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• this committee, and to you and other committee members that I've been working with, this bill to transfer
• work to make this an outstanding university for the region, and that is the whole point of this transfer
• So specifically, this bill transfers the powers, responsibilities, and control of the university from
• work to make this an outstanding university for the region and that is the the whole point of this transfer
• It keeps things simple for students too, smoothing out credit transfers and avoiding extra costs.

Bills: SB530, SB757, SB769, SB1085, SB1241, SB1242, SB1409, SB1878, SB2138, SB2314, SB2231, SB2361, SB2431, SJR59

Keywords: accreditation, postsecondary education, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, baccalaureate degrees, junior colleges, program delivery, faculty recruitment, higher education, performance standards, student loan debt, degree programs, funding, students with disabilities, accessibility, enrollment, report, SB 1085, Sul Ross State University, Rio Grande College, Del Rio

Summary: The Senate Committee on Education K-16 met with a large agenda and repeatedly recessed for floor activity and other committee conflicts. The committee heard and left pending several higher education bills, including SB 2361 to transfer University of Houston-Victoria from the University of Houston System to the Texas A&M System and rename it Texas A&M University Victoria; testimony from university officials, local leaders, and industry representatives strongly supported the move as a way to better align degree programs with regional workforce needs in engineering, agriculture, and STEM. SB 530, which would align Texas accreditation statutes with federal rules allowing institutions to choose among nationally recognized accreditors, also received supportive testimony and was left pending. SB 1085, allowing Sul Ross satellite campuses to offer lower-division coursework toward bachelor’s degrees, was laid out and left pending as well. The committee also took up a series of education policy bills. SB 1241 would expand the standardized tests Texas public universities may accept for admission beyond the SAT and ACT, with supporters from the Classic Learning Test, homeschool advocates, and student-choice groups arguing it would increase access and competition; it was left pending. SB 769 would require a TEA/Higher Education Coordinating Board report on barriers faced by students with disabilities in higher education, and testimony from The Arc of Texas and others emphasized the need for better data and accessibility; the bill was left pending. SB 2231 would designate the second week of October as Free College Application Week, and SB 1878 would modernize terminology and support workforce-oriented programs at the Josie School; both were laid out and left pending. The committee reported several bills favorably after adopting committee substitutes. SB 605, concerning charter school expansion applications while under conservatorship or a management team, passed on a 9-0 vote. SB 1871, SB 1873, and SB 1874, all related to school discipline and teacher immunity/placement review provisions, were adopted and reported favorably, with members noting the need for further discussion on some language. SB 762, dealing with flag displays in public schools, passed on a 7-1 vote. SB 1962, relating to public school accountability and challenges to school system operations, passed 7-1 after a corrected vote. SB 1750, replacing a $60 million statewide charter facilities cap with an attendance-growth-based allotment, passed 7-1 with one member voting present not voting. SB 2252, supporting kindergarten readiness and early literacy/numeracy, SB 2253, concerning educator preparation and certification, SB 2365, on student use of wireless devices during instructional time, and SB 1924, restoring local peace officer citation authority for school offenses and adding reporting and parent-notification requirements, were also reported favorably. The committee additionally heard SB 37 on higher education governance and compliance oversight, which passed 7-1 after a substitute that refined curriculum review, governing board authority, faculty senate rules, and a new compliance office within the Higher Education Coordinating Board.

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• under chapter 171 would be transferred under chapter 171 would be transferred to<01:27:53.920>
• <01:29:15.679> so leases for 10 years prior to transfer so leases for 10 years prior to transfer
• So this ensures the lands being transferred is the intent of the original act.
• > intent<02:11:35.040> of<02:11:35.280> the transferred is the intent of the transferred
• And I just want to clarify this is mainly for large transfers.

Bills: HB1527, HB1823, HB2490, HB2223, HB2325, HB2104, HB2593, HB2592, HB1927, HB1553, HB1964, HB1918, HB1990

Keywords: gambling prohibition, Aloha Stadium, University of Hawaii, amateur athletics, state lands, coastal resilience, Maui, Mantokuji Bay, coastal erosion, environmental protection, Native Hawaiian, spiritual sites, historic preservation, economic development, burial sites, Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, cultural history, archaeology, Hawaii Revised Statutes, civil service

Summary: The committee first heard HB 1527 relating to gambling. The chair outlined hearing rules, including a two-minute limit and a warning that bills not heard would die. Testimony was overwhelmingly in support from a prosecutor, Honolulu Police Department, and Stop Predatory Gambling, all arguing that casinos and sports betting increase crime, sex trafficking, harassment of athletes, and broader social harm. No opposition testimony was presented, and the committee moved on without questions or action taken on the bill. The committee then heard HB 1823 relating to coastal zone management and HB 2490 relating to coastal resilience. For HB 1823, DLNR, the Office of Planning, and Maui County testified, with Maui County supporting the measure and its proposed amendments. For HB 2490, DLNR expressed concern about exempting a proposed Mokuji Bay pilot project from permits and regulation before a long-term plan is finalized, while the County of Maui, the Mokuji Soto Zen Mission, and the Office of Planning supported the bill as a coastal resilience pilot. The mission described severe erosion, sea-level rise impacts, and years of unsuccessful efforts to stabilize the shoreline; its consultant said the study is leaning toward nature-based and hybrid solutions. In questioning, members and DLNR discussed whether the bill should say the project “shall” or “may” be exempt, and the chair indicated the language would be adjusted to preserve DLNR discretion and to change the lead agency reference to OPSD. No vote was taken in the transcript. Finally, the committee took up HB 2223 relating to historic preservation reviews. SHPD said it stood on its written comments, while OPSD and DHHL supported the bill. DHHL argued the measure would streamline reviews, improve transparency, and help address long wait times for its projects, saying it could alleviate burden on SHPD and better serve beneficiaries. Representative Shimizu questioned whether the bill would create redundancy and expand government rather than strengthen SHPD, noting a separate staffing bill already exists. SHPD responded that DHHL is uniquely subject to 6E review and that the bill would not waive federal or state historic review requirements; the discussion also touched on possible federal-style grant support and the existing memorandum of agreement between SHPD and DHHL. The transcript ends during questioning, with no final committee action shown.

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• It ensures that existing agency functions and staff are not transferred.
• There's significant are not transferred.
• And so what you'll being transferred.
• Lines 2.7 to services are transferring.
• They are not transferring over.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• It doesn't happen very often, but it has happened where we've transferred money.
• <00:19:33.679> uh<00:19:33.919> some demand, the board may transfer uh some demand,
• the board may transfer uh some money<00:19:34.480> to<00:19:34.720> the<00:19:34.960><
• has happened uh where we've transferred has happened uh where we've transferred money.<00:20:11.679
• Uh the board could transfer a grants.

Bills: HF2440

Keywords: labor market, employment, economic development, funding, data analysis, 1183, house

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• It allows transfers into the Housing Development Fund and states that money cannot be transferred out
• It<00:06:36.200> allows<00:06:36.760> transfers<00:06:37.440> into<00:06:37.720>
• the<00:06:37.800> Housing It allows transfers into the Housing It allows transfers into
• out of the Housing transferred out of the Housing Development<00:06:42.840> Fund<00:06:43.240
• . legislature when making a transfer.

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The conference committee on House File 1141, the Omnibus Housing Finance and Policy Bill, reviewed the fiscal spreadsheet and policy language for the agreement. Staff explained the major funding items, including appropriations for greater Minnesota workforce housing, manufactured home park infrastructure grants, family homelessness prevention, supportive housing, a tenant hotline, and housing infrastructure bonds, along with a cancellation of unused Tyler settlement funds and a reallocation of Housing Development Fund earnings. Staff said the package was budget neutral over the forecast window. The policy walk-through also covered provisions on livestreaming Housing Finance Agency board meetings, limits on administrative retentions for new grant programs, restrictions and reporting on Housing Development Fund transfers and earnings, clarifying language for local public housing, an exemption related to lived-experience engagement, and access for legislative fiscal staff to agency accounting information. Members then considered several amendments. The A12 amendment, allowing certain local governments to invest long-term funds in housing-related investments, was adopted after a roll call showed support from all three caucuses. The A16 manufactured housing bill of rights amendment, which would have addressed park-owner practices, purchase opportunities, enforcement, and rent increases, was not adopted. The A18 amendment to allow additional flags in HOAs and other areas was also not adopted. The A17 amendment to limit private equity ownership of single-family homes to 100 units was not adopted. The A13 amendment to preempt local rent control was not adopted. Members on both sides said some of the rejected issues warranted further discussion in future sessions, while supporters argued they were needed to address housing affordability and ownership pressures. In closing discussion on the bill as a whole, members from both chambers praised the bipartisan process, the staff work, and the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency’s collaboration. Supporters said the agreement would help build thousands of homes across the state, assist vulnerable Minnesotans, and improve transparency and accountability in housing programs. They also noted the bill’s mix of single-family, multifamily, manufactured housing, homelessness prevention, and policy reforms. The committee expressed intent to move the agreement forward to the House floor and ultimately to the governor.

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• We know that men and women who stormed the Capitol wanted to derail the peaceful transfer of power in
• We know that men and women who stormed the Capitol wanted to derail the peaceful transfer of power in
• of power and that the peaceful transfer of power and that we<00:24:18.440> could we could we
• power following an peaceful transfer power following an election<00:38:54.200> it<00:38:54.319
• Each individual works with a provider to develop a unique action plan, essential transferable skills,

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Previously, the Bureau are transferred.
• This transfer is transparent.
• Transfer of straightforward solution.
• This transfer is transparent.
• The transfer Services Administration.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, June 2, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• So we are looking here for the Moorhead public schools to do a fund transfer from its community education
• So we are looking here for the Moorhead public schools to do a fund transfer from its community education
• So we are looking here for the Moorhead public schools to do a fund transfer from its community education
• the same time honoring the commitment and mission of the two funds that are here labeled to be transferred
• fund balances from permanently transfer fund balances from community<00:05:17.800> education<

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Local government transfer vacant and abandoned property to municipalities.
• what would be the title, or who would hold the title to these properties, and how would they get transferred
• There can also be regional land banks uh formed through interlocal agreements. transferred to the land
• transferred to the land bank?
• little to no market value, where the private owner who's been paying his taxes would be happy to transfer

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

Summary: The committee first took up Senate Bill 2578, which would create a federal match land bank fund administered by the Mississippi Development Authority, with a 1.25% administrative allowance and an effective date of July 1, 2026. The chair explained it as a municipal tool to help purchase dilapidated property using available federal and state funds. The committee asked no questions and passed the bill by voice vote, title sufficient, do pass. The committee then considered Senate Bill 2679, the Mississippi Land Bank Act. Sheri Visay of the Mississippi Municipal League testified in support, describing land banks as locally created entities to acquire, manage, and return vacant, abandoned, and tax-forfeited properties to productive use. She emphasized that the bill would not authorize eminent domain, would be locally controlled, and would be subject to public accountability requirements. Senators asked about title, acquisition, funding, and whether the bill should also allow acquisition of privately owned non-tax-forfeited parcels; the sponsor said the bill was intentionally limited at first to tax-forfeited properties, though future expansion could be considered. The committee then passed the bill by voice vote. Next, Senate Bill 2729, with a committee substitute, was explained as a narrow change to allow Capitol Police in Jackson to enforce local noise ordinances for alcohol-permitted businesses, without removing authority from local police or sheriffs. The sponsor said he had spoken with Commissioner Tindle, who did not object, though the chief of Capitol Police was still consulting internally. The committee nonetheless adopted the motion to pass the committee substitute, title sufficient, by voice vote. The committee also took up Senate Bill 2862, a code-forwarding bill related to annexation. The chair noted it made no substantive changes and only brought forward existing code sections, and a reverse repealer was added by amendment. The committee adopted the amendment and then passed the bill, title sufficient, do pass committee substitute. Finally, Senate Bill 2893 proposed expanded notice requirements for zoning changes, including newspaper notice, posting on social media platforms, online posting, public access to the proposed changes, and extending the appeal period from 10 to 20 days. After discussion, an amendment was added to require signage for 30 days instead of 7, and the committee then passed the committee substitute by voice vote. The meeting ended with the bills reported and the committee in recess.

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• Transfer Act.
• Transfer Act and for common law fraudulent transfer.
• Claimant alleged that these transfers were made with the intent to delay, hinder, or defraud creditors
• , and sought to have the transfers voided and redirected to claimant.
• under the Arkansas Uniform Voidable Transfers Act.

Summary: The committee first reviewed litigation reports from the Department of Labor and Licensing involving wage claims brought under the Arkansas Minimum Wage Act. Members questioned the department’s authority, jurisdiction, use of attorney fees and costs, and whether defendants had to be licensed. The department explained it has long enforced wage and overtime laws, that the claims were small-dollar cases handled by investigators and counsel, and that one case had been paid and dismissed while others were unresolved or had service issues. The committee voted to review or batch-file the labor cases after discussion. The University of Arkansas System then reported three pending lawsuits: an age- and race-discrimination claim by a tenured professor that was resolved early; an ADA/FMLA retaliation claim by a former employee that survived in part on a motion to dismiss and was moving into discovery; and a Section 1983 claim against a UAMS sergeant arising from a parking-ticket dispute, with the university explaining that only punitive damages could create personal exposure for the officer. The committee reviewed each report and voted to accept them. The Department of Finance and Administration presented a proposed tax settlement reducing a sales-and-use tax assessment from about $48,000 to $20,000 and waiving interest and penalties, which the committee approved for review. The Claims Commission then presented several claims: an unpaid salary differential for a Department of Health employee, reissued warrants, unpaid DHS bills, and multiple negotiated settlements involving ATRS, UAMS, Arkansas State Police, and ARDOT. Members approved or affirmed most of these items, including a $65,000 settlement in the Tetronics/ATRS matter, a $150,000 medical-negligence settlement, and several vehicle-accident settlements. The most extended debate involved a tax-delinquent property sale claim by Sharon Greer and relatives. The claimant argued they were not properly notified and sought the $4,200 excess from the 2009 sale. Land Commissioner counsel explained the excess had escheated to the county after the statutory claim period expired, while members debated sovereign immunity, standing, heirs, and whether the committee could or should award money anyway. The committee ultimately chose to hold the matter over for further review in a future joint session rather than decide it immediately. The committee also heard appeals from dismissed claims, including a UAMS medical-negligence claim, a land-sale notice claim, a pothole claim against ARDOT, and a judicial-immunity claim against the Court of Appeals; most dismissals were affirmed, and the Simpson matter was held over for additional review after the claimant testified.

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• Transfer Act and for common law fraudulent transfer.
• , and sought to have the transfers voided and redirected to the claimant.
• ATRS denied liability and moved... ...transfers voided and redirected to the claimant.
• The claim that was filed with the Claims Commission by Tetronics is a claim for damages and transfer
• avoidance under the Arkansas Uniform Voidable Transfers Act.

Keywords: 1204, all

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• To the point where we had to ask for a budget transfer to just be able to change out our systems and
• Sorry, not transfer, increase our budget into the 200s. Again, we're not a general fund agency.
• Take to change the structure so that you have unlimited budget transfer authority.
• And that's with only a 1% transfer of funds from all these other assets.
• You can transfer that money anywhere. That's the beauty of the Bitcoin network.

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• So Eric, let me ask you, how is Senate Bill 17 different than what UNM is doing in terms of transfers
• Does UNM provide additional surtax funds, or is it all the transfer funds?
• It's an intergovernmental transfer, so it's just a transfer to the—they don't pay the surcharge because
• We're providing technical assistance on leveraging existing flexibilities such as transfer.
• It prohibits Ed from transferring Title I-A or I-D to another federal agency like HHS.

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• students are aware of their eligibility for our transfer success pathway.
• Our guarantee is that you will be able to apply for a transfer if you are eligible.
• transfer, and to date, over 32,000 community college students have applied.
• We know we still have problems with transfers, though, as we saw in the audit not long ago.
• Patel, the issue of transferability of what we learned through this process. Oh, absolutely.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Does the question is what authority does SFA currently have regarding this land transfer?
• transfer<00:37:02.400> what<00:37:02.640> author<00:37:03.240> they<00:37:03.440
• transfer what author they they can have land<00:37:04.240> transferred<00:37:04.760> to
• at their land transferred to them at their request<00:37:07.119> and<00:37:07.280> the
• <00:38:32.920> before<00:38:33.160> it some say in the transfer before it some say

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The Committee on Water and Land met on March 18, 2025, and heard testimony on several measures related to state funds, public lands, wastewater, port infrastructure, and other land and water issues. Early in the hearing, SB 1395, relating to state funds and climate mitigation financing, drew support from the Governor’s office, the Hawaii Climate Advisory Team, the State Energy Office, and others, while the Tax Foundation of Hawaii urged the committee not to revert to the original version because of concerns about a special fund and compliance with state statutes. After discussion, the chair said the bill would be deferred because of budget uncertainty and the need to preserve reserves, and members agreed to that recommendation. The committee then took up SB 1393, SB 1669, SB 102, SB 1511, SB 1083, and SB 946, among others. SB 1393 and SB 1669 received support or comments from agencies including the Attorney General’s office, the State Energy Office, and other departments; SB 1669 was sent on with amendments and to Finance for further review. SB 102, concerning a third-party review process, prompted questions about who would select consultants and whether the bill would affect staffing and permitting costs; it was advanced with amendments, with one member noting reservations about the shift to private third-party review. SB 1511, SB 1083, and SB 946 also moved forward, generally with amendments or as amended, and several members noted reservations tied to budget impacts or statutory language. The committee also heard testimony on HB 1393, which involved public lands and school facilities, where the Department of Education sought a change to the deletion language and the School Facilities Authority said it stood on its written comments. For SB 146, relating to the Ali Canal, the University of Hawaiʻi and DLNR supported the measure, and a member asked about the estimated annual cost, which was described as $125,000 per year. On SB 946, members discussed whether removing the term “person” could narrow the law too much; after that discussion, the committee agreed to restore the term and proceed with an HD1. The meeting ended with the committee recessing after completing its agenda and adopting the chair’s recommendations on the measures considered.

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• I want to highlight the section on the wine transfer for shipping, and I'm glad to see that's in here
• By seeing this section in here with transferring or moving the transfer from 2 to 4 shipping, it gives
• me great hope that this body is willing to talk about the transfer of alcohol and the different ways
• But members, we have a bill, House File 901, the wine transfer bill that we've talked about for many
• That transferring wine is acceptable and that it can be done safely.

Bills: HF2601, HF2607, HF2027, HF2608

Keywords: financial institutions, insurance regulation, insurance holding company, group capital calculation, liquidity stress test, NAIC, National Association of Insurance Commissioners, insurer solvency, affiliate transactions, groupwide supervision, internationally active insurance group, lead state commissioner, policyholder protection, hazardous financial condition, deposit or bond, contract for deed, conventional loan, cooperative apartment loan, mortgage interest rate cap, average prime offer rate

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• That is a coerced transfer.
• That is a coerced transfer.
• This is just part of how our money gets transferred over.
• uh this has to do with the transfers. uh this has to do with the transfers.
• about the state auditor shall transfer about the state auditor shall transfer 325 325 325 million

Keywords: 916, all

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• six and seven you have that the transfer six and seven you have that the transfer approval<00:40:38.800
• council have to approve a transfer. council have to approve a transfer.
• So I think it's transfer that over.
• <00:48:07.440> The uh col16- A regarding transfers. The uh col16- A regarding transfers.
• :09.440> require authority for transfers does require authority for transfers does require both

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• LEAC recommended 52.2 million as a transfer. The Executive recommended 5 million as a transfer.
• LFC has an 89.7 million transfer from the Grow Fund on Row 157.
• So they're also transferring a substantial pot of money.
• It's just listed under your other state funds and transfers.
• LEAC recommended that 52.2 million as a transfer; 40 million remain flat appropriation.

Keywords: 996, all

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• This is to provide a statewide electronic benefit transfer services system for the delivery of TANF and
• we had 14 that were eligible yesterday that went to the Board of Correction, I mean, the Post and Transfer
• So the Post-Rid and Transfer Board does screen them to get to this point.
• Board, seven of them were denied. one of them of the Board of Correction, I mean, the Post and Transfer
• So the Post-Rid and Transfer Board does screen them to get to this point.

Keywords: 1204, all