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• highway fund appropriation of $12.5 million to the Interim Finance Committee in fiscal year 2026 for allocation
• Assembly Bill 224, introduced by Assembly Member Mosca, provides for the issuance of bonds to assist

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• SENSITIVE INFORMATION AND ALSO BEING DETAIL ORIENTED WHEN IT COMES TO PERHAPS NOTATING THAT SOMEONE'S BOND
• WHAT WERE TALKING ABOUT HERE ARE ALLOCATIONS.

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• for that monthly meeting, plus additional meetings, maybe come down to the capital to testify in a bonding
• for that monthly meeting, plus additional meetings, maybe come down to the capital to testify in a bonding
• for that monthly meeting, plus additional meetings, maybe come down to the capital to testify in a bonding
• These people and public office wield significant power in their communities, from the allocation of public
• of public funds to from the allocation of public funds to making<00:46:25.680> decisions<00:46

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• It increases the amount that is available to the Office of Higher Education through the small pool bond
• allocation program from 10 million to 25 million.
• It increases the amount that is available to the Office of Higher Education through the small pool bond
• allocation program from $10 million to $25 million.
• <01:37:28.880> 125 next two years would allocate 125 next two years would allocate 125 million

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• 148 um the current law allocation 148 um the current law allocation between<00:48:36.040> the
• It's literally going from 36% of the allocation out of the TAA to 0% out of the allocation of the TAA
• He asked the author what the basis was for that change in the allocation.
• He asked the author what the basis was for that change in the allocation.
• bridges and there is a allocation bridges and there is a allocation formula<01:18:38.600> that

Keywords: 1183, house

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• For example, the Healthy Universal School Meals Program deciding to allocate consistent funding to this
• And PED is additionally encouraging schools to use their Healthy Universal School Meal allocation to
• In 2020, in FY25, annual funding was fully allocated within a month.
• our FY26 application cycle is still open, and we really keep it open until the funding is fully allocated
• You have to have a $1 million bond when buying cattle from producers versus the producers selling the

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• We kind of have bonded, you know, whether it's in the lunchroom or, you know, in the hallways, regardless
• evacuation time for the Florida Keys from 24 hours up to 24 and a half hours, allowing for 900 permit allocations
• of Commerce to conduct a baseline modeling scenario to determine the number of building permit allocations
• What was important to me was that the permit allocations must be distributed over a period of 10 years
• Where in the budget is the transportation allocation for charter schools?

Summary: The House took up a series of Senate messages and concurred in several amendments before passing multiple bills. Early actions included unanimous passage of CS/CS/HB 1299 on Department of Health matters, CS/HB 1549 on financial institutions after removing a Senate-added trust-account provision, and CS/CS/SB 768 on foreign ties in business ownership after trimming registration requirements. The chamber also insisted on its housing amendment to CS/CS/CS/SB 184 after the Senate refused to concur. A major portion of the meeting focused on CS/CS/HB 875 on educator preparation. The House adopted an amendment restoring two teacher-prep courses, preserving the Florida Center for Teaching Excellence at Miami-Dade College in partnership with USF, and modifying the teacher candidate testing framework and mentor qualifications. Supporters said it reduced barriers while keeping standards; opponents raised concerns about the remaining “identity politics” language and other provisions. The bill then passed 91-22. The House also passed HB 1101 on out-of-network providers after adopting a House amendment that kept the original bill’s notice and referral provisions with a good-cause exemption, despite objections that it placed too much responsibility on doctors. Later, the chamber approved CS/CS/SB 180 on emergency preparedness and response, with members highlighting debris management, emergency planning, crane safety, and hurricane recovery provisions; it passed unanimously. The House then rejected concurrence in a Senate amendment to HB 1609 on waste incineration, and later spent substantial time debating CS/CS/HB 1115 on education, especially Schools of Hope, expanded co-location authority, funding, transportation, and school-district agreement terms. Critics argued the language was added late and could disadvantage traditional public schools, while supporters said it would expand options for students; the debate continued with the bill still under consideration at the end of the excerpt.

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• So that was going to be my first question, where these dollars already allocated.
• We do it all the time through Bond Commission and with LAC and others that utilize bonds. ...commission
• and with LAC and others that utilize bonds.

Summary: The committee first took up Senate Bill 105, which reinstates a sunset-expired TOPS Tech benefit for eligible veterans. Senator Kathy said the bill would use existing TOPS dollars, not new funding, and would help veterans stay in Louisiana and enter the workforce. After brief questions about eligibility and funding, Representative Marcelle moved the bill favorably, and it was reported favorably without objection. House Resolution 3, by Representative Newell, asked the Louisiana Housing Corporation to study whether vacant state-owned property could be repurposed for housing and rental assistance for cost-burdened state employees. Members discussed the high fiscal note and whether the work could be absorbed in existing budgets. Fiscal staff said LHC had requested a full-time position and four part-time positions for the study, but the committee also talked about narrowing the study’s scope. Representative Marcelle moved the resolution favorably, and it was reported favorably without objection. The committee then debated House Bill 189, which would extend supplemental pay to fire protection officers at the Lakefront Management Authority’s airport fire department. Representative Newell and airport representatives argued the firefighters perform specialized, hazardous ARFF duties and should receive the same supplemental pay as other qualifying public firefighters. Some members questioned whether the airport and its employees qualify under existing law and whether the supplement should be expanded further. After discussion, Representative Marcelle moved the bill favorably, but the motion failed on a roll call vote of 8 yeas to 10 nays. Later, Senate Bill 461, concerning Office of Group Benefits coverage for certain small employee groups, was reported favorably without objection. House Bill 623, creating a three-tier permitting system for vapor products, was amended to clarify direct-to-consumer shipment restrictions and then reported favorably as amended. House Bill 1222, creating a grocery initiative grants and financial support program through LED to address food deserts, drew extended debate over whether it would amount to government-run grocery stores; supporters framed it as an incentive and grant program for private grocers, while critics raised concerns about government involvement. After amendment, it was reported favorably as amended by a vote of 16 yeas to 2 nays. Finally, House Resolution 80, directing a comprehensive fiscal audit related to Board of Regents and university system spending on certain executive budget metrics, was amended into a substitute version. Members debated whether the resolution would require universities to do additional work and whether it belonged in Appropriations at all, especially since the fiscal note had been removed. The discussion also raised concerns about the listed schools and the resolution’s purpose in light of a federal civil rights investigation. The transcript ends while the committee is still discussing the resolution and related procedural motions.

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• with their priorities, and then they shift their budgets and ask for more public dollars through geo bonds
• Chairman, my specific questions are about how the $500 monthly stipend or payment was allocated.
• It's going to require that we prioritize allocating not only more transportation funding through the
• I wish our performance allocations were larger because it is incremental.
• Methodology that was used to determine the allocations given to schools is very problematic.

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• Every 10 years, the legislature determines the annual allocation of HA funds.
• The HAF is a is sort of a kind of standard ongoing set allocation institutions can use.
• This is a fundamental shift from funding based solely on enrollment, and it has strengthened the bond
• more information about how we historically have allocated PU across the UT system.
• In addition, uh, the B on time funding allocation that we received from the state has been incredible

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• Do you really think the debt markets, oh, we want to buy that much more U.S. sovereign bonds?
• So look, there's bills, notes, bonds. It's the hierarchy of a bill.
• If you need to know what others are, those are the inflation-adjusted bonds.
• Their 10-year bond sells cheaper than the United States.
• Greece today can sell a 10-year bond almost a full point cheaper than the United States.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Friday, February 7, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• The credit is equal to 70% of the property's tax attributable to repayment of capital improvement bonds
• of capital Improvement bonds of capital Improvement bonds section<00:21:59.760> two<00:22
• happy to hear that there's actually a state savings of a little less than $5,000 due to the school bond
• <01:00:40.400> egg $5,000 uh due to the school bond egg $5,000 uh due to the school bond egg
• Then the tax year impact is allocated to the following fiscal year, just to get those details out of

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• It would just be a portion of our day job to allocate the funding. Okay, seeing no more questions.
• They've used that kind of funding, which is based on state money, bonds, and such in some manner.
• and such in some state money bonds and such in some manner.<03:20:54.000> Um<03:20:54.399>
• allocated for state aid to education. allocated for state aid to education.
• the statutory net revenue allocation the statutory net revenue allocation formula<04:13:07.680><

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Summary: The committee heard testimony on House Bill 1596, which would raise New Hampshire’s cigarette excise tax from $1.78 per pack to about $2.80, using an inflation-based adjustment since the rate was last set in 2008. Representative Jerry Stringham, the bill’s sponsor, said the measure would keep New Hampshire competitive with neighboring states, generate revenue, and help offset other budget pressures. He also described the bill as repealing an income-based premium charge in Medicaid/CHIP-related programs and restoring cuts to the University System of New Hampshire, arguing that the combined package would still leave the state in a positive fiscal position. He said the tobacco tax increase would likely have some cessation effect but would remain low relative to other New England states, and he cited prior testimony from health groups supporting a larger increase. Members questioned the sponsor about how the new rate was calculated, the prior tobacco tax reduction and restoration, whether tobacco companies would absorb or pass on the tax, and the fiscal note’s estimates for Medicaid premium revenue and UNH funding. Stringham said he used Bureau of Labor Statistics inflation data, that the earlier 10-cent reduction did not produce the expected sales increase, and that the current bill would eliminate the premium charges now in the budget. He later clarified that the Department of Medicaid Services had updated the revenue estimate, but said the bill still showed a surplus overall. He also said the federal government already imposes a $1-per-pack tax and that New Hampshire would remain below neighboring states even after the increase. Two public witnesses testified in opposition to the tax increase. Anna Bettincourt, a tobacco category manager, argued that higher tobacco taxes would unfairly target smokers, reduce New Hampshire’s tax advantage, and likely shift purchases to other states or illicit markets rather than reduce use. She said tobacco companies generally do not lower prices and that Massachusetts’ flavor restrictions had not eliminated sales. In response to questions, she maintained that a smaller increase would still be harmful and that enforcement problems make bans ineffective. The sponsor and some members countered that smokers impose higher health costs and that tobacco taxes are a policy tool for both revenue and public health. No vote or final committee action was taken in the portion of the meeting provided.

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• stormwater control; for natural resource projects, including flood control measures; issuance of local bonds
• their cash flow is, take into account what their debt service is, take into account what existing bonds
• So local voters have approved nearly 90% of their local tax and bond measures in recent years.
• Does this tax and bond measures in recent years.
• officials are unwilling to exercise financial prudence, then let the people decide how they wish to allocate

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• stormwater control; for natural resource projects, including flood control measures; issuance of local bonds
• their cash flow is, take into account what their debt service is, take into account what existing bonds
• So local voters have approved nearly 90% of their local tax and bond measures in recent years.
• Tax and bond measures in recent years.
• officials are unwilling to exercise financial prudence, then let the people decide how they wish to allocate

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• While disagreements are at times inevitable, help them to work toward unity and undo any unnecessary bonds
• relates to persons other than ministers who may perform rites of marriage, clerk issuance of order, and bond
• Clerk, issuance of order, bond requirement. Legislation passed the House passed.
• the SEC to ensure that certain costs associated with serving very large, high-load customers are allocated
• uncontested block is Senate Joint Resolution 12, relating to the portrait of the Honorable Yvonne Bond

Keywords: March 11, 2026 - Regular Session, 976, house, all

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• We allocated 1.5 million in ARPA funds for culvert improvements throughout the City of Burlington.
• And lastly, we passed a bond. proposition for 20 million dollars This bond is known as prop a it's to
• In your testimony, you had some recommend bond issuance for $20 million of what y'all were doing with
• The bond initiative is a very unique one. You're a very conservative county that 80% Republican.
• But that bond passed like by 66%.

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• How is the base student allocation determined in this budget?
• So we do increase the base per student allocation.
• How does the per student allocation work?
• Is allocated based on property values?
• Are we using the educational enrichment allocation?

Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, doctor and guest introductions, and then took up Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 168, the Tristan Murphy Act, on mental health. Senator Bradley described the bill as a major criminal justice and behavioral health reform measure that would expand pretrial mental health diversion, strengthen treatment-based probation conditions, broaden grant uses for mental health and substance abuse programs, add Hillsborough County to a forensic hospital diversion pilot, require certain DOC mental health evaluations, and create a Florida Behavioral Health Data Repository. Senators from both parties spoke in strong support, emphasizing treatment over incarceration, public safety, data collection, and the Murphy family’s role in advancing the bill. The Senate passed the bill 37-0 and then approved 37 co-sponsors. The chamber then received the Senate’s 2025-26 General Appropriations Bill, SB 2500, with Chair Hooper outlining a $117.4 billion budget that he said reduces spending, preserves reserves, and includes major investments in water quality, transportation, education infrastructure, and reporting requirements. Committee chairs summarized their portions: K-12 funding at $34.7 billion with increases for FEFP, scholarships, VPK, school hardening, and school safety; higher education at $11.5 billion with workforce, nursing, reading, autism, and student aid investments; health and human services with a $1.8 billion increase for Medicaid, mental health, opioid response, disability services, and veterans programs; criminal and civil justice at $7.6 billion for corrections, juvenile justice, law enforcement, courts, and judgeships; transportation/tourism/economic development at about $18 billion including roads, housing, Visit Florida, and cultural grants; and agriculture/environment/general government with major Everglades, water quality, citrus, food bank, and agency IT funding. Members then questioned several budget items, especially education funding formulas, the shift of scholarship dollars below the line, the impact on public school districts, AP/IB and other accelerated program funding, the APD wait list, opioid settlement spending, arts grants, and the My Safe Florida Home and condo pilot programs. Chairs generally said scholarship and accelerated-program dollars were being restructured for transparency and flexibility rather than cut, that school districts would still receive funding based on enrollment, and that APD and other human services issues would continue to be worked out in conference. The budget discussion concluded with remarks praising staff and noting a 4% across-the-board pay raise for state employees and targeted increases for law enforcement and firefighters, followed by a recognition for FAMU Day at the Capitol.

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• It would just be a portion of our day job to allocate the funding. Okay, seeing no more questions.
• and such in some state money bonds and such in some manner.<03:20:54.000> Um<03:20:54.399>
• allocated for state aid to education. allocated for state aid to education.
• the statutory net revenue allocation the statutory net revenue allocation formula<04:13:07.680><
• This is whether we want to subsidize them using government allocated and managed funds.

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• Some major areas we advocated for include municipal bonds and tax status through various coalitions that
• Then, once per year, 40% of the funds are allocated based on a hospital's performance on clinical quality
• We don't have an estimate for how much of that would come to New Mexico or how it would be allocated
• It talks about how it will be allocated amongst the states.