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WA
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- across the state are seeking $21.38 million in crime victim services funding in the supplemental budget
- across the state are seeking $21.38 million in crime victim services funding in the supplemental budget
- across the state are seeking $21.38 million in crime victim services funding in the supplemental budget
- across the state are seeking $21.38 million in crime victim services funding in the supplemental budget
Committee:
Senate Law & Justice
Keywords:
children's items, donations, charitable donations, nonprofit, religious organization, public health agency, liability shield, gross negligence, intentional misconduct, car seats, child safety seats, baby formula, diapers, strollers, cribs, playpens, high chairs, used goods, donation centers, Washington RCW
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Environment, Energy & Technology Jan 16th, 2026 at 10:30 am
Environment, Energy & Technology
Transcript Highlights:
- So they come to us through policy bills with funding attached or through budget provisos.
- So we received this assignment through the 2025 operating budget, which directed us to conduct a review
- Regulatory reforms: one theme was that state-level regulatory reform has a limited scope because, as
- The last two nuclear plants completed, Vogtle 3 and 4, were $17 billion over budget, leading to a 23.7%
Committee:
Senate Environment, Energy & Technology
Keywords:
nuclear energy, energy strategy, advanced technology, sustainability, state policy, renewable energy, public entities, electric generation, contracting, SB 6010, Washington energy siting, EFSEC, Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council, tribal consultation, government-to-government consultation, federally recognized tribes, energy facility siting, RCW, clean energy, alternative energy
LA
Committee:
House Ways & Means
Keywords:
water utility, tax credit, excessive rates, residential service, subcommittee, local sales tax, local use tax, sales and use tax, tax audit, local collector, tax collector, prescriptive period, prescription waiver, interest suspension, delinquency penalties, estimated assessment, arbitrary assessment, certified mail notice, audit notice, taxpayer rights
WA
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- of the problem that the project would address, analysis of the preferred alternative, and project budget
- Thank you, Capital Budget Committee. I'm excited to be here.
- I didn't even recall that you had jumped ship here from the capital budget. I miss you guys.
- We then turn those rank lists into OFM, and they're submitted to the budget process through the budget
- process through the budget process to the legislature.
Committee:
House Capital Budget
Keywords:
HB2470, school construction assistance, capital budget, school facilities, on-base schools, military base schools, military installations, public school construction, school plant projects, state funding assistance, superintendent of public instruction, OSPI, school capital funding, instructional space, school district construction, alternative learning experience, ALE, free and reduced-price meals, special housing burden, district growth
WA
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- I'm a senior analyst at the Washington State Budget and Policy Center, here in strong support of House
- They hire a staffing agency for special ed services, and that's a $500,000 hit to their budget on just
Committee:
House Finance
Keywords:
durable medical equipment, sales tax exemption, healthcare accessibility, cost reduction, nonprofit providers, affordable housing, real estate tax, exemption, housing policy, tax incentives, real estate excise tax, REET, growth management act, GMA, local government finance, capital facilities plan, comprehensive plan, county tax, city tax, voter approval
AZ
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- I've done a lot of work in litigation reform over the years.
- We actually have fiduciary statutes already in our pension system that came with pension reform.
- One is it relates to school budgets, the operating budget of the school district, and what impact the
- Equalization basis is the controlled budget that you essentially are setting for schools.
- That means you are paying the $3 million to get them to the $5 million budget.
Committees:
Senate Finance , Senate Senate Finance Committee of Reference
Keywords:
savings and loan, technical correction, Arizona Revised Statutes, financial institutions, prohibitions, GPLET, abatement, tax incentives, local government, property improvement, central business district, insurance, settlement demands, time limits, third-party claims, regulatory compliance, initiative, referendum, ballot measures, petition circulators
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education Jan 28th, 2026 at 10:30 am
Early Learning & K-12 Education
Transcript Highlights:
- They’ve got about a $2 million drop in their budget this year, and knowing full well that we weren’t
- They've got about a $2 million drop in their budget this year, knowing full well that we weren't. drop
- in their budget this year, knowing full well that we weren't in a financial situation to backfill any
- And then you plan your whole budget on the basis of the money that you are going to be getting from the
- She noted that these districts faced very deep cuts in the last budget when the policy was changed to
Committee:
Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education
Keywords:
public education, technology access, surplus hardware, digital divide, student resources, school district, public bidding, bid limits, procurement, public works, construction contracts, competitive bidding, lowest responsible bidder, small works roster, quotations, school purchasing, Washington-grown food, local food, inmate work programs, Department of Corrections
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Hearings to examine options to reduce catastrophic wildfire, including H.R.471, to expedite under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and improve forest management activities on National Forest System lands, on public lands under the jurisd Mar 6th, 2025 at 10:00 am
Conservation, Climate, Forestry, and Natural Resources Subcommittee
Transcript Highlights:
- FOFA also adopts litigation reforms used by past Republican and Democratic administrations in statute
- Let me start with permitting reform.
- With strained budgets, leaving the government unable to effectively deploy tech for those who need it
- Bim, I have long supported permitting reform, as long as it is done in the right way.
- I agree that there's opportunities for reform. I think that this bill has the seeds of that.
Bills:
HB471
Keywords:
forest management, wildfire prevention, public lands, Tribal jurisdiction, Fix Our Forests Act, wildfire, forest health, hazardous fuels reduction, fuels treatment, prescribed burning, mechanical thinning, mastication, fuel breaks, fire breaks, wildland-urban interface, WUI, fireshed, fireshed management area, fireshed registry, Fireshed Center
Summary:
The meeting primarily focused on H.R. 471, the Fix Our Forests Act, which aims to address the ongoing crisis of wildfires exacerbated by climate change and the need for updated forest management practices. Various committee members voiced concerns about past federal management failures and emphasized the necessity for collaborative approaches involving local communities and stakeholders in forest management. As discussions unfolded, there were varying perspectives on the implications of certain provisions in the bill, particularly around regulatory changes and their likely impacts on public participation and environmental reviews.
WA
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- We’ll open the Capital Budget Committee meeting.
- operating costs are funded through fees earned on its programs, and it is not funded in the state budget
- estimated for either the operating or capital budgets.
- The premiums are less than 1% of a construction budget, which is within the margin of error for most
- The Governor's budget this year proposes an additional $75 million diversion from the account.
Committee:
House Capital Budget
Keywords:
embodied carbon, building materials, sustainability, construction, environment, broadband, infrastructure, loan assistance, economic development, technology access, HB 2353, predesign thresholds, capital construction, capital budget, major capital projects, Office of Financial Management, OFM, Washington state, state agencies, infrastructure planning
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
01/13/2026 - House Natural Resources, Energy & Water
Natural Resources, Energy & Water
Transcript Highlights:
- the Legislature's commitment to reinstating this funding, and then for the third year in a row the budget
- But I do have our bottom-line ask for this session, which is we have an affirmative $0 budget ask, which
Committees:
House Natural Resources, Energy & Water , House House Natural Resources, Energy & Water Committee of Reference
Keywords:
water infrastructure finance authority, WIFA, water supply development, snowpack augmentation, cloud seeding, water augmentation, water financing, water infrastructure, Arizona water law, water conservation, groundwater recharge, stormwater recharge, reclamation and reuse, water rights, water supply projects, public-private partnership, long-term water augmentation fund, water provider, desalination, drought mitigation
LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
House and Governmental Affairs Mar 25th, 2026
House and Governmental Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- Reviewing the system, you give me the budget to hire an artificial intelligence, we can do that.
- you said, you know, where at the end, Representative Weibel mentioned that, you know, we'd need a budget
Committee:
House House and Governmental Affairs
Keywords:
human rights, individual liberties, Magna Carta, constitutionalism, free speech, voter identification, election integrity, federal elections, public confidence, election security, SAVE America Act, Louisiana, election fraud, job advertisement, salary transparency, civil service, employment notification, applicant rights, legislative attendance, task force
WA
Transcript Highlights:
- threat and do an investigation, which I don't know what the cost of this would be, but it's in a budget
- threat and do an investigation, which I don't know what the cost of this would be, but it's in a budget
Committee:
Senate Law & Justice
Keywords:
Attorney General, civil investigative demand, CID, subpoena-like demand, investigative authority, consumer protection, civil enforcement, pre-suit investigation, document production, interrogatories, deposition, oral testimony, confidentiality, trade secrets, judicial review, enforcement action, Washington RCW, law enforcement powers, government transparency, due process
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama Senate County and Municipal Government Committee Apr 2nd, 2026
County and Municipal Government
Committee:
Senate County and Municipal Government
Keywords:
education trust fund, appropriations, budget, fiscal year 2026, public education, K-12, pre-K, early childhood education, community colleges, higher education, Alabama Community College System, teacher pay, teacher stipend, school nurses, literacy, numeracy, reading coaches, math and science teachers, career and technical education, CTE
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- valued at $300,000 to the information required to be included in an informational pamphlet for certain budget
- valued at $300,000 to the information required to be included in an informational pamphlet for certain budget
Bills:
HB2016 , HB2104 , HB2105 , HB2174 , HB2256 , HB2289 , HB2477 , HB2903 , HB2939 , HB2979 , HB2996 , HB4103
Committees:
Senate Finance , Senate Senate Finance Committee of Reference
Keywords:
tax penalties, filing, tax returns, administration, Arizona Revised Statutes, agricultural property, classification, county assessor, property inspection, appeal process, property tax, agricultural classification, Department of Revenue, property valuation, inspection notice, inspection report, on-site inspection, full cash value, rural land, farm land
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- These are hardly austerity budgets, hard hit by state tax cuts.
- They have a $3.95 billion budget. $155 million is a drop in the bucket.
- It's a rounding error in their one-year budget. And guess what?
- They're going to have a larger budget next year.
- And then they're going to have a larger budget the next year.
Bills:
SB1433 , SB1434 , SB1435 , SB1567 , SB1571 , SB1686 , SB1745 , SCR1024 , SCR1025 , HB2671 , HB2676 , HCR2044
Keywords:
county boundaries, Maricopa, Gila, Pinal, Yavapai, Yuma, La Paz, local governance, Arizona Revised Statutes, Maricopa county, county division, new counties, intergovernmental agreements, special election, shared use agreements, education, explicit material, parental consent, student protection, library access
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- I know the legislature cut the budget by $1.6 million last year, and that's like a 10% cut.
- understand the fiscal implications, because I am concerned about cuts that were instituted to the budget
- considering that we're cutting revenue everywhere and where we're going to gain this extra money in our budget
Bills:
HB2015 , HB2060 , HB2129 , HB2170 , HB2210 , HB2228 , HB2352 , HB2460 , HB2533 , SB1019 , SB1045 , SB1050 , SB1078 , SB1083 , SB1167 , SB1184 , SCR1006
Keywords:
budget procedures, late filing penalty, accounting standards, financial reporting, state appropriations, abortion, educational institutions, health education, state aid, public schools, municipal libraries, annual reporting, state legislation, transparency, government accountability, procurement, foreign adversary, China, state contracts, information technology
AL
Committee:
House Health
Keywords:
HB139, Alabama discrimination, civil rights, public accommodations, employment discrimination, equal access, protected classes, race discrimination, sex discrimination, religious discrimination, age discrimination, disability discrimination, national origin discrimination, school board discrimination, labor organization, employment agency, retaliation, private right of action, punitive damages, attorney fees
WA
Transcript Highlights:
- And 40% of the governor's proposed budget cuts come from early learning.
- As background, the biennial capital budget bill includes a miscellaneous section at the back of the budget
- in the budget.
- with the state budget and accounting act.
- To remain actuarially sound, reducing expected budget savings.
Committee:
Senate Ways & Means
Keywords:
preK promise account, early childhood education, child care, preschool, pre-kindergarten, DCYF, Department of Children, Youth, and Families, state treasury, trust fund, investment earnings, gift grants donations, dedicated account, general fund, nonreverting balance, appropriation, treasurer, Washington early learning, school readiness, education assistance program, legislative audit
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education Jan 14th, 2026 at 10:30 am
Early Learning & K-12 Education
Transcript Highlights:
- School boards oversee multi-million-dollar budgets funded by taxpayers.
- On the flip side, they have shared concern that any compensation increase funded by district budgets
- So there's one on tackling financial soundness, one on deciphering district budgets, each of which is
- These are districts with hundreds of millions of dollars in some cases in budgets.
- This bill reflects the challenging budget environment we are in and carries a lower fiscal note than
Committee:
Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education
Keywords:
school construction, school facilities, capital budget, school plant project, state funding assistance, school construction assistance program, on-base schools, military base, Department of Defense school, military families, public school facilities, instructional space, Superintendent of Public Instruction, SIP, school district capital funding, school housing burden, rapid growth, enrollment growth, free and reduced-price meals, alternative learning experience
LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
Administration of Criminal Justice May 6th, 2026
Administration of Criminal Justice
Transcript Highlights:
- as we talked about, is discrete, it's identifiable, and so the common good is served if you can do reforms
Bills:
HCR50 , HB123 , HB219 , HB251 , HB404 , HB769 , HB1065 , SB58 , SB81 , SB92 , SB97 , SB141 , SB156 , SB181 , SB207 , SB396 , SB410
Committee:
House Administration of Criminal Justice
Keywords:
electronic monitoring, GPS ankle monitor, ankle bracelet, pretrial release, post-conviction supervision, bail monitoring, house arrest, corrections, criminal justice, law enforcement, prosecuting authority, court reporting, provider registration, LCLE, Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice, data privacy, personal information, cybersecurity, confidentiality, monitoring violations