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• Another, since I've been on chairman of the board, I wanted our finances to be more directed to what
• 20 years ago this week, I actually opened a law practice focusing on business and real estate and finance
• And 20 years ago this week actually opened a law practice focusing on business and real estate and finance
• A law practice focusing on business and real estate and finance, and I have had the privilege to serve
• I transferred to Auburn University, where I earned a degree in finance.

Summary: The Appropriations Committee on Higher Education received a presentation from the Governor’s Office and the Commissioner of Education on the proposed higher education budget. The presentation highlighted a $117.4 billion overall state budget, with education at $32.5 billion and higher education receiving a modest overall increase. Key items included no tuition or fee increases for Florida residents, major financial aid funding such as Bright Futures, Benacquisto, EASE, Open Door, and first responder scholarships, as well as workforce investments including apprenticeship programs, career and technical education, nursing pipeline funding, and performance-based funding for colleges and universities. Committee members asked questions about the proposed expansion of the Guardian program at state colleges and the $100 million university recruitment and retention fund. Officials said the Guardian funding would give colleges flexibility to use trained personnel for campus safety, sometimes alongside or in place of campus police or private security. The Chancellor explained that the recruitment and retention money would be distributed to universities with no specific directives beyond using it for faculty recruitment and retention, emphasizing Florida’s favorable demographics and the opportunity to attract faculty from states facing enrollment declines. The committee then heard testimony from multiple appointees and reappointees to boards of trustees at state colleges and universities, including Eastern Florida State College, Lake-Sumter State College, State College of Florida Manatee-Sarasota, Miami Dade College, Northwest Florida State College, and St. Johns River State College. Each described their backgrounds and stressed themes of affordability, workforce alignment, nursing and technical programs, dual enrollment, and local community needs. Several cited strong nursing licensure pass rates and college outcomes. After hearing all appointees, the committee voted unanimously to confirm the full block of nominees, and the confirmations were reported favorably before the meeting adjourned.

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• Salih, Legislative Finance Committee Director. Shutdown emergency response. Go ahead, Charles.
• You know, when we're in our House Appropriations and Finance Committee and the work that we're tasked
• with doing, we have Senate Finance who work together, and then the legislature basically approves the
• And we're going to need a lot of help from our legislative council, finance committee, and all that to
• But I think there has to be some sort of framework, and I know we do that through the Finance Authority

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• It's the Legislative Finance Committee, LFC General Fund Reserves, and it will be presented by Jennifer
• New Mexico Finance Authority Venture Capital Program overview and update, and this is Marquita Russell
• That created, within the Finance Authority, a venture capital program.
• Our mission is to provide gap financing, to stimulate economic development, and to help communities throughout
• The finance authority is a lender and oversees grants.

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• guys are, you know, you're the Board of Education, you understand how complicated the education financing
• concern here, why we were, why they recommended the Board of Education because they understand the finances
• surety companies that adding this amount of money to to a district that's already struggling with its finances
• If you think that school finance is a hot button issue now, just wait until there are dozens or hundreds
• board of education mostly deals with school books and so forth, and they don't know much about school finance

Bills: HB4, HB54, SB 10, SB 24

Keywords: district composition, congressional election, Texas, legislature, voting districts, citizenship, U.S. citizen, non-citizen, public office, advisory board, task force, state government, local government, political subdivision, commission board, appointment eligibility, officeholder qualifications, public service, naturalization, Texas Government Code

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• There's a lot of outstanding issues in the health bill, and the finance pieces, I think, are there on
• There's a lot of outstanding issues in the health bill, and the finance pieces, I think, are there on
• the health bill outstanding issues in the health bill and<00:06:39.440> the<00:06:39.759> finance
• > pieces,<00:06:41.280> I<00:06:41.600> think,<00:06:41.840> are and the finance
• pieces, I think, are and the finance pieces, I think, are there<00:06:42.319> on<00:06:42.560

Keywords: 1183, house

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• I call the State Government Finance and Policy Committee meeting to order on this March 27th, 2025.
• So in the March 24th, 2025 letter addressed to the State Government Finance and Policy Committee members
• Chair now of State Government Finance.
• We are—this State Government Finance and Policy Committee will be doing separate finance bills and policy

Bills: HF2783, HF2603, HF2846, HF2354, HF1836, HF2713, HF1198, HF1389

Keywords: state government finance, biennial budget, appropriations, Minnesota Management and Budget, Healthy Aging Subcabinet, Office of Healthy Aging, older adults, aging policy, long-term care, caregivers, public health, Medicaid fraud, medical assistance fraud, attorney general subpoena power, fraud enforcement, business filing fraud, Secretary of State, deceptive mailings, consumer protection, certified public accountant

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• CCRCs like Fleet Landing are financed by publicly issued debt or loans from banks.
• look at the proposed structure of the debt and see very clearly that they have a first lien on the finances
• they adjust the interest rates appropriately, or they tell us we're not going to have access to the financing
• When my wife and I moved to Fleet Landing, we looked at the finances of Fleet Landing with the benefit
• of my experience and saw At the finances of Fleet Landing with the benefit of my experience and saw

Summary: The committee heard and advanced several insurance, financial regulation, and public safety bills. SB 1656, a large Office of Insurance Regulation bill, was taken up with a delete-all amendment and extensive discussion. The bill would increase transparency in insurance rates and mitigation data, update reciprocal insurer rules, limit use-and-file rate filings, expand cybersecurity breach notification, and strengthen oversight of continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs). Residents and senior advocates generally supported stronger oversight to prevent bankruptcies like the Unison case, while CCRC operators and industry groups warned that lien authority, reserve requirements, and other provisions could raise borrowing costs and burden well-run communities. The committee adopted the delete-all amendment and then reported the bill favorably after debate and public testimony. The committee also passed SB 1658 on the public records database for uniform mitigation verification forms, with a clarifying amendment protecting policyholders’ personal information. SB 1612 on financial institutions was reported favorably after an amendment and substitute amendment dealing with credit union investment limits and reimbursement rules for board members. SB 1740, an insurance bill aimed at reducing premiums and insolvency risk, was amended to prioritize rate-decrease filings and prohibit AI as the sole basis for claim denials; it was then reported favorably. SB 1212 on firefighter health and safety was amended to add occupational disease language and other firefighter protections, including safer gear, cancer prevention, and possible telehealth mental health services, and was also reported favorably. Finally, SB 1184 on residual market insurers was amended to preserve existing excess-and-surplus line standards, strengthen consumer disclosures, and clarify Citizens-related appointment rules before being reported favorably. Throughout the meeting, committee members repeatedly noted that several bills were still being refined with stakeholders, and multiple public witnesses testified in support of or opposition to the CCRC and insurance provisions, focusing on resident protection, financial stability, and unintended cost impacts.

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• we're going to hear a presentation from Space Florida, updating us on the work of Florida's aerospace finance
• Space Florida is the state's aerospace finance and business development authority.
• ...for your aerospace financing and business development, or how do you see that going forward for next
• I think we have a nice blend right now between what we would consider our financing activities, which
• If a company is sitting waiting for some sort of financing activity to happen, we can step in alongside

Summary: The committee met with a quorum and heard first from Space Florida President and CEO Robert Long, who described the agency’s role as the state’s aerospace finance and business development authority and spaceport authority. He reported a pipeline of about 187 projects, nearly $7 billion in potential private investment, and roughly 8,000 potential jobs, with 161 projects in the fiscal-year pipeline, up about 30% from the prior year. Long said Space Florida is focusing on workforce development through its Space Florida Academy with 23 school districts, and on target markets including advanced air mobility/eVTOL, flight simulation, and satellite manufacturing. Members asked about infrastructure, federal-state coordination, LNG planning, environmental mitigation, workforce, and how the Legislature’s recent $5 million recurring increase is being used; Long said the funds are mainly supporting staffing, contracted services, and IT improvements to handle growth and move projects through faster. The panel then heard from Blue Origin, Leonardo (through LSN Partners), and Lone Star Data Holdings. Blue Origin said its Florida manufacturing and launch operations have grown far beyond initial commitments, with more than $3 billion invested and over 3,000 employees in the state, and emphasized the need for roads, water, wastewater, and other launch-site infrastructure as launch cadence increases. Leonardo highlighted its TH-73A Navy helicopter program in Milton and a new 70,000-square-foot maintenance facility at Whiting Aviation Park, crediting state, local, and federal partners and noting future potential for its AW-609 tiltrotor aircraft. Lone Star Data Holdings described its satellite-based data storage and disaster-recovery business, said Florida was its first customer, and urged the state to use Florida as a pilot project for protecting data and expanding space-based data infrastructure. Members repeatedly focused on what the state should do next, and the panel’s main answer was continued investment in infrastructure and long-term planning. Specific needs mentioned included road widening, traffic signals, fire suppression, water pressure, wastewater capacity, power, transportation links, environmental mitigation, and LNG-related planning at the spaceport. No formal votes or bills were taken up in the meeting, and the session ended after member questions and comments with a motion to rise and adjourn.

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• I think the Finance Director is going to say something as well, but that's something troubling to me.
• It is estimated available revenue certified by the finance director and the legislative fiscal officer
• I think the finance director has done as well, and he can...
• decisions and a lot of hard work over a long period of time to avoid proration and to get the state's finances
• in the position that they are in now. state's finances in the position that they are in.

Keywords: 924, joint, all

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• I'm an acting director of finance. It's a pleasure to be here.
• <01:18:40.480> It's I'm an acting director of finance.
• It's I'm an acting director of finance.
• manages the state's finances.
• We have Rod Becker who is a finance We have Rod Becker who is a finance administrator<01:19:45.120

Bills: SB1, SB4, SB6, SB9, SB16, SB17, SB20, SB22, SB28, SB29, SB36, SB41, SB45, SB77, SB85, SB87, SB96, SB98, SB110, SB126, SB139, SB143, SB164, SB167, SB171, SB186, SB188, SB195, SB197, SB198, SB204, SB205, SB206, SB207, SB209, SB210, SB211, SB217, SB219, SB220, SB225, SB231, SB237, SB238, SB241, SB244, SB246, SB247, SB272, SB294, SB315, SB346, SB364, SB366, SB367, SB386, SB392, SB403, SB415, SB427, SB431, SB437, SB457, SB459, SB469, SB471, SB478, SB484, SB489, SB502, SB503, SB507, SB508, SB510, SB516, SB517, SB518, SB519, SB521, SB535, SB543, SB550, SB564, SB568, SB570, SB575, SB577, SB578, SB590, SB607, SB616, SB621, SB634, SB644, SB647, SB649, SB652, SB655, SB656, SB663

Keywords: agricultural lands, foreign ownership, state agriculture policy, real estate regulation, land conservation, SB4, Royal Mausoleum, Mauna Ala, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, OHA, Department of Land and Natural Resources, DLNR, stewardship, Hawaiian affairs, cemetery, burial site, ancestral remains, cultural preservation, state land management, agency transfer

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• traditional finance traditional finance and<00:09:57.480> that<00:09:57.600> digital
• , whereby the currency of traditional finance are U.S.
• importantly use cases like trade finance importantly use cases like trade finance and<00:24:34.400
• Traditional finance issues interest at the end of every month around 4:00 p.m.
• <01:56:09.000> authority our business finance authority our business finance authority and

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The meeting opened with roll call, confirmation of a quorum, and approval of the April 6 and May 4 minutes, with minor corrections noted to the May minutes. The main presentation came from JD of Link Network, introduced by Dan Cohen, who described Link’s work with crypto.com and other market participants on tokenized money market funds and real-time settlement for institutional clients. JD gave a detailed history of his earlier work developing the Arca U.S. Treasury Fund and ArCoin, emphasizing that the project was built within existing SEC and 1940 Act frameworks and was intended to use blockchain technology for a traditional asset rather than create a crypto product. He said the effort involved years of discussions with the SEC, multiple custodians, and partners such as U.S. Bank, T-Zero Securities, and Tassat, and that the model eventually led to Link’s settlement system. He highlighted concerns that shaped the design, including regulatory compliance, privacy for institutional users, and the need to bridge traditional banking hours with 24/7 digital asset markets. The presentation also described Link’s features, including segregated and bankruptcy-remote fund structures, tokenized deposit and treasury fund settlement, and “yield in transit,” which allows interest to accrue and be distributed daily down to a two-second block. JD said the platform is being expanded for use cases such as exchange liquidity, cross-border capital movement, off-exchange collateral, stablecoin bridging, treasury management, and peer-to-peer settlement. He closed by posing policy questions for the commission about the use cases for stablecoins versus tokenized money market funds in New Hampshire and whether the state could issue or administer a security-based program with appropriate compliance controls.

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• 79-E can help make tighter financing 79-E can help make tighter financing work<00:26:33.200>
• , due to labor availability, financing, due to labor availability, and<00:39:39.880> they<00:39
• financing for these kind of housing because there's not a proper definition in statute.
• financing for these kind of housing because there's not a proper definition in statute.
• for housing, I was provide financing for housing, I was told<01:10:02.680> that<01:10:02.840>

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Um, we will start with the committee on finance. We'll start with finance.
• start with the committee on finance. start with the committee on finance.
• Um we're going We'll start with finance.
• <00:21:29.360> Clerk Finance. This is report number 27. Clerk Finance.
• So, um, Senate Finance has 20 >> Okay.

Keywords: Senate streaming session for Friday, March 20, 2026, 960, senate, all

Summary: The Senate convened with 38 members present and a quorum, then began with an invocation and several ceremonial introductions. The chamber recognized pioneering women of the Maryland State Police for Women’s History Month, including the original six female graduates and other firsts in the department, and also introduced the day’s doctor and a student intern. The Senate agreed to journalize the remarks honoring the Maryland State Police guests. The body then took up several Finance Committee bills, adopting committee amendments and favorable reports without objection on Senate Bills 385, 387, 389, 753, 469, and 608, each of which was ordered printed for third reading. SB 385 concerns immunization, screening, and preventive-service recommendations and pharmacist administration; SB 387 restricts predatory pricing and use of personal data by food retailers and delivery services; SB 389 makes transit-oriented development changes; SB 753 addresses financial exploitation protections for seniors and vulnerable adults; SB 469 authorizes a Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund affordability program; and SB 608 requires coverage for pharmacogenomic testing. Senate Bill 626, dealing with birth certificate sex designation changes and related identification documents, was briefly set aside at the request of a senator seeking possible amendments, with the presiding officer agreeing to hold it until the next session. Senate Bill 739, a climate change, homeowners insurance, and emergency management study bill, was also introduced with one amendment and sparked debate over its scope and funding, including discussion of a $150,000 Strategic Energy Investment Fund allocation and whether the study would examine the General Assembly’s own climate policies. The transcript ends during that discussion, before any final action on SB 739.

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• We do this by providing project financing to cities of all sizes across our state, and the tools that
• We provide financing programs supporting water quality, public health, and other priorities identified
• We finance most types of municipal wastewater and drinking water projects in operation, primarily with
• we provide financing programs supporting water<00:19:37.960> quality<00:19:38.919> public<
• most types of Municipal W uh we Finance most types of Municipal W uh Wastewater<00:19:56.640> and

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Turning to the first bill, I rise today for H.R. 3174, the Made in America Manufacturing Finance Act.
• Turning to the first bill, I rise today for H.R. 3174, the Made in America Manufacturing Finance Act.
• Turning to the first bill, I rise today for H.R. 3174, the Made in America Manufacturing Finance Act.
• This bill is a way to approach filling the gaps in manufacturing financing.
• finance giants, weaponizing the housing finance giants, Fanny<05:54:38.480> May<05:54:38.798>

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, December 1, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• We move 42 on the committee reports from finance and appropriations to the finance report.
• We move 42 on the committee reports from finance and appropriations to the finance report.
• <02:45:13.359> Um, this bill in in finance committee.
• Um, this bill in in finance committee.
• Thank you, members of Senate Finance.

Keywords: 981, all

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• We cut out as much of the private sector financing costs out of the project.
• We cut out as much of the private sector financing costs out of the project.
• The equity to basically help drive financing costs of the project.
• Can I call my director of finance up?
• I'm director of finance at YB.

Bills: SB3302, SB2061, SB2050, SB2102, SB2694, SB2089, SB847

Keywords: SB3302, homemade food products, farm kitchens, home kitchens, Department of Health, DOH, food safety, food labeling, value-added agriculture, small farms, agricultural land, commercial food establishment permit, cottage food, direct-to-consumer sales, local food systems, Hawaii Revised Statutes, chapter 91, farm-to-table, food processing, public health regulation

Summary: The committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce met on April 9, 2026, and heard testimony on several measures. SB 3302 SD1 HD1, dealing with homemade food products, would require the Department of Health to adopt rules for farm kitchens producing homemade food products that are no more stringent than rules for home kitchens. The Department of Health said it supported the bill with technical amendments, and the Hawaii Food Industry Association and Grassroot Institute of Hawaii also supported it. No opposition was heard. A lengthy discussion focused on SB 2061 SD2 HD1, which concerns a 99-year leasehold residential condominium project and HCDA’s rules for sales, income restrictions, and buyback pricing. HCDA supported the bill and said the House draft clarified unclear provisions and would help move the project to pre-sales. Testimony and committee questions centered on whether the project should remain owner-occupied in perpetuity or allow investor purchases after an initial sales period. HCDA explained that the bill was revised to make the project feasible in the market, that 60% of units would be income-restricted for buyers at or below 140% of area median income, and that the remaining units could be sold without owner-occupancy restrictions. Some members and testifiers expressed concern that the bill had shifted away from the original owner-occupancy vision and could become an investment property model, while others argued the changes were necessary for the project to pencil out and compete with fee-simple developments. No vote was taken during the discussion shown. The committee also heard SB 2050 SD1 HD1, which would allow chiropractic students in accredited programs to engage in clinical practice beginning July 1, 2028. The Hawaii Board of Chiropractic and the Hawaii State Chiropractic Association supported the measure, and one testifier described personal experience with student chiropractic care in California. Members questioned why the board requested delaying implementation until 2030, and the board said it needed more time to develop rules because it meets only a few times a year and rulemaking is lengthy. Finally, SB 2102 SD2 HD1, on industrial hemp in commercial feed, was introduced; the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity offered comments, the Department of Health raised concerns about regulating pet food and possible jurisdictional conflict, and a farmer testifying in support suggested narrowing the bill to federally approved livestock feed rather than pet food.

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• I call the meeting of the Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee to order.
• This bill is in possession of the Energy Finance and Policy Committee, so we will not be taking action
• <01:25:03.199> He with the rural finance authority. He with the rural finance authority.
• And again, the RFA finance authority.
• We also have the real finance has that.

Bills: HF2103, HF4508

Keywords: energy, renewable energy, ammonia, hydrogen, certificate tracking, funding, environment, elk, cervidae, cervid importation, chronic wasting disease, CWD, animal health, livestock, wildlife disease, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, state veterinarian, zoo, Association of Zoos and Aquariums, AZA

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• And that's what we try to do in ed finance. That's what we try to do in ed policy.
• So, um, Senator Kunish, um, as a 25-year school media specialist and chair of ed finance, do you want
• That's what we try to do in ed finance.
• <01:10:50.400> Um<01:10:50.800> it<01:10:51.040> is Finance Committee.
• What more important job do we as members of Ed Finance and Ed Policy have than that?

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• <01:04:36.079> authority updates to the rural finance authority updates to the rural finance
• I work for the Rural Finance Authority of MDA.
• Work for the rural finance McDev.
• Work for the rural finance authority<01:16:17.520> of<01:16:17.760> MDA.
• , stressors of uh of weather, of finance, of<01:32:31.600> paying<01:32:32.199> licenses,

Keywords: 1187, senate, all