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MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee 2/18/25

Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Legacy funds and the environmental trust fund, outdoor heritage fund, parks and trails fund, clean water
  • Legacy funds and the environmental trust fund, outdoor heritage fund, parks and trails fund, clean water
  • Our local government system then gets our work, the programs that you fund, and the monies that go with
  • We have a soil health program that has been built with legislative funding from a couple different sources
  • that has been built with health program that has been built with legislative<00:58:36.359> funding
Keywords: 1183, house
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • General fund expenditures aim to achieve general fund savings.
  • So the measure does have a series of rules that set aside some of the funds for health program augmentations
  • Services fund offset for the behavioral health bridge housing program that represents an elimination
  • The remainder of the funding is available to support the existing Medi-Cal program.
  • And so those total fund dollars are about $938 million total fund; of that, about half is general fund
Keywords: 988, house, all
OR
Transcript Highlights:
  • The design of our program has shifted as funding sources and demands on the ground have changed.
  • So the constraint of funding is trending programs to utilize eviction as the strategy?
  • it's part of SERDA, which is a program using federal funds right out of DEQ.
  • And then I also want to point out... ...a program using federal funds right now to DEQ.
  • Program, WAP, EPA's income-qualified energy conservation program funding, and state programs for investor-owned
Keywords: 907, all
Summary: The committee met for a series of information sessions focused on housing stabilization, rental assistance, senior housing, and heat resilience. In the first panel, OHCS and NOAA described the state’s affordable housing preservation work, including the $35 million in 2025 stabilization funding used to reduce debt and keep distressed affordable rental projects operating, plus manufactured home park preservation efforts. OHCS said the portfolio remains under strain, with about a third of projects at debt coverage ratios of 1.0 or less and rising insurance and operating costs. NOAA urged faster closings on the stabilization awards, more funding in 2027, and broader rent assistance and process reforms. Committee members asked about the gap between current appropriations and need, and OHCS explained that the new Article 11-Q bond preservation program is structured differently and requires full refinancing rather than simple cash infusions. The committee then heard a detailed discussion of the state’s eviction prevention and rental assistance program, ORDAP. OHCS said the program is administered through community action agencies, prioritizes households at imminent risk of eviction, and is now funded at a much lower level than in the prior biennium, reducing expected service to about 8,200 households this biennium. The Oregon Law Center, a county community action agency, and Multifamily Northwest all agreed the program prevents homelessness and is effective, but they differed on whether assistance should be tied so closely to eviction court. Legal aid and community action witnesses said the current system is underfunded and that eviction filings are the clearest indicator of need, while Multifamily Northwest argued the process can push people into court unnecessarily and should be moved earlier when possible. Legislators raised questions about whether a pre-eviction model could be developed and about the costs of court involvement; one member shared a personal story about how rental assistance helped keep their family housed. Next, the governor’s office, OHCS, and OHA presented on the new senior housing initiative and healthy homes work. The governor’s housing director said Oregon is making progress on homelessness and housing production, with reductions in homelessness outside Multnomah County and an estimated 50,000 future units added to the pipeline through recent state actions. OHCS outlined the senior housing programs launched in May: a debt-financing program using elderly and disabled bond authority, an older adult housing development program funded through the senior property tax deferral revolving account, and a rehousing program for older adults that will use bridge funding and services to move at least 400 unsheltered older Oregonians into housing. OHA also described its Healthy Homes Grant Program, including $24.6 million already awarded, a new $5 million grant round for seniors and people with disabilities, and examples of home repairs and weatherization that help people remain safely housed. The final information session focused on home cooling and heat resilience. OHA presented data showing rising extreme heat days, more heat-related emergency visits, and likely undercounted heat deaths, especially among older adults, people with disabilities, low-income communities, and people without access to healthy homes. ODOE reviewed implementation of Senate Bill 1536, including a cooling needs study that found 58% of surveyed households in the studied housing types needed permanent cooling, with estimated statewide costs of $582 million to $1 billion. ODOE said its rental home heat pump and community heat pump programs have supported 4,638 installations so far, with a temporary reopening planned using remaining funds. The session ended with a remote presentation from a Community Action Partnership of Oregon representative, continuing the discussion of how community action agencies help deliver energy and anti-poverty services.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Senate Finance (01/28/2025)

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm here to attest to the vital importance of adequately funded prevention and shelter programs, giving
  • that there is ample funding to operate this program year-round to meet this need is important and is
  • However, the current funding is insufficient to expand these critical services, and in fact some programs
  • A general fund appropriation for Community Supportive Housing Programs of $1 million per year is designed
  • School Emergency Relief funding helped to start the program in New Hampshire, which is available to
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
WA
Transcript Highlights:
  • In addition to that, we supplement our career and technical education program with the Carl Perkins Fund
  • For instance, a lot of our funding for those particular programs actually assist students as they're
  • For instance, a lot of our funding for those particular programs actually assist students as their first
  • wages or state-provided funding so that positions can be filled and programs can be staffed, students
  • because Pell only would fund programs that were at least 600 hours long.
Summary: The committee held a work session on the state of Washington’s community and technical college system with State Board executive director Nate Humphrey and Tacoma Community College president Ivan Harrell. They described the system’s open-access mission, 34 colleges serving more than 307,000 students, relatively low tuition, enrollment growth over 12 consecutive quarters, and strong outcomes such as more than 46,000 credentials awarded last year. They also highlighted system initiatives including guided pathways, I-BEST, dual enrollment, tribal partnerships, a new program search tool, and six colleges named Aspen Prize finalists. At the same time, they emphasized major challenges: high rates of student food, housing, and homelessness insecurity; sharply rising emergency aid requests; and federal funding disruptions affecting TANF, BFET, adult basic education, Carl Perkins, NOAA-related tribal work, and several federal grants. Members asked about SNAP impacts, declining high school graduates, and how BFET and TANF interact with other aid programs. The presenters also discussed system priorities such as AI, Workforce Pell, capital planning, nursing accreditation alignment, and the Washington College Grant. The committee then heard testimony from AFT Washington and the Washington Association of Higher Education on faculty and staff conditions in the community and technical college system. Jackie Kane and Suzanne Sutherland argued that classified staff, professional staff, and contingent faculty are essential to student success but face low pay, instability, and weak retention, and they urged lawmakers to protect existing funding and avoid further cuts. They said working conditions for faculty and staff are student learning conditions, and that underfunding leads to reduced services, shortened advising, and program instability. Marina Parr of the Workforce Board presented on federal H.R. 1’s new Workforce Pell provisions and the updated Career Bridge website. She explained that Workforce Pell would allow federal aid for short-term training programs of 8 to 15 weeks, with high completion, employment, and earnings thresholds and a requirement that credentials be stackable and portable. She said Washington is well positioned to implement the program because of its existing eligible training provider evaluation system and Career Bridge, which now has a redesigned public portal, digital portfolios, multilingual access, and performance data on programs. Members asked about rulemaking, possible gaps in state services, and how the wage and completion standards would be applied. The Washington Student Achievement Council then briefed the committee on the new Washington Completes FAFSA campaign created by executive order. Staff described an advisory board with statewide representation, a pilot that used microgrants and other supports at 25 priority schools, and a new goal of 46,000 FAFSA or WASFA completions this year. They reported that completion rates were tracking slightly ahead of last year, with 24% of high school seniors having completed a FAFSA by the end of November, and they showcased a public dashboard with subgroup data and a WIAA-based leaderboard. Members asked about outreach to rural and homeschool students, legislative communications, Pierce County representation, and barriers to FAFSA completion, and staff said they would provide toolkits and continue expanding outreach. The committee then began hearing from student presenters about affordability, access, equity, and student experience.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Education Finance Committee 2/16/22

Education Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • funding critically important program funding critically important pipeline<00:24:55.200> to<00
  • Your increased funding for this program was important last session, so please agree to increase funding
  • for this program your increased funding for this program was<00:37:48.480> important<00:37:48.960
  • funding as well with these two programs funding as well with these two programs i<00:48:08.559><
  • We also support increasing funding of the Grow Your Own grant program.
Keywords: 919, house, all
Summary: The Education Finance Committee met remotely on February 16, 2022, with a quorum present and approved the minutes from the previous day by voice vote. Chair Dabney said the committee was spending the week on public school staffing shortages, especially efforts to increase and retain BIPOC teachers, and introduced testimony on the Collaborative Urban and Greater Minnesota Educators of Color Grant Program (CUGMEC) and the broader Increasing Teachers of Color Act. Testifiers from St. Thomas, Augsburg, and Hopkins described the history and impact of the legacy educator-of-color programs. Kathleen Campbell said the original Q program was created to address underrepresentation, remove financial barriers, and provide mentorship and culturally relevant support; she argued that when the grant became competitive in 2017 without additional funding, support was spread too thin and student capacity dropped. Audrey Lensmeyer described Augsburg’s East African Student-to-Teacher Program, rooted in community advocacy in Cedar-Riverside, and said it has produced strong completion and licensure outcomes. Keenan Jones shared his path from paraprofessional to teacher and district leader, emphasizing the importance of scholarships, mentorship, and outreach to high school students, including a statewide co-enrollment Intro to Teaching course. Representative Hassan then presented House File 3079, saying the bill aims to attract, prepare, complete, and retain more teachers of color and American Indian teachers through several grant and program changes, including Closing the Educational Opportunity Gap grants, Cook Mac funding, teacher mentorship and retention updates, and revisions to CUGMEC. He said the bill responds to a severe shortage of BIPOC teachers and that the requested investment is small relative to the state surplus. Student and educator testimony followed, including a third-grade student from Crookston and Ava Roots, both of whom described the importance of having teachers who reflect students’ cultures and experiences. Natalia Benjamin, the 2021 Minnesota Teacher of the Year, also testified about retention challenges for educators of color and racialized workplace treatment. The committee indicated it intended to lay over HF 3079 for possible inclusion in a future omnibus bill, and Representative Richardson moved the bill to be laid over for further consideration.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • I think that's one of the areas that we, in the program to be able to continue to fund it.
  • I humbly ask that you continue the funding for the CRDP because of these programs.
  • Can you talk about, or maybe DOF, either one, out of all the various programs, what's funded, what's
  • I don't know that those numbers weren't just from not funding a program, especially because when you
  • I think that the assessment needs to happen in time for funding to happen for this program.
Summary: The Assembly Subcommittee on Health heard an overview of the California Department of Public Health budget, including a $5.1 billion department budget and 19 non-IT budget change proposals spanning environmental health, healthcare quality, infectious disease, healthy communities, health statistics, preparedness, and laboratory sciences. CDPH also presented estimates for WIC and the Genetic Disease Screening Program, both of which were described as relatively stable, with WIC food costs rising mainly due to inflation and participation holding near 1 million monthly participants. Members and public commenters raised support for several proposals, including funding for the California Reducing Disparities Project, AB 1264 implementation on school food standards, childhood lead poisoning prevention, the hospital bed capacity registry, sickle cell care networks, and WIC protections amid federal policy changes and shutdown-related uncertainty. Dr. Erica Pond then presented the 2026 State of Public Health report, highlighting major gains such as record-low mortality rates, all-time high life expectancy, and the first decline in overdose deaths in 14 years, while warning about persistent disparities in maternal and infant outcomes, rising severe maternal morbidity, and worsening mental and behavioral health trends, especially among younger adults. She emphasized racial and geographic inequities, the role of social drivers like poverty and education, and the importance of prevention investments through the Behavioral Health Services Act. Members discussed the need for upstream public health spending, environmental health preparedness, and how to translate data into action, while public comment largely focused on sustaining community-based prevention and equity programs. In a separate update on federal actions and public health partnerships, Dr. Pond and CDPH staff described California’s response to federal funding threats, vaccine policy changes, and measles outbreaks. They outlined new collaborations such as the West Coast Health Alliance, the Governor’s Public Health Alliance, the WHO outbreak network, and the FACT Coalition, along with CDPH’s process for reviewing and updating immunization and preventive service recommendations under AB 144. Members questioned the rise in measles and declining vaccination coverage, and CDPH said it is using trusted messengers and tailored outreach while continuing to evaluate federal recommendations. The committee then heard an ADAP estimate showing lower projected budget authority needs due to reduced caseload and one-time funding expiring, followed by public support for using ADAP rebate funds to expand HIV prevention, PrEP, testing, and disease intervention staffing. The final issue focused on public health information technology systems, including Sapphire, CalReady, CalConnect, CARE, MyTurn, MyCAVAC, and the digital vaccine record. CDPH explained how these systems support disease reporting, contact tracing, immunization tracking, vaccine ordering, and outbreak response, while the Department of Finance said only Sapphire and CalReady are funded in the Governor’s budget and the rest are under review because of the state’s budget deficit and declining utilization. Local health department representatives strongly opposed losing the systems, arguing that lower usage reflects post-pandemic conditions and that the tools save staff time, improve outbreak response, and prevent a return to manual spreadsheets and phone calls. Members echoed concern that cutting the systems would undermine public health capacity and waste prior state investment, and urged the administration to present a funding plan that matches its stated commitment to public health.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm the Assistant Program Budget Manager for the Department's Federal Funds Accountability and Cost Tracking
  • For most programs, earmark elimination results in a net reduction in total program funding, but maintains
  • base program funding.
  • , either other federal programs that aren't under attack or other state programs and funding sources
  • He didn't just do the 9/11 fund. He also did the BP fund, which was funded very differently.
Summary: The Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Accountability and Transparency held a hearing focused on three issues: federal funding cuts and delays, possible state revenue impacts from reduced IRS enforcement, and the fiscal effects of AB 218 on local governments. The Franchise Tax Board described how state and federal tax systems are closely linked, how most returns are filed electronically through software, and how FTB relies on IRS information sharing for compliance, fraud prevention, offsets, and nonfiler work. Members raised concerns that federal staffing cuts at the IRS could weaken audits of large corporations and reduce California revenue, and asked about VITA and ITIN filers; FTB said it was not aware of VITA reductions, noted ITIN returns are processed the same as other returns, and said ITIN filing appeared slightly down this year. The Department of Finance said it is monitoring federal developments, summarized the continuing resolution and reconciliation process, and noted that California lost nearly $940 million in earmarked federal projects under the CR, while major federal budget decisions remain uncertain until the President’s budget and later congressional action. The University of California reported substantial federal pressure on research, student aid, and health care. UC said hundreds of millions of dollars in federal awards have already been canceled, with additional threats to NIH and DOE facilities-and-administration rates, graduate fellowships, student loan repayment plans, international student visas, Pell Grants, and Medicaid/Medi-Cal funding. Committee members pressed UC on the effects of DEIA-related federal restrictions, the loss of clinical trials and research staff, and the impact on low-income students and patients. UC said it is pursuing litigation with the Attorney General and other institutions, but emphasized that court action is only a temporary solution and that sustained state and private support may be needed. The second panel addressed the fiscal consequences of AB 218, which extended the statute of limitations for childhood sexual abuse claims against public agencies. FCMAT presented a report with 22 recommendations, including better statewide data collection, financing mechanisms, a possible victims compensation fund, and prevention measures. Los Angeles County described a tentative $4 billion settlement tied to AB 218 claims, saying it will require reserves, borrowing, and long-term annual payments through 2050, while also forcing curtailments and cuts to vacant positions to preserve services. Members discussed insurance pools, retroactive premiums, unidentified future claims, and the need for a compensation fund or other financing tools. No formal votes were taken; the hearing concluded with public comment, including testimony from local health officials about nearly $400 million in terminated federal public health grants and the resulting layoffs and service impacts.
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Housing Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Joint Committee on Housing

Transcript Highlights:
  • Even under current funding, the Section 8 programs are experiencing shortfalls.
  • This means funding for programs like RAFT. It means access to counsel in eviction proceedings.
  • I can't stress the importance enough of funding the Massachusetts Rental Voucher Program, public housing
  • That program, and another program in fact, has been funded through legislative action over the last five
  • The Massachusetts Rental Voucher Program, the legislature has increased funding for MRVP, and MRVP vouchers
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The Joint Committee on Housing opened its second hearing of the session with remarks from Chairs Haggerty and Cyr emphasizing that the hearing was a broad look at Massachusetts’ housing crisis rather than a single bill. They highlighted topics including zoning, permitting, rental assistance, public housing, homelessness prevention, and housing production. The first witness, Housing and Livable Communities Secretary Augustus, reviewed implementation of the Affordable Homes Act and the state’s new housing plan, citing a 1.6% vacancy rate, a projected need for 222,000 new homes over 10 years, and ongoing efforts such as ADUs by right, fair housing enforcement, eviction record sealing, seasonal communities planning, and new funding for affordable housing, public housing, and the Momentum Fund. He also discussed infrastructure support for municipalities, technical assistance for ADUs, and concerns about possible federal funding cuts. Committee members questioned the secretary about ADU financing and technical assistance, the likely unit yield from the Affordable Homes Act, infrastructure barriers in suburban and rural communities, public housing waitlist management, supportive housing, and federal budget risks. MassNAHRO then testified that public housing authorities are facing rising operating and capital costs, a statewide waitlist nearing 300,000, and uncertainty over federal Section 8 and HUD funding. Witnesses described recent state support for operating subsidies, capital improvements, vacancy turnover teams, and resident service coordinators, while warning that proposed federal cuts could sharply affect voucher issuance and agency operations. CDAC’s executive director Roger Herzog described the agency’s role as a quasi-public source of early-stage financing and technical assistance for nonprofit housing developers, noting its loan capital, supportive housing bond programs, home modification loans, and preservation work under Chapter 40T. He said CDAC has helped produce or preserve more than 55,000 units and stressed the importance of patient capital and preservation tools. CHAPA CEO Rachel Heller urged the committee to focus on production, preservation, planning, and political will, supporting goals for affordability, supportive housing, and homeownership, and endorsing policy changes such as YIGBY, clearer site plan review rules, stronger fair housing funding, and more support for vouchers and public housing. MassHousing then outlined its financing role, including mortgage lending, down payment assistance, the Community Climate Bank, and the Momentum Fund, while noting that permitting delays, capital gaps, and possible federal changes could affect production. Members also asked about transparency, prevailing wage compliance, and a recent internal restructuring related to diversity and business engagement.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband and Rural Development - 02/17/25

Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • Smooy's program, one of the programs that we were able to fund with the RFS program.
  • Smooy's program, one of the programs that we were able to fund with the RFS program.
  • Smooy's program, one of the programs that we were able to fund with the RFS program.
  • This program has funded $2 million annually from the USDA FSIS, and that helps fund 27 staff positions
  • 00:08:16.000> million<00:08:17.000> uh program has funded uh 2 million uh program has funded
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Racial Equity, Civil Rights, and Inclusion Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Joint Committee on Racial Equity, Civil Rights, and Inclusion

Transcript Highlights:
  • So both programs are currently still funded under the continuing resolution.
  • These programs were level-funded, again, under the CR, but there are reasons to be concerned.
  • Yet these programs were level-funded by the state.
  • Additional guaranteed funding is needed to expand our critical non-academic support programs.
  • Professional development fund culturally responsive leadership programs.
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The Joint Committee on Racial Equity, Civil Rights, and Inclusion held an informational hearing on “Protecting Equity in Higher Education” and emphasized that no bills were being heard. Members and witnesses focused on the effects of recent federal actions on DEI, admissions, financial aid, student loans, international students, and campus equity efforts in Massachusetts. Opening remarks from the co-chairs and the chair of Higher Education highlighted Massachusetts’ investments in free community college, expanded financial aid, and early college programs, while warning that federal policy changes could undermine those gains. Testimony from BU law professor Jonathan Feingold argued that many DEI practices remain legally defensible after Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard, and that the decision did not end all race-conscious or equity-oriented efforts. He said the Trump administration’s anti-DEI actions and funding threats were legally suspect and had created confusion and a chilling effect. Bahar Akman-in-Boden of the Hildreth Institute testified that proposed federal cuts to TRIO, Gear Up, Pell Grants, SEOG, work-study, and student loan programs would disproportionately harm low-income, first-generation, Black, Latino, and other underserved students, and urged the state to prepare hold-harmless and advising supports using Fair Share revenue. Commissioner Noe Ortega described Massachusetts’ long history of equity in higher education and said the state has expanded aid, success programs, and early college, but still has work to do on attainment and completion. He said the state responded to SFFA by creating ACARE and continuing to defend equity practices, while also warning that federal disruptions and “dear colleague” letters have created uncertainty. In the second panel, state university leaders and campus officials said federal threats to Pell, DEI grants, Medicaid, and international student policies could affect access, campus operations, and the economy; they stressed that most state university graduates stay in Massachusetts and that institutions are continuing their equity practices despite federal pressure. Roxbury Community College’s president said RCC remains committed to open access and inclusion, noted enrollment growth, and said executive orders do not change existing law or the college’s obligations.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • and ensuring compliance of over $27 billion in COVID-19 stimulus funding awarded to major state programs
  • For most programs earmark elimination results in a net reduction. in total program funding, but maintains
  • base program funding.
  • we could use from other funding sources, either other federal programs that aren't under attack or other
  • state programs and funding sources that could potentially be available.
Keywords: 988, house, all
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Appropriations and Finance Jan 15th, 2026 at 01:32 pm

House Appropriations & Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • to the program fund is 1.5 billion So, the maximum drawdown that we're expecting in the worst-case scenario
  • Support is funded entirely by transfers within the agency, so from different programs to program support
  • So the State Printing Program is funded by fee revenue from printing work performed for public entities
  • The LFC recommendation includes non-general fund revenue for facilities management program, including
  • The LFC recommendation does not include an increase in general fund for the aviation program due to statutory
Keywords: 996, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 3/27/25

Higher Education Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • , and because the State Grant program interrelates with the North Star Promise program, we're just going
  • <00:09:43.360> is<00:09:43.720> 49.5 program is 49.5 program is 49.5 million<00:09:46.760
  • , and we do not currently have funding transfer language around the North Star Promise funds.
  • we do not currently have funding transfer language around the North Star Promise funds.
  • between our financial aid transfer funds between our financial aid programs<00:25:21.159> we<
Keywords: 1183, house
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:19:27.000> to program and its attendant funding to program and its attendant funding to
  • be funding, we would defer to the experts through an RFP program or some sort of program that meets the
  • be funding, we would defer to the experts through an RFP program or some sort of program that meets the
  • funding, we would defer to the experts through an RFP program or some sort of program that meets the
  • appropriating funds for pilot program appropriating funds for the<00:36:54.640> continued<00:
Keywords: 912, senate, all
Summary: The Agriculture and Environment hearing on January 27, 2025, took up multiple measures, beginning with a proposed constitutional amendment, HB 559, to recognize a right to clean water and air, a healthful environment, climate, native ecosystems, and beaches. The Attorney General’s Office testified with concerns that the amendment’s broad language could create challenges for future legislatures and environmental enforcement, while the Climate Commission and DLNR supported it. Environmental and advocacy groups, including Climate Protectors Hawaii, 350 Hawaii, Greenpeace Hawaii, and others, strongly supported the measure, arguing it would strengthen decision-making and protect Hawaii’s natural resources. Committee members raised questions about how the amendment would interact with existing constitutional protections and recent litigation, and the AG’s office said the proposal could lead to broad judicial interpretation and possible liability issues. The hearing then moved on without a recorded vote on this bill. The committee next heard SB 552, which would establish a healthy soils program in the Department of Agriculture and require annual reporting and funding. The Climate Change Commission supported the bill, and the Department of Agriculture said it stood on its submitted testimony but noted existing commissions and the greenhouse gas sequestration task force already address similar objectives, suggesting SB 552 may duplicate current efforts. Agricultural and environmental advocates, including the Hawaii Farmers Union, Hawaii Farm Bureau, and others, supported the concept of a consolidated healthy soils program, saying it would better organize existing efforts, improve access for producers, and support conservation practices. The Agribusiness Development Corporation said it would support either DOA or ADC administering the program, and committee discussion focused on implementation, program overlap, and whether the bill should better integrate existing compost reimbursement and related efforts. The final measure discussed in the excerpt was SB 678, which would create an Agricultural Development Food Security Special Fund, dedicate a portion of the environmental response, energy, and food security tax to it, and appropriate funds equal to 3% of the state budget for agriculture. The Department of Agriculture strongly supported the bill, saying the funding would align with its goals and help support farmers and ranchers. The Tax Foundation of Hawaii and the Department of Budget and Finance raised concerns that the proposed special fund may not meet statutory criteria. Farm and industry groups generally supported the measure but suggested changes, including adding uses related to local food sourcing, distribution, and biosecurity. Committee members questioned the scale of the appropriation, noting it could amount to roughly $250 million and a major increase in DOA’s budget, and discussed whether the department could realistically implement such a large program. The hearing ended with testimony counts noted for the measures heard, and the chair indicated the committee would reconvene later for any unfinished business.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

Committee on Jobs and Economic Development - 02/12/25

Jobs and Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • States must administer the program in compliance with federal guidance, and administrative funding is
  • UI is not a forward-funded program in the way that you might think, in the way that, you know, many state
  • > but program certain program parameters but program certain program parameters but not<00:05:
  • not before UI is not a forward funded not before UI is not a forward funded program<00:06:32.800
  • So what we're going to see in this bill is, one, it provides funding for another program, but two, it
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 3/11/25

Higher Education Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • The first writer we’ll talk about today is funding for the Z Degree textbook program.
  • The funding provided has enabled Minnesota State to not only create these comprehensive programs that
  • The funding provided has enabled Minnesota State to not only create these comprehensive programs that
  • The legislation provided the $13.5 million in one-time funding for programming in the first year.
  • <00:46:41.880> for million in onetime funding for million in onetime funding for programming
Keywords: 1183, house
VA
Transcript Highlights:
  • There's the federal program, there's state programs, and there were new programs that were delivered
  • from the trust fund to ...because they're continuing to rely on funds from the trust fund to make sure
  • There was an infusion of cash, one-time funding, that was put into the trust fund.
  • There's no fund builder.
  • This is a new program.
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Public Works and Highways (01/27/2026)

Public Works and Highways

Transcript Highlights:
  • federal funds that we have programmed federal funds that we have programmed currently<00:26:42.799
  • , or CAMA-funded projects, or the Highway Safety Improvement Program.
  • Those are all the programs' funding projects, and the green line represents the revenue.
  • 47:35.440> all<00:47:35.599> the all the programs funding all the all the programs funding
  • for alternative programs, alternative funding programs.
Keywords: 1189, house, all
AL
Transcript Highlights:
  • programs that you didn't fund in the first place.
  • fund.
  • The other funding out of the ETF supplemental includes $20 million for the broadband grant program, which
  • As for transportation, the state does not fully fund the transportation program, which creates a local
  • Administrative costs include continuation of funding for the Turnaround Schools Program to pursue the
Keywords: 924, joint, all