Transcript Highlights:

• , campus reserves, ongoing core funds, whether it be ongoing general fund or tuition revenue.
• their general fund.
• We do fund a debt With our general fund, you know, as a most recent example, we had some funding that
• That funding was reverted from one-time funding to ongoing general fund support, so there's an example
• funding category eligible for only 15% of funds allocated in any given year.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• federal funds.
• about 37% general fund, 17% federal funds, and about 45% dedicated funds, which includes accounting
• fund and dedicated funds.
• funds.
• funds are used in our budgets as a dedicated fund.

Keywords: 989, all

Summary: The Senate Finance and House Appropriations committee met with a quorum present and began with questions about a Rural Health Funding Task Force. Members asked who created it, what notice was given, whether it was replacing JFAC, and whether it was separate from the governor’s task force. The chair said it was created by legislative leadership rather than this committee, that JFAC would still control funding decisions, and that the task force was intended to provide structure and policy direction if the funding moves forward. The committee then received a General Fund Daily Update from Legislative Services analyst Christopher LaHosette, who noted updated revenue projections, three introduced House bills with general fund fiscal impacts, and the green sheet’s totalizing function for tracking legislation. The main presentation was from the Department of Health and Welfare on the Division of Welfare, Mental Health Services, and Psychiatric Hospitalization budgets. Alex Williamson reviewed the divisions’ roles, staffing, and five-year spending trends, and outlined the governor’s recommendations, including Medicaid eligibility system changes tied to federal law, SNAP administrative cost shifts to the state, Medicaid expansion work requirements, restoration of transfer authority, and behavioral health requests tied to the Jeff D. settlement and Idaho Behavioral Health Plan. Director Juliet Sharon said the department’s requests were largely maintenance, restoration, or compliance items, including system changes for twice-yearly Medicaid redeterminations and work requirements. Members asked about the impact of federal changes, the $5 million increase in welfare operations, vacancy levels, endowment funds, and whether the department could compare SNAP administrative costs to other states. Several questions focused on mental health cuts, the former Center of Excellence, the request to combine adult and children’s mental health budgets, and the effect of reductions on crisis services, ACT services, and mobile crisis units. Sharon and Behavioral Health Administrator Ross Edmonds said the department was trying to preserve crisis and hospital services, maintain separate tracking for children and adults, and monitor access closely while complying with legal and federal requirements. The committee also discussed Magellan’s contract, audit findings, and managed care oversight. Sharon said Magellan is reviewed through monthly, quarterly, and annual deliverables and can be placed on corrective action plans; she also said the department has processes to prevent payments for deceased or ineligible individuals. Members asked about duplication of services, the use of endowment funds at state hospitals, the need for more behavioral health workforce data, and whether the department could share equipment or contract out maintenance at the psychiatric hospitals. No votes were taken, and the committee adjourned after indicating it would meet again Monday morning.

Transcript Highlights:

• <c> the</c><00:07:08.479><c> largest</c><00:07:09.039><c> transfer</c> are that the largest transfer
• Next of choice for transfer students.
• </c> mentioned we are a top transfer mentioned we are a top transfer destination.<00:09:41.760><c> We
• </c> Those funds are not available this year. Those funds are not available this year.
• </c> assembly and providing those funds. assembly and providing those funds.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The committee met with a full quorum and approved the prior minutes. Members offered introductions of guests and family members, then heard a presentation from University of Louisville President Thomas Jared Bradley, who was sworn in before testifying. He described his background and outlined U of L’s strategic priorities: student success, access and affordability, workforce development, community engagement, and research. Bradley highlighted enrollment growth, increases in first-generation and Pell-eligible students, strong transfer pathways with KCTCS, and support programs such as the Cardinal Commitment Grant, 15-to-Finish, Comeback Cards, tutoring, mentoring, and mental health services. Bradley also emphasized U of L’s statewide and regional impact through UofL Health, rural outreach, the Bullitt County rural cancer education and research center, nursing expansion, and the Kentucky Manufacturing Extension Partnership program. He noted major institutional distinctions, including R1 status, a new Carnegie Opportunity College and University designation, and community-engaged classification. He said the university is one of only 10 public universities nationwide with all three designations and reported record enrollment, improved retention, and strong research expenditures. He also thanked lawmakers for significant capital and operating support, including funding for the simulation center, health science center, asset preservation, and the MEP program. During questions, members praised the university’s public service role and asked about first-generation enrollment, retention, graduation rates, and post-graduation outcomes. Bradley said the university is working to improve completion by expanding academic support, early alerts, incentives for tutoring, and faculty/advisor mentoring, especially for first-generation and high-need students. He acknowledged that post-graduation employment data is difficult to collect but said the new Carnegie classification reflects positive outcomes. No votes were taken beyond approving the minutes, and no formal actions were taken on legislation in this portion of the meeting.

Transcript Highlights:

• The fees that we're talking about here go into a fund and they generate about $30,000 a year.
• The fees that we're talking about here go into a fund and they generate about $30,000 a year.
• </c><00:20:50.039><c> and</c> talking about here go into a fund and talking about here go into a fund
• </c> they do have the authority to transfer they do have the authority to transfer money<00:21:01.000
• use of those funds.

Bills: HF414 , HF768 , HF359

Committee: House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Keywords: data practices, filing fee, government transparency, complaints, public access, free speech, human rights, censorship, protected speech, Minnesota Department of Human Rights, real property, partition, eminent domain, transfer on death deeds, property rights, 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• federal funds.
• fund and dedicated funds.
• off of the general fund and $12,000 onto dedicated funds.
• funds.
• funds.

Summary: The Senate Finance and House Appropriations committee met with a quorum present and first took up questions about a separate Rural Health Funding Task Force. Members asked who created it, its purpose, whether it was replacing JFAC, and whether it was tied to the governor’s task force. The chair said it was created by legislative leadership, not this committee, and that JFAC would still control funding decisions; the task force was described as a structure to help shape how any future appropriation would work. The committee also recognized guests from Boise State’s Executive Educational Leadership Program before moving to the General Fund Daily Update and then the Department of Health and Welfare budget review. Legislative Services analyst Alex Williamson reviewed Health and Welfare’s Division of Welfare, Mental Health Services, and Psychiatric Hospitalization budgets. Major items included one-time Medicaid eligibility system changes tied to federal law and House Bill 345, ongoing SNAP administrative cost shifts to the general fund, Medicaid expansion work requirement implementation costs, restoration of some transfer authority, and several behavioral health adjustments. In mental health, the department requested partial restoration of positions and funding tied to the former Behavioral Health Center of Excellence, but the director said the center itself had been disbanded and the request was instead for 15 FTE to support children’s mental health and the Jeff D. settlement. Other items included funding for mobile crisis services, a fund shift for hospital benefits and cost increases, replacement items at the state hospitals, and endowment fund adjustments. Director Juliet Sharon and Behavioral Health Administrator Ross Edmonds answered extensive questions about federal changes, managed care, and behavioral health service reductions. They said the department is implementing work requirements and more frequent Medicaid redeterminations required by federal law, starting with a one-month compliance period for applicants, and is not seeking a waiver to delay implementation. On behavioral health, they explained that reductions to Medicaid and non-Medicaid services were mirrored, that ACT services were discontinued as a bundled service but individual components remain available, and that the department is tracking hospital utilization, crisis services, and client touchpoints through Magellan. Members also asked about audits, deceased-member payments, endowment funds, staffing shortages, and whether some services were being duplicated; the director said program integrity processes are in place and that the department is trying to reduce duplication while maintaining reporting transparency. No formal votes were taken, and the committee adjourned after indicating it would meet again Monday morning.

Transcript Highlights:

• There's 1,719 folks waiting to be transferred out of jail for mental health facilities.
• Uh, currently in Comau County, as of today, we have 8 that are waiting, uh, transfer.
• Um, let's, let us get reimbursed by OLS funds.
• We show you registered as Danette Gad, Ali Rocks Fund and yourself and you're for the bill.
• The funds were diverted for Christmas and retention bonuses.

Bills: HB153

Committee: House Corrections

Transcript Highlights:

• If it's free, as it funding mechanism.
• </c> asserts, it will not need a funding asserts, it will not need a funding mechanism. mechanism. mechanism
• </c> either free and doesn't need the funding either free and doesn't need the funding mechanism<01:39
• We keep having funding federal level.
• And government is going to pull funding.

Keywords: 981, all

Transcript Highlights:

• You're in a terribly tough position, having to try to run your court without adequate funding.
• This amount is self-funded by the judiciary and has a subject-to-available-funding clause.
• And within the bill, it's subject to the availability of funding as well. All right.
• I can’t transfer it to you.
• I can transfer you the medium, how I access it, but I can’t transfer—I can’t hold the thing, the software

Committee: Senate Judiciary A

Summary: The Senate Judiciary A Committee met on May 5, 2026, with five members present and adopted the April 28 minutes. The committee then heard and favorably reported several measures, including HCR 31, which asks the Louisiana Law Institute to study replacing or clarifying the term “foreign” in state law; HB 263, allowing the 14th JDC magistrate judge to handle certain specialty court felony matters; HB 299, clarifying paper filing rules for jury bonds and related payment issues; HB 535, simplifying hospital-based acknowledgments of paternity by removing the two-witness requirement while keeping notarization; HB 571, codifying the 19th JDC’s complex litigation section program; and HB 538, increasing the East Baton Rouge Parish Juvenile Court fee cap from $15 to $75 to help offset court costs. The committee also reported HB 215, raising the small succession affidavit threshold from $125,000 to $200,000, and HB 226, adding a 10.1 conference requirement before requests for admissions are deemed admitted, with discussion about discovery fairness and default judgment exceptions. The committee also took up HB 324, which makes judicial stipend increases permanent and adds a 2.7% salary increase for judges effective July 1, 2027; an amendment restoring the second year of the COLA was adopted, and the bill was reported with amendments. HB 1043, raising the jurisdictional amount in Jefferson Parish first and second parish courts, was amended to increase the amount from $35,000 to $50,000 and then reported with amendments. HCR 6, directing the Law Institute to study forced heirship and disinherison issues, was amended to add reporting language and related Civil Code references and then reported with amendments. HB 1006, changing summary judgment deadlines to give opponents more time to respond, was amended and reported by a 3-2 vote after roll call. Two more substantive bills drew extended debate. HB 1239 would strengthen the presumption that parents share physical custody equally unless a court finds that arrangement infeasible or not in the child’s best interest; supporters framed it as a parental-rights measure, while an attorney in opposition warned it would increase litigation, reduce stability for children, and be used as leverage in child support disputes. Despite the opposition, the committee reported the bill favorably. HB 190, as amended, would create a duty of reasonable care for certain software/app providers toward minors and require expert testimony, while excluding manufacturers; supporters said it was aimed at protecting children from harmful platform design, but opponents argued the proposal was unnecessary because existing tort law already covers negligence and warned it could create new causes of action and uncertainty over whether software is a “product.” The committee heard testimony from the Louisiana State Law Institute, the sponsor, and outside witnesses, but the transcript ends before final action on HB 190 is shown.

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><00:14:42.959><c> from</c> defendants being transferred from defendants being transferred from Department
• </c><00:17:21.679><c> from</c> requirement for the transfer from requirement for the transfer from Department
• LEAD was a thing that was funded a few years back and it was being run.
• c> funding</c><01:13:17.440><c> funding</c><01:13:17.840><c> to</c> funding block grant funding funding
• to funding block grant funding funding to do<01:13:18.480><c> some</c><01:13:19.120><c> uh</c><01:13

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The briefing focused on the Hawaii State Hospital’s overcrowding, construction defects in the new addition, and how Act 26 and related court-ordered processes are affecting admissions and discharges. The chair said the hospital has become increasingly forensic-focused, has lost beds after the closure of Kahimohala, and may face further costs and possible litigation over the defective addition. Hospital and Department of Health officials said they are working with the attorney general and contractors on repairs, and that the hospital is currently using all 292 licensed beds, including 13 waiver beds, while average daily census last fiscal year was 376. Officials explained that the high census is driven by both increased admissions and discharge barriers. They said the loss of Kahimohala returned patients to the state hospital, and that Act 26-related petty misdemeanor cases are contributing to admissions. They also said limited lower-level placement options delay discharges. Hospital staff reported that many patients are repeat admissions, about 22% were unhoused before admission, and a significant share are in categories such as fitness-to-proceed evaluations and conditional-release violations. They said these groups could potentially be reduced if evaluations were done elsewhere and if more community or supportive housing were available. The chair and senators questioned whether some fitness-to-proceed detainees need to be held at the state hospital at all, and whether the Clark consent order requires transfer to the hospital. The attorney general’s office said the Clark injunction does not govern unfitness-to-proceed cases; instead, the requirement comes from state statute, and the statute could be changed. Director Johnson said DCR cannot keep such detainees because the court orders them into the custody of the Department of Health, and the department cannot provide the needed therapeutic level of care in a correctional setting. The discussion also emphasized co-occurring substance use and mental illness, especially among petty misdemeanor defendants, and the need for supportive housing and a decompression plan to reduce readmissions and free beds for civil commitments.

Transcript Highlights:

• Are you guys going to fund it? Is anybody here going to fund this $30 million that we're short?
• Representative Block, were you concerned about the funding lost by not having that funding come in for
• billion. ...funding.
• I mean, $10 million, that can fund a school. You know, that can fund a lot of things.
• Or they transfer it to them later on?

Committee: House House Consumer & Public Affairs

Keywords: 996, all

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><04:15:09.600><c> via</c> and other equipment are transferred via and other equipment are transferred
• By identifying funds are not misused.
• </c> and services required to be transferred and services required to be transferred under<06:37:12.558
• </c><07:22:02.000><c> cuts</c> and they told me that the funding cuts and they told me that the funding
• ><c> high-skilled</c> funds will help sustain high-skilled funds will help sustain high-skilled jobs<

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, September 2, 2025, 1012, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• They also like to have the authorization to use the revolving funds to collect funding for installing
• Um, but to get that fund filled up.
• </c> from one of one of our dedicated funds from one of one of our dedicated funds the<02:31:02.080><
• </c> transfer any licensing. transfer any licensing.
• </c><04:31:46.479><c> their</c> um resident just transferred their um resident just transferred their

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The hearing began with SB 12, which would let certain veterans who already qualify for a disabled veteran license plate use that VA disability determination to obtain a walking disability placard without having to undergo a second physical or submit additional proof. Senator Waters, the prime sponsor, said the bill was prompted by a constituent and would reduce redundant paperwork. Melinda Sims of United Spinal and Leo Pacquin of the State Veterans Advisory Committee both supported the bill, saying veterans already go through an extensive VA certification process and should not have to repeat it for the state. A DMV representative said the department had no known objection and explained that the change would let the placard travel with the veteran in another vehicle. The hearing on SB 12 was then closed. The committee then took up SB 40, which would allow safe boater education certificates to be completed and tested online, rather than requiring an in-person final exam. Representative Coker and Senator Tim Lang described the bill as a cleanup measure to make a COVID-era online process permanent and said it would improve convenience and keep more revenue in New Hampshire. Tom Praol, representing the vendor, said the state lost significant revenue when the online option ended and argued that online proctoring can verify identity and prevent cheating. The New Hampshire Marine Trades Association supported the bill, saying it would help boaters learn New Hampshire-specific laws and keep dollars in-state. The Department of Safety Marine Patrol was neutral: Captain Tim Dunlvy said the current system includes classroom and online coursework followed by an in-person proctored final exam, and he raised concerns about safety, exam integrity, and lower scores in computer-only testing, while noting New Hampshire’s strong boating safety record. Committee members asked about reciprocity, proctoring methods, costs, and crash data, but no vote was taken in the portion of the transcript provided.

Transcript Highlights:

• providing legislative intent, repealing Section 36-116 Idaho Code relating to a solicitation for transfer
• Repealing Section 36-116, Idaho Code, relating to a solicitation for transferring wolves from Idaho to
• , Idaho Code, relating to the creation, administration, and eligible recipients of the State Trust Fund
• Outdoor Recreation Enhancement; repealing Section 67-4248, Idaho Code, relating to management of funded
• 67-4242-23, Idaho Code, to remove a reference to the State Trust for Outdoor Recreation Enhancement Fund

Summary: The House convened with a quorum present, received prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and approved the January 30, 2026 journal. Committee reports were read, including several bills and memorials printed and referred to committees, and reports that House Bill 511 and House Joint Memorial 9, House Bills 518 and 522, and House Joint Memorial 10 had been recommended to pass and were filed for the Second Reading Calendar. During first reading, the House introduced a series of bills covering insurance cancellation and nonrenewal, CPA licensing and reciprocity, school building code provisions, fish and game, outdoor recreation trust fund changes, water resources and multiple compact repeals, lands and timber-related repeals, water skiing observer requirements, reckless driving, and disturbing the peace at religious worship or events. These measures were referred for printing, mostly to the Judiciary, Rules and Administration Committee. On second reading, House Concurrent Resolution 24, House Bill 547, and House Bill 515 were advanced to the Third Reading Calendar. The House also handled calendar management, including a point of order about House Bill 493 and unanimous consent to hold House Bill 514 on the Third Reading Calendar until Monday, February 2. Announcements noted the removal of the Liberty Bell for repair, a birthday recognition, and committee meeting schedules. The House then adjourned until 11 a.m. Monday, February 2, 2026.

Transcript Highlights:

• House Bill 1645 transferred $250 million from the special account to the corpus of the fund.
• In 2011, House Bill 2 transferred $167 million from the special account to the corpus of the fund, and
• The remaining $16 million was transferred from the special account to the corpus of the fund.
• </c><01:15:10.719><c> $167</c> fund 2011 House Bill 2 transferred $167 fund 2011 House Bill 2 transferred
• </c> pull that the fund from the trust fund pull that the fund from the trust fund came came came from

Committee: Senate Finance

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• utilized</c> the co relief funds that were utilized the co relief funds that were utilized for<00:22:
• </c> same because the the Ursa three funds same because the the Ursa three funds were<00:36:54.760><c
• <03:30:23.560><c> um</c><03:30:23.800><c> who</c><03:30:24.560><c> uh</c> fund um who uh fund um who
• Did they transfer it to another state? Did they transfer it to another district?
• ><c> a</c><04:41:59.840><c> resident</c> they were transferred to a resident they were transferred to

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee first addressed House Bill 415, which would remove the requirement that schools provide menstrual products. Members supporting an ITL said the mandate was unfunded, had been in place since 2019, and was already working without complaints from districts. Other members opposed the bill, arguing menstrual products are essential and that the requirement helps students, especially those with fewer resources. The committee voted ITL on HB 415 by a roll call of 17 yeas, 0 nays. The committee then took up House Bill 388, concerning public reports on special education. Supporters of ITL said they agreed with the goal of transparency but were concerned about student privacy, especially in small districts, and thought the bill’s information requests went too far. They noted that related issues could potentially be addressed in another bill, HB 557. The committee voted ITL on HB 388, 17-0. House Bill 730, which would require schools and some colleges to provide information on adoption, was also moved ITL. The sponsor said adoption is personally important to him but that the bill was not the right vehicle and involved entities such as colleges and the Attorney General unnecessarily; he said related ideas might be folded into other bills later. The committee agreed and voted ITL, 17-0. The committee then discussed House Bill 671, a preschool/early literacy proposal involving a statewide nonprofit digital program, likely Waterford. Members raised questions about who would be covered, data privacy, prior use of federal ESSER funds, whether the program had measurable results, and whether the bill’s nonprofit requirement was too restrictive. Department of Education witness Melissa White said the state had spent $400,000 in FY22 and $600,000 in FY23 on a Waterford contract using ARP ESSER funds, but she did not have participant counts and said the department could not measure literacy gains for that population. She also said the bill’s funding level would likely require an RFP and that, if enacted as written, the program would probably still be Waterford-based. The discussion continued without a final vote in the portion provided.

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> of the our SRA funds our s federal funds of the our SRA funds our s federal funds um<00:14:59.079
• So until there's additional funding, there's no funds to do due diligence to progress to the next sites
• </c> better if we gave this money or funding better if we gave this money or funding or<01:09:32.839>
• </c> delaying the process of these transfers delaying the process of these transfers uh<01:22:00.120>
• to transfer the land and then subdivide it.

Committee: Senate Education

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Additionally, funding should be prorated for students who transfer, withdraw, or fail PSO courses, ensuring
• Additionally, funding should be prorated for students who transfer, withdraw, or fail PSO courses, ensuring
• Additionally, funding should be prorated for students who transfer, withdraw, or fail PSO courses, ensuring
• What this bill does under this section is school boards would be allowed to transfer any funds that are
• School boards would be allowed to transfer any funds that are not otherwise encumbered or limited by

Committee: House Education Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• of school transfers for special needs students.
• This 30-day timeline does not exist for transfers from outside of the state.
• schools. ...statewide funding goals for schools, and it created a hole.
• That's why we have to create a new funding level.
• Who would pay for that mandate, and would that come from Prop. 98 funds?

Summary: The Assembly Education Committee heard a full agenda of bills, first adopting a consent calendar of 11 measures without individual presentations. The committee then took up AB 1412, which would require California schools to implement or adopt a transferred special education student’s IEP within 30 days for out-of-state transfers and to coordinate more quickly on records. The author and military-family witnesses said the bill would reduce delays for highly mobile students, especially military children; a school administrators group opposed it. The bill received initial support from committee members and was moved on call. The committee also reconsidered AB 281, which would require notice to parents when outside consultants provide sex education instruction; the author accepted amendments removing a copy-right provision, but the bill remained on call after a split vote. The committee heard AB 1005, which would create a statewide drowning-prevention education and swim-lesson voucher framework for underserved communities. The author and supporters described drowning as a preventable public health and equity issue, while the bill was clarified as developing a plan rather than immediately launching a voucher program. It was voted out on a 3-0 roll with the measure placed on call. AB 908, as amended, would add compliance monitoring for existing requirements that schools use LGBTQ-inclusive instructional materials and curriculum under the FAIR Act. Supporters said the bill would improve implementation and student safety; opponents raised concerns about privacy, girls’ sports, and school burdens. The committee approved the bill 5-2 and sent it to Appropriations. The committee then heard AB 1401, which would affirm parents’ access to school records, including unofficial records unless exempt by law. The author argued that parents need clearer access to information held by schools and vendors, while school officials and teachers’ union representatives warned the bill was too vague and could sweep in personal notes, journals, and other sensitive material. The bill failed on a 2-3 vote and was placed on call. Finally, AB 727 would require student ID cards to include the Trevor Project hotline for LGBTQ youth; supporters framed it as a suicide-prevention measure, while opponents argued it conflicted with parental rights and religious beliefs. Committee discussion focused on whether 988 already provides similar access and whether the Trevor Project is an appropriate resource to print on IDs; the hearing continued with the bill still under consideration.

Transcript Highlights:

• Authorizing a funding activities.
• </c><00:03:45.200><c> However,</c> transportation funding. However, transportation funding.
• </c> funding across the finish line in 2023. funding across the finish line in 2023.
• </c> funding cuts for NLX and passenger rail. funding cuts for NLX and passenger rail.
• ." highway fund and the county and highway fund and the county and municipal<00:55:29.680><c> funds</

Committee: Senate Transportation

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• So MinnesotaCare is funded through state funds as well as some federal funds.
• So MinnesotaCare is funded through state funds as well as some federal funds.
• So MinnesotaCare is funded through state funds as well as some federal funds.
• So MinnesotaCare is funded through state funds as well as some federal funds.
• The need for the fund to access fund.

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

Keywords: 1187, senate, all