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• Su Beckel, House fiscal.
• Uh, the total costs for the fiscal year 26 and 27, by MDE, uh, per the fiscal note, come in at 9.297
• up and go over the fiscal up and go over the fiscal note<00:30:22.640> yes<00:30:22.919><
• c><00:30:58.080> in<00:30:58.240> your fiscal uh the fiscal note in your fiscal uh the
• year 26 and 27 by NM uh per the fiscal year 26 and 27 by NM uh per the fiscal<00:31:15.399> note<

Bills: HF827, HF1258, HF2387, HF2388, HF2534, HF2016

Keywords: education, school funding, consolidation aid, financial support, Minnesota Statutes, education finance, ice arena, school districts, cooperation agreement, equal sports opportunities, school milk program, nutrition, food waste, kindergarten, public schools, supplemental revenue, charter schools, funding, state appropriations, general education funding

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• fiscal year 2025.
• fiscal year 2025.
• fiscal year 2025.
• year 2026 and 2027 budget. then starting fiscal year 2026 it will then starting fiscal year 2026 it
• year again fiscal this is for fiscal year again fiscal year<00:20:26.520> 26<00:20:26.919>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Summary: The committee convened for an opening discussion of the 2025 Human Services session, with members emphasizing bipartisan collaboration, the committee’s mission to strengthen support systems for Minnesotans, and a focus on helping vulnerable people thrive. The chair and members welcomed new and returning senators and staff, including new pages and interim committee administration, and several members briefly introduced themselves and their backgrounds in public service and human services work. Members identified the main issues they expect to address this session: workforce shortages in human services professions, long-term care, program integrity, and efforts to limit waste, fraud, and abuse so funding reaches people who need it most. The chair also previewed upcoming hearings on eligibility and redeterminations for people with disabilities, MnCHOICES reassessments, assisted living and provider payment delays, and updates on direct care and treatment, noting that more detailed discussion would come in later meetings. The committee then received a budget overview from fiscal analyst Kyle Raymond. He explained the combined Health and Human Services budget area, noted jurisdiction changes tied to the creation of the Department of Children, Youth, and Families and the planned separation of Direct Care and Treatment, and said some figures may differ from the November forecast because of those shifts. He outlined the major funding sources for the budget area, including federal funds and the general fund, and said the presentation would focus on the fiscal year 2026-2027 budget the legislature will be considering.

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• Uh the fiscal impact um is uh 9.091 million um and then a $10 million reallocation in fiscal year 25.
• in fiscal year 25. in fiscal year 25.
• in fiscal year 2025 and carried forward as a revenue in fiscal year 2026 on line 121.
• year 2025 is extended for one additional fiscal year through fiscal year 2026.
• year 2025 is extended for one additional fiscal year through fiscal year 2026.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• We're just here to talk about the fiscal note.
• The fiscal note on this bill originally came in much higher than you see it.
• There is a fiscal note with this bill, and the fiscal note actually is dwarfed by the annual savings
• I want to address the fiscal Delaware state taxes.
• I want to address the fiscal note.

Bills: SB219, SB9

Keywords: military pension, military retirement pay, veterans, retiree tax relief, income tax exemption, pension exclusion, Delaware income tax, retirement income, state tax subtraction, armed forces retirement, National Guard, Space Force, Coast Guard, NOAA, Public Health Service, taxable income, Title 30, Section 1106, wetlands protection, nontidal wetlands

Summary: The House Appropriations Committee met to hear several bills, with members repeatedly reminded to focus on fiscal impacts rather than policy merits. The committee first considered SB 9 on freshwater wetlands, which would combine tidal and non-tidal wetlands programs into one permitting framework; supporters said the bill resulted from a two-year consensus process and that the governor’s office and DENREC would absorb a significant share of the cost. Public testimony was largely supportive, emphasizing flood control and ecosystem services, though one speaker opposed the spending. The committee voted to release SB 9. The committee then heard SB 278 on child care assistance, which would preauthorize summer camp for eligible school-age children and create a separate lower co-payment for half-day care. The sponsor and the YMCA of Delaware said the change would better align family co-pays with provider reimbursement and make before- and after-school care more affordable for working families. The committee also released SB 278, SB 168 on alcohol delivery for package stores, SB 120 on health insurance coverage for certain testing and treatment, and HB 4, a pilot program for artificial intelligence and extended reality in schools; HB 4 was described as having a near-$3 million fiscal note and a one-year implementation delay because it was not funded in the budget. Later, the committee approved SB 219, which gradually increases the military pension income tax exclusion from $12,500 to $25,000 over three years and includes related joint-filing and residency changes. Supporters argued it would help attract and retain military retirees and bring federal dollars into the state. The committee also released SB 1, a major primary care reform bill that would increase primary care spending and implement hospital payment reforms, with projected long-term savings to the state employee health plan, and SB 325, which expands background checks and wrap-back monitoring for fire service personnel and adds an investigator position for the Fire Prevention Commission. In each case, public commenters and committee members generally supported the bills, and all were released from committee by recorded vote.

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• Our federal fiscal year 23 and federal fiscal year 24 grant awards were approximately $61.7 million.
• year 23 to $42.1 million for federal fiscal year 25.
• year and through December of the current state fiscal year.
• And during state fiscal year 2025...
• He also manages program reporting and fiscal accountability.

Keywords: 977, all

Summary: The committee met to receive a detailed financial operations presentation from the South Carolina Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) agency, with staff walking members through funding sources, budgeting, accounts receivable, accounts payable, and grants management. Sabrina Walker explained VR’s blended funding structure, including federal grants, state appropriations, program income, and interagency contracts, and emphasized that state funds are essential to meeting the federal match and maintenance-of-effort requirements. Members asked repeatedly about transparency, audit controls, and the risk that state cuts could reduce federal drawdowns; staff responded that all reports reconcile back to the SCEIS accounting system, are subject to state audits and internal reviews, and that even modest state reductions could significantly reduce total available funding. The committee also discussed pre-employment transition services for students with disabilities, with staff confirming services are offered through school districts, charters, and private schools, and that contracts are monitored for performance and compliance. The presentation then shifted to budgeting and internal controls. Walker described a zero-based departmental budgeting process, monthly monitoring reports, contingency reserves for unexpected expenses, and a formal annual cycle that culminates in board approval. Members asked about facilities tracking, culture, and how the agency maintains accountability; staff said facilities staff inspect buildings and equipment, supervisors justify line-item requests, and the process has become smoother over time as departments learned the system. Cynthia Johnson followed with an accounts receivable overview, describing invoicing, receipting, aging, customer verification, year-end reporting, and the use of cross-training, shared email inboxes, and spreadsheets as checks and balances. She also explained work training center billing, interdepartmental transfers, and the revolving fund used to issue consumer checks more quickly than standard vendor payments. Olivia Perez presented accounts payable operations, including invoice processing through SCEIS and OnBase, the three-way match, travel reimbursements, revolving fund checks, State Treasury Office interactions, and handling of reversals, rejections, and levy notices. She reported that AP processed 67,723 SCEIS payments, 13,670 case management system invoices, 3,379 travel reimbursements, and 15,693 revolving fund checks in fiscal year 2025, with only 70 payment rejections. The final portion of the meeting covered Grants and Funds Management, where Walker explained federal reporting, drawdowns, payroll allocation, asset tracking, lease and IT contract reviews, cost allocation, and closing packages. She noted upcoming system changes such as S/4HANA, Workiva, and SC Pro, but said the agency is receiving training and feedback opportunities. No formal votes or legislative actions were taken during the presentation portion beyond approval of the prior minutes and a brief recess.

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• rate to fiscal years 26 and then fiscal rate to fiscal years 26 and then fiscal year<00:08:52.519
• Then we look at growth rates for fiscal year 26 and fiscal year 27.
• Then we look at growth rates for fiscal year 26 and fiscal year 27.
• Then we look at growth rates for fiscal year 26 and fiscal year 27.
• for fiscal years 26 and fiscal years 27. for fiscal years 26 and fiscal years 27.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Again, the fiscal note has been referenced, but the fiscal note, every single piece of the fiscal note
• dollar fiscal note. dollar fiscal note.
• <00:48:47.960> note fiscal impact when we have a fiscal note fiscal impact when we have a
• notes, fiscal impact.
• Again, the fiscal note has been referenced, but the fiscal note, every single piece of the fiscal note

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The House took up Senate File 4760, a public safety package, and first adopted an amendment to insert House language into the Senate file. Members then heard brief explanations of several included provisions, including a section from House File 3870 that would make Office of Justice Programs research and victim-related data private, clarify privacy for data collected by the Missing and Murdered Black Women and Girls office and the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives office, and remove outdated statutory language. Representative Novotny also described the package as combining a number of previously passed stand-alone bills and a few additional provisions. The chamber then adopted amendments A5, A7, and A8. A5 inserted House language and adjusted an effective date related to public employer discretion in hiring; A7 allowed the Office of Legislative Auditor to request BCA fingerprinting and federal tax information as required by federal rules; and A8 clarified language affecting jail medical services and custody-related safeguards after collaboration among Representative Witty, the sheriffs association, the Department of Corrections, and advocates. Representatives Hansen, Moller, and Witty all urged support for those changes. A proposed A3 amendment from Representative Duran, which would have kept the current age of delinquency rather than implementing the previously enacted change, drew extensive debate. Supporters argued counties, law enforcement, and other stakeholders were not ready for the change and lacked infrastructure, while opponents said the 2024 law was intended to address serious gaps in juvenile justice and child welfare and should take effect as planned. After a roll call, the House rejected A3 by a vote of 66 yeas to 67 nays. The transcript then indicates another Duran amendment, A2, was called up, but the excerpt ends before its disposition.

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• . beginning of fiscal year 2030.
• Okay, Miss Boyd, go a fiscal matter.
• after fiscal note request, right?
• after fiscal note request, right?
• they fiscal note request after fiscal they fiscal note request after fiscal note<02:45:20.880>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Fiscal Bureau.
• Fiscal Bureau.
• This is fiscal bureau.
• Fiscal Bureau.
• Fiscal Bureau.

Keywords: 970, all

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• Instead, the bill creates a new sales tax distribution that has a $50 million fiscal cap each fiscal
• The collections were $28.5 billion in fiscal year 2018-2019 to $41.1 billion in fiscal year 2024-2025
• The commitment to rural Florida is longstanding and fiscally constrained.
• You've laid out a program, and I want to talk about the fiscally constrained.
• You've laid out a program, and I want to talk about the fiscally constrained.

Summary: The Finance and Tax Committee met with a quorum and considered two Senate proposed bills. The first, SPB 7046, was the Senate tax package. It included changes to Live Local property tax exemptions, charter school distributions from voter-approved property tax levies, limits on special assessments for RV parks, revisions to fiscally constrained county funding and eligibility, a permanent sales tax exemption for small propane tanks, a hunting/fishing/camping sales tax holiday, restrictions on governmental net zero policies, and new voting thresholds for certain local millage actions. Staff estimated the bill would reduce general revenue by about $77 million in FY 2026-27 and about $50 million recurring. An amendment making the charter-school distribution change prospective starting July 1, 2026, was adopted. A late-filed amendment by Senator Gaetz on disability tax exemptions was withdrawn for lack of a fiscal analysis. The charter school provision drew the most debate. Senator Jones and Senator Bernard raised concerns that expanding eligibility to charter schools authorized through alternate authorizers could reduce funding available to traditional neighborhood public schools and that the effective date did not give districts enough time to plan. Senator Avila argued the change corrected an omission from earlier legislation and ensured public schools, including charter schools, were treated equally. Several speakers supported the fiscally constrained county provisions, while the Florida Association of Counties urged grandfathering for counties that could currently opt out of the Live Local exemption and asked the committee to review language on millage thresholds and net zero provisions. SPB 7046 was ultimately reported favorably as a committee bill by a roll call vote. The committee then took up SPB 7048, which updates Florida’s conformity to the Internal Revenue Code as of January 1, 2026, and partially decouples from federal changes in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The bill addresses federal changes to bonus depreciation, Section 179 expensing, research and experimental expenses, business meals, and business interest deductions, with some provisions phased in or adjusted over time. The Florida Chamber testified in support of continued conformity but expressed concerns about administrative burdens and the bill’s partial decoupling structure. After brief debate, the bill was reported favorably as a committee bill by roll call vote, and the committee then adjourned.

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• The bill makes various fiscal year 2027 general fund and other fund appropriations for the operations
• year 2028 and not withstands a 10% cap on the fund for fiscal year 2027.
• year 2029, and perhaps in fiscal year 2028, if we can do it sooner.
• year 2027 to meet any county fiscal obligations.
• year 2028 to fiscal year 2029, and that's due to the...

Keywords: 1182, all

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• We're asking for 9,975 78 in fiscal year 26 and $85,200 in fiscal year 27.
• We're asking for 9,975 78 in fiscal year 26 and $85,200 in fiscal year 27.
• We're asking for 9,975 78 in fiscal year 26 and $85,200 in fiscal year 27.
• We're asking for trust fund monies: $830,000 in fiscal year 26 and $830,000 in fiscal year 27.
• do what he can within the current fiscal do what he can within the current fiscal year<00:35:01.000

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• <00:03:19.120> year<00:03:19.760> 27 be sold during fiscal year 27 be sold during fiscal
• As you recall, what was put into the budget was $20 million for this fiscal year and $0 for next fiscal
• year and $0 for next fiscal year.
• ignore it till the end of the fiscal ignore it till the end of the fiscal year.<00:26:51.520>
• still planning for state fiscal year 27. still planning for state fiscal year 27.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• There is a fiscal note from JLBC on this bill.
• There is a fiscal note from JLBC on this bill.
• We didn't have that fiscal note yet, so we kind of said that it could be an interesting... ...that fiscal
• Fiscal notes, I'm sorry. Mr. Chair, members, the fiscal note is on the website. Mr.
• I started as a very fiscal conservative.

Keywords: 1182, all

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• We have a fiscal note, but we don't have a solid bill.
• Are you looking for the fiscal note, Mr. Tessier?
• I have the fiscal note that I have the fiscal note Are you looking for the fiscal note, Mr.
• On the fiscal note, That just don't get too far away because here's my question on the fiscal note.
• I got to go back, sorry, on the fiscal note.

Keywords: 908, all

Summary: The committee reconvened to work on re-engrossed Senate Bill 2400, which dealt with education savings accounts and related school-choice provisions. Members discussed several amendments already incorporated into version 4.006, including changes affecting the Center for Distance Education, homeschool language, marketplace penalties, and an increase in the ESA amount from $500 to $1,000. The committee first reconsidered its prior action, then adopted the 4.006 amendments unanimously, while noting that an updated fiscal note was still needed. A Department of Public Instruction fiscal officer, Adam Tessier, explained the revised fiscal impact. He estimated the bill would cost roughly $124.4 million in the first year, based on assumptions about student participation and utilization rates. He also clarified that the means test at 500% of poverty applied to non-public students in participating schools, and estimated that the private-school portion of the bill accounted for about $5 million of the total cost. Members asked several questions about the assumptions behind the estimate and the scope of the program. After discussion, Representative Conmy moved a do not pass recommendation, citing concerns that the marketplace structure was administratively cumbersome and that direct aid through another mechanism would be preferable. The committee voted 11-3 to adopt the do not pass motion. Representative Hauck was designated to carry the bill to the floor.

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• <00:01:51.960> Thank Fiscal Analyst for Transportation.
• Thank Fiscal Analyst for Transportation.
• > adjust<00:04:23.800> to million in fiscal year 27 to adjust to million in fiscal year 27
• <00:06:56.600> Section forward from fiscal 28 and on.
• Section forward from fiscal 28 and on.

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The conference committee on Senate File 4282 met with a quorum present and heard a walkthrough of the bill, which contains forecast adjustments for several agencies. Senate staff explained that Article 1 makes education forecast adjustments for fiscal years 2026 and 2027, Article 2 adjusts appropriations for the Department of Human Services, Article 3 does the same for the Department of Children, Youth, and Families, and Article 4 increases special transportation services funding for Metropolitan Council programs including Metro Mobility and Metro Move by $8.9 million in FY 2026 and $10.9 million in FY 2027 to match the February forecast. House staff noted that the House language matched Article 1 but did not include Articles 2 through 4. Representative Youakim presented amendment A26-0180, describing six sections that add provisions on paraprofessional qualifications, aid for tribal contract schools tied to revised permanent school fund distributions, expanded allowable uses of school operating capital revenue to include certain utility costs, an extension of an existing appropriation for gender-neutral single-use restrooms, and two school district fund transfer provisions for West St. Paul/Mendota Heights/Eagan and Maple Lake. Members discussed that several items were no-cost and that some fund transfer language had been previously discussed in committee. The amendment was adopted on an 8-0 roll call vote. After adopting the amendment, the committee voted on the bill as amended. The conference committee agreement for Senate File 4282 passed on an 8-0 vote, and the meeting was adjourned.

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• You're going to see that there is a fiscal impact on it, and if you look at the fiscal impact, it's massive
• They ended last fiscal year with around $5.5 million in total."
• Do you have a fiscal impact statement on this one? I do.
• We had a fiscal impact on that, whatever it was.
• I know this is a big fiscal impact, but what is the fiscal impact of us not doing these diagnostic tests

Keywords: 1204, all

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• in fiscal year 2028-29.
• fiscal<00:26:41.600> year 502,000 in fiscal year 502,000 in fiscal year 2829.<00:26:43.919
• fiscal year 2627 and 502,000 in fiscal fiscal year 2627 and 502,000 in fiscal year<00:26:53.120>
• in fiscal year 2025 being carried forward into fiscal year 2026.
• in fiscal year 26 on line 126. in fiscal year 26 on line 126.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• notes, uh, fiscal committee items, and fiscal impact statements.
• notes, uh, fiscal committee items, and fiscal impact statements.
• Pam Alis is back at her desk right now, who processes all the fiscal notes, uh, fiscal committee items
• , and fiscal impact statements.
• So fiscal typically, in a normal year, fiscals usually approve between $150 million and $200 million

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• So the way fiscal year 25 and fiscal year 24 worked was essentially we ran the formula as you see it,
• <00:49:58.880> year and determined in 25 this fiscal year and determined in 25 this fiscal
• <00:54:20.400> year Revenue it's un audited uh fiscal year Revenue it's un audited uh fiscal
• Page six through the next few pages shows you fiscal year 25 compared to fiscal year 26.
• <01:32:43.520> year have closed um as of this fiscal year have closed um as of this fiscal

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Department of Education’s Bureau of School Finance provided an adequacy-funding training for Division II, led by Mark Mello. He walked the committee through the adequacy formula using Albany, Allenstown, and Alton as examples, explaining average daily membership, base adequacy aid, and differential aid for free/reduced-price meals, special education, and English language learners. He also noted a recent change requiring home-education differential aid and emphasized that these aid streams are generally unrestricted district funding rather than money tied to specific students or programs. A major focus was the ongoing litigation over the adequacy base amount and the statewide education property tax, or SWEPT. Mello explained the historical basis of the current base amount, the 2008 legislative report that set the original methodology, and the later court ruling that the adequacy amount should be $7,356, which is now before the Supreme Court. He also described how SWEPT currently raises a fixed statewide amount of $363 million and how that revenue is used to offset the state’s adequacy obligation. For the example towns, Albany and Allenstown receive state adequacy grants because their SWEPT revenue is below their calculated adequacy cost, while Alton is an excess SWEPT community because its local SWEPT revenue exceeds the cost of adequate education. The discussion then turned to the pending “excess SWEPT” issue in the Supreme Court and what would happen if excess collections had to be remitted to the state. Mello said the Department is preparing a hypothetical walkthrough and explained that, if the court upholds the Superior Court ruling, DRA would likely be directed to collect excess SWEPT. Members raised concerns about whether SWEPT must be used for educational purposes and about the cash-flow burden on towns if money had to move from municipalities to the state and then back to districts. Mello and members discussed possible administrative workarounds, such as credits against other state aid distributions, and noted that the committee would continue reviewing the mechanics if the court decision comes down during budget work.