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NM
Transcript Highlights:
  • funding.
  • Only LFC is recommending out of school learning time programs for the Public Education Reform Fund at
  • We cannot be cutting funding for programs that are critical to our graduation rate and making people
  • Should a virtual program generate all the same funding as an in-person program?
  • The whole program for the virtual instruction program would eliminate that $42 million in funding for
Keywords: 996, all
MS

Mississippi 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations - Room 216, 28 January, 2026; 8:15 AM

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • Microsoft<00:04:02.799> programs, some basic programs, Microsoft programs, some basic programs
  • fund, or restart the funding for the small municipal and limited population counties grant program.
  • So you didn't put it through this program, but now that those funds are largely exhausted and whether
  • Governor Reeves and I have both worked on programs through the discretionary funding that he has from
  • at 92.9 million in general were funded at 92.9 million in general fund fund fund um<00:44:20.319>
Summary: The committee heard a budget presentation from the Mississippi Development Authority (MDA), including its consolidated tourism and agency request. MDA said it has had strong recent results, citing about $65 billion in capital investment since 2020, roughly 25,000 jobs, record tourism, clean audits, and oversubscribed incentive programs. For FY27, the agency requested $26.4 million in general funds, level special-fund operating support, restoration of eight pins reduced in the LBR process, and several general-fund increases for a career ladder, a new HR system, training, and operating costs. MDA also discussed a $1.25 million request for America 250 activities, including a Mississippi event and participation in the National Mall “Great America State Fair,” plus an energy accelerator program tied to the governor’s energy initiative and a broader three-tier energy preparedness strategy. MDA also explained its incentive refill requests, saying it was not seeking additional funding for the ACE grant program this year and had shifted that support toward the governor’s port/rail/road investment fund and energy-ready sites. The agency highlighted a renewed request to restart funding for the small municipal and limited population counties grant program, which it said had previously helped smaller communities with water, sewer, downtown, and other projects. On tourism, MDA presented a breakout showing what the budget would look like if tourism were separated into its own department; officials said the current tourism budget within MDA is about $5.7 million in general funds and $7.9 million total, and estimated about $1.3 million in additional cost would be needed to stand up a separate tourism agency. A significant portion of the discussion focused on criticism from Senator Wiggins that MDA has not delivered enough economic development for the Mississippi Gulf Coast. He argued that constituents believe MDA does little for the coast and objected to the agency’s role in the GCRF and coastal projects, saying the coast has not seen meaningful results in years. MDA officials responded that complaints about uneven distribution are common across the state, that MDA works with local economic development partners rather than dictating project locations, and that it has helped support major coastal projects such as Relativity Space, Lockheed Martin expansions, PCC Gulf Chem, BWC Terminals, and AWS. The exchange also touched on the Port of Pascagoula and local leadership disputes, with both sides disagreeing over whether the port and the coast have been adequately supported. No votes or formal actions were taken in the excerpt.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • When we did a recent poll, actually funded by the Regional Forest and Fire Capacity Program...
  • Lastly, California must continue to fund grant programs.
  • Even with these investments, more long-term funding and additional... ...program.
  • "And, you know, we always know that you can't fund programs on the backs of the counties.
  • now about the already funded or the already obligated funding in the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program
Summary: The hearing focused on California wildfire resilience, with the first panel discussing statewide funding, policy, and strategic priorities, and the second panel shifting to home hardening and defensible space. The LAO outlined the state’s wildfire risk, the large increase in resilience spending in recent years, and the fact that most funding has been one-time rather than ongoing. Testimony emphasized that wildfire risk varies greatly by region, that the state must balance response spending with prevention, and that success should be measured more carefully than by acres treated alone. Witnesses also noted the importance of local, federal, utility, and Proposition 4 funding sources, as well as the need for long-term maintenance and strategic prioritization rather than scattered projects. Cal Fire leadership and other witnesses stressed that California’s wildfire problem is not uniform: forested areas, chaparral, and wildland-urban interface communities require different strategies. In Northern California and forested watersheds, speakers emphasized fuels reduction, prescribed and cultural burning, strategic fuel breaks, watershed protection, and maintaining forest health. In Southern California, testimony focused on wind-driven fires, ember intrusion, ignition prevention along roads and power lines, and the limits of large-scale vegetation clearing. Several witnesses argued that the state should invest where it can leverage local and regional partnerships, support capacity-building programs like Regional Forest and Fire Capacity, and improve data systems to track treatment effectiveness and project outcomes. Members repeatedly pressed witnesses on how to prioritize limited funds, asking what should be done more of, less of, and first. The chair argued that protecting homes and communities through hardening and defensible space should be a major priority, especially near structures, while also acknowledging the need for broader landscape work and watershed protection. There was discussion of incentives such as insurance discounts, property tax treatment, and community certification for hardened homes, along with the need for multiple payers rather than relying on the state alone. Cal Fire reported new and expanding data tools, including treatment trackers, defensible space inspection dashboards, and a fuels treatment effectiveness program that evaluates whether nearby treatments affected wildfire behavior. No votes were taken because the hearing was informational only.
AR

Arkansas 2026 Regular Session

ALC-PEER Jun 16th, 2026

ALC-PEER

Transcript Highlights:
  • This is a return of funds from the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program. That's a block grant.
  • DHS needs the spending authority to send the funds back because they had administered the program when
  • The letter says the division will utilize savings in this incentive program to make more funding available
  • to make for funding available to educators through the merit teacher incentive program all right thank
  • you Thank you. funding available to educators through the merit teacher incentive program.
Keywords: 1204, all
ND

North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session

Human Services Committee May 27th, 2026

Human Services Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • But yes, that program, I can't give you a step-by-step history of it, but I believe the federal funding
  • This funding, in large part, was for the Child Care Assistance Program, or CCAP, but it also included
  • It is a pilot program, so it will run through September 2026 or until funding is exhausted, whichever
  • Just for reference, the program started April 1, 2024, and funds were added again for the next biennium
  • Can you just remind me what is the breakout of state and federal funding for the CHIP program?
Summary: The committee first approved the February 11, 2026 minutes and then received an update from the North Dakota Housing Finance Agency on the interagency council on homelessness and continuum of care funding. Testimony described rising homelessness tied to tight housing markets, low incomes, aging homelessness, barriers to rental assistance and public benefits, and limited shelter and case-management capacity. Members discussed the need for more affordable housing, continued one-time funding for the North Dakota Homeless Grant and Housing Incentive Fund, better coordination with Health and Human Services on economic assistance and human service zones, landlord engagement, recovery housing, and reentry housing. The committee also heard that federal continuum of care funding remains uncertain, with possible shifts away from permanent supportive housing and housing-first models; members asked for a future update on the impact if federal rules reduce the share available for permanent housing. The committee then took testimony on accessibility of government services for people who are blind or visually impaired. Paul Olson of North Dakota Vision Services School for the Blind described current screening and service delivery, including infant referrals, regional staff, short-term programs, and collaboration with vocational rehabilitation. He said the targeted screening system is working, recommended maintaining the current model, and noted ongoing challenges with staffing, public awareness, and accessible state websites and documents. Public testimony from a visually impaired resident and a deaf resident emphasized barriers such as CAPTCHAs, inaccessible PDFs, employment forms that screen out applicants based on driver’s license status, shortages of interpreters, and the need for video remote interpreting and video relay services, along with training for users and agencies. Finally, the committee heard a final report on the study of child care provider licensing from HHS Early Childhood Director Kay Larson. The report summarized provider input and committee discussion on simplifying North Dakota’s child care licensing structure, reducing administrative burden, and balancing that with health and safety standards. Key topics included licensing categories, child care assistance eligibility, food program sponsorship, staff qualifications, training requirements, ratios and group size, age bands, and preschool exemptions. The committee’s recommendations included streamlining to three provider types plus a preschool designation, revising ratio and age-band rules, and carrying forward certain preschool outdoor-space exemptions. Larson noted that any changes would require statutory changes, rulemaking, and a transition period before new licensing rules could take effect.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice Jan 15th, 2025

Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • funding for the statewide prosecution program to address additional gang and violent crimes throughout
  • funding for the statewide prosecution program to address additional gang and violent crimes throughout
  • VOCA funding.
  • We used to take our funding and just put inmates in any program we could think of.
  • Very powerful program.
Summary: The committee met to hear an overview of the Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice budget area and then received performance-measure presentations from the Department of Corrections, the Commission on Offender Review, and the Department of Juvenile Justice. Staff reviewed the roughly $7.4 billion criminal justice and judiciary budget, noting major funding areas such as corrections, law enforcement, victim services, courts, and due process, along with recent investments in prison health care, security equipment, fentanyl enforcement, court staffing, and juvenile justice salaries and education programs. Secretary Dixon of the Department of Corrections described staffing and population pressures, including growth in inmate population, overtime-driven deficits, and the opening of additional housing units. He emphasized the department’s use of performance measures and highlighted reforms such as incentivized prisons, administrative management units, reentry planning, faith-based programs, and expanded education and vocational training. Members asked about teacher hiring, public defender pay parity, fentanyl funding, staffing capacity, and the role of the National Guard; Dixon said teacher vacancies had improved, public defenders had received comparable pay increases, fentanyl funding would be addressed further by FDLE, and the Guard had helped stabilize staffing. The Commission on Offender Review reported on parole, conditional release, addiction recovery supervision, and revocations, saying its recidivism/success rates had improved over a three-year measurement period. Senator Rouson pressed the commission on clemency and pardons, saying that work was omitted from the presentation and asking for backlog and case data; the commission said it did not have those figures on hand and would follow up. The committee also discussed a conditional medical release pilot study, and members questioned the report’s conclusion that no suitable elderly inmate population could be identified, asking what criteria were used and whether stakeholders were consulted. Secretary Hall of the Department of Juvenile Justice outlined the agency’s prevention-to-residential continuum and its emphasis on education, data-driven decision-making, and evidence-based programming. He said salary increases had reduced vacancies, juvenile arrests and residential commitments had fallen sharply over time, and tools such as civil citations, risk assessments, and quality-improvement reviews were being used to guide placements and services. Hall also described the department’s use of dashboards, monthly data check-ins, and the dispositional matrix to improve outcomes and reduce recidivism.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Finance Division I (01/22/2025)

Transcript Highlights:
  • like that was a new program because in 2019 that program went from highway funding to general funds.
  • It is not capital fund program money; it is ARPA money.
  • It is not capital fund program money; it is ARPA money.
  • It is not capital fund program money; it is ARPA money.
  • <02:57:48.800> your funding for these programs in your funding for these programs in your
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority officials, led by Executive Director Rob Dapice, briefed legislators on the agency’s structure and funding. They explained that the authority is created by state law but is not a state agency, its debt is not state debt, and it is governed by a board appointed by the governor and approved by the Executive Council. The discussion focused on the Affordable Housing Fund and the lead paint hazard remediation fund, including how state appropriations and federal resources are combined to finance affordable rental housing and lead abatement work. Dapice said the Affordable Housing Fund is used as gap financing for multifamily affordable housing projects, typically alongside federal tax credits and tax-exempt bonds, and that state dollars leverage roughly 2:1 to 10:1 in additional federal and private investment, averaging about 4:1. He said the fund has received historic appropriations in recent budgets, including $30 million over the last two biennial budgets and an annual $5 million set-aside from the real estate transfer tax. He also said the fund is usually structured as 0% interest, deferred loans rather than grants, with repayments returning to the fund if projects generate cash flow. Members asked about rents, oversight, staffing, revenues, and whether the programs had added positions. Dapice said affordability restrictions generally last 30 to 99 years, rents are tied to income limits and capped so tenants pay no more than 30% of income, and compliance staff inspect properties regularly to verify income eligibility and rent limits. He said the organization has about 130 to 135 employees, down from about 145, with no new positions added because of the appropriations. He estimated total revenues at roughly $300 million, with administrative budget around $22 million, much of it pass-through grant money. On lead paint remediation, he said the state first appropriated $6 million in 2019, plus $1 million in ARPA funds, and that the program has cleared more than 500 units. He said the federal grant program is not annual or predictable, with a recent award of about $7.75 million, and that the maximum federal grant per unit is $177,000, typically paired with up to $100,000 in state loan support. He also noted that the program can address homes before a child is poisoned if lead hazards are identified, but that cases involving an already exposed child are a higher priority. No votes or formal actions were taken.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

Committee on Finance - Part 1 - 04/25/25

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:32:31.440> funding sentencing to service uh program funding sentencing to service uh program
  • assistance program, the housing trust fund program, homework starts with home program, rental assistance
  • 01:02:21.440> trust<01:02:21.680> fund<01:02:22.079> program, program, the housing
  • trust fund program, program, the housing trust fund program, uh,<01:02:23.520> homework<01:02
  • assistance program, housing trust fund. assistance program, housing trust fund.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Education Funding (01/16/2025)

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:42:52.359> is<00:42:52.520> funded New Hampshire the EFA program is funded New
  • An expanded voucher program is a fiscally irresponsible use of limited taxpayer funds.
  • The education trust fund. Where are we funding the voucher program from? The education trust fund.
  • the public school funding and the voucher program.
  • education trust fund if you expand this education trust fund if you expand this program<03:39:58.760>
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The hearing focused on House Bill 115-FN, which would remove the income cap from New Hampshire’s Education Freedom Account eligibility rules. Representative Valerie McDonnell, the bill’s sponsor, said the measure is intended to fund students rather than systems and to expand educational choice regardless of income or zip code. She described the change as a small statutory edit but argued it would have significant benefits, including helping families afford alternative education settings and testing costs such as AP exams. She also cited testimony from families who said EFAs helped children with special needs or difficult circumstances, and she argued the program is popular and cost-effective. Committee members questioned McDonnell about the bill’s fiscal impact and administration. One member asked whether removing the income cap would extend vouchers to families above the statewide median income and whether the change could cost more than $100 million annually; McDonnell said she did not agree with that estimate and pointed to Arizona as a comparison. Representative Wendy Thomas asked whether the bill should require stronger data-sharing from the Children’s Scholarship Fund, which administers the program, so the Department of Education and taxpayers could better track spending; McDonnell said the program already uses ClassWallet and regulated expenditures, and that the question was better directed to the administrator. Several members testified in opposition. Representative Wendy Thomas said the bill would increase costs for public schools, raise local property taxes, and worsen oversight problems. Representative Heath Howard argued the proposal would function as a subsidy for wealthy families already paying private tuition and said public education and special education should be funded first. Representative Megan Murray also opposed the bill, emphasizing the lack of a legal reporting requirement for EFA spending and the need for transparency, accountability, and attention to special education needs. Representative Sam Farrington supported expansion, sharing a constituent story about a student who left public school after harassment and benefited from private school placement. No vote or final action was taken in the portion provided.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment and Climate - 03/09/26

Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate

Transcript Highlights:
  • Solar Garden Program.
  • Program.
  • Program.
  • Issues arise in our Petro Fund.
  • The Petro Fund is currently funded with a sort of on-off fee per unit of about $0.02 per gallon paid
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Committee on Higher Education Oct 15th, 2025

Appropriations Committee on Higher Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • I wanted to just take a few moments to acknowledge the line funding program because this is something
  • We've seen really good success because of the investment in the line program and the pipeline program
  • Very important program.
  • The board's number one funding priority continues to be performance-based funding.
  • So performance-based funding— you'll see on the slide there are two buckets of funding.
Summary: The Appropriations Committee on Higher Education heard a presentation on the State University System’s new strategic plan, SUS 30, and its legislative budget request. University officials described the plan’s five priorities: One SUS collaboration, elevating student success, operational excellence, world-class talent, and innovative research and economic development. They highlighted Florida’s continued status as the top higher education system in the nation, low tuition, strong graduation outcomes, rising median wages for graduates, and expanded use of the My Florida Future website to help students and families compare degree outcomes and earnings. Members asked for follow-up information on programs of strategic emphasis, mental health and social work workforce needs, wage data over time, and how the system supports innovation moving toward commercialization. The committee also discussed campus safety, prompted in part by recent events at FSU. System officials said universities and the Florida College System recently held a safety summit to share best practices on building security, threat assessment, and coordination with law enforcement, and they agreed to provide a report back to the committee after the Board of Governors reviews recommendations in November. Senators also raised questions about Pell student support, first-generation student success, and whether liberal arts graduates’ earnings catch up over time. Officials said Pell students are tracked through performance-based funding metrics and that the system’s accountability plans will continue to emphasize access and completion. A separate update covered line funding for nursing and health care partnerships. Officials said the $6 million appropriation was fully subscribed through 24 proposals from all 10 nursing programs, supporting scholarships, faculty recruitment, internships, simulation, and licensure preparation. They reported over 1,900 new nursing graduates, more than 200 new student slots, over 300 scholarships, and a 92% NCLEX pass rate. Senators asked about expanding eligibility for the program, and staff said that issue would be revisited this year. The Board of Governors’ legislative budget request totaled $634.5 million and included $295 million for performance-based funding institutional investment, a request to restore and increase the state investment portion to $400 million, $125 million for preeminence funding, $100 million for faculty recruitment and retention, $6.4 million for UF/IFAS extension workload, and $3.1 million for State Fire Marshal inspections. The chair noted that resources are limited and that difficult budget decisions lie ahead. No votes were taken, and the meeting adjourned after the presentations and questions.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

Committee on Finance - 02/27/25

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:06:51.120> primarily funding it across two programs primarily funding it across two programs
  • MinnesotaCare receives funding under a federal program known as the Basic Health Program, and the funding
  • 700 uh programs 12 were not funded 700 uh programs 12 were not funded in<00:20:30.000> in<00:20
  • Those two are the major programs funded in that committee.
  • <00:42:34.440> funded two are the the major um programs funded two are the the major um programs
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Education Funding (01/24/2025)

Transcript Highlights:
  • This is a bill making school building aid programs funds non-APS, and I'd like to welcome Representative
  • <00:03:37.760> funds building Aid programs funds building Aid programs funds non-aps<00:03
  • Anyway, by either name, the program authorized by RSA 94-F doesn't merely allow state taxpayer funds
  • the program and just repurpose their available funding to comply with the changes in the bill, so I
  • the program and just repurpose their available funding to comply with the changes in the bill, so I
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The committee first heard HB 295, which would make school building aid funds non-lapsing/non-APS. Representative Cahill said the bill was intended to keep any unused building aid money available for future projects, potentially helping move projects up the priority list or provide a little more funding for school construction. Members asked about how much money has lapsed in past years, whether the education trust fund and building aid are separate, and whether any lapsing dollars could be used to pay down debt. Department of Education official Jim Carney said about $29.1 million would be available if building aid is funded to the $50 million maximum in FY26, confirmed that the fund currently lapses, and said the department would gather historical lapse data. Committee members also discussed whether a dedicated fund structure could achieve the same goal, and the chair noted that the education trust fund statute includes school building aid as one of its uses. No vote was taken; the hearing was closed and the committee said it would later hold a work session after receiving more information. The committee then took up HB 237, introduced by Representative Dan McGuire, which would prohibit the use of special education state funds and differentiated aid for students not receiving special education services. The New Hampshire School Boards Association, through Becky Wilson, opposed the bill as written, saying it was unclear, potentially unnecessary, and difficult to implement because adequacy and differentiated aid are distributed as part of a districtwide lump sum rather than as student-specific dollars. She explained that special education costs are embedded across district budgets, including staffing, training, transportation, and instruction, and that some staff and services benefit both special education and general education students. Wilson also said differentiated aid is not tied to a specific pupil and is used at the district’s discretion, though it is intended to support students with greater needs. Committee members pressed on whether the bill would require districts to track money by individual student, whether it could conflict with federal special education law, and whether it would affect least restrictive environment requirements. Wilson said making the funds student-specific could create privacy and accounting problems and could make it difficult to staff inclusive classrooms, though she did not give a definitive legal opinion on federal compliance. She agreed that students who are not eligible for special education would not be included in the separate catastrophic/special education aid reimbursement program. The discussion continued into the second section of the bill, with members exploring how adequacy aid and differentiated aid are used in practice, but no action was taken during the portion provided.
AR

Arkansas 2026 Regular Session

JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE Mar 4th, 2026

JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE

Transcript Highlights:
  • : category A funding and category B funding.
  • Program.
  • In the 1890 program, or is it a requirement that the state match federal funding with a certain percentage
  • We have this 1890 extension program, and the funding for it, as I understand it, is the state is required
  • We have this 1890 extension program, and the funding for it, as I understand it, is the state is required
Summary: The committee first adopted revised JBC rules, which staff said were updated to reflect legislation passed in the 2025 session. It then heard a presentation from DFA Secretary Jim Hudson on the governor’s proposed balanced budget for FY27, with no action taken. Hudson said the budget reflects three priorities: limiting state-government growth, continuing investments in education, and advancing income-tax cuts. He highlighted increases for education funding through EFAs, pay-plan costs for Corrections, DPS, and the Attorney General, higher education productivity funding, drug task forces, a Corrections medical contract, the governor’s 1033 initiative, SNAP error-rate reduction efforts, and an additional $100 million set aside for Medicaid sustainability. Committee members questioned the size of the tax cuts, the balance requirement, public education funding, Medicaid trust-fund levels, EFA funding, and the expected impact of new SNAP cost-sharing rules. The Division of Higher Education then presented its productivity-based funding recommendations. Officials said institutions were 2.61% more productive overall, with funding changes driven by a statutory formula that rewards degree production, underserved populations, and high-demand fields. Members asked about declines at UA Little Rock, the formula’s multipliers, the role of the Arkansas Access Act and a new return-on-investment metric, and how two-year colleges are adjusted for size. The committee also reviewed special items and approved two letters: one authorizing 17 net personnel changes across nine institutions, and another adding special language for North Arkansas College’s entry into the University of Arkansas system. The committee then adopted the Higher Education Coordinating Board’s recommendations for all institutions. A lengthy portion of the meeting focused on the University of Arkansas system, especially Fayetteville’s athletics funding and the broader impact of the House/NIL settlement. Chancellor Charles Robinson and system officials explained that the board had waived a longstanding campus transfer and directed the university to provide an additional $6 million to athletics, with some costs likely to be passed through to students but partially offset by existing budget growth. Members debated whether the university should prioritize academics or athletics, how the transfer originated, and whether the athletic changes would affect affordability. The committee also discussed the 1890 extension program at UAPB and the Division of Agriculture’s land-grant funding. UAPB officials said the state match is intended to be one-to-one, that the current recommendation aligns appropriation with actual spending, and that a $2 million set-aside remains available if needed. The Division of Agriculture later clarified that its Smith-Lever extension and Hatch research funds are part of the UA system’s separate budget and that the state matched about $6.2 million in federal extension funding last year. The committee then moved to the Department of Corrections. It approved G1, transferring 51 positions to the secretary’s office to activate a recidivism program, with an estimated cost of about $4 million. Staff then began walking through the department’s FY27 budget, noting an increase of about $8 million for administration and shared services, including a $170,000 sex-offender assessment appropriation moved under Act 723 of 2025 and roughly $6 million more for medical contracts. Questions on the Corrections budget had just begun when the transcript ended.
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

JDC Informational Briefing 08-14-2025

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Putting it another way, these grants require, as a condition for receiving funds for programs that have
  • The funding was appropriated by Congress for critical programs supporting English language learners,
  • <00:45:55.599> funds withdrawing NEVI formula program funds withdrawing NEVI formula program
  • bottom of Aliiolani Hale, it is funded through IMLS's Native Hawaiian Museum Services Program, funds
  • > United Museum Services Program, funds to United Museum Services Program, funds to United the<01
Keywords: 912, senate, all
Summary: The Judiciary Committee held an informational briefing on the State of Hawaii’s affirmative litigation against the federal administration, with no public testimony. Attorney General Lopez and deputies said the office’s goal is to enforce the rule of law, not make partisan points, and noted that Hawaii is involved in 27 ongoing cases. They grouped the cases into four broad areas: immigration, funding freezes and grant terminations, federal agency dismantling/reductions in force, and protecting elections, health, and safety. Several immigration-related cases were discussed in detail. These included a challenge to the federal sharing of Medicaid data with DHS for immigration enforcement, a similar challenge to USDA’s demand for SNAP applicant and recipient data, and litigation over immigration-enforcement conditions attached to federal grants. The office also described the birthright citizenship executive order, saying it conflicts with the 14th Amendment and Supreme Court precedent; lower courts granted preliminary relief, and the U.S. Supreme Court later addressed only the scope of nationwide injunctions, not the merits. In the Department of Transportation case, the court granted a preliminary injunction against the “Duffy directive,” finding the immigration conditions lacked statutory authority, were arbitrary and capricious, and violated the Spending Clause and APA. The briefing also covered multiple funding disputes. In the education funding freeze case, the Department of Education and OMB withheld about $6 billion in formula funds, including roughly $33 million for Hawaii; after suit was filed, the funds were released. Other cases included the termination of over $11 billion in public health grants, which affected Hawaii Department of Health grants, the NIH indirect cost cap case, and NIH grant terminations tied to DEI, transgender issues, and vaccine hesitancy. The speakers said some cases have already resulted in preliminary or permanent injunctions, while others remain on appeal or are still being litigated.
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Legislative Health and Human Services Jul 21st, 2025

Legislative Health & Human Services Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • summer programs.
  • They get their own funding to make sure that they're looking at programs to help students with financial
  • like the HRSA funding that we lost for the Community Careers Program, the education cuts.
  • for after-school programs.
  • And it is happening, and programs are happening there regardless of funding that never materialized or
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • Program that was funded starting in 2020-21 that created the California Wildfire Mitigation Program.
  • provided matching funds in their matching FEMA hazard mitigation grant program or HMGP grants.
  • Over the last several years, these programs and the funding has made a significant difference.
  • And we always know that you can't fund programs programs on the backs of the counties, the counties have
  • now about the already funded or the already obligated funding. in the Hazard Mitigation Grant program
Keywords: 988, house, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Health and Human Services - 03/25/26

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • the child care assistance program, and funds legacy system improvements in human service delivery redesign
  • care assistance program, and funds child care assistance program, and funds legacy<00:03:16.360>
  • The phase-in program currently funding ends on June 30th of 2026, but the program runs to December 31st
  • The newborn screening program is a mandated program that receives funding from fees.
  • receives<00:31:19.880> funding mandated program that receives funding mandated program
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Committee on Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs Feb 10th, 2025

Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • We also have the Texas Water Development Fund, or D-Fund program.
  • This funding program allows us to fund multiple types of projects in one loan, so for water and wastewater
  • For flood infrastructure funding, the fifth fund is a relatively new program.
  • I wanted to talk about the status of our funding programs.
  • We have our Ag Fund. I mentioned the programs we've been able to fund over the last 10 or so years.
Keywords: 1185, senate, all
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • You've funded, created, and funded the Inspired to Teach program, which now has over 6,000 scholarship
  • But our primary challenge in fiscal year 26 is the lack of funding for the Horizon program.
  • That program was eliminated due to lack of funding. One staff member was cut.
  • Looking forward to 2027, without restored funding, the SCSB will have additional Programs eliminated
  • And without funding, this Program serving 380 school districts won't be sustainable, and certainly no
Keywords: 914, all