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TX
Transcript Highlights:
- How many of you know what the capital of the Republic of Texas was? Anybody? OK.
- Well, it was Harrisburg, and it was made the capital in 1835, and this is again home to the East End
- Welcome to your Texas capital. We're proud of you.
- Welcome to your Texas capital. We're proud of you.
- Y'all stand up and be welcome to your capital.
Summary:
The Texas Senate convened with a quorum, heard the governor’s emergency message outlining priority issues for the session, including property tax relief, water supply and infrastructure funding, universal education savings accounts, teacher pay, career and technical education, creation of a Texas Cyber Command, and bail reform. The governor also submitted a State of the State message and several appointment nominations for Senate confirmation. The chamber then took up a series of ceremonial resolutions and recognitions for McAllen Day, UTSA and UT Health San Antonio Day, Wise County Day, and Houston East End Chamber of Commerce East End Day, along with visits from the Houston Realty Business Coalition, Cedar Creek Chamber of Commerce, Webb County/Laredo delegates, UT Dallas McDermott Scholars, Andrews County officials, and occupational therapy professionals and students.
Several senators spoke in support of the recognitions, highlighting local economic development, higher education, public health, and regional history. McAllen was praised for its growth, business climate, and cultural significance; Laredo and Webb County were recognized for trade, the Washington’s Birthday Celebration, and cross-border ties; UTSA and UT Health were commended for research, cybersecurity, and health science work; and UT Dallas scholars were recognized for academic achievement and public service. Wise County, the East End of Houston, and Andrews County were also described in terms of their economic contributions and community heritage.
The Senate adopted Senate Resolution 27 for McAllen Day and Senate Resolution 32 for UTSA and UT Health San Antonio Day without objection. It also adopted Senate Concurrent Resolution 11, which granted permission for either house to adjourn for more than three days between February 5 and February 11, by a recorded vote of 30 ayes and 0 nays. Additional resolutions listed on the calendar were adopted without objection, and the Senate recessed until noon on Wednesday, February 5.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Science, Technology and Energy (02/09/2026)
Science, Technology and Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- work with separate generation, with a utility supplier, or with a utility supplier who must make capital
- So with that, I'll try to take any questions. must make capital investments to must make capital investments
- and they have enough to supply them, they're creating their own generation, or they're in need of capital
- and they have enough to supply them, they're creating their own generation, or they're in need of capital
- Their own generation, um, or they're in need of capital investments from the utility.
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
FIN Info Briefing - Mon Jan 13, 2025 @ 9:00 AM HST
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Then I'd like to cover the amount of the capital budget requests that's included for the University.
- Governor supported a sizable portion of the Board of Regents budget requests for capital projects, to
- We're the Pacific theater for them in their protection, so we want to capitalize on that.
- own Capital own Capital fundraising<05:39:03.400>
for <05:39:03.718>the <05:39:04.120 - They have to have their own capital funds to build facilities or take care of their facilities.
Summary:
The House Finance Committee held an informational briefing with the University of Hawaiʻi, led by new President Wendy Hensel and Vice President for Budget and Finance Calbert Young. Hensel outlined the university system’s scope, student demographics, research activity, and campus missions, emphasizing four strategic priorities: serving Native Hawaiians and Hawaiʻi, student success, workforce development, and economic diversification through innovation and research. She highlighted the system’s enrollment, research funding, and the roles of Mānoa, Hilo, West Oʻahu, the community colleges, and specialized institutions such as JABSOM and the Cancer Center.
Young then reviewed the budget request, focusing largely on making prior one-time appropriations permanent and supporting recurring needs. Items included funding for Mānoa athletics, the Hawaiʻi Institute for Marine Biology, K-12 teacher education, Pamantasan Council support, Hilo programs, Windward’s mental health technician certificate, Maui’s practical nursing bridge program, and student support positions such as financial aid and admissions counselors. He also described workforce-related requests tied to nursing expansion at Mānoa and West Oʻahu, as well as facilities support at West Oʻahu.
A major portion of the testimony addressed the university’s two Kakaʻako medical facilities. Young explained that declining tobacco settlement and cigarette tax revenues are no longer sufficient to cover debt service for JABSOM and the Cancer Center, so the governor’s budget includes general fund support to supplement those obligations. He also described a regents-approved request not included in the governor’s proposal: expanding the Hawaiʻi Promise financial aid program to the four-year campuses, estimated at about $11–12 million. No votes or formal committee actions were taken during the briefing.
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Commerce and Small Business Committee Apr 29th, 2025
Commerce and Small Business
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill could impact current financing initiatives and other ongoing capital projects. ...ongoing capital
- We also have a $115 million capital plan.
- Now, we have a $115 million capital plan for this year.
Bills:
SB330
Keywords:
water management, regional boards, municipal governance, ethics compliance, public utility, 1136, house, all
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- HCR 116 by Gomez, redesignating Brownsville as the official bicycling capital of the Rio Grande Valley
- HCR 117 by Hunter, designating Port Aransas as the official fishing capital of Texas for a 10-year period
- Committee on State Affairs, HCR 116 by Gomez, redesignating Brownsville as the official bicycling capital
- HCR 117 by Hunter designating Port Aransas as the official fishing capital of Texas for a 10 year period
Summary:
The House met briefly to read a large number of first-reading bills, joint resolutions, and concurrent resolutions and refer them to the appropriate committees. The measures covered a wide range of topics, including public health, education, criminal justice, taxation, transportation, water and natural resources, elections, housing, veterans issues, local government, and constitutional amendments. Several bills focused on school policy, health care regulation, property tax and sales tax changes, criminal penalties, and local or state agency authority.
Among the notable items were proposals on name and sex changes on birth records, college admissions inquiries into criminal history, foster care contractor liability, school nutrition and assessment policy, election procedures, homestead and franchise tax exemptions, public retirement system reporting, and numerous transportation and infrastructure measures. The House also received resolutions designating local honors and observances, including Brownsville as the bicycling capital of the Rio Grande Valley, Port Aransas as the fishing capital of Texas, and Selena Quintanilla Perez Day. Some measures proposed constitutional amendments on legislative procedure, homestead taxation, and election-law enforcement authority.
No debate or testimony occurred in this segment; the action was limited to first reading and referral. The session also referred several resolutions to the Local and Consent Calendars. At the end of the proceedings, the House adjourned without objection until 2 p.m. Tuesday.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
HF702 heard in House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 3/6/25
Human Services Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- We make capital improvements to our building to enhance the lives of our residents and certain infrastructure
- process<00:01:26.960>
um <00:01:27.320>we <00:01:27.479>make <00:01:27.799>Capital - <00:01:28.159>
Improvements process um we make Capital Improvements process um we make Capital
Keywords:
mental health, behavioral health, psychiatric care, collaborative care model, healthcare funding, service dog, service animal, service dog in training, assistance dog, guide dog, disability rights, housing accommodations, fair housing, landlord, rental housing, homeowners association, HOA, Minnesota human services, accessible housing, reasonable accommodation
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
House Standing Committee BR Sub. on Econ. Dev., Public Protection, Tourism, and Energy (2-12-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- It's important to note that the funds cannot be used for capital and construction projects.
- note that the funds cannot be<00:04:00.319>
used <00:04:00.599>for <00:04:00.840>Capital - <00:04:01.159>
and <00:04:01.360>construction be used for Capital and construction - be used for Capital and construction projects<00:04:03.200>
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Summary:
The committee met for the second Budget Review on Economic Development, Public Protection, Tourism, and Energy and approved the minutes from the previous meeting. After a quorum was confirmed, members heard a presentation from Melissa Brewer of the Tourism, Arts, and Heritage Cabinet, along with Olivia Atkins of Kentucky State Parks and Commissioner Mike Manet of the Kentucky Department of Tourism.
The presentation focused on the state’s 1% tourism meeting and convention marketing fund and the broader role of tourism in Kentucky’s economy. Brewer explained that the fund is used only for marketing and promoting tourism-related activities, cannot be used for capital or construction projects, and must be reported annually to the governor and LRC. She said the Governor’s budget and enacted budget increased appropriations in response to growing transient room tax receipts, adding $3 million in FY 2025 and $7 million in FY 2026, and noted legislative support for the Kentucky Mountain Regional Recreation Authority, the National Quilt Museum, and the Southern Kentucky Tourism Initiative.
Manet emphasized that tourism marketing drives overnight visitation, local spending, jobs, and economic development, and described the 1% fund as the source for marketing, advertising, website development, public relations, international and group sales, trade shows, research, and regional matching funds. He highlighted efforts to secure media coverage and said the matching funds program distributed $2 million last year to 87 local tourism commissions across the state. No votes or other committee actions were taken beyond approving the minutes.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Public Works and Highways (01/27/2026)
Public Works and Highways
Transcript Highlights:
- So the toll increase not only benefits, um, you know, these turnpike capital projects, but it does free
- One thing that we went over fairly quickly was, if these turnpike capital projects aren't funded, if
- long-range capital meeting that there was a meeting somewhat recently, and there was a ...
- on the capital. the long<00:54:00.480>
range <00:54:00.800>capital <00:54:01.200>meeting - <00:56:36.799>
So capital improvements committee. So capital improvements committee.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Capital gains and investment income retracted by a third, as I mentioned.
- The consumption taxes and property taxes grew a lot more. record capital gains year.
- Capital gains record capital gains year.
- >
income Capital gains and investment income Capital gains and investment income retracted<00: - <01:30:13.360>
to community banks to put more capital to community banks to put more capital
Keywords:
school supplies, sales tax exemption, use tax, sales and use tax, back-to-school, classroom supplies, education tax relief, tax holiday, retail exemption, Minnesota sales tax, school materials, binders, calculators, notebooks, pencils, backpacks, book bags, local tax revenue, taxable sales base, income tax
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband and Rural Development - 02/18/26
Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development
Transcript Highlights:
- those dollars are through the capital those dollars are through the capital projects<00:46:42.160
- <00:53:16.000>
projects general fund dollars or capital projects general fund dollars or capital - This program was funded through the capital projects dollars.
- The capital projects dollars do need to be spent by the end of 2026.
- <00:57:12.079>
projects funded through the capital projects funded through the capital projects
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
EEP Public Hearing - Tue Feb 4, 2025 @ 9:00 AM HST
Energy & Environmental Protection
Transcript Highlights:
- We believe that we need this to reduce our credit rating and cost of capital, and that savings, when
- <01:41:02.119>
on we cannot raise the capital on we cannot raise the capital on reasonable - It's really a matter of access to capital and doing it. Okay, all right.
- <01:52:57.840>
and <01:52:58.199>and a matter of access to Capital and and a matter - of access to Capital and and doing doing doing it<01:53:00.280>
okay <01:53:00.639>all
Summary:
The committee heard testimony on House Bill 1077, a governor’s administration bill to increase transient accommodations tax revenue and split it between two new special funds: a climate mitigation and resiliency special fund and an economic development and revitalization special fund for tourism/resort areas. Supporters, including the Governor’s Office, recovery and resilience staff, climate and conservation groups, and several state agencies, said the bill would create a dedicated, more reliable funding stream for wildfire mitigation, coastal resilience, land clearing, infrastructure, and community-led projects. Some supporters also urged changes to the bill, including moving the fund to DLNR, adding DHHL and OHA representation, clarifying community grants, and ensuring the fund can support both state-led and community-led resilience work.
The Attorney General’s office flagged a drafting issue, noting that the bill references fees deposited into the new fund even though the new chapter does not authorize fee collection, and recommended deleting that language or adding fee authority. The Climate Advisory Team representative also suggested adding DHHL to the decision-making body and requiring at-large members to have climate, resilience, conservation, or infrastructure expertise. The Tax Foundation of Hawaii and the Kohala Coast Resort Association opposed the measure, arguing that the special fund structure does not meet statutory criteria, that the bill functions as a tax increase, and that the transient accommodations tax is not being collected equitably across all lodging types before any increase is imposed.
Other opponents, including tourism and lodging interests, warned that hotels and timeshares already bear most of the tax burden and that raising the TAT could hurt an already struggling visitor industry and drive tourists away. Supporters countered that current funding is far short of what is needed and that a dedicated revenue stream is necessary to address climate impacts now. Committee members questioned why the Legislature should cede spending decisions to a separate executive-branch process, and the administration responded that the bill is intended to create a transparent, recurring mechanism for funding priorities that can be adjusted over time. No vote or final action was taken in the portion of the hearing provided.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
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markets, practice of law in capital markets, practice of law in capital markets - >
if <00:14:30.480>necessary Secondly, capital gains and if necessary Secondly, capital - And again, we manage around $160 billion of assets across many pools of capital.
- <00:48:18.480>
In <00:48:18.720>that many pools of capital. - In that many pools of capital.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
February 2026 State Budget and Economic Forecast Presentation - 2/27/26
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Instead, what we're seeing now is capital gains and interest earnings, which are sensitive to even small
- <00:15:05.440>
gains income sources such as capital gains income sources such as capital gains - <01:32:54.800>
Capital <01:32:55.199>gains, rich people make. - Capital gains, rich people make. Capital gains, interest,<01:32:56.400>
dividends. - in the capital and the personnel costs. in the capital and the personnel costs.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on State Government (10-21-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- <01:06:43.359>
projects the progress of our capital projects the progress of our capital projects - Capital project breakdown Next slide. Capital project breakdown reporting. reporting. reporting.
- <01:27:33.600>
projects managing 284 more capital projects managing 284 more capital projects - Um, but you know, fundamentally I think if you could look at it this way from from not only a capital
- Um, but you know, fundamentally I think if you could look at it this way from from not only a capital
Keywords:
Discussion of SB 126 (2025 RS) 00:05:13
Discussion of HB 16 (2025 RS) 00:15:40
Kentucky Department of Parks – Overview 01:05:06, 958, all
Summary:
The committee met jointly for State Government, State and Local Government, and Elections and Constitutional Amendments, approved the minutes from the September 23 meeting, and then took up discussion of Senate Bill 126, a proposed constitutional amendment to restrict the governor’s pardon power. Senator Chris McDaniel said the measure was prompted by concerns over pardons issued in 2019 and would bar pardons for 60 days before a gubernatorial election through the swearing-in of a new governor, leaving the power otherwise intact. Members who spoke generally supported the proposal as a way to increase accountability, and McDaniel said he intended to place it on the 2026 ballot. No vote was taken on the bill during the discussion.
The committee then moved to House Bill 16 on water fluoridation. Representative Hart and Senator Greg Elkins said the bill would remove Kentucky’s fluoridation mandate and give local water districts the choice to add fluoride or not. They emphasized that the revised draft also adds immunity language to protect districts from civil litigation regardless of their decision. Dr. Jack Call, a Louisville dentist, presented against fluoridation, arguing that the main dental benefit is topical rather than from drinking water and citing studies and reports he said linked fluoride exposure to reduced IQ in children and other health concerns. Cindy Batson, a nurse and parent, also supported the bill and said she had testified on the issue for years.
During questions, Senator Rollins raised concerns about fluoride being an industrial byproduct and described fluoridation as forced medication. The discussion remained focused on the bill’s local-control and immunity provisions, with sponsors saying they were not trying to relitigate the broader science but wanted to remove the mandate. The transcript ends while questions and testimony on HB 16 were still underway, and no final committee action is shown.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Finance Division I (01/22/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- It is a software specific for tax administration implementation. $3,160 th000 capital $3,160 th000 capital
- It is not capital fund program money; it is ARPA money.
- We heard a lot about your capital infrastructure.
- historically over time the capital historically over time the capital Appropriations<04:36:20.799
- million a year for a capital million a year for a capital appropriation<04:37:24.879>
or <
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 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee 3/10/26
Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- <01:14:08.000>
investment we held a hearing in capital investment we held a hearing in capital - Our overall capital needs are significant.
- Our overall capital is decades old.
- Our overall capital needs<01:24:36.000>
are <01:24:36.239>significant. - :26:07.679>
partnership continued capital investment partnership continued capital investment
Keywords:
groundwater, water use permit, data centers, public health, environmental regulations, municipalities, state park license plate, specialty license plate, Minnesota DNR, Department of Natural Resources, license plate design contest, North Shore, Lake Superior Agate, AI-generated art, artificial intelligence, Minnesota resident, state parks, specialty plates, vehicle registration, contest requirements
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- <00:48:07.480>
grounds around the whole capital grounds around the whole capital grounds complex - <00:48:28.960>
grounds security outside of the capital grounds security outside of the capital - Uh the scanners at the at the capital. Uh the scanners at the at the capital.
- these programs is that upfront capital these programs is that upfront capital cost.<01:11:10.760
- <01:11:57.040>
is because of that high upfront capital is because of that high upfront capital
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Jobs and Economic Development - 04/15/26
Jobs and Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- We don't have an angel tax credit so to speak to bring in new capital.
- We don't have an angel tax credit so to speak to bring in new capital.
- also operate with very little capital. also operate with very little capital.
- uh new capital. uh new capital.
- limited access to capital limited access to capital lack<00:45:56.840>
of <00:45:57.000>
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Capital Projects and Bond Oversight Committee (6-24-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- In in our capital projects of clarity.
- <00:31:22.559>
projects your request for these capital projects your request for these capital - <00:58:24.319>
construction funded from the capital construction funded from the capital construction - That takes care of the construction cost, the capital stack for all those units.
- <01:22:23.360>
stack construction cost um the capital stack construction cost um the capital
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0:00:07 Call to Order and Roll Call
0:00:47 Approval of Minutes
0:01:05 Correspondence and Information Items
0:54:15 Lease Rpt from Postsecondary Institutions
0:56:19 Project Rpt from Finance and Administration Cabinet
1:08:46 Lease Rpt from Finance and Administration Cabinet
1:13:00 Rpt from Office of Financial Mgmt - KIA
1:20:00 Office of Financial Management
1:35:50 Adjournment, 958, all
Summary:
The meeting began with routine business, including welcoming new committee member Senator Reginald Thomas, approving the minutes, and receiving a correspondence report on several information items. Those items included University of Kentucky research equipment funding, UK capital project funding using federal/private funds, debt issues from McGoffin County and Owen County school districts, lease modifications by the Division of Real Properties, asset preservation project revisions at Eastern Kentucky University and Northern Kentucky University, and Kentucky Communications Network Authority (KCNA) information on Kentucky Wired critical infrastructure.
The main discussion focused on a dispute over the Kentucky Wired communication shelters, or “huts,” and related payments under KCNA’s agreement with Asellicom/Excel. Brad Kilby of Asellicom testified that KCNA had not paid for the huts, that Asellicom had not received the alleged $8 million or any later payment, and that Asellicom remained the legal owner. Committee members pressed him on whether payment had been received, whether anyone else might have received it, and whether the lawsuit or dispute resolution process clarified the issue. Kilby said no payment had been received and that the matter was part of ongoing litigation.
KCNA Executive Director Doug Hendricks and General Counsel Adam Atkins then testified. They said a certified check for $8.5 million was mailed in July, based on the Finance and Administration Cabinet secretary’s determination that $8.5 million was due under the model procurement code, even though KCNA had initially requested about $12 million to cover a worst-case estimate. They said the contract allowed payment in full or in tranches, that the huts were completed and operational, and that KCNA had not received documentation supporting Asellicom’s higher $10.1 million claim. Members expressed frustration over the missing check and the broader implications for Kentucky Wired, and one member requested that the committee obtain all agency requests related to KCNA/Kentucky Wired since inception; the co-chairs said they would look into making that information available. No formal vote was taken on the dispute during the portion provided.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- investment, which amounted to 84% of all of our capital investment in Virginia. online<00:25:03.159>
- investment, which amounted to 84% of all of our capital investment in Virginia.
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