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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Housing Finance and Policy Committee 3/25/25

Housing Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • million is um a new general fund million is um a new general fund appropriation<00:01:52.520>
  • <00:01:56.119> um programs ongoing uh base funding um programs ongoing uh base funding um
  • > and transfer back to the general fund and transfer back to the general fund and since<00:02:
  • One is fund reservation.
  • /c><01:15:22.960> got<01:15:23.080> a continuation of funding so we've got a continuation
Keywords: 1183, house
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • The Governor's budget does propose funding to support the continued focus on dual enrollment.
  • We'll continue with the panelists.
  • We'll continue with the panelists.
  • Funding that's proposed.
  • These grants and other Prop. 98 funds make no sense for the state to continue to invest in vast amounts
Keywords: 988, house, all
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • We'll continue to fight and continue to have our voices be heard. And we're not going anywhere.
  • We'll continue to fight and continue to have our voices be heard, especially with Assembly Member Ramos
  • Will perpetrators continuously walk free? To agency, will perpetrators continuously walk free?
  • That is where funding comes in.
  • to be funded.
Summary: The Select Committee on Native American Affairs opened its 2025 hearing with a traditional song and remarks about the importance of Native visibility and land acknowledgment. The hearing focused on missing and murdered Indigenous people (MMIP), exploitation and trafficking in a Public Law 280 (PL 280) state, and California’s response. Members and tribal leaders emphasized that MMIP is tied to historical trauma, forced removal, undercounting, and ongoing inequities in law enforcement response, media attention, and access to resources. Several panelists urged stronger tribal consultation, better data collection, more funding, and culturally informed education and victim services. In the first panel, tribal chairpersons described personal and community impacts. Chairperson Antonet Del Rio spoke about the need to include federally and non-federally recognized tribes and to educate schools and communities, while naming long-unsolved cases from her tribe. Chairperson Cheyenne Stone connected MMIP to the history of violence in Owens Valley and to the disturbance of Indigenous remains during infrastructure projects, calling for forensic resources, mandatory consultation, and accountability. Chairperson Charles Martin described the death of Morongo citizen Amy Porter and said the Feather Alert failed her family because law enforcement did not act quickly enough; he called for reforms and better coordination, especially in PL 280 jurisdictions. Chairwoman Nelson and committee members echoed the need for equity, urgency, and government-to-government respect. The second panel examined how PL 280 complicates MMIP and trafficking cases. Professor Carol Goldberg explained that PL 280 created an unfunded mandate, reduced federal jurisdiction and funding, and contributed to under-resourced policing and mistrust; she recommended mandatory training, community-oriented policing, formal tribal-county collaboration, and possible retrocession in some cases. Yurok Chairman Joe James tied MMIP to boarding schools, trafficking, and the need to advance bills such as AB 31, SB 4, ACR 39, AB 285, and AB 1378, along with increased budget funding. Morning Star Gali argued that PL 280 enables traffickers and violent offenders to exploit jurisdictional gaps and called for tribally led public safety, housing, victim services, and stronger consultation. Dustin Contreras, a human trafficking investigator, described the overlap between trafficking and MMIP, stressed partnerships and task forces, and supported more education for law enforcement, schools, and families. In the final panel, state and county officials described current efforts and acknowledged remaining gaps. The Attorney General’s Office said it is working on MICIC outreach, tribal response planning, PL 280 training through an advisory council, and improved data systems, while supporting bills and the Feather Alert. Humboldt County Sheriff Hansel described the case of a missing woman, Emily, as an example of how people with mental illness or justice involvement can become invisible, and said counties need more consistent training and clearer jurisdictional protocols. He and other officials supported the Feather Alert, tribal police authority, and a pilot program for POST status for tribal police, which they said had been vetoed previously. Across the hearing, speakers repeatedly called for better coordination, more funding, stronger tribal authority, and sustained action rather than symbolic recognition.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Transportation Committee Jun 29th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • This ensures that taxpayer-funded safety improvements continue to serve the purpose for which they were
  • funded.
  • It would be funds received after the bill is implemented, so it would not count funds received all the
  • And when we have a DMV fund that our motor vehicle fund being close to insolvent, it poses a lot of issues
  • fund, even though that fund was created several years ago and fees are going toward that fund.
Summary: The Assembly Transportation Committee heard several bills focused on active transportation, transit, road safety, and local enforcement. SB 569 would restrict removal or downgrading of bikeways built with state General Fund dollars for at least 20 years, require public hearings before major changes, and was supported by bicycle advocates and some local and environmental groups. The City of Encinitas opposed the bill, arguing it could limit needed safety fixes and should apply only to future projects; committee members discussed whether the bill still allowed safety-based modifications. The bill passed on a due pass vote to Appropriations. SB 741 would streamline the Low-Carbon Transit Operations Program by reducing administrative burden and giving transit agencies more flexibility to use funds for service improvements, fare programs, and other transit needs while maintaining oversight and disadvantaged community requirements. Transit agencies and advocacy groups supported the measure, saying it would help agencies respond to post-pandemic ridership and financial challenges. The committee approved the bill on a due pass as amended vote to Appropriations. The committee also heard SB 1167, which would tighten consumer protections by clarifying that high-powered e-motos and similar motor vehicles are not e-bikes, requiring clearer disclosures and labels, and improving crash reporting. Supporters said the bill would reduce confusion and improve safety for riders, pedestrians, and parents; the Motorcycle Industry Council opposed unless amended, arguing the term “e-bike” is used broadly and the bill could affect existing businesses. The bill passed to Appropriations. Later, SB 953, dealing with vehicular manslaughter cases dismissed through misdemeanor diversion, would add DMV points so fatal conduct remains reflected on driving records; the bill was supported by the victim’s family and safety advocates and passed to Appropriations. The committee then heard SB 1218, which would let local agencies boot vehicles tied to repeated unpaid illegal dumping citations instead of using DMV enforcement. Oakland officials and community groups supported the bill as a needed deterrent, while the ACLU opposed it as punitive debt collection without a sufficient nexus to the vehicle. The bill passed to Appropriations. Finally, SB 739 would revise the Clean Miles Standard for rideshare companies by allowing CARB and CPUC to adjust electric vehicle mileage targets in light of current market conditions; Uber and Lyft supported the flexibility, while clean air advocates began raising concerns about weakening climate goals as the transcript cut off.
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Legislative Finance Nov 19th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • It is a non-reverting fund. They've had a fund balance.
  • Outlay funds or matching funds or anything like that?
  • We can turn to that fund as a fund of first resort as opposed to the contingency fund or the operating
  • I hope we continue this, and I also hope that we look at two-year funding because one-year funding does
  • The public safety radio system is a phased project that can continue rolling out with whatever funds
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • This change would provide critical continuity for families and help stabilize enrollment as TK continues
  • And so we have put in a request for funding to help us to continue that work.
  • So the purpose of the funding, the funding came in a couple of buckets.
  • What happens is Prop. 98 or general fund actually just goes back into the general fund pot.
  • What happens is Prop. 98 or general fund actually just goes back into the general fund pot.
Summary: The Assembly Select Committee on Child Care Costs held its third hearing, focused on how transitional kindergarten (TK) fits into California’s mixed-delivery early learning system, with an emphasis on the Central Valley. Opening remarks stressed that TK and child care should complement each other, not compete, and that families need both part-day school-based options and full-day, year-round care. Committee members outlined hearing goals around aligning TK with existing programs, understanding family needs, and examining the economic impact of early learning on workforce participation and local economies. Panelists from the Legislative Analyst’s Office, Every Child California, Early Edge, Children Now, and others described TK’s rapid expansion to all four-year-olds, the growth in enrollment, and related changes to state preschool and after-school programs. Witnesses generally supported TK but warned that its expansion has shifted enrollment away from community-based providers, especially centers and family child care homes, creating financial strain, vacant classrooms, and staffing challenges. They urged stronger partnerships between school districts and community providers, more flexible licensing and facilities support, higher and more uniform reimbursement rates, permanent authority for state preschool to serve two-year-olds, and better compensation and training for educators across settings. Parents and providers testified about the importance of trusted, culturally and linguistically responsive care, the need for infant-toddler and home-based options, and the difficulty of affording child care when TK is not full-day or does not fit family schedules. Several speakers emphasized that many families still face long waits for subsidies and that reimbursement and payment delays threaten provider stability. Public comment echoed these concerns, with providers calling for true cost-of-care rates, more vouchers, support for transportation and nontraditional hours, and protection from insurance and facility costs that can force programs to close. State education officials said California’s UPK system works best when TK, state preschool, Head Start, and community-based providers are treated as a shared system, and noted that planning and implementation grants and local coordination efforts have helped build mixed-delivery partnerships. The hearing ended without formal votes or actions, but committee members indicated they would continue gathering input to inform future policy and budget decisions.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Environment, Climate and Legacy - 03/25/25

Environment, Climate, and Legacy

Transcript Highlights:
  • to continue to continue to carefully to continue to continue to carefully monitor<00:03:14.000><
  • know, work with the MNUL to continue know, work with the MNUL to continue funding<00:50:26.559><
  • funding funding allocated last session. funding funding allocated last session.
  • bill so that his two legacy funding bill so that his legacy<01:29:26.560> continue<01:29:27.040
  • As our events continue to grow, we are requesting $350,000 from the legacy budget to assist with funding
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Energy Resources Mar 3rd, 2025

Energy Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • The end date for those funds to put those funds to use is, uh, July 31st of 2029.
  • Those are the Exxon funds. OK.
  • So we pay our staff out of the fund federal funds that we receive.
  • So our program has to continue.
  • , funding our first responders.
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

February 5, 2025 - 09:00 AM

Transcript Highlights:
  • here in the state of Florida, we are funded predominantly with state funds.
  • So 75% of our funds come from state resources. 25% comes from federal funding.
  • of fund.
  • The 25% federal funds is actually what we use to leverage the state funds into more projects.
  • So while we're providing the funding for the training and education, there's going to be a funding need
Summary: The committee heard introductory remarks from Chair LaMarca and members, then received presentations on electric utility planning, transportation infrastructure, and broadband deployment. Public Service Commission staff explained how Florida’s utilities plan for reliability and cost through 10-year site plans, demand forecasting, and economic dispatch. The presentation emphasized Florida’s residential-heavy load, growing EV demand, expanding solar and battery storage, continued reliance on natural gas combined-cycle plants, and the role of nuclear power. Members asked about energy efficiency, rates, renewable options beyond solar, cybersecurity, grid resilience, data centers, and small modular nuclear reactors; the witness said efficiency programs are reviewed every five years, utilities must balance reliability and affordability, and large new loads like data centers generally must pay for their own infrastructure needs. Department of Transportation Secretary Jared Perdue described FDOT’s five-year work program, decentralized district structure, and funding mix, noting that the agency is predominantly state-funded and prioritizes maintenance and preservation before expansion. He highlighted record investment levels, major congestion-relief projects, toll-road revenues, seaport and airport partnerships, spaceport investments, workforce and equipment needs, and emerging technology such as advanced air mobility. Members asked about project timing, MPO planning, rail and ferry funding, airport governance, winter storm preparedness, and flooding/sea-level rise; Perdue said faster delivery depends on resources, local governments lead transit operations with FDOT as a capital partner, and coastal and drainage projects are designed around storm surge and resiliency. The Office of Broadband reported on six grant programs supporting infrastructure, community facilities, digital connectivity, and future digital capacity and broadband expansion. Director Leo Garcia said the office has awarded hundreds of millions of dollars across most counties, leveraged significant private investment, and focused heavily on rural areas. He noted that broadband efforts are intended to support telehealth, education, workforce development, and economic growth, and said the state has reduced the number of unserved locations from more than 400,000 to a projected 170,000 after current awards are completed. He also said the office needs additional budget authority for the upcoming digital capacity program and that the larger federal/state broadband deployment program will be used to reach remaining unserved and underserved areas.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Agriculture Oct 7th, 2025

Agriculture

Transcript Highlights:
  • Qualified for the funding and how many might be able to receive the funding that they're requested?
  • For funding.
  • So continued funding for programs like Florida Communities Trust, for Florida Forever, to ensure that
  • So continued funding for programs like Florida Communities Trust, for Florida Forever, to ensure that
  • That list continues, and the dollars continue to go out.
Summary: The Senate Committee on Agriculture convened with a quorum and heard presentations focused on land conservation and agricultural preservation in Florida. The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services briefed the committee on the Rural and Family Lands Protection Program, explaining that it protects active agricultural lands through permanent conservation easements while keeping land in private ownership and on the tax rolls. The presentation emphasized eligibility for greenbelted active agricultural operations, required best management practices, and the program’s role in protecting food supply, water resources, habitat, and military buffering. Officials said the program’s 2025 ranked list includes 428 projects, with about 75 projects expected to start this year, and noted strong partnership funding from federal, local, and conservation partners. Committee members asked about eligibility, annual re-ranking, local government involvement, and the number of projects likely to receive funding. Tracy Dean of Conservation Florida testified in support of continued and increased funding for land conservation, arguing that Florida is losing agricultural and natural lands and that conservation easements and fee-simple acquisitions are complementary tools. She said land trusts work with willing landowners to protect ranches, wetlands, forests, and wildlife corridors, and stressed the importance of maintaining momentum so projects do not stall as land values rise. In discussion with senators, she said public access to conserved lands depends on the specific deal and the landowner’s goals, and that access is more commonly provided through lands acquired for parks, forests, and other public green space. The Department of Environmental Protection then updated the committee on the Florida Forever program. DEP said the program uses both conservation easements and fee-simple acquisitions, with about half of acquisitions done through easements, and that it provides benefits including water quality, habitat protection, recreation, and military readiness. Officials reported 60 projects on the 2025-26 work plan, most in the Florida Wildlife Corridor, and said the state has invested more than $1.4 billion since 2019, acquiring over 374,000 acres. They highlighted recent acquisitions for Sandy Creek State Forest, Catfish Creek Preserve State Park, and a new state park in Walton County, as well as the program’s 200th conservation easement. The committee also discussed funding levels, payment in lieu of taxes impacts on small counties, and broader priorities such as citrus, roads, and support for agriculture; no votes were taken, and the meeting ended with adjournment.
CO

Colorado 2026 Regular Session

Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 118 May 12th, 2026

Colorado House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Money in the fund is continuously appropriated to the enterprise for the purposes set forth in this part
  • expansion of government-funded coverage while working families continue to fall behind.
  • Um, and this cash fund provides essential state matching, um, that's required for the state to continue
  • adjustments to ensure that we can continue to utilize those funds.
  • So the trust fund that we already have is what we need to continue.
Keywords: 981, all
NM
Transcript Highlights:
  • investing general funds into a fund that...
  • Fund.
  • Fund. Our federal revenues continue to be the same or a little higher.
  • We're asking for funding again to continue to support the expansion of both and make sure that the coaches
  • So we had the funding in the budget for 2026, and we knew we'd be looking to ask the legislature to continue
Keywords: 996, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Education Finance - 03/25/26

Education Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Um, we just haven't had the amount of ECFE programming and the fund has continued to grow.
  • general fund. general fund.
  • <00:38:01.000> has<00:38:01.160> continued programming and the fund has continued programming
  • and the fund has continued to<00:38:02.400> grow.
  • And we're going to struggle to continue to implement the mandated literacy goals while reducing the funding
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
ND

North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session Apr 16th, 2025 at 12:30 pm

North Dakota Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Continue. Madam President, just a question for the carrier? Continue.
  • Fund.
  • Continue.
  • or other funds for that instead of general fund dollars.
  • So no state funds to be used. General fund dollars. So no state funds to be used.
Keywords: 908, all
Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge, a quorum call, and approval of journal corrections. It then handled several House messages, appointing conference committees on Senate Bills 2004 and 2006 and House Bills 1018, 1019, and 1363, and re-referring House Bill 1216 to Appropriations. The chamber also adopted amendments to House Bill 1601, which would have expanded special assistant attorney general authority for certain offices, but the bill failed on final passage after strong opposition centered on preserving the Attorney General’s control and avoiding a solution in search of a problem. A major portion of the day focused on education funding. House Bill 1369 was amended to raise per-pupil aid from 2% and 2% to 3% and 3% and to increase the school construction loan transfer from $75 million to $100 million; supporters said this would help local schools and military base projects, while opponents raised questions about special education placement language and state coordination. The bill passed 44-3. House Bill 1013, the DPI budget, was also amended extensively to adjust staffing, funding sources, grants, meal assistance, teacher training, and other education programs; it passed 45-2. House Bill 2234, dealing with Choice Ready grants, was amended to shift funding away from general funds and toward federal or other sources, but then failed on final passage after the sponsor urged a red vote. The Senate also approved House Bill 1482, restricting bond and indebtedness elections for counties, cities, school districts, and park districts to primary or general election days, and House Bill 1332, creating a value-added agriculture facility incentive program with an emergency clause. House Bill 1010, the Insurance Department budget, passed unanimously after amendments reflecting the merger of the Securities Department into Insurance and adding staff and fee changes, while House Bill 1011, the separate Securities Department budget, failed because its funding was already included in HB 1010. House Bill 1584, a major pharmacy benefit manager reform bill, passed with an enforcement fund and new licensing/enforcement structure despite debate over ERISA and market transparency. In other action, the Senate concurred in House amendments and passed Senate Bills 2226, 2230, 2069, 2082, 2387, 2385, and 2186, with SB 2186 on parenting time interference and a child custody task force passing 27-20 after debate over whether the issue should be left to the courts. Senate Bill 2234, on Choice Ready grants, and Senate Bill 2243, on driver’s license points and traffic penalties, both failed after concurrence motions were adopted but final passage votes were overwhelmingly negative. The chamber also advanced Senate Bill 2291 to conference committee consideration near the end of the transcript.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Floor Session (Part 2 of September 12, 2025 Legislative day)

California House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • This bill creates a successor insurance fund to the wildfire fund called the continuation account that
  • So today I just want to amplify and be thankful for the $250 million of continuous funding for AB 617
  • Having to refill that fund, having continual fires that blow up your carbon reductions.
  • , and the safe drinking funding that will be continued.
  • Affordable housing dollars and the safe drinking funding that will be continuous.
Summary: The chamber reconvened after a late-night session and first adopted the consent calendar, including ACR 107 on the Diablo Range, by a 48-0 vote. Members then took up several Senate bills and Assembly measures, with repeated remarks about the long hours and the need to respect staff and keep proceedings moving. A vote change was also announced for Assembly Member Patel on SB 414, changing from aye to not voting. The main policy debate centered on energy, climate, and affordability. SB 237, dealing with oil and gas policy, refinery closures, pipeline safety, Kern County permitting, gasoline blend flexibility, and regional fuel coordination, drew strong support from members who framed it as a managed transition to stabilize fuel supply and protect jobs, and strong opposition from members who called it a giveaway to oil interests and a setback for climate goals. The bill passed 59-0. SB 254, an energy affordability and wildfire package, included wildfire mitigation financing, a successor wildfire fund, transmission cost reductions, clean energy permitting changes, and energization timelines; members raised some concerns about local control, but the bill passed 58-0. SB 840 and AB 1207 advanced the cap-and-invest reauthorization package, with supporters emphasizing emissions reductions, housing, transit, wildfire prevention, and community air programs, while opponents argued it would raise costs and function as a tax-and-spend scheme. SB 840 passed 54-15 and AB 1207 passed 55-10, both with urgency and immediate transmittal. Members also approved SB 352, which makes the Bureau of Environmental Justice permanent and requires air quality monitoring and reporting on AB 617 implementation, by 43-19. AB 825, authorizing California to help establish a Westwide electricity market, was presented as a way to lower bills, improve reliability, and reduce emissions; it passed 67-2 and was sent to the Governor. Additional actions included concurrence in Senate amendments to AB 8 on cannabinoids and AB 383 on firearms cleanup, and the chamber began consideration of AB 764 on wildlife as the transcript ended.
ND

North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Industry and Business Apr 2nd, 2025 at 02:45 pm

Industry and Business

Transcript Highlights:
  • to a continuing appropriation for the benefit of... ...trust fund to a continuing appropriation for
  • Fund... ...our request for a continuing appropriation for the insurance regulatory trust fund that is
  • In terms of changing the insurance regulatory trust fund to a continuing appropriation, that, I would
  • and the insurance department, because we haven't had that continuing appropriation for the special fund
  • in the insurance department, because we haven't had that continuing appropriation for the special fund
Keywords: 908, all
Summary: The Senate Committee on Industry and Business reconvened to work on House Bill 1584, which would create a new pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) regulatory structure within the Insurance Department. Insurance Commissioner John Godfrey and Deputy Commissioner John Arnold explained a revised set of amendments negotiated with Representative Casper and the North Dakota Pharmacists Association. They said the bill largely kept the House policy intact but added technical corrections, narrowed some references in Chapter 19-02, created a separate PBM licensing class, set a delayed effective date for licensing, and established emergency authority so the department could begin building the new division. They also described the proposal to fund the program through existing trust fund resources, PBM license fees, and a transfer of about $1.6 million from the prescription drug transparency program fund, while allowing the department flexibility to hire needed attorneys, pharmacists, and examiners. A major point of discussion was Section 10, which would have required the Attorney General to represent and bear costs for lawsuits related to the bill. Chief Deputy Attorney General Claire Ness said the language was too broad and would go beyond normal constitutional defense work, potentially obligating her office to cover all lawsuits against the commissioner or state under the section. Representative Casper said the intent was only to avoid the Insurance Department having to seek emergency funding for litigation, and both he and department officials said they were open to removing the section or narrowing it. After further discussion, the committee agreed to remove Section 10 from the amendments. The committee then voted 4-0 to adopt the amended amendment package, and then voted 4-0 to give House Bill 1584 a do pass recommendation as amended and refer it to Appropriations. Members noted the bill was still a work in progress, but said the revised version was intended to move the PBM regulation issue forward while continuing discussion in the appropriations process.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

IC - Legislative Finance Apr 27th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • flows through the general fund and a growing importance of the severance tax permanent fund and even
  • They go to the Early Childhood Trust Fund, the Medicaid Trust Fund, the Behavioral Health Trust Fund
  • appropriations, and reverting unobligated funds to the general fund.
  • Their later Rainy Day Funds, which we would call True Rainy Day Funds, do have restrictions.
  • I will say WIOA does not allow us to use this funding or other federal funds for it.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Transportation Committee Jun 29th, 2026

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • This ensures that taxpayer-funded safety improvements continue to serve the purpose for which they were
  • funded.
  • And when we have a DMV fund that our motor vehicle fund being close to insolvent, it poses a lot of issues
  • , even though that fund was created several years ago, and fees are going towards that fund.
  • And we look forward to continuing conversations.
Keywords: 988, house, all
DE
Transcript Highlights:
  • Continuing on to page 12, Section 3B appropriates funding for the maintenance and service of ambulances
  • This continues through page 13.
  • Section 6, starting on line 20, outlines funding restrictions for grant and aid funds.
  • support the STAR Fund and request a report on the distribution of funds and the status of the fund on
  • to fund the program.
Keywords: 1064, all
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • :04.799> to Our recruitment efforts continue to Our recruitment efforts continue to attract<00
  • developed All continuing and newly developed All continuing and newly developed initiatives<00
  • <00:30:24.720> to to look different, but we continue to to look different, but we continue
  • and then also EKU with their uh fund and then also EKU with their textbooks<01:08:48.400> fund.
  • <01:09:44.880> Um performancebased funding? Yes, sir. Um performancebased funding?
Keywords: 958, all
Summary: The Interim Joint Budget Review Subcommittee on Education met to hear updates from Kentucky public universities and the Kentucky Community and Technical College System on compliance with House Bill 4, which restricts DEI-related activities and requires institutional and viewpoint neutrality. The chair emphasized that the hearing should focus on both compliance and the financial effects of the law. Eastern Kentucky University said its board adopted a House Bill 4 compliance resolution and an institutional neutrality policy. KCTCS reported systemwide reviews of programs, websites, scholarships, personnel, and admissions language, along with board actions removing a cultural competency course requirement, adopting institutional neutrality, and certifying compliance. KCTCS said about $2.5 million annually had been reallocated to other needs, and that no personnel were eliminated, though some roles were reassigned and DEI-related offices closed. Kentucky State University said it had already dissolved DEI offices before the bill passed, ended DEI-specific training, revised policies and gift acceptance rules, adopted a viewpoint neutrality policy, and was conducting ongoing reviews of programs, job descriptions, and web content. KSU said it had achieved substantial compliance, expected full operational integration by August 1, and had not terminated staff or closed academic programs because of the law. In response to questions, KSU said it was broadening outreach to all students rather than targeting specific populations and that its prior diversity finding was tied to not meeting a diversity quota. Morehead State University said it had no DEI office before House Bill 4, amended its non-discrimination statement to include political and social viewpoint neutrality and condemnation of religious and ethnic discrimination, and remained focused on serving its largely low-income student body. Murray State University reported reviewing scholarships, expenditures, training, and academic programs to ensure no differential treatment or indoctrination, revising its neutrality policy, and updating non-discrimination posters and training. When asked about a statement that DEI would “look different,” the university said it meant student support services would continue in a different form. Northern Kentucky University said it dissolved its diversity office and chief diversity officer position in 2024, reviewed programs, events, scholarships, and employee affinity groups, adopted a statement on intellectual diversity and viewpoint neutrality, and reviewed about 2,000 courses for compliance. NKU also said its new Center for Belonging would focus on first-generation and commuter students rather than rebrand prior DEI efforts. The University of Kentucky began its presentation by describing earlier changes made in August 2024, including disbanding its office of institutional diversity, removing diversity statements and mandatory training, adopting institutional neutrality, and ending race-based consideration in admissions and scholarships; the transcript cuts off before the rest of UK’s testimony and any committee votes or formal actions beyond receiving the presentations.