getting an inspection or financing or whatever
• Unless both parties agree if there's some problem with getting an inspection or financing or whatever
• Unless both parties agree if there's some problem with getting an inspection or financing or whatever
• There is some problem with getting an inspection or financing or whatever it may be, they've got to close

Keywords: Education - Room 216, 29 January, 2026; 9:30 AM, 925, all

Summary: The committee took up several education-related bills. Senate Bill 2281, a repealer bill extending to July 1, 2029, would allow career and technical education grants to school districts to be used for additional purposes already in statute, including purchasing equipment for programs leading to qualifying industry standards. The bill was explained briefly, no questions were raised, and it was approved by voice vote. The committee then considered Senate Bill 2485, a department-requested bill dealing with charter school qualifications. It would clarify that charter schools are exempt from certain requirements if the program did not receive Department of Education grant funding, while adding some requirements back to the authorizer board. The bill was adopted without objection. Senate Bill 2494, also explained by Senator McMahon, would codify bulk purchasing authority for the state's regional education service agencies. An amendment was adopted to replace references to “RESA” and “ESA” with the full statutory terms for consistency, and the bill passed as amended. Finally, Senate Bill 2515, sponsored by Senator Blount, addressed state law governing the sale of closed school buildings, especially in light of Jackson Public Schools closing more than 20 buildings due to declining enrollment. The bill would reduce the effect of reverter clauses that can discourage buyers and would set deadlines for charter schools’ first right of refusal on closed school properties: interest must be expressed within six months and a lease or purchase completed within 12 months unless extended by agreement. An amendment reflecting those changes was adopted, a question was raised about whether the bill affected buildings on 16-section land, and the sponsor said it would not change land ownership. The committee then voted to do pass the bill as amended, and the meeting ended with notice of one more meeting planned for Tuesday and a motion for a rising report.

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• . >> Finance. June 6, 2025.
• Sincerely, Jared Polis, Governor. >> Finance, Mr. Majority Leader. >> Thank you, Mr. President.
• Sincerely, Jared Polus, Governor Governor Governor >> Finance,<00:32:56.480> Mr.
• >> Finance, Mr. Majority Leader. >> Finance, Mr. Majority Leader.

Keywords: 981, all

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, approved the journal of January 16, 2026, and then moved through committee reports and floor business. The State Veterans and Military Affairs Committee reported the appointment of Robert Davis of Boulder as executive director of the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs and adjutant general, recommending it be placed on the consent calendar and confirmed. The chamber also considered House Joint Resolution 102, commemorating Martin Luther King Jr. Day, which was adopted by a vote of 32 ayes, 0 noes, with 3 excused. Several announcements were made about upcoming committee hearings, including SMART Act hearings for judiciary and transportation committees, as well as a blood drive and a fundraiser for the junior livestock sale. The Majority Leader announced that governor appointments would be read across the desk before adjournment and that members did not need to return later that day. The remainder of the meeting consisted of reading a long series of gubernatorial appointments to various boards and commissions, including the Colorado Coal Mine Board of Examiners, the Institute of Cannabis Research Governing Board, the Colorado Educational and Cultural Facilities Authority, College Invest, the State Board for Community Colleges and Occupational Education, Colorado Mesa University, the Charter School Institute Board, the Private Occupational School Board, the Advisory Committee on Governmental Accounting, and the Colorado Banking Board. After the appointments were read, the Senate adopted a motion to adjourn and recessed until 9:00 a.m. on January 21, 2026.

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• MEMBERS, WE HAVE IN STATUTE A DEBT REDUCTION STRATEGY OUTLINED BY THE DIVISION OF BOND FINANCE.
• FOR THE STATE BOARD OF MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION FOR ALL FUNDS THIS IS JUST THE WAY WE DO BOND FINANCING
• WHEN WE INCUR THIS DEBT WHAT ARE THE TYPICAL FINANCING COSTS THAT WE WILL END UP RETIRING ONCE WE RETIRE
• THIS OUTLINES THE FINANCING COSTS AND DOES A GOOD JOB WITH THE CHARTS IN THEIR OF TALKING ABOUT HOW MUCH
• HISTORICALLY WE HAVE HAD WITH HER FINANCING COSTS OF DOING THESE DEBTS AND ALL THESE DIFFERENT PROJECTS

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• This Wednesday, May 14th, meeting of the Senate Finance Committee will come to order.
• support, and I believe we're here because there may be just a couple little parts that have to do with finance
• 50.079> with couple little parts that have to do with couple little parts that have to do with finance
• . finance. finance.

Bills: SF1832

Keywords: economic development, small business, workforce training, grants, entrepreneurship, equity, community support, 1187, senate, all

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• Okay, we're going to convene the conference committee for finance and on House Bill 300, HD1, SD1, relating
• The next one, BED 142, House position, sequence 21101-00001, Senate, for budget and finance program ID
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Keywords: 910, house, all

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• When families can't build and hold assets, they have less ability to finance a startup, survive a slow
• helps local organizations deliver technical assistance, business skills training, and access to financing
• Black business owners report difficulty accessing capital, and Black business owners are denied financing
• , mortgage rules that disadvantage Latino applicants... ...financing, mortgage rules that disadvantage
• mortgage rules that disadvantage Latino applicants financing, mortgage rules that disadvantage Latino

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Racial Equity, Civil Rights, and Inclusion held a hearing on the impact of federal policy on the racial wealth gap in Massachusetts, the fourth in a series on federal impacts on racial equity. Chair Bud Williams and Chair Miranda opened by emphasizing that no bills were being heard and that the committee would instead take testimony from invited witnesses; public written testimony was also accepted. The chairs and witnesses repeatedly cited long-standing wealth disparities affecting Black and brown communities, including homeownership, wages, business ownership, and access to capital, and linked those disparities to federal policy changes, housing, education, health care, and workforce development. Administration officials testified first. Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development Lauren Jones described persistent labor market disparities, including higher unemployment for Black and Latino residents, lower median hourly wages, and underemployment among degree holders, and highlighted state efforts such as ESOL-for-work funding, workforce training grants, MassHire career centers, skills-based hiring, and the state equity dashboards. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kiami Mahania argued that poverty drives poor health, not the reverse, and said wealth gaps contribute to chronic disease, maternal health inequities, medical debt, and shorter life expectancy; she pointed to the Advancing Health Equity Massachusetts initiative, a health care affordability working group, and the governor’s push to bar medical debt from credit reporting. Assistant Secretary Juan Vega of EOED focused on entrepreneurship and procurement, citing technical assistance grants, founder support programs, place-based investment, the Business Front Door, and the need to broaden access to contracts, capital, and business growth opportunities. Committee members pressed the panel on the effects of the federal “big beautiful bill” on households, especially single-parent and Black women-led households, and on whether the state could develop more timely data systems instead of relying on federal numbers. Officials said the impacts were still being monitored, but warned that Medicaid and SNAP changes would likely hit lower-income households and community institutions hard. Members also asked about unions and apprenticeships, microbusiness definitions, supplier diversity, pay equity, and degree inflation; the administration said registered apprenticeships and skills-based hiring are key tools, and noted that wage equity reporting is still in its early stages. Later testimony from BECMA’s Nicole O’Bean stressed that tariffs, DEI rollbacks, immigration enforcement, capital gaps, and federal funding cuts are constraining Black-owned businesses and inclusive procurement, while Gastón Institute researchers described severe Latino homeownership and rent burdens, educational inequities, and the need for housing, labor, and education policy changes to close the wealth gap.

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• Under the rules, it is recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
• Under the rules, it is recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
• Under the rules, it is recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
• Under the rules, it is recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
• Senate Finance will meet Monday, May 18th, at 10 a.m.

Bills: SR122, SR123, SR124, SCR12, HB940, HB221, HCR109, HCR58, HB27, HB143, HB205, HB259, HB267, HB288, HB308, HB403, HB405, HB414, HB417, HB478, HB546, HB548, HB555, HB557, HB609, HB670, HB672, HB740, HB779, HB786, HB796, HB812, HB848, HB909, HB915, HB917, HB921, HB930, HB933, HB938, HB971, HB1095, HB1096, HB1103, HB1129, HB1154, HB1166, HB1187, HB1195, HB1230, SB121, SCR22, SCR24, SB29, SB30, SB32, SB41, SB42, SB43, SB47, SB84, SB93, SB113, SB192, SB199, SB219, SB220, SB221, SB222, SB241, SB253, SB255, SB289, SB292, SB306, SB314, SB351, SB399, SB404, SB14, SB102, SB133, SB151, SB165, SB169, SB170, SB200, SB217, SB280, SB291, SB300, SB303, SB330, SB449, SB489, SB521, SB45, SB156, SB181, SB203, SB274, SB304, SB379, SB396, SB410, SB425, SB427, SB436, SB424, SCR61, SCR9, SB35, SB65, SB215, SB246, SB249, SB269, SB282, SB296, SB323, SB363, SB369, SB474, SB490, SB492, SB500, HCR31, HB296, HB299, HB322, HB364, HB519, HB535, HB538, HB568, HB571, HB622, HB635, HB676, HB772, HB784, HB1006, HB1018, HB1043, HB1070, HB1134, HB1239, HB62, HB193, HB203, HB210, HB220, HB228, HB246, HB420, HB475, HB486, HB574, HB584, HB750, HB813, HB815, HB826, HB870, HB949, HB953, HB1045, HB1092, HB1151, HB1162, HB1176, HB1177, HB1196, HB1214, HB1241, HB22, HB28, HB33, HB41, HB47, HB87, HB115, HB162, HB195, HB214, HB217, HB233, HB283, HB290, HB319, HB324, HB345, HB362, HB363, HB368, HB377, HB380, HB382, HB386, HB392, HB406, HB431, HB441, HB466, HB503, HB533, HB559, HB575, HB590, HB593, HB618, HB636, HB655, HB664, HB685, HB692, HB707, HB715, HB732, HB738, HB741, HB748, HB776, HB807, HB822, HB856, HB860, HB868, HB887, HB888, HB905, HB908, HB961, HB980, HB990, HB992, HB999, HB1000, HB1010, HB1146, HB1157, HB1233, HB1236, HB1243, HB17, HB36, HB73, HB119, HB126, HB129, HB133, HB140, HB159, HB166, HB211, HB226, HB245, HB271, HB280, HB337, HB351, HB354, HB399, HB677, HB712, HB723, HB726, HB728, HB759, HB789, HB844, HB850, HB966, HB1036, SB149, SB382, SB441, HB134, HB258, HB359, HB782

Keywords: SR122, Senate Resolution 122, Metairie Park Country Day School, Country Day Cajuns, Cajuns basketball, LHSAA, Louisiana High School Athletic Association, Division III Select, boys basketball, state championship, high school sports, athletic commendation, sports resolution, Lake Charles, Marsh Madness, Mike McGuire, Brennan White, Kellen Brewer, Calvary Baptist Academy, school recognition

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• . >> The second LSR deals with education financing.
• All in favor of the risk pool and education finance late bill say I. >> I. >> Any oppose?
• you know uh everyone is well financing you know uh everyone is well aware<00:06:36.880> that<
• . financing. financing.
• education finance late bill say I. education finance late bill say I. >> I. >> I.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• I, I do think, um, and I apologize cause I, I do sit on Senate Finance and now sit on the Legislative
• Finance Committee.
• We'd love a champion or two to help us out with House Appropriations and Senate Finance.
• One of the things that that legislative finance report, Mr.
• I mean, I've only been one year on Senate Finance and it was a, it was a hell of a ride.

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• And of course our budget bill will have to go to finance from there.
• discussion and amendments in the finance committee.
• So there'll be to finance from there.
• committee uh to have members of finance committee uh to have additional<00:53:05.839> uh<00:53
• in the finance committee. in the finance committee.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Protection Bureau headquarters and gained access to information technology systems, human resources, finance
• Protection Bureau headquarters and gained access to information technology systems, human resources, finance
• such as auto finance, and money transmitters.
• Does it come from the general fund, or does it come from some of the private money, Finance Banks?
• that is why the student loan financing that is why the state<00:34:12.720> of<00:34:12.879>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Go ahead and get started with House Corporations and Finance. Thanks everyone for being here.
• On the healthy foods program, this is again a newly created healthy food financing fund.
• The LFC recommendation does not include funding for the Healthy Food Financing Program.
• That $3 million over the next five years is also for Healthy Food Financing.
• Chair, Representative, so here in this slide you'll see the Healthy Food Financing Fund.

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• Uh, I'll call the House Education Finance Committee to order.
• Representative Feist, I'll move House File 7045 be laid over for possible inclusion in an education finance
• Why don't you go ahead and finance bill.
• committee and hearing education finance committee and hearing our<00:27:22.240> remarks<00:27
• go back and see with the school finance go back and see with the school finance team<01:02:33.520

Bills: HF1048, HF1049, HF745, HF2210

Keywords: charter schools, education funding, revenue calculation, general education revenue, special education, school library aid, education finance, school districts, funding eligibility, compensatory revenue, task force, free meals, school funding, education equity, HF2210, school unemployment aid, Minnesota Department of Education, general fund appropriation, unemployment insurance, unemployment claims

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• our first committee on finance hearing.
• My name is Lis Alia, Director of Finance.
• total budget of all means of financing total budget of all means of financing for<01:44:55.480><
• salivia director of budget and finance salivia director of budget and finance and<05:33:27.520><
• And also package together the entire financing piece.

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The Committee on Finance held its first informational briefing for 2025, beginning with member introductions and then hearing an economic outlook presentation from Dr. Eugene Tian of the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism. Dr. Tian said Hawaii’s economy was in relatively good shape in several areas, especially construction, which he described as at a historical high, with construction employment above 40,000 monthly and building permit values and contracting tax base both up sharply. He also noted real estate sales had rebounded in 2024, the labor market had stabilized with unemployment around 2.9%, and initial unemployment claims were below 2019 levels. At the same time, he highlighted challenges including inflation running above the national rate, a shrinking labor force, lower employment compared with 2023, and continued weakness in visitor spending and arrivals. He said future growth would likely come from health care, professional services, construction, tourism recovery, and diversified sectors such as renewable energy, aquaculture, creative industries, and technology. Dr. Tian also discussed Hawaii’s economic structure and recovery, saying the state remains more concentrated in a few industries than the U.S. overall, with government and hospitality making up larger shares of the economy. He said non-tourism sectors had recovered, but tourism-related jobs and output were still below pre-pandemic levels, with Maui and the visitor industry still affected by the wildfire and COVID-19 impacts. He projected tourism and non-agricultural wage and salary jobs would not fully recover until 2027, and said population trends remain a concern because of aging, the likelihood of deaths outpacing births in coming years, and reliance on in-migration. After his presentation, the chair said questions would be taken later and the committee took a short break. After the break, Dr. Carano of the Hawaii Executive Director’s office presented a second outlook, saying Hawaii’s economy in 2025 looked better than 2024 overall, though he emphasized substantial uncertainty tied to the incoming federal administration. He said possible changes to tariffs, tax policy, immigration, and federal spending could raise inflation and keep interest rates higher than previously expected, which would affect housing, consumer debt, the dollar, and Hawaii’s visitor industry. He noted that U.S. visitors account for roughly three-quarters of visitor spending in the state, making federal policy especially important. He also said deregulation could be a long-term positive but would not likely have much effect in 2025 or 2026. As an additional risk, he pointed to bird flu and its effect on livestock, poultry, and egg prices. No votes or formal actions were taken during the briefing.