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• They are also requesting a local match reduction of 9,895,200, bringing the total request for this meeting
• The local match reduction totaling 9,667,745 has been requested for a revised state match of 50,882,869
• The request is for approval of the requested construction funding and full local match reduction for
• The district is requesting approval of a full local match reduction for the district's share.
• If the item is in blue, this incorporates the state match as well as a potential local match reduction

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• Real quick, I know there's some language about a reduction or a termination of a program at the request
• Real quick, I know there's some language about a reduction or a termination of a program at the request
• then through the appropriations act, the budget bill, we have a mechanism, you know, for a budget reduction
• <00:08:41.039> So<00:08:41.360> that's know, for a budget reduction.
• So that's know, for a budget reduction.

Keywords: 00:02 Call to Order and Roll Call 00:55 FB 2026-2028 Executive Branch Budget 15:17 Adjournment, 958, all

Summary: The committee held its first meeting on budget instructions for the 2026-2028 state budget, as required by KRS Chapter 48. Staff from the Office of State Budget Director outlined three recommended changes: restructuring Form B4 for additional budget requests to emphasize the problem, solution, and quantitative data; adding page numbers to the Record P report so agencies’ additional budget requests can be located more easily; and updating the budget calendar to reflect the December 20 presentation of the consensus forecast to LRC under changes made by House Bill 360. Members asked follow-up questions about contribution rates, debt service template rates, and employee health rates. Staff said the fiscal 2026 KS non-hazardous contribution rate is 42.76%, but fiscal 2027 and 2028 rates have not yet been set; debt service rates would be posted later; and employee health rate assumptions are still being discussed with the Personnel Cabinet. Members also asked how program reductions or terminations would be handled, and staff explained that agencies base requests on statutory and federal requirements, while budget reductions are handled through the appropriations act. The committee discussed whether Form B4 should ask agencies to describe alternative options considered and how they were evaluated. Staff said the current instructions do not specifically require that, though some implications may appear in narrative responses, and members agreed to continue working on the instructions. The committee then adopted a motion directing the co-chairs to work with LRC staff to finalize the 2026-2028 budget instructions and present them for adoption, with the motion approved by roll call. Members also noted that federal budget developments, including possible SNAP cost shifts to states, are being monitored but are too early to incorporate into the instructions at this time.

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• Because, I mean, if you look at the numbers, it's like half and half: half got a reduction and the other
• Because, I mean, if you look at the numbers, it's like half and half, half got a reduction in the other
• Half got a reduction and the other half remained stable or decreased.
• When we talk about, on page 10, when we talk about the premium and the reduction and the stable amount
• Schedule 8B-2 reduction exercises, and anything else you find important or want more information on.

Summary: The State Administration Budget Subcommittee heard presentations from the Department of Financial Services on the My Safe Florida Home program, the My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot, and the Florida PALM financial system replacement project. For My Safe Florida Home, Stephen Fielder explained the wind-mitigation grant program, including its inspection-first process, two-to-one matching grants for most homeowners, low-income exemptions from the match, and eligible improvements such as roofs, clips/straps, water barriers, and opening protection. He reported roughly 109,000 initial inspections, nearly 59,000 grants approved, 31,000 final inspections, 25,000 reimbursements, and about $240 million paid out through the end of 2024. Members asked about premium savings, contractor pricing, fraud, owner-builder eligibility, reimbursement timing, and whether the program should have a dedicated funding source; Fielder said the program is currently closed, more than 40,000 people have signed up for updates, and the office has seen some price-gouging and impersonation issues but no major fraud trend. The committee also discussed the new prioritization rules that took effect July 1, 2024, which direct grant awards by age and income. Fielder said the program used a survey of existing applicants to implement the new priority groups and that the first group was over age 60 and low-income. Members raised questions about how premium reductions are measured, whether insurance company changes or rising insured values affect the data, and whether the program can track long-term outcomes after reimbursement. Fielder said the office reports raw premium changes based on declarations pages, knows the insurer for participants, and has validated results with multiple insurers, but does not track homeowners after they leave the program or enforce continued insurance coverage. For the My Safe Florida Condo Pilot, Fielder said the program is modeled on the home program but uses association-level applications, a maximum grant of $175,000 per association, and a similar two-to-one match. He said the application window opened briefly in November and was closed quickly because available funding could be exhausted and the department is prohibited from creating a waiting list. He identified several needed statutory changes, including better distinguishing condos from single-family homes, adjusting roof requirements for flat concrete roofs, and revisiting the unanimous unit-owner vote requirement, which he said has been a major obstacle. Chair Lopez noted the pilot is intended to be a learning process and thanked DFS staff for identifying implementation issues. The final presentation covered Florida PALM, the state’s effort to replace the 40-year-old FLAIR accounting system with a PeopleSoft-based financial management system. Fielder and PALM Director Jimmy Cox said the project began in 2014, the state contracted with Accenture in 2018, cash management went live in 2021, and the project was paused in 2022 for legislative review and remediation. They said the system is expected to go live in 2026, possibly in July rather than January, and that the project has spent about $225 million to date, with a current-year budget of about $60.9 million and a projected next-year request of about $64 million. Members asked about cybersecurity, cloud hosting, project scope, and whether the system is unique to Florida; staff said the system is not Florida-specific, access is credentialed through agency identity management, and the cloud host location is confidential. After the presentations, Chair Lopez assigned members to work with specific agencies on budget review meetings, asked them to discuss agency structure, priorities, staffing, waste reduction, and other budget issues, and set a deadline to report findings in the first week of regular session. The meeting then adjourned without objection.

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• <00:14:21.160> and<00:14:21.320> support<00:14:21.600> Youth poverty reduction
• If I may, I can jump in a tiny bit here: in the past there were reductions in SNAP that were related
• we've seen in snap about the reductions we've seen in snap over<00:31:43.000> the<00:31:43.159
• though certainly um as reductions though certainly um as certain<00:32:11.600> pandemic<00:32
• <00:32:24.840> in um in the past there were reductions in um in the past there were reductions

Keywords: 1183, house

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• And we also deleted a paragraph on operating expense reduction relative to the House. Mr.
• And we also deleted a paragraph on operating expense reduction relative to the House. Mr.
• We change the operating expense We change the operating expense reduction<00:21:53.080> paragraph<
• paragraph to focus on others reduction paragraph to focus on others on<00:21:56.120> the<00:21
• There are reductions to many state agencies of 4% in 27, 7% in 28.

Keywords: 958, all

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• Recommendations include 3.3 billion reduction due to district property growth.
• FSP for 2425, include a $389.3 million increase. in GR and a $1.8 billion reduction in all funds.
• It's funding for Educator Investigations Business Unit, which is losing funding due to the reduction
• That's a billion and a half dollar reduction into the regular program budget which does not come with
• Yeah, to my knowledge it doesn't save the money, it costs. causes a reduction in labor effort, and so

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• It requires that the default budget be reduced by the amount equal to any reductions in line items for
• It requires that the default budget be reduced by the amount equal to any reductions in line items for

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• additional general fund that the House left on the bottom line, and the other $15,000 comes from a like reduction
• Families by April 15th of this year so that DCF can get a sense of the need with regard to potential reductions
• 14:09.600> potential the need with regard to potential the need with regard to potential reductions
• <00:14:12.160> We<00:14:12.399> will reductions in housing vouchers.
• We will reductions in housing vouchers.

Keywords: 926, house, all

Summary: The House began with a devotional performance by the State House Singers in honor of John Gilmour, followed by the introduction and first reading of House Bill 917 on military affairs and House Bill 918 on school district board membership. HB 917 was referred to Ways and Means because it affected municipal revenue, HB 918 was referred to Education, and HB 549, already on the notice calendar, was also referred to Ways and Means because it affected state revenue. The chamber also received HB 841 from the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs and referred it to Ways and Means pending notice-calendar entry. The House took up Joint Senate Resolution 42 condemning the Russian Federation’s actions in Ukraine and their impact on Ukrainian children; it was read by title only and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs. During announcements, members welcomed AFT Vermont guests advocating for stronger workers’ rights, including lifting the ban on striking for higher education workers, and noted an upcoming caucus on Vermont’s economy with speakers from the Vermont Small Business Development Center and the State Sustainable Jobs Fund. On the action calendar, the House postponed action for two legislative days on HB 205, relating to agreements not to compete, and HB 635, relating to eliminating Department of Correction supervisory fees. It passed HB 566, which seals post-charge court diversion records upon successful completion. The House then adopted the conference committee report on HB 790, the fiscal year 2026 budget adjustments bill. The report’s changes included increasing funding for the Vermont Center for Independent Living, revising Section 8 housing-related language to address possible federal funding changes, updating developmental disabilities services payment reform language and deadlines, and expanding allowable uses of the $50 million set aside for federal funds changes to include municipal support. The House adjourned until Friday, February 27, 2026 at 9:30 a.m.

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• They agreed that would be the cut, or a reduction, and thanked the committee.
• The chair responded, 'That would be the cut,' and then, 'That's it would be a reduction.'
• it<00:13:43.120> would<00:13:43.279> be<00:13:43.360> a<00:13:43.600> reduction
• >> That's it would be a reduction. Yes. >> That's it would be a reduction. Yes.

Keywords: Medicaid - Room 216, 29 January, 2026; 2:00 PM, 925, all

Summary: The committee considered five bills. SB 2567, the Mississippi Pediatric Access to Critical Health Care Protection Act, would allow a border hospital to accept Medicaid patients and payments; it was moved as title sufficient and reported, with one member opposing. SB 2571, the Foster Youth Earn Benefit Protection for Success Act, would require Social Security survivor or disability benefits for foster youth to be used for the child rather than reimbursing the state for foster care costs; the sponsor said the bill follows federal guidance and other states’ practices, and it was reported after a title-sufficient motion, with one opposition. SB 2708 would require insurers to cover postpartum depression screenings. Senator Boyd said most insurers already do this, and he offered an amendment to strike lines 364-368 because of concerns about step-therapy language; the committee adopted the amendment and then reported the bill. SB 2765 would open code sections related to DHS and Medicaid income verification so Mississippi can respond to federal error-rate penalties tied to SNAP and related programs; Senator Sparks said the state’s 10.69% error rate could trigger about $128 million in annual penalties, and members discussed whether the state’s change-reporting rules may be inflating that rate. The bill was reported. The final bill, SB 2746, the Older Mississippians Act, was described by DHS as a cleanup measure that updates aging-services statutes, formally designates Mississippi as the state unit on aging, and removes obsolete program references. After brief discussion, it was reported on a title-sufficient motion. At the end of the meeting, Senator McMahan publicly thanked the chair for his work, and the committee then moved to rise and report.

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• It is not an entirely harmless device by any means, but harm reduction is our goal as a step in the direction
• Plowman: the line on positions and on capital and on others so we can continue to commit great reductions
• recently we were informed Volusia County over the last 10 years has collectively had the largest reduction
• this would have a detriment to what we can offer our community as services because it would be a reduction
• Any significant reductions in ad valorem Woody Brown: revenue will result in cutting essential services

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• So the average reduction from just value by county ranged from just under 17,000 for Union County all
• Any sort of property relief that is done, and I'm mainly talking about a reduction of some kind, would
• the sense that any revenues that are lost by the state in order to have the property tax relief reduction
• So my question is, could you comment on the potential effect of ad valorem property tax reduction proposals
• in general, or specifically... ...reduction proposals in general, or specifically if you choose, on

Summary: The Senate Committee on Finance and Tax met to hear a presentation from Amy Baker on the state’s ad valorem property tax forecast and how the revenue estimating conference handles property-tax-related impact analyses. Baker explained that the conference process requires unanimous consensus, that the revenue estimating conference produces the state’s official forecast, and that her office recently overhauled the ad valorem model to use a bottom-up, county-by-county approach with separate modeling for county and school rolls, confidential parcels, and detailed categories such as homestead, non-homestead, residential, non-residential, and agricultural property. Baker walked through the current baseline numbers and the main components of taxable value, emphasizing the role of homestead differentials, especially Save Our Homes and portability, and homestead exemptions. She noted that differentials remove a large share of homestead value statewide, with especially large effects in South Florida and along the east coast, while exemptions are concentrated more heavily in northern and fiscally constrained counties. She also explained that many parcels have little or no remaining taxable value, while a smaller number of parcels hold a large share of taxable value, which makes exemption proposals highly uneven in their effects. The committee discussed how impact conferences evaluate proposed constitutional amendments or bills by measuring the change from the baseline forecast, converting taxable-value changes into tax-dollar losses using county millage rates, and then expressing results in cash and recurring terms. Baker stressed that impact analyses do not address broader budgetary effects or local government replacement decisions, and that each proposal is analyzed as a standalone measure rather than in combination with others. Senators asked about seven House property-tax proposals already analyzed, the availability of those reports online, possible interactions if multiple proposals passed, and whether property-tax relief could stimulate the economy enough to offset revenue losses. Baker said the economic effects would be highly proposal- and county-specific and that any budgetary analysis would require separate work beyond the conference process. The committee took no substantive action beyond receiving the presentation and then adjourned.

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• upon whether or not there is an elimination in the attestation requirement of the 25% assessment reduction
• uh assessment reduction exemption. uh assessment reduction exemption.
• I think this is a pretty foolhardy reduction.
• It's uh we we've got a lot of reduction.
• You'll see the position reduction in their budget to fund this in the next position.

Keywords: 916, all

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• special revenue account of $150,000 each year, for a net $300,000 biennial reduction.
• <00:09:39.839> transfer<00:09:40.320> made a reduction in the transfer made a reduction
• <00:09:53.839> Both net $300,000 banial reduction. Both net $300,000 banial reduction.
• Both the House and Senate are tracking a reduction in fiscal year 2025 funding of $1.7 million.
• There is also, you'll note in the fiscal 25 columns, a reduction of negative $2.1 million.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• a message from Her Excellency the Governor returning with her disapproval of certain items and reductions
• The items and reductions of certain items, and also recommendations of amendments of certain sections
• So much of the message as relates to the disapprovals and reductions is referred, under Joint Rule 30

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The House received a gubernatorial message returning the fiscal year 2026 appropriations bill (House No. 4244) with disapprovals, reductions, and recommended amendments. The message was filed as House No. 4250, and the portions concerning disapprovals and reductions were referred to the Committee on Ways and Means under Joint Rule 30, with the remaining matter referred to the Committee on Bills and Third Reading. The House also considered a committee-reported resolution congratulating Fire Chief Brian C. Hickey on his retirement from the Town of Webster Fire Department. After suspension of the rules, the resolution was adopted. In addition, the House took up House No. 972, authorizing the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority to supply water to the Linfield Center Water District in Linfield. The House suspended Rule 7A, ordered the bill to a third reading, and advanced it accordingly. Finally, the House adopted an order to adjourn when it next adjourned until Monday at 11 a.m. Mr. Jones of North Reading then moved immediate adjournment, and the House adjourned to meet Monday next at 11 a.m. in an informal session.

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• ><00:34:44.000> Act Small Business Regulatory Reduction Act Small Business Regulatory Reduction
• Small Business Regulatory Reduction Act, led by Representative Van Dyne from Texas.
• Speaker, I rise in opposition to H.R. 2965, the Small Business Regulatory Reduction Act.
• <05:16:28.000> Act Small Business Regulatory Reduction Act Small Business Regulatory Reduction
• Reduction Act of 2025. And I yield back. Reduction Act of 2025. And I yield back.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, December 2, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• Chair and Senator Pratt, I think the main driver is reductions in overall enrollment at the site.
• A reduction in the number of pupils determined eligible for free or reduced-price lunch under direct
• in overall enrollment at uh reductions in overall enrollment at the<01:21:10.320> site.
• impactfully it's it's a the reductions impactfully it's it's a the reductions are<01:21:39.600><
• there's reduction in funding. there's reduction in funding.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• So, there's a reduction changes.
• So, there's a reduction statutory<02:14:33.560> reduction<02:14:34.080> in<02:14:34.160
• > expenditures<02:14:34.880> of statutory reduction in expenditures of statutory reduction
• <02:14:50.200> in and there's a corresponding reduction in and there's a corresponding reduction
• <02:15:43.800> in corresponding revenue uh reductions in corresponding revenue uh reductions

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Minnesota tax relief account and then returned to taxpayers in the form of refunds or one-time tax reductions
• By focusing on one-time tax reductions rather than expanding permanent programs, we ensure long-term
• this is about fairness it's reductions this is about fairness it's about<00:01:37.680> trust<
• than expanding reductions rather than expanding permanent<00:02:37.000> programs<00:02:38.000
• So in 2023, we did a number of tax reductions, as you mentioned.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• be a reduction to blank tax?"
• there be an increase in tax or reduction there be an increase in tax or reduction in<01:09:34.239
• They say, no, I don't want a reduction. Yes, or no, I don't want an increase.
• yes, I do want a reduction. No, I don't yes, I do want a reduction.
• ,<02:26:31.520> two<02:26:31.840> increases, two reductions, two increases, two reductions

Keywords: 981, all

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• about affordability more than a talking point, we can put our money where our mouth is and pass a reduction
• the data center exemption as it relates to the gross receipts tax and how that's required, that reduction
• the data center exemption as it relates to the gross receipts tax and how that's required, that reduction
• What's going to happen is this always happens when we talk about these gas tax reductions or freezes.
• And I don't scoff at 5.9% reduction across the board and what that means to every aspect of our lives

Summary: The Senate returned from recess and first handled routine calendar matters, laying several bills on the table or over in their order without objection. The chamber then took up Senate Bill 1400, which addresses sentencing for second-degree murder in response to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s Commonwealth v. Lee decision. Senator Street offered an amendment to replace mandatory life without parole with parole eligibility after 25 years and individualized review, but the Senate tabled the amendment by a 26-24 roll call. The bill then advanced to final passage after extended debate over whether it adequately met the court’s constitutional ruling and how it would affect victims, culpability, and retroactivity. It initially passed 31-19, then after reconsideration and a correction to one member’s vote, passed 30-20 and was sent to the House. The Senate next considered Senate Bill 1212, which tightens the handling of sexual assault evidence kits by removing discretionary language that had contributed to inconsistent testing practices. Supporters said it would improve statewide consistency, preserve a survivor’s right to decline testing, and help reduce the rape kit backlog. The bill passed unanimously, 50-0, and was sent to the House. The chamber then moved through additional calendar items, including re-referrals of several House bills to Appropriations and multiple bills being passed over. Later, the Senate took up House Bill 1667 on a supplemental calendar after suspending the rules. The bill became the vehicle for several amendments tied to affordability and tax policy. Senators adopted a back-to-school sales tax holiday amendment, a data-center tax exemption repeal amendment, and a school-choice-related amendment transferring EITC provisions and increasing scholarships by $25 million. Other proposed amendments, including a digital advertising tax and a combined reporting corporate tax reform, were tabled. After further debate on the bill’s impact on electric bills, data centers, and the state budget, House Bill 1667 was agreed to as amended and the Senate recessed.