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WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Select Committee on Pension Policy May 19th, 2026 at 12:20 pm
Select Committee on Pension Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- riders consider a COLA every budget cycle.
- be part of the conversation every budget cycle.
- Given the budget situations we're in, it means that the budget will be part of the COLA conversation
- every budget cycle.
- And it just strikes me that this is a budget problem, because as long as this budget problem exists,
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- The IDLA is a standalone budget in the budget book.
- That's not in the maintenance budgets, not in the public school maintenance budgets.
- That's in a budget that's coming later, and it's not... ...in a budget that's coming later.
- There's no cap in there on PISA in the maintenance budget.
- It is basically doing policy in a budget bill, but it was done in this case.
Summary:
The Senate Education Committee first took up Senate Bill 1439, which would extend the reporting deadline for the model school facility committee from 2026 to 2027 because the group will not meet the original July 1 reporting target. Senator Cook moved the bill to the Senate floor with a due pass recommendation, and the motion carried without opposition.
The committee then discussed House Bill 940, the Idaho Digital Learning Academy (IDLA) bill. Senators and the bill sponsors described proposed amendments that would revise the definition of a “custom section” to better serve small rural schools while limiting larger districts from using the provision in ways they said were not intended. The discussion also covered a funding change making the program subject to appropriation and limiting access to the Public Education Stabilization Fund, with sponsors saying the changes were meant to align spending with projected enrollment and require a supplemental request if enrollment exceeds estimates. Several members raised concerns about cuts to IDLA, the impact on rural students, and the lack of time to review the amendments.
After debate, Senator Cook withdrew his second on the motion to send HB 940 to the 14th order for possible amendments, and Senator Cook then moved to hold the bill at the call of the chair. The committee agreed to delay action, with the chair indicating the bill would be brought back the next morning after JFAC so members could review the written amendments and continue discussion, with limited public input. The committee adjourned until 8:45 a.m. the following day.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Capitol Commission Feb 2nd, 2026 at 12:00 pm
Transcript Highlights:
- Since then, we were given a budget, and we've had three new concepts of plans given to us, showing the
- They would be well done within the budget, and the concepts were workable.
- We know we're going to have to stay within the budget of $595 million, and we need some concepts.
- with asking for the next step with your architect and engineers in the fiscal '27 budget.
- For the next step, which architect and engineers in the fiscal '27 budget? Yes.
Summary:
The Missouri State Capitol Commission met with a quorum present and approved the minutes from its November 3, 2025 meeting. Members also discussed tentative meeting dates for 2026, including May 4, August 3, and November 2, all at noon. A representative from the Missouri Department of Conservation then provided an update on the America 250 “Liberty Tree” effort, explaining plans to plant a heritage white oak-family tree at the Capitol Complex in late March and to identify and map surviving historic Liberty Trees across the state.
The main substantive discussion focused on the Capitol restoration project and the need to hire an owner’s representative. Members reviewed the construction subcommittee’s work, Parsons Engineering’s review, and the goal of keeping the project within the $595 million budget while addressing restoration, ADA, HVAC, mezzanines, fiber optics, and parking needs. After clarifying the procurement process, the commission voted to authorize the Office of Administration and FMDC to prepare an RFQ/RFP for an owner’s representative, subject to appropriations, with the understanding that the commission will later review and approve the selection process and candidate recommendations.
Commission staff also explained that the owner’s representative selection would use the state’s qualification-based process, including an open solicitation, scoring, a shortlist of three, interviews, and a final recommendation, with the process expected to take about 19 weeks. Near the end of the meeting, a member moved to approve planting the Show-Me 250 Liberty Tree on the Capitol grounds, and the commission unanimously approved that motion before adjourning.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:26:20.039><c> deficits</c> nearly $300 million in budget deficits nearly $300 million in budget
- </c><00:26:41.080><c> shortfall</c> address our operating budget shortfall address our operating budget
- It's a budget for this committee.
- It's a budget for this committee.
- </c> within the education K through2 budget within the education K through2 budget so<00:48:05.640><c
Keywords:
HF51, Sibley County, State-Aid Highway 21, capital investment, bonding bill, general obligation bonds, transportation infrastructure, road improvements, sanitary sewer, water main, storm sewer, local infrastructure, county grant, Minnesota Department of Transportation, bond proceeds fund, public works, utility infrastructure, education finance, school district funding, tax base adjustment
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> department is growing their budget department is growing their budget I'll<00:43:58.920><c> leave
- </c> hearing it when we a Governor's budget hearing it when we a Governor's budget that<00:58:57.200>
- were about 2% of their budget.
- were about 2% of their budget.
- </c><01:45:14.679><c> were</c> District's cross subsid budgets were District's cross subsid budgets were
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Education Funding (01/16/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:29:03.679><c> and</c> expenditures came in under budget and expenditures came in under budget
- </c><00:29:14.080><c> assistant</c> where the legislative budget assistant where the legislative budget
- </c> least at this time with our budget least at this time with our budget situation<00:58:02.039><c>
- </c> both on the town and the school budgets both on the town and the school budgets last<01:49:17.520
- The total school budget in Marac is two-thirds of the town budget, so making a significant reduction
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.
MS
Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations - Room 210; 22 January, 2026: 1:30 PM
Appropriations
Transcript Highlights:
- time or during the budget stuff.
- </c> be doing this in the during the budget be doing this in the during the budget time<00:57:34.640>
- I to time or during the budget stuff.
- You had an amount that was budgeted.
- </c> after some outreach from the budget after some outreach from the budget office<01:46:29.119><c>
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 2/25/25
Human Services Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- About 85% of our budget is for staffing, and our annual operating budget accounts for a very small percentage
- of the agency's overall budget.
- and our annual operating budget accounts and our annual operating budget accounts for<00:03:44.480><
- </c> identified within existing budget identified within existing budget that<00:18:29.640><c> are</c
- Of your $736 million budget, what's the fastest growing part of your budget?
ND
North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Appropriations - Education and Environment Division Apr 16th, 2025 at 09:00 am
Appropriations - Education and Environment Division
Transcript Highlights:
- Committee, we're going to take up Senate Bill 2018, the Commerce Department budget.
- We passed that in a previous budget for a million.
- The Senate has taken that out of the DPI budget.
- The Senate has taken that out of the DPI budget.
- Budget passes 7-0. Thanks, committee. Committee, that takes care of the Commerce Budget.
Bills:
SB2018
Keywords:
funding, commerce, autonomous technology, workforce development, economic growth, grant programs, 908, all
Summary:
The E&E Committee met to finalize action on Senate Bill 2018, the Commerce Department budget. Members reviewed several funding lines and made verbal adjustments, including reducing tourism marketing awareness to $5 million, keeping Operation Intern at $2 million, restoring the Destination Development Fund to $20 million, setting Autonomous Agriculture Grants/Grand Farm at $10 million, and reducing the WIP Regional Workforce Impact Program to $5 million. Representative Martinson proposed additional earmarks for the Fargo Theatre, Maddock trolley cars, a theater in Marmarth, and Driscoll’s community hall, and also moved to keep the Destination Development Fund at $25 million; the committee discussed these items, but the transcript does not show separate recorded votes on those proposals.
The committee adopted two amendments. One dealt with the drone replacement program and related data-collection direction, with language agreed to by UAS representatives, IT, and the governor’s office. The second, offered by Representative Swantec, created a trigger for funding children’s science centers in Fargo and Grand Forks if the SIF fund exceeds a specified threshold during the 2025-27 biennium; the amendment was clarified to use the term “Children’s Science Education Center” and passed 7-0.
The committee then approved a do-pass motion on the Commerce budget as amended and with the verbal changes discussed, passing the bill 7-0. During debate, Representative Louser raised concerns that the budget’s spending could affect property tax relief, while the chair responded that there would still be sufficient money for tax relief and that the programs funded were ongoing and successful. The chair closed by thanking members and staff, noting conference committee assignments and a committee dinner, and then adjourned.
MI
Transcript Highlights:
- As we work to finalize next year's state budget, today's Appropriations Committee is really one of the
- steps to complete that process, making sure that our budget process is transparent.
- That's why, starting in our first budget year in 2023, Senate Democrats required every single lawmaker
- This was an important first step to shore up our budget process and ensure that we, as elected leaders
- In addition to the broader budget proposals we're aiming to pass very soon, Mr.
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Appropriations met with a quorum present, adopted the April 23, 2026 minutes, and then held a discussion focused on eligible legislatively directed spending items (LDSIs) for the FY 2027 budget. The chair explained that the committee was part of a new transparency process requiring legislators to publicly disclose LDSI requests, including the recipient, amount, and purpose, and noted that the forms must be posted publicly for at least 45 days before inclusion in the budget. He said Senate members submitted more than 500 eligible LDSI forms and House members submitted 750, for over 1,250 total proposals made available online.
The chair emphasized that the process is intended to increase accountability and public awareness of how tax dollars are spent, and encouraged the public to review the posted forms on the Senate and House websites. During the meeting, four cards of support were read into the record: Wendy Fallow supported the Literacy Center of West Michigan project; Graham Filler supported the H.H.W. request on behalf of Kalamazoo County; and Mayor David LaGrand and Rob Verhulen both supported the aquarium request.
No committee questions were raised, no substantive votes were taken on the LDSI items, and the committee moved through routine procedural actions. The meeting ended with a motion to adjourn, supported and adopted without objection.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Public Works and Highways (03/25/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- ,</c><00:23:52.960><c> that</c> included in this bianium budget, that included in this bianium budget
- </c> that it wasn't in the governor's budget that it wasn't in the governor's budget was<00:27:16.480
- We notified them in our agency budget.
- </c> question for budget assistant Sheay. question for budget assistant Sheay.
- </c> with the budget with the cost being cut. with the budget with the cost being cut. the<01:01:12.240
Summary:
The committee heard testimony on proposed improvements to the New Hampshire State Police gun range and training facility. Commissioner Robert Quinn and Major Brendan Davy said the range is used for realistic, scenario-based training that cannot be replicated at a standard static range, including movement, use of cover, vehicle-based drills, elevation, and training under elevated heart rates and stress. They said the facility is important not only for state troopers but also for local and federal partners, and that it is used regularly for qualifications, requalification, and special unit training.
Members asked about specific limitations and costs. Major Davy said the PSTC range is handgun-caliber only because the backstop is not rifle-rated, and local law enforcement can use the State Police range for qualification. Representative Kazinski questioned the size and cost of the project, and Public Works Director Theodore Copper then explained the estimate: $1.5 million for building and site work, plus soft costs, utilities, design, and inflation, bringing the total to $2.3 million. He said the proposed facility would include office space, two classrooms, restrooms, and heating and air conditioning, and that the estimate was reasonable.
The committee also heard from Milford School District Superintendent Christy Misho in support of CTE funding. She said Milford has been working for years to secure support for an applied technology center renovation, that prior local bond efforts fell short of the required threshold, and that the district now plans a CTE-only local bond of about $4 million while seeking $10 million from the state. She argued the investment is needed to modernize outdated equipment and support workforce training, and said the district remains committed to the project.
In work session action, the committee corrected a prior vote on the Pease Development Authority warehouse removal and replacement project, increasing the amount by $353,300 to $1,973,300 and raising the agency subtotal to $4,155,300. The committee also approved adding two Community College System items: $500,000 for an energy management system and $1.3 million for critical maintenance, for a total addition of $1.8 million. No objections were raised to these motions.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- budgets.
- The town budget isn't on budget issues.
- </c> had our our bu budget for the school. had our our bu budget for the school.
- I was at my town budget. Okay, we are increasing our town budget, proposing 7.1%.
- I was at my town budget. Okay, we are increasing our town budget, proposing 7.1%.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 3/11/25
Higher Education Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- the remaining writers in the budget.
- </c><01:06:55.839><c> usually</c> compensation um in those budgets usually compensation um in those budgets
- This is the starting point for this year's budget discussions.
- This is the starting point for this year's budget discussions.
- This is the starting point for this year's budget discussions.
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
FL House Floor Session - 2026-06-02 (10:00AM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- They have the money and the budget. Mr.
- I also asked my constituents if they've ever attended a city budget meeting or a county budget meeting
- So when I challenged them to review their local budget... ...county budget meeting, and over 90% said
- There's an analogy of a budget airline that I think applies, and Florida is headed to be a budget airline
- This budget amendment prohibits the state of Florida from spending taxpayer money This budget amendment
Summary:
The House met in special session, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, approved the journal, and adopted the special order report setting the day’s calendar. The chamber then took up CS/House Joint Resolution 1F, the Governor’s property tax proposal, which would raise the homestead exemption for non-school taxes, lower the annual assessment cap on non-homestead property from 10% to 5%, and restrict county and municipal ad valorem revenue to public safety and certain other uses. Sponsor Rep. Overdorf said the measure would return money to homeowners and give local governments flexibility, while opponents repeatedly argued the ballot language was misleading and that the proposal could create large local revenue shortfalls, shift costs to other taxpayers, and threaten local services and debt obligations.
Members debated a series of amendments aimed at protecting specific programs from the bill’s effects. Rep. Bartleman’s amendment to exempt Children’s Services Councils and Children’s Trusts was defeated 25-74 after supporters said those entities fund child care, mental health, aftercare, and family support, while opponents said local governments could still choose to fund them. Rep. Cross’s amendment to include water management districts in allowable uses of ad valorem taxes was also defeated, despite testimony that the districts are essential for flood control, water supply, Everglades restoration, and drought response. Rep. Eskamani’s amendment to require the Legislature to backfill public safety funding failed 25-71 after debate over whether the proposal could reduce police and fire budgets and response times.
The House then rejected Rep. Woodson’s amendment to require state backfill for senior services, with supporters citing Meals on Wheels, transportation, adult day care, and other aging services, and opponents saying the state already funds senior programs. Finally, Rep. Gant’s amendment to protect veteran services was introduced and debated, with members emphasizing housing, mental health, transition assistance, and homelessness concerns for veterans; the transcript cuts off before the vote on that amendment. Throughout the debate, sponsors and supporters of the main resolution maintained that local governments would retain spending discretion and could use other revenue sources, while critics argued the measure lacked clear backfill provisions and could force cuts or tax shifts at the local level.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Requiring MMB to include fraud impacts in budget forecasts 3/3/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, you know, for those that weren't with Chair Cleborne and I as we built the budget from last year,
- 00:01:05.880><c> the</c> Chair Cleborne and I as we built the Chair Cleborne and I as we built the budget
- I'm Anna Mingy, Deputy Commissioner with Minnesota Management and Budget.
- and economic forecast and state budget and economic forecast and the<00:04:23.520><c> operations</c>
- A forecast is a high-level, forward-looking budgeting tool based on projections of state revenues and
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Senate Standing Committee on Appropriations and Revenue (2-26-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- Of course, the budget for the project is $291.52 million.
- Of course, the budget for the project is $291.52 million.
- That's over $40 million that the budget doesn't contain now as a part of the project.
- That's over $40 million that the budget doesn't contain now as a part of the project.
- Will the project be within budget, and where will the governor's office go?
Keywords:
Meeting Start 00:00:00
Roll Call 00:00:05
Capitol Renovations Update 00:00:40
Damage from Recent Disaster Discussion 00:33:25, 958, all
Summary:
The committee met for its third meeting of the session and received an update on the Capitol renovation project from Finance and Administration Secretary Holly Johnson and State Budget Director John Hicks. They reported the project budget remains $291.52 million, with Messer Construction as construction manager, and said the temporary legislative chamber completion has slipped into 2025 because of wiring, voting machine, KET camera, and canopy work. They outlined the current bid schedule: site and utility bids due February 27, 2025; roofing and fourth-floor structural work due April 24; major renovation bids due May 23; bid review in late May and early June; roofing and fourth-floor work beginning in late June; and overall construction starting July 7, 2025.
A major focus of the discussion was the project contingency, which officials said is only $10.8 million for an older building with significant unknown conditions. They explained that earlier investigations led to about $60 million in value engineering cuts, including more than $40 million tied to unexpectedly extensive terrace damage on the north, south, and east sides. The terraces were originally expected to need only minor work, but officials said investigations showed reconstruction would eventually be necessary and could not be handled by simple restoration. They also said the mechanical equipment plan changed from a basement location to a vault under the east parking lot, and that the west terrace will still see some ADA-related work.
Committee members questioned why the terrace work was not included in the current budget, whether doing it later would cost more, and why bids and construction planning had taken so long. Officials said the terraces were left out because of cost, that future work would likely be more expensive because of market escalation, and that the timing reflected extensive investigation needed to produce reliable bids. Members also raised concerns about scaffolding and the temporary chambers; officials clarified that the scaffolding discussed was for the separate Capitol Dome project, not the chamber project, and said the Dome scaffolding is part of that project cost and is expected to come down in early 2027. They said the temporary chambers are expected to be used for three sessions, through the 28th session, with a return to the Capitol planned for the 29th session, and that public tours of the Capitol would likely end around June depending on the bid results and construction schedule.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Public Pension Oversight Board (12-12-25) - Part 1
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:08:55.600><c> tighten</c> start to flatten out as budgets tighten start to flatten out as budgets
- biennium. know, budget biennium.
- </c> our budget request. our budget request.
- </c> that we asked for in our budget. that we asked for in our budget.
- ,</c> that's where they submit their budget, that's where they submit their budget, so<00:57:33.000><
Keywords:
Meeting Start: 00:00:00
Attendance Roll Call: 00:00:12
Approval of Minutes: 00:01:34
Actuarial Valuation Update – KPPA: 00:02:10
Actuarial Valuation Update – TRS: 00:25:32, 958, all
Summary:
The meeting began with roll call, confirmation of a quorum, and approval of the prior minutes. The main presentation was from KPPA officials Ryan Barrow and Erin Saratt on the annual actuarial valuations for the retirement and insurance systems. They said the systems’ funding status improved overall, with three of five insurance funds fully funded, CERS hazardous dropping from over 100% funded to 90.9% because of premium changes, and KRS receiving $650 million in supplemental funding over the biennium. They also reported strong investment returns above assumed rates, higher payroll and membership counts, and resulting actuarial losses tied to higher salaries and premiums, especially on the insurance side.
Members asked several questions about what drove the actuarial losses and whether legislation affected them. KPPA said the CERS insurance loss was driven by premium increases and Senate Bill 10, while the pension-side losses were largely due to higher payroll and benefits for Tier 1 and Tier 2 members. They explained that new Tier 3 employees are designed to add no additional unfunded liability, and that the state administers the systems but does not directly control all hiring. Questions also focused on retiree health premiums, which KPPA said rose about 15% for non-Medicare retirees and 38% for Medicare retirees, with the increase attributed to utilization, prescription costs, and the Inflation Reduction Act.
The committee then heard from TRS Deputy Executive Secretary and General Counsel Beau Barnes on the 2025 TRS actuarial valuation. He reported that the Retirement Annuity Trust and Health Insurance Trust both received full funding, the retirement trust’s funded ratio improved to 61%, TRS 4 remains well funded with no liability, and the health insurance trust improved to 89.1%. Barnes said TRS is on track to fully fund legacy liabilities within the amortization period, with 2044 as the point when the system reflects 100% funding and 2046 as the last year needing additional dollars for the legacy liability. He also explained that lower assumed investment returns and updated mortality assumptions increased liabilities, but that TRS uses direct rate smoothing for budgeting purposes.
At the end of the meeting, the chair circulated a proposed set of “do’s and don’ts of pensions,” emphasizing that future legislation should not create unfunded liabilities. Barnes also noted he would later discuss several legislative proposals for the 2026 session, but the transcript provided ends before that discussion or any votes on those proposals.
MI
Transcript Highlights:
- Colleagues, this budget was not easy, but I'm proud where we landed. A budget that truly...
- Colleagues, this budget was not easy, but I'm proud where we landed, a budget that truly puts people
- For our students and our schools, this budget is a budget...
- On top of this massive budget bill of over 1,000 pages, we now have a school aid budget of over 470 pages
- Nobody knows what's in this budget. We were just given this huge school aid budget over 470 pages.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 2 on Human Services Mar 26th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Welcome, this is the Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 2 on Human Services.
- Set of budget and policy proposals for the legislature to consider.
- And the first investment came in the budget in 2020.
- A lot can happen between now and the enactment of the federal budget.
- It is there; it's in the budget; it's just not being implemented yet.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- An appraisal increase for our next budget right? Yes. Okay how much is that?
- Chairman, we know in past, recent state budgets, we have, you know, budget a certain amount for public
- education funding, and then we end up with a surplus at the end of that budget.
- I'm not an expert on school district budgeting and finance.
- , or are we talking about 10% of a district's budget?