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TX

Texas 89th Regular

Education K-16 (Part I) May 15th, 2025

Education K-16

Transcript Highlights:
  • these other pressures that... ...we have on Texas from these other big issues: big infrastructure, managing
  • I also wanted to mention that for our special education teachers in our districts, we have new grants
  • I also wanted to mention for our special education teachers in our districts, we have new grants being
Bills: HB2
Summary: The Senate Education K-16 Committee met to consider HB 2, the major school finance bill, with the chair explaining that the committee substitute would provide about $8 billion in new public education funding. The bill was described as including permanent teacher compensation increases, expanded teacher incentive allotment funding, support for early literacy and numeracy, teacher certification and residency pathways, special education funding, career and technical education, school safety dollars, and facilities support for charter schools. The committee adopted the committee substitute without objection after roll was called and a quorum was present. Members questioned the bill’s structure, especially the balance between across-the-board teacher pay and the teacher incentive allotment, the treatment of uncertified teachers, and differences in requirements between traditional public schools and charter schools. Senator Menendez and Senator West raised concerns about equity, charter-school parity, facilities funding, inflation, and whether the bill should include more support for fine arts and extracurricular programs. The chair responded that the bill was designed to direct most new money to traditional public schools while also preserving flexibility and that charter-school and public-school alignment would need further work. Invited witnesses Dr. Imelda De La Rosa and Val Acri testified in support of the bill, emphasizing that the Teacher Incentive Allotment helps recruit and retain teachers in rural districts and supports mentorship and certification pathways. Public witnesses also supported the bill but urged more funding for fine arts, local flexibility, and full restoration of House-proposed funding levels. Dr. Josh Jones supported year-long teacher residencies, Dr. Philip Morgan asked for more local control and restoration of fine arts funding, Rich Saina supported the bill but warned about hold-harmless reductions, and Dr. Greg Poole supported the bill while asking for flexibility for high-performing districts that already pay high salaries. After the invited testimony and some public testimony, the committee recessed subject to the call of the chair so members could attend the Senate floor.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Education K-16 (Part II) May 15th, 2025

Education K-16

Transcript Highlights:
  • Third, we recommend restoring the autism grant funding included in earlier versions of HB 2 and SB 568
  • These grants help schools implement innovative and effective programs for students with autism, and we
  • We advocate for putting the autism grant back in and also for the pre-K eligibility for students with
  • We advocate for putting the Autism Grant back in and also for the pre-K eligibility for students with
  • I'm the policy manager for Teach Plus Texas.
Bills: HB2
Summary: The committee continued public testimony on House Bill 2, which would make major changes to public school funding, teacher pay, special education, early learning, school safety, and related programs. Many superintendents and education advocates supported the bill’s overall direction but urged changes, especially a larger basic allotment and more flexible funding for rural and small districts. Witnesses from Paint Creek, West Hardin, Cushing, Blooming Grove, Mildred, Buffalo, Plano, and rural school groups said the bill’s targeted raises and new requirements would not fully cover inflation, TRS/Medicare costs, transportation, insurance, or support staff salaries, and several asked the committee to restore the House version’s higher basic allotment and small-school allotment. Charter school representatives supported the facilities funding changes and said charter schools need state help because they cannot levy taxes, while also noting the funding gap with ISDs. Fine arts advocates asked the committee to restore the fine arts allotment, arguing arts improve engagement, attendance, and academic outcomes, especially in rural and at-risk communities. Early learning and special education witnesses supported parts of the bill but raised concerns about pre-K restrictions, disability-related pre-K access, and the need to preserve or clarify special education provisions and mental health oversight language. Several witnesses praised the teacher pay raise, teacher incentive allotment expansion, and teacher preparation investments, saying they would help recruit and retain educators and improve student outcomes. Others, including counselors and support staff advocates, argued the bill should also include raises for counselors, nurses, librarians, bus drivers, custodians, aides, and other non-teaching employees who keep schools running. One witness from the Texas Counseling Association opposed the substitute because it removed a counselor pay provision, warning of counselor shortages and inequities. A parent and special education advocate said the bill’s structure creates too many strings attached and asked for a larger basic allotment instead of more targeted funding. Another witness from Mental Health America urged keeping the collaborative task force on public school mental health services through 2031, and a disability rights advocate said the committee substitute appears to omit some special education items that were in the House version. The committee also briefly took up House Bill 6, a school discipline bill. After questions about automatic mandatory expulsion for vape possession and concerns about younger students, the committee adopted the substitute and voted to report HB 6 favorably to the full Senate by a 9-1 vote, with Senator Menendez voting no and Senators West and Menendez expressing reservations but supporting further discussion. After that vote, testimony on HB 2 resumed. Senators used the hearing to ask about the bill’s cost, the difference between the basic allotment and the bill’s targeted funding buckets, and whether the permanent teacher pay increase shifts pressure off districts. The bill’s supporters emphasized that it represents an historic, roughly $8 billion investment and that many of the new funding streams are intended to be permanent or to address specific district needs.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Intergovernmental Affairs Apr 22nd, 2025

Intergovernmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • bill also exempts this added requirement for smaller jurisdictions, which may lack the capacity to manage
  • Yes, hi, my name is Whitney Parra, and I'm the policy manager at the Texas Affiliation of Affordable
Bills: HB164
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • And the grant program that companies.
  • 41.039><c> help</c><00:08:41.440><c> support</c> grant program before you help support grant program
  • </c> activation part of the grant program? activation part of the grant program?
  • </c><00:19:24.240><c> And</c> for grant programs and so forth. And for grant programs and so forth.
  • We don't want to take for granted. The time is now to do that.
Summary: The committee met without a quorum at first, so it began with an informational presentation from Dr. Kristen Goodell, executive director of LifeKY, about innovation infrastructure and a proposed grant program to support life sciences and other startup facilities. She argued that Kentucky’s research investments only translate into jobs and companies if startups have access to physical lab and equipment space, and said shared facilities can serve many companies over time. Goodell described LifeKY’s Northern Kentucky facility as a proof of concept, noting it has attracted companies from other states and Japan, secured a Thermo Fisher Scientific partnership, and could be replicated elsewhere in the Commonwealth. Members asked about university pipelines, local talent development, sustainability, and how the grant program would measure return on investment; Goodell emphasized public-private partnerships, earned revenue, philanthropy, internships, and STEM programming as part of the model. The committee then took up Senate Bill 76, sponsored by Senator Bledsoe, which would limit school board occupational license tax increases by raising the population threshold for such increases from 300,000 to 500,000. Bledsoe said the bill was intended to respond to Fayette County’s recent tax controversy, restore public trust, and provide stability for employees, employers, and the school system. He argued that occupational taxes affect many commuters who work in Fayette County but live elsewhere, and said the measure would give time for community buy-in before any future increase. Supportive comments came from Senator Nunn and others, while Senator Boswell asked about the tax rate and cautioned against local tax increases offsetting state income tax reductions. After discussion, the committee called the roll on SB 76. The bill advanced on a roll-call vote, with Senator Armstrong explaining a no vote because he did not want to take tools away from local government and preferred local control. The transcript indicates the measure moved forward from committee after the vote.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Travel, Recreation, Wildlife & Cultural Resources Committee, February 17, 2026 - PM

Travel, Recreation, Wildlife & Cultural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • It does provide this is separate from the university's block grant.
  • And [clears throat] grant.
  • And, of course, our university is a land-grant institution.
  • Research is is one grant mission, right?
  • The Animal Damage Management Board is a perfect example.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Travel, Recreation, Wildlife & Cultural Resources Committee, February 17, 2026 - AM

Travel, Recreation, Wildlife & Cultural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • Um, and we have support across the state from you guys, the governor, the public, to manage wildlife
  • </c><00:02:57.200><c> wildlife</c> governor, the public to manage wildlife governor, the public to manage
  • They're critical to managing wildlife on both public and private lands.
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  • managing wildlife on both public and private<00:18:48.559><c> lands.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget Apr 20th, 2026 at 04:30 pm

Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget

Transcript Highlights:
  • 4029 merely limits the appropriations given to the Oklahoma State Department of Health for their ALS grant
  • $21,640,009.1 million in interest funds to the Oklahoma Department of Commerce for the rural economic impact grant
  • 4077 appropriates up to $10,582,005.96 in interest funds to the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management
  • for the emergency response and relief grant program to address gaps.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget 2nd Revised Apr 20th, 2026 at 04:30 pm

Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget

Transcript Highlights:
  • Chair, I just wanted to say that I appreciate this active management of these grants.
  • Emergency response and relief grant programs to address gaps. Move to pass. You'll be requested.
  • So, this is related to the consultants and the grants management office.
  • So, all of this is for consultants and the grants management office, is that correct?
  • Grants management office again, that's been in place this entire time, and consultants are the same thing
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget 2nd Revised Apr 20th, 2026

Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget

Transcript Highlights:
  • Chair, I just wanted to say that I appreciate this active management of these grants.
  • Department of Emergency Management for the Emergency Response and Relief Grant programs to address gaps
  • So this is related to the consultants and the grants management office.
  • So all of this is for consultants and the Grants Management Office. Is that correct?
  • The grants management office, again, that's been in place this entire time.
Summary: The Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget met and first took up House Bill 4063, adopting a committee substitute over objection by a 17-4 roll call vote. The bill, as explained by the Pro Tem, moves the election dates for House Bill 4440 and Joint Resolution 1024 to August 25, 2026. Members debated whether the measure violated the single-subject rule or was an attempt to revisit proposals that had previously failed, but the committee advanced it and it passed 16-6 after debate. The committee then considered a series of appropriations and reappropriations, largely involving ARPA and interest funds. These included Senate Bills 1130 through 1134 and 1142, which redirected funds to the University Hospital Authority and Trust, the Office of Juvenile Affairs, the State Department of Health for rural hospital rebuild efforts, the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services for Griffin Memorial Hospital capacity, and DHS-related projects including Boys & Girls Club and YWCA funding. All of these bills passed, with most receiving broad support and only a few dissenting votes. Members also advanced several House bills: HB 4029 appropriated funds to the State Department of Health and the ALS fund; HB 4074 gave the Health Care Workforce Training Commission flexibility to close out ARPA projects and transfer funds among nursing-related programs; HB 4075 reappropriated water and wastewater funds within OWRB; HB 476 provided rural economic impact grant funding for water, wastewater, sewer, air park, industrial park, and broadband-related projects; HB 477 funded emergency response and relief grants with standard administrative language; HB 478 covered ARPA closeout costs for consultants and the grants management office; HB 428 extended a qualified equity investment tax deduction sunset; and HB 473 and HB 4073 pulled back ARPA funds for reappropriation and closeout. Most measures passed on strong roll-call votes, and the committee adjourned after HB 4073 passed 21-0.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget Apr 20th, 2026

Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget

Transcript Highlights:
  • appropriations in which we gave... ...merely limits the appropriations in which we gave OSDH for their ALS grant
  • appropriates up to $10,582,000, plus $596 in interest funds, to the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management
  • for the emergency response and relief grant program to address gaps.
Summary: The committee considered a series of bills largely focused on reappropriating and closing out ARPA-related funds, transferring interest earnings, and filling funding gaps in existing state projects. Measures included funding for the Health Care Workforce Training Commission, juvenile services in Rogers County, rural hospital rebuild projects, DHS-related projects for Boys and Girls Clubs and the YWCA, water and wastewater projects through the OWRB, ALS grant limits for OSDH, pandemic relief accounting, administrative costs for ARPA projects, pediatric cardiology and OSU-related projects, rural industrial park and port water/wastewater gaps, and emergency response grants through the Department of Emergency Management. Most of these bills were presented by Rep. Newton, Chairman Caldwell, Speaker Hilbert, Rep. Osborne, Rep. Hill, and others, with committee substitutes adopted without objection where noted. One bill, House Bill 4028, drew the most discussion. It would extend the sunset on the qualified equity investment deduction for venture capital investments. Members questioned the lack of program-specific evaluation data, including return on investment, jobs created, and how much of the tax deduction had actually been used. The sponsor said the program had helped grow Oklahoma venture capital and that he would seek better data, but argued the sunset should be extended for now. The bill passed 23-6. Another extended exchange centered on House Bill 4063, which combined measures related to placing state questions on the August ballot, including HJR 1024 and a bill tied to House Bill 1440. Members raised concerns about single-subject issues, ballot timing, voter turnout, and whether combining the measures limited legislators’ options. The Speaker defended the approach as election-related and noted prior precedent. The bill passed 23-6. The remaining bills were approved overwhelmingly, generally by votes of 27-0, 28-0, or 29-0, and were reported out with due pass recommendations before the meeting adjourned.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Judiciary 2ND REVISED Mar 3rd, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • inserting a new section D to read as follows: 'A guardian who has general guardianship and has been granted
  • inserting a new section D to read as follows: 'A guardian who has general guardianship and has been granted
  • Thank you, members, for granting me this opportunity to share on this bill's members.
  • twenty-two, by inserting after the word 'located' and before the semicolon the words 'or any property manager
  • or other person designated by the owner to manage or oversee a short-term rental property' submitted
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Judiciary 2ND REVISED Mar 3rd, 2026

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • inserting a new section D to read as follows: Guardian who has general guardianship and has been granted
  • Thank you, members, for granting me this opportunity to share on this bill.
  • line 22, by inserting after the word "located" and before the semicolon the words "or any property manager
  • or other person designated by the owner to manage or oversee a short-term rental property."
  • eminent domain may be transferred to another state agency without prompting the right of first refusal granted
Summary: The Senate Judiciary Committee met and advanced a series of bills covering charitable organizations, mental health guardianship, human trafficking funding, CareerTech legal counsel, short-term rentals, racetrack protections, DUI penalties, public comment procedures, and eminent domain rights. SB 1534 clarified charity registration and fundraising rules and passed 7-0. SB 1473, the Courtney Smith Act, was amended to require a guardian’s presence at a ward’s intake assessment at an inpatient mental health center, but members raised concerns that the language could delay treatment; the sponsor agreed to keep working on it, and the bill advanced 6-2. SB 1379 would create a two-year AG pilot program to directly fund certified human trafficking agencies; despite budget concerns and questions about the $10 million cost, it advanced 8-0. SB 1743 would let CareerTech hire outside counsel with education-law experience and passed 7-1. The committee also approved SB 1769, which would allow short-term rental owners or their designated managers to require identification from renters and cancel bookings for discrepancies without penalty; members questioned discrimination concerns and platform penalties, but the bill advanced 8-0. SB 1195, protecting racetracks that were established before nearby development, passed 8-0. SB 1245, removing the 10-year look-back for repeat DUI-related offenses, advanced 5-3 after questions about lifetime felony exposure for a second offense. SB 1420, requiring public comment periods to occur before a public body votes or transacts business when public comment is offered, advanced 5-3 after discussion about whether public comment should be mandatory. Finally, SB 1945, as amended, would require agencies seeking eminent domain to provide the landowner’s bill of rights at the first offer, give the owner the appraisal or damage assessment used, remove a transfer-to-another-agency provision that could bypass the owner’s right of first refusal, and require the Attorney General to update the landowners’ bill of rights every two years. It advanced 6-2 after questions about impacts on transportation and other agencies. The committee then adjourned after noting possible future meetings, including a statutory review of child support standards.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Workforce Apr 15th, 2025

S/C on Workforce

Transcript Highlights:
  • for bidding managers to submit a plan with greater than a one-to-one ROI for the state of Texas. ...
  • That have the experience to manage this particular type of investment.
  • Fund managers will be chosen based on those guidelines.
  • I appreciate what you do with the Texas Department of Emergency Management.
  • My name is Marina Roberts, and I'm the Grants Manager at Workers Defense Action Fund.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Natural Resources Aug 21st, 2025

Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • We need to know, you know, we can't manage what we don't measure.
  • Water management in Texas is critical, 301 Water management in Texas is critical, not just for urban
  • If you don't know what the numbers are, you can't manage it.
  • And so who do you really have managing the district?
  • And so who 351 do you really have managing the district?
Bills: HB24, HB27
Summary: The committee met to hear House Bills 27 and 24 on groundwater issues in East Texas, with members and witnesses focusing on a proposed large-volume groundwater export project and the need for more science before major permitting decisions are made. HB 27, which was within the special session call, would direct the Texas Water Development Board to conduct a hydrogeologic study of the aquifers in the affected area and temporarily pause new export permits while the study is underway. HB 24, a separate bill that would limit certain production and export permits to 5% of modeled available groundwater, was laid out but the chair said it would not be moved out of committee. Testimony on HB 27 was largely supportive, though some witnesses were neutral. Supporters, including representatives from a water supply corporation, the Trinity River Authority, Environmental Defense Fund, and the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association, said the region lacks enough hydrologic data, that the proposed pumping could affect private wells, surface water, and local economies, and that the state needs better information on sustainable yield and groundwater-surface water interaction. Several witnesses emphasized that groundwater conservation districts need clearer tools and better data, while also noting concerns about property rights and the rule of capture. Committee members discussed the scale of the proposed project, the absence of a groundwater conservation district in Houston County, and the possibility that the study should examine desired future conditions and maximum sustainable pumping rather than only modeled available groundwater. The committee adopted the committee substitute for HB 27 and voted it out favorably to the full House with a recommendation that it do pass, be printed, and be sent to the Committee on Calendars. The roll call was unanimous, 11 ayes and 0 nays. After the vote, members briefly reflected on the complexity of the issue and the need to continue working on broader groundwater policy in the interim and next session. HB 24 was discussed later in the meeting, but no final action on that bill was taken in the portion provided.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Land & Resource Management Mar 27th, 2025

Land & Resource Management

Transcript Highlights:
  • I also serve as the president of the Campground Association of Management Professionals, which oversees
  • to the list of what is currently 8 factors that are enumerated in determining feasibility and the grant
  • , Chairman Gates, Vice Chairman Lalani, and members of the House Committee on Land and Resource Management
  • Today, the city will not grant building permits for lots that have been platted and in many cases lots
  • in recess until final adjournment or recess of the House or during bill referral if permission is granted
Bills: HB24
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Land & Resource Management Mar 20th, 2025

Land & Resource Management

Transcript Highlights:
  • Resource management will come to order. The clerk will call the roll. Chairman Gates.
  • I'm the mayor of the city of Granberry, and we have a couple of other council members and city manager
  • To those I'm gonna defer that to our city manager.
  • We, it's hard enough to manage a city, especially when you're growing and you're moving out, because
  • Hearing none, the chair moves to adjourn the Committee on Land and Resource Management.
Bills: HB24
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • effective only for new loans or grants.
  • All of which are essential for first responders to effectively manage an emergency.
  • HB4341 also includes a grant program to assist these facilities in meeting these requirements.
  • With the grant program created by the bill, I'm happy to answer any questions, Mr. Chairman.
  • TxDOT right now has no role in airspace management. ...the domain of the FAA.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Hied Committee Meeting - 2025-04-21

Higher Education Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's a state grant.
  • Line 11 is the Tribal College Supplemental Assistance Grants.
  • Line 60 is the Dual Training Competency Grants Program.
  • A year's worth of grants in the state grant program was just a couple million more than that.
  • worth of grants.
Bills: HF2312
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 4/21/25

Higher Education Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's the state grant.
  • The child care grants on line six grant.
  • </c> traumatic brain injury grants. traumatic brain injury grants.
  • worth of grants.
  • worth of grants.
Bills: HF2312