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• This legislature had an emergency session and gave us a loan program.
• This legislature had an emergency session and gave us a loan program that is helping farmers get back
• We were able to deploy the loan program immediately following Hurricane Milton, and we're going to have
• program.
• It will be very important to replenish that loan program. It is currently out of resources.

Summary: The Agriculture and Natural Resources Budget Committee met to organize for the session, confirm a quorum, and hear introductory remarks from members about their districts and interests. Chair Esposito outlined the committee’s jurisdiction and budget overview, noting a total budget of about $7.2 billion, with major funding tied to the Department of Environmental Protection, the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Fish and Wildlife, and the Department of Citrus. She also described major cost drivers such as Everglades restoration, water quality, resiliency, land acquisition, and rural family lands, and asked members to review agency requests in small groups later in the process. Agency leaders then presented budget and program updates. Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson emphasized department efficiency efforts, including IT modernization, staff reorganization, rural and family lands conservation, best management practices, Fresh From Florida marketing, hurricane recovery loans for farmers, and completion of the Connor Complex headquarters. DEP Secretary Alexis Lambert highlighted record investments in Everglades restoration, water quality projects, resilience grants, land acquisition, state parks, and enforcement. FWC Executive Director Roger Young discussed conservation research, fisheries and wildlife management, law enforcement, disaster response, and pressures from growth, boating, invasive species, and derelict vessels. Department of Citrus Executive Director Shannon Shep reviewed the industry’s decline due to hurricanes and citrus greening, current research and marketing efforts, and e-commerce campaigns to support Florida citrus sales. Members asked questions about citrus production declines, future replanting and therapies, rural family lands, PFOS cleanup, mangrove restoration, flooding and pump infrastructure, agricultural theft, and derelict vessel removal. Officials generally responded with updates, emphasized science-based management and enforcement, and in several cases said they would follow up with more detailed information later. No formal votes were taken; the meeting ended with the chair directing members to provide feedback on agencies for further budget review and then adjournment.

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• Within the first year of the program, Minnesota farmers were over 99% compliant with the new law.
• Within the first year of the program, Minnesota farmers were over 99% compliant with the new law.
• <00:52:28.040> including help conservation programs including help conservation programs including
• <01:02:46.240> educational Clinic and a student loan educational Clinic and a student loan
• assistance payment the student loan assistance payment the student loan educational<01:02:49.920

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• We have two programs, the health care loan forgiveness program and the home and community-based services
• employee scholarship and loan forgiveness program, which both award loan forgiveness to participants
• This allows flexibility to award all loan forgiveness funds allocated to the programs on timelines that
• program integrity processes. program integrity processes.
• the whole program.

Bills: HF4609, HF4401

Keywords: infertility, fertility treatment, fertility preservation, IVF, assisted reproductive technology, ART, oocyte retrieval, embryo transfer, egg freezing, sperm freezing, reproductive health, maternity coverage, health insurance mandate, health plan benefits, Medical Assistance, Medicaid, MinnesotaCare, family planning, oncology fertility preservation, chemotherapy

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• CalVet has a home loan program.
• The CalVet Home Loan Program helps veterans purchase market-rate homes and is over 100 years old.
• any of its loans.
• Cohort 2 program.
• Programming statewide through grants, programs, and services.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Speaker, and just really celebrating the great works of the New Mexico MESA program. Fantastic.
• I know they have a program... They have a lot of initiatives going on, specifically with Luna.
• They eat these vegetables as part of their lunch program at the school.
• repayment and loan-for-service programs, requiring services in underserved areas of the state, creating
• Community-based domestic violence programs. House Bill 130.

Bills: HB1

Keywords: feed bill, legislative appropriations, legislative branch, New Mexico Legislature, general fund, legislative council service, legislative finance committee, legislative education study committee, house chief clerk, senate chief clerk, per diem, mileage, session expenses, interim committees, district staff, capitol complex, capital outlay data system, legislative processing system, redistricting, census redistricting

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• Brownfields is another program. Yeah, it's a revolving loan program, excuse me.
• And so we get program income from those loans made with federal funding.
• loans made uh program income from those loans made uh with<01:12:52.800> federal<01:12:53.120
• This supports the state loan repayment program.
• <01:31:05.679> Uh the state loan repayment program. Uh the state loan repayment program.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Dedicated Funds met to review the House budget provision that would impose a 5% administrative charge on a broad list of dedicated funds, with some exemptions. Members discussed the House approach versus the Senate’s more general approach of leaving the governor discretion over which funds could be charged. The chair explained the committee was hearing from agencies about any legal, contractual, or practical reasons their funds should be exempt, and the agenda was expanded to include several departments and written submissions from others. The Department of Education testified first, identifying several funds it said should be exempt: a printing revolving fund that is funded by transfers rather than fees; teacher certification, which is self-funded by educator licensing fees and would require an immediate fee increase if charged; a vending stand set-aside tied to the federal Randolph-Sheppard program and subject to federal approval and vendor committee procedures; and a public school infrastructure/safety account, where most revenue is transferred from the education trust fund or general fund rather than generated by fees. Members questioned the department about the effect on school safety projects and whether the fee would simply reduce the number of projects completed each year. The Veterans Home asked for exemptions for three funds: a donation benefit account used for recreational activities and quality-of-life expenses for residents, a small memorial trust fund whose interest supports veteran activities, and a resident member account that holds veterans’ personal income such as Social Security and pensions. The department argued the charge would reduce donations, cut services, and effectively function like an income tax on vulnerable veterans. The Banking Department also requested exemption for its consumer credit administration license fund, saying it is used to keep exam fees low and is expressly intended by statute to reduce costs on regulated businesses; it said the 5% charge would undermine that framework and could eventually force higher fees. The Department of Justice began testimony on its dedicated funds, starting with the medical legal investigative fund, which pays for death investigations and related services under statute and without general fund support. No votes or final actions were taken in the portion of the meeting provided; the committee mainly heard testimony and asked questions about the practical and legal effects of applying the administrative charge.

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• through uh the veteran assistant program through uh the veteran assistant program it's<00:29:44.760
• appreciation program.
• restrictions there's the buback program restrictions there's the buback program and<01:35:02.639
• :35:04.560> under and the sh appreciation program under and the sh appreciation program under
• <01:35:38.760> if so we would defer to their program if so we would defer to their program

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on several housing, land use, and preservation bills. HB 1008 HD2 would require the Department of Land and Natural Resources to complete historic preservation determinations for state affordable housing projects within 90 days and create sensitivity-based review pathways. HHFDC, DLNR’s State Historic Preservation Division, and written testimony from DBEDT supported the bill as an expedited process for projects unlikely to affect significant historic resources. Members asked how the bill would define significant versus non-significant historic properties, how it would interact with Kapakai analysis, and whether burial councils had been consulted; SHPD said the bill would not replace Kapakai review and that burial councils had not been included. Written support also came from OHA, Hawaii Realtors, and the Maui Chamber of Commerce. HB 1093 would clarify the Hawaii Public Housing Authority’s powers relating to housing projects. HPHA supported the measure, saying it would align definitions with prior law and help deconcentrate poverty by allowing mixed-income rebuilding. The director also said the bill was increasingly urgent because of reported federal HUD priorities that could affect public housing and Section 8 funding. HB 1096 HD1 would repeal state low-income housing preferences for disabled veterans and spouses of deceased veterans, with HPHA saying federal veteran programs such as VASH are a better mechanism and that the state preference has not been used in years. HB 1411 would allow HHFDC projects to give sale or lease preferences to applicants who live or work within five miles of a project; HHFDC and the Hawaii Chapter of NAIOP supported it as a way to keep residents connected to their communities, while members raised constitutional concerns about broader local-preference policies. The committee also heard HB 367 HD1, which would create county permit exemptions for certain agricultural and maintenance activities. Written testimony included opposition from the Department of Planning and Permitting and support from the Hawaii Farm Bureau, Grassroot Institute, and others. A public testifier opposed the bill, arguing that permit exemptions could worsen safety and compliance problems. Finally, HB 826 HD1 would allow county planning commissions, by special permit, to authorize residential housing in agricultural districts for agricultural workforce housing, long-term rental, or fee simple ownership under certain conditions. HHFDC supported it as a faster alternative to lengthy state land-use redistricting, but the Department of Agriculture, Land Use Commission, and Office of Planning and Sustainable Development raised concerns about food production impacts, due process, service provision, jurisdictional conflicts, and the use of special permits for what could amount to district boundary changes. Public testimony was mixed, with some support and some opposition. No votes or final actions were taken in the portion provided.

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• fund reductions from the same program. fund reductions from the same program.
• <00:19:44.960> Lines for AIS programs. Lines for AIS programs.
• Also from the ATV account, program.
• It is language that ensures that when loans from two PCA revolving loan programs are paid back, the money
• is deposited back into those revolving loan programs.

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The conference committee on the Environment budget for Senate File 2077 met to introduce members and staff, then walked through the Senate and House budget spreadsheets side by side. Nonpartisan staff explained that the Senate budget was built around a smaller general fund increase and more use of environmental and dedicated funds, while the House met its target through several reductions, including cuts to DNR, PCA, and Board of Water and Soil Resources appropriations. The committee reviewed major agency items for the Pollution Control Agency, DNR, the Metropolitan Council, the Minnesota Zoo, and other accounts, including operating adjustments, permit-related funding, and transfers between funds. Several major differences were highlighted. For the PCA, the Senate included operating adjustments, permitting efficiency funding, composting grants, outreach funding, and a closed landfill investment fund approach that repeals an expiring statutory appropriation, while the House instead extends that appropriation for four more years. For the DNR, the Senate included operating adjustments, groundwater and AIS fee increases, aquatic invasive species funding, trail grants, outdoor schools for all, abandoned watercraft enforcement, and a sustainable foraging task force; the House had fewer of these fee and policy items and used reductions to meet its target. The committee also noted Senate-only policy provisions on outreach to diverse communities, field citations and mercury certification for skin-lightening products, disabled veteran license fee changes, and a moratorium on foraging rulemaking until July 1, 2027. Agency testimony followed. The MPCA commissioner praised both chambers for recognizing core agency work and urged adoption of operating adjustments, the closed landfill fund access, and the air appropriation increase. The DNR assistant commissioner supported operating adjustments, groundwater and AIS fee increases, and the veteran license proposal, but raised concerns about the Senate’s foraging task force language, saying it overweights consumptive users and could limit the agency’s ability to manage foraging without clear data. He also noted support for the land transfer funding and said the agency would continue working with the committee on unresolved issues. No votes were taken in this portion of the meeting.

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• put, how can we put the state on a stronger financial foundation and better protect the essential programs
• Proposition 98, settle-up obligations,... ...clarify that the Rainy Day Fund can be used for budget loans
• Those reserves help protect vital programs and services from even deeper reductions.
• the main reason why I think that is because if we were going to pay for the unemployment insurance loan
• That could cripple investments in critical programs that millions of Californians depend on.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• personal loan guarantee program. personal loan guarantee program.
• And so, what this program is designed to do is to give those employees a zero-interest loan on their
• Uh, it's a federal employee personal loan guarantee program.
• This is a guaranteed loan program, so it's guaranteed back by our federal government.
• <00:34:59.960> program<00:35:00.520> so This is a a guaranteed loan program so This

Keywords: 1183, house

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• , and auto loan delinquencies.'
• loans and auto loan delinquencies. loans and auto loan delinquencies.
• , arrange consumer short-term loans, arrange consumer short-term loans, removes<01:33:25.640>
• requirements for mortgage loan requirements for mortgage loan originators<01:33:29.880> meeting
• the transfer of student loans, and requires notice of transfer.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• It authorizes the NMFA to make grants and loans for water projects from the Water Project Fund.
• This gives us the ability to make grants and loans from those authorized projects.
• That second one, we waive the match, we waive the loan component.
• The Finance Authority will still make the loans and grants.
• The Finance Authority will still make the loans and grants.

Keywords: 996, all

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• She spent four years in program.
• I took all my loans to continue my educational dream, but I'm still paying my loan.
• <00:07:16.240> They nurse program at St. Paul College. They nurse program at St.
• <00:25:01.200> and like people in nursing programs and like people in nursing programs and
• <00:36:15.040> that applies to the actual programs that applies to the actual programs that

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• So, we'll start with the Rural Finance Authority Agroforestry Loan Program.
• It expands the practices that Minnesota farmers can finance through the Agroforestry Loan Program out
• Um, the Agroforestry Loan Program has been very lightly used and requires updates to better align with
• program to fiscal year 2030. program to fiscal year 2030.
• c> again the the loan program itself and again the the loan program itself and again the<01:19:26.560

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• The veterans already have a VA loan program that's out there and available to them to get into their
• , a federal program, to help them get that home.
• They already have a program out there, a federal program, to help them get that home.
• This loan program that's incorporated, it is a great program because it is a 5% down...
• as the CalVet program because of the restrictions.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• On line 100, the $750,000 per biennium transfer to the large animal veterinarian loan forgiveness program
• And on line 102, the $50,000 per biennium transfer to the aviation degree loan forgiveness program account
• On line 100, the $750,000 per biennium transfer to the large animal veterinarian loan forgiveness program
• On line 100, the $750,000 per biennium transfer to the large animal veterinarian loan forgiveness program
• On line 100, the $750,000 per biennium transfer to the large animal veterinarian loan forgiveness program

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• for students requires the California Department of Education to encourage LEAs to participate in programs
• This bill does not request any additional state funding, it simply increases the loan cap within the
• The Dream Loan Program has a fixed budget of roughly $2 million annually and AB 681 would have allow
• existing funds to be distributed in a way that better reflects the actual cost of graduate programs.
• AB 681 ensures that the Dream Loan program continues to be a cost-neutral investment for the state while

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• program, the detrimental nature.
• program, the detrimental nature.
• Second, H.R. 1 caps federal student loans for professional programs, including medicine, at $200,000
• and ends the Grad PLUS loan program.
• These changes will drive more students toward private loans, which can be Program.

Summary: The joint informational hearing focused on the impacts of H.R. 1 on California’s Medi-Cal program and on community health effects from recent immigration enforcement actions. Committee leaders said H.R. 1 would sharply reduce federal funding, increase administrative burdens, and worsen access to care, especially for Medi-Cal enrollees, immigrant families, rural communities, and reproductive health patients. The second half of the hearing examined how ICE raids and related federal actions are creating fear, reducing clinic and emergency department use, and disrupting children’s access to schools and early childhood education. Department of Health Care Services Director Michelle Bass outlined the main H.R. 1 provisions affecting Medi-Cal: work requirements, semiannual eligibility redeterminations, shorter retroactive coverage, new cost-sharing, limits on provider taxes and state-directed payments, reduced federal support for emergency and lawful immigrant coverage, and a one-year ban on Medicaid funding for prohibited abortion providers. She estimated millions could lose coverage, with tens of billions of dollars in federal funding at risk. Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California warned the defunding provision could force clinic closures, service reductions, and loss of access to family planning, STI testing, and cancer screenings. The California Hospital Association said the financing changes could cut hospital revenue by tens of billions over 10 years and threaten access, especially for rural and safety-net hospitals. The Western Center on Law and Poverty argued the law would increase churn, paperwork, and uninsured rates, disproportionately harming working adults and people experiencing homelessness. Committee members asked about implementation timelines, notification systems, administrative costs, the effect on immigrant eligibility, and whether California could delay or mitigate some provisions. Bass said the state was still assessing federal guidance, planning county and provider outreach, and exploring a possible delay for work requirements and a transition period for provider-tax changes. Members also discussed how state budget actions may need to be revisited in light of H.R. 1, and how California might preserve access through state-only funding or other policy changes. In the second panel, CHIRLA, Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, and the Children’s Partnership described the health consequences of immigration enforcement. Speakers said raids and data-sharing fears are causing anxiety, trauma, and avoidance of care, with Los Angeles County reporting declines in emergency, urgent care, and clinic visits after enforcement actions. The Children’s Partnership said school and early childhood absences are rising in some communities and that enforcement is undermining children’s emotional well-being and access to education. Members asked for more data and discussed possible state protections, telehealth, mobile care, and legal and policy responses to reduce fear and preserve access to health and education services.

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• The Manufactured Home Park Community Redevelopment Program, the infrastructure grants part of that program
• Habitat has been proud to participate in this program.
• Challenge Program.
• Finally, we're very excited about the upcoming launch of a new loan program titled "Prime Path" from
• Other programs, like the Challenge Program, have supported homeownership opportunities as well.

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• SB 772 Cabaldon infill infrastructure grant program two-year bill.
• SB 550 Cortese, Legal Education Pilot Program, holding committee. SB 551 Cortese.
• SB784 Durazo home improvement loans, two-year bill. 809 Durazo construction trucking amnesty program
• SB 69 McNerney DOJ AI program holding.
• SB 35 Umberg, Unlicensed Alcohol and Drug Programs, hold in committee.

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