Video & Transcript Research : 'fiscal notes'
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FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations Conference Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education/PreK-12 May 12th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- and development funds to ensure that no child is disenrolled from the school readiness program in fiscal
- issue, and you will have to ensure that no child is disenrolled from the school readiness program in fiscal
- Readiness program in fiscal year 2026-27. This is a new issue, and you will find it on row 7A.
- On row 37, I wanted to also note that we are happy to move to the Senate's position on funding $200,000
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- Second, please note the roll. There are no corrections.
- Chair, members, House Bill 2207 appropriates $300,000 from the state general fund in fiscal year 2027
- that includes the number of in-state and out-of-state students served by the program in the prior fiscal
- bill declares that the legislature finds that the department currently allocates $200,000 in each fiscal
Bills:
HB2207
FL
Florida 2026 4th Special Session
February 16, 2026 - 11:30 AM
Transcript Highlights:
- There is a net zero fiscal impact on state revenues.
- Karen Woodall, Florida Center for Fiscal and Economic Policies, is a proponent.
- But I think this is a good, fiscally responsible way to ensure that we are ready for natural disasters
- 159 BUT I THINK THIS IS A GOOD FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE WAY TO ENSURE THAT WE 160
- Noting the fact that the Governor, aside from the budget amendment, can call a special session, and he
Summary:
The Transportation Economic Budget Subcommittee met with a quorum and heard four measures. First, the committee considered PCS for HB 1177, which originally addressed ad valorem tax exemptions for defense and aerospace operations and contract procedures for Space Florida. An amendment removed the tax exemption portion for later consideration in the tax package, and the bill then passed favorably after brief discussion about Florida’s competitiveness in the space industry.
The committee next took up a conforming budget bill on documentary stamp taxes, which redirects a portion of doc stamp revenue from general revenue to the State Transportation Trust Fund. The sponsor said the change restores a $60 million transportation funding stream with a corresponding general revenue reduction, while maintaining a net zero fiscal impact overall. Members asked about why the funding was being restored and how the money would be used, and the bill passed favorably.
Members then heard PCB 26-02, which re-creates the Emergency Preparedness Response Fund and adds restrictions and oversight. The proposal limits the fund to state appropriations for natural emergencies, requires legislative consultation for extended emergencies, keeps revenue in the fund, sends federal reimbursements to general revenue, adds quarterly reporting and inventory/accounting requirements, and sunsets the fund in 2030 unless reenacted. Testimony and debate focused on accountability, disaster response readiness, and concerns about prior uses of the fund; the PCB passed favorably.
Finally, the committee considered HB 953, which strengthens oversight of commercial driving schools by authorizing county tax collectors to enforce related statutes and inspections. The sponsor said the bill responds to fraud and misrepresentation in the industry and would help protect driver licensing integrity, especially in South Florida. After supportive testimony from the Miami-Dade Tax Collector’s Office and a lobbyist, the bill passed favorably. The meeting then adjourned.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- . $615 million in each fiscal year of the biennium, totaling $1.23 billion.
- If you look at page 1 here of the handout, you've got the fiscal year and of course the fiscal year is
- And so there was no. fiscal note necessarily associated with whatever the legislation number was that
- Yes, to TRS. 1.1 billion for fiscal year 26. Is there any rule of thumb that we could use? No.
- I added up the fiscal note on it and through 2030 looks like billion dollars that is basically a money
Keywords:
public education, teacher compensation, certification, funding, school finance, educator rights, education funding, charter schools, staff compensation, state aid, retention allotment, disaster preparedness, emergency management, flooding, mass fatality, mass casualty, fatality tracking, body recovery, autopsy, justice of the peace
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Floor Session 4/30/25 - Part 2
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I recognize the member from Sherburn, Representative Na Noatne. the budget shortfall for fiscal year
- I will note that both of these facilities are now over a hundred years old.
- Um, I<00:20:57.520>
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of <00:20:58.880>these I will note that both of these I will note - how crucial the um just want to note how crucial the passage<00:21:12.000>
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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Hied Committee Meeting - 2025-04-03
Higher Education Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- It's important to note here that no new dollars will be allocated today, only shifted to support the
- In addition, Representative Bonner noted that there's no monetary effect to the state.
- And the other thing that Chair Cleaborn here asked me to note, since I have the floor, is the online
- Chair [Eric] (questionable) said, "I noticed we don't have a fiscal note, but I have some data from 2023
- Savory, Chair and members, as memory serves me, a fiscal note has been...
ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Government Finance Committee Jun 25th, 2026 at 10:00 am
Government Finance Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- But just briefly, I wanted to introduce our newest fiscal analyst. We have Ms.
- There's a transfer at the end of the fiscal year.
- So we'll update that again in August, and we'll have a complete fiscal year.
- because the end of the fiscal year stays open until almost the end of July, July 28th.
- We'll be to prepare a fiscal note for additional times like this, but then the intangibles of what we're
VA
Virginia 2026 Regular Session
Commission on Updating Virginia Law to Reflect Federal Recognition of Virginia Tribes Jun 3rd, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- We need to address fiscal concerns where they were raised.
- I'm very concerned that, I'm very concerned that in reading the notes there's a suggestion to change
- and maybe it's because of the dispute with my tribe, which has mentioned quite a few times in the notes
- But what happened to that bill is it didn’t have a fiscal impact, but it did go to Senate Finance, where
- So I think that was a big Part of the problem was that there was an unknown fiscal impact as well, because
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
October 15, 2025 - 09:00 AM
Transcript Highlights:
- We actually have two fiscally constrained counties, Columbia and Wakulla, that are chartered counties
- Of these 36 counties, we do have 14 that are fiscally constrained as well on this particular list.
- Again, Jacksonville-Duval is... and large here as well, represented 14 fiscally constrained counties
- One thing that I do want to note is this 5-2 composition.
- Madison County is a small, Madison County is a small, fiscally constrained county, population 18,000
Summary:
The subcommittee met to discuss Florida county commission districting options, with an overview from Ginger Delagall of the Florida Association of Counties. She explained the constitutional, statutory, local charter, and federal Voting Rights Act framework governing county commissions, including the default five-member at-large model for non-charter counties, the option for seven-member mixed boards with a referendum, and the broader flexibility available to charter counties, which can choose different board sizes, election methods, and term limits. She also described the current distribution of county structures across the state and noted a few counties in transition or litigation, including Orange, Lee, and Alachua.
County commissioners from Bay, Madison, Pinellas, Polk, and Bradford counties testified about how their current systems work in practice. Commissioners from Bay and Polk defended at-large systems as promoting countywide accountability, broader perspective, and collaboration, especially in large or diverse counties. Commissioners from Madison and Bradford supported single-member districts as improving local access, clarity, and responsiveness, particularly in smaller rural counties. Pinellas Commissioner Dave Eggers described a mixed system in a large charter county and said it balances district-level responsiveness with countywide accountability. Several members asked about Orange County’s mayor-chair structure, the effects of single-member versus at-large representation, and whether counties had considered changing their systems.
In questions and discussion, members raised concerns about accountability, representation, gerrymandering, countywide versus district-specific interests, and whether certain structures better serve rural or urban counties. Delagall said the association had not done cost or equity studies comparing systems. The panel repeatedly emphasized home rule and local choice, with commissioners and Delagall urging the Legislature to let counties and their voters decide their own form of government. No votes were taken on any bill or proposal, and the meeting ended with adjournment after the presentations and discussion.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Appropriations Committee on Higher Education Mar 18th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- So please make your notes on your papers as to whether your positive or negative.
- I intend to keep state college fiscally responsible 3 work in cooperation with other trustees.
- Do we have any questions and thank you for your fiscal responsibility. Your comments on that.
- And my fellow trustees and myself, we balance the fiscal budget that is very important to us.
- On a personal note, I am the wife of a Navy veteran and the daughter of a Vietnam veteran.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- Fiscally constrained. Thank you so much.
- Fiscally constrained. Thank you so much.
- We’re wanting to know and be able to predict fiscally so that we are financially healthy.
- No notes. Senator Sharif: One 96.
- this in fiscal policy, I want to make sure folks understand who I am.
Summary:
The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, doctor and guest introductions, and then took up Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 168, the Tristan Murphy Act, on mental health. Senator Bradley described the bill as a major criminal justice and behavioral health reform measure that would expand pretrial mental health diversion, strengthen treatment-based probation conditions, broaden grant uses for mental health and substance abuse programs, add Hillsborough County to a forensic hospital diversion pilot, require certain DOC mental health evaluations, and create a Florida Behavioral Health Data Repository. Senators from both parties spoke in strong support, emphasizing treatment over incarceration, public safety, data collection, and the Murphy family’s role in advancing the bill. The Senate passed the bill 37-0 and then approved 37 co-sponsors.
The chamber then received the Senate’s 2025-26 General Appropriations Bill, SB 2500, with Chair Hooper outlining a $117.4 billion budget that he said reduces spending, preserves reserves, and includes major investments in water quality, transportation, education infrastructure, and reporting requirements. Committee chairs summarized their portions: K-12 funding at $34.7 billion with increases for FEFP, scholarships, VPK, school hardening, and school safety; higher education at $11.5 billion with workforce, nursing, reading, autism, and student aid investments; health and human services with a $1.8 billion increase for Medicaid, mental health, opioid response, disability services, and veterans programs; criminal and civil justice at $7.6 billion for corrections, juvenile justice, law enforcement, courts, and judgeships; transportation/tourism/economic development at about $18 billion including roads, housing, Visit Florida, and cultural grants; and agriculture/environment/general government with major Everglades, water quality, citrus, food bank, and agency IT funding.
Members then questioned several budget items, especially education funding formulas, the shift of scholarship dollars below the line, the impact on public school districts, AP/IB and other accelerated program funding, the APD wait list, opioid settlement spending, arts grants, and the My Safe Florida Home and condo pilot programs. Chairs generally said scholarship and accelerated-program dollars were being restructured for transparency and flexibility rather than cut, that school districts would still receive funding based on enrollment, and that APD and other human services issues would continue to be worked out in conference. The budget discussion concluded with remarks praising staff and noting a 4% across-the-board pay raise for state employees and targeted increases for law enforcement and firefighters, followed by a recognition for FAMU Day at the Capitol.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Legislative Committee on Water Supply During Drought Apr 30th, 2026 at 08:30 am
Joint Legislative Committee on Water Supply During Drought
Transcript Highlights:
- I do want to note there on the Columbia River, there's the bright spot in Washington State.
- Second, back-to-back droughts have highlighted the limits of one transfer per fiscal year.
- Are there fiscal asks beyond $3 million, and how fast are we going through $3 million?
- Are there fiscal asks beyond $3 million and how fast are we going through $3 million?
- One thing I should note with all this drought talk, I think crops and wine, One thing I should note with
Summary:
The committee met with a quorum and first elected Rep. Reeves as chair and Rep. Dent as vice chair for the coming year by unanimous voice vote. Rep. Reeves then continued chairing the meeting after noting he would need to leave early, and the committee moved to its regular agenda on drought conditions in Washington.
The first major presentation came from the state climatology office and the Department of Ecology on the 2026 statewide drought declaration. They described an unusually warm winter, low spring snowpack, and forecast above-normal temperatures and below-normal precipitation for parts of the summer. Ecology said the declaration was based on Washington’s statutory drought criteria of reduced water supply and expected hardship, and that impacts were already being seen or anticipated for agriculture, fish, and some drinking water systems, especially in the Yakima Basin. Ecology also noted the drought response grant account had $3 million available, and that the declaration allows expedited water transfer processing and emergency response grants.
Committee members asked about funding, preparedness, and longer-term drought planning. Rep. Dent and others urged Ecology to work with the Legislature on broader mitigation strategies, including possible future legislative tools, funding needs, and reservoir or storage solutions. Ecology staff said they were open to continued collaboration and noted recurring drought has highlighted the need for more preparedness funding and resilience planning.
Dr. Cliff Mass of the University of Washington then gave a contrasting presentation, arguing that Washington was not in a drought emergency because reservoirs were full, precipitation was near or above normal in many areas, soil moisture was adequate, and agriculture was performing well. He said the low snowpack would not create a serious water shortage this year and urged the state to drop the drought emergency declaration. Committee members questioned him about reservoir capacity, state drought definitions, and forecast uncertainty. The meeting ended with several members thanking outgoing chair Sen. Warnick for her service and reflecting on future drought meetings and water issues in the state.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Let me just add a couple of things from the notes.
- So, the Fiscal. The first note on this is about $42,000 they expect.
- I need to note that Ms. Rodríguez-Ramos is present. Thank you for being here. Any questions for Mr.
- The fiscal note basically says that out of the money...
- If not, the chair notes that we have one witness registered. The chair calls Rachel Carrico.
Keywords:
SB 535, Texas criminal procedure, rape shield, victim sexual history, past sexual behavior, sexual assault evidence, trafficking of persons, continuous trafficking, indecency with a child, continuous sexual abuse, aggravated sexual assault, indecent assault, consent defense, in camera hearing, Rule 412, Rule 609, victim protection, evidence admissibility, criminal evidence, sexual offense prosecution
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- So everybody note that on your calendars. April 10th is Budget Day.
- I note that the fiscal note on this House joint resolution is five hundred sixty six million dollars.
- Even the fiscal note of this bill, it looked like a, and I don't want to use this term minor, because
- And so even though the fiscal note of this bill may only, I think, $145,000 was the example for 2024.
Bills:
HJR1, HJR2, HB9, HB22, HB908, HB1392, HB195, HB 13, HB143, HB135, HJR1, HJR2, HB9, HB22, HB908, HB1392
Keywords:
constitutional amendment, property tax, ad valorem tax, tax exemption, tangible personal property, income-producing property, business personal property, equipment exemption, machinery, local government finance, school district revenue, county taxes, Texas Constitution, Article VIII, tax relief, commercial property, death tax, inheritance tax, estate tax, property transfer
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, March 25, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Speaker, the Fiscal Contingency Preparedness Act is about responsibility and readiness.
- <00:53:00.880>
Speaker, <00:53:01.119>the <00:53:01.280>Fiscal urgency. - Speaker, the Fiscal urgency. Mr. Mr.
- have worked now for 49% of this fiscal have worked now for 49% of this fiscal year<02:27:48.720>
- Speaker, I'd like to note that the >> Mr.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Oregon-Washington Legislative Action Committee Jun 12th, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Joint Oregon-Washington Legislative Action Committee
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Floor Session 5/19/25 - Part 2
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- When the fiscal note came back, it came back at about $112 million.
- note million savings.
- When the fiscal note million savings.
- When the fiscal note came came came back,<00:44:03.920>
it <00:44:04.400>came <00:44:04.720 - Also maintain fiscal solvency for the programs.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Federal Funding Stabilization Subcommittee Jul 2nd, 2025
Federal Funding Stabilization Subcommittee
Transcript Highlights:
- And, you know, your fiscal policy has stabilized.
- Fiscally, we're in the best shape to be able to handle this. There's a lot of uncertainty.
- Okay, and just a quick note, Mr. Chair, I know we're busy.
- Thank you for inviting me to present today, and happy new fiscal year to everybody.
- In fiscal year 25, we were focused on, and that's a lot of work, but we were able to do a lot of work
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Commerce and Consumer Affairs (01/15/2026)
Commerce and Consumer Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- It does have a fiscal note.
- It does have an FN uh fiscal<00:09:57.760>
note. - There's some dollar issues fiscal note.
- <00:46:40.880>
note <00:46:41.920>um HB589, which does have a fiscal note um HB589, - <01:16:14.080>
note here, it reduces the the fiscal note here, it reduces the the fiscal note
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Concurrent House & Senate Standing Committee on Families & Children (3-27-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- So this is a look at some of our data for state fiscal year 21 through state fiscal year 24.
- You can see from there it goes down a little bit to the 999,000 for state fiscal year 2024.
- State fiscal year 21 through<00:07:13.560>
State <00:07:13.800>fiscal <00:07:14.120> - <00:08:45.920>
year um the last couple of State fiscal year um the last couple of State fiscal - <00:09:30.560>
year for State fiscal year for State fiscal year 2024<00:09:32.320>from
Summary:
The committee met to hear the 2025 Social Services Block Grant preliminary plan from the Department for Community Based Services. Commissioner Lisa Dennis and Executive Adviser Mary Carpenter described DCBS’s mission and explained that the federal block grant, about $21 million annually, supports Adult Protective Services, Child Protective Services, Home Safety Services, Juvenile Services, Residential Treatment Services, and staff training. They said most of the funding goes to staff and training, and that the department uses surveys, focus groups, program monitoring, funding availability, and historical data to set annual goals. They also noted that Kentucky uses the grant to fund direct services and that eligibility is generally limited to Kentucky residents or runaway juveniles based on need and available resources.
Much of the discussion focused on child welfare data and the distinction between poverty and neglect. DCBS officials said Adult Protective Services investigates abuse, neglect, and exploitation of vulnerable adults, and that self-neglect cases have trended down in recent years, which they attributed in part to access to federal resources. For Child Protective Services, they reviewed intake and investigation numbers, noting that many calls screen out before meeting statutory criteria, while about 48,000 cases were assessed or investigated and about 8,000 were substantiated. Members raised concerns about how poverty can be mistaken for neglect, especially in rural areas, and DCBS said it has been working with the legislature, staff, and community partners to better define the difference and connect families to community supports when cases do not meet abuse or neglect criteria.
Members also asked about the risk to federal funding and the impact on juvenile services. DCBS said it had not received notice that the $21 million block grant would be cut, but it is monitoring federal developments closely and would need to return to the General Assembly for a budget request if funding were lost. The department said about 30% of the federal share goes to juvenile services. Questions also covered the transition in staff training from Eastern Kentucky University to a broader statewide model, and the agency said it is expanding training opportunities and modernizing delivery. Officials discussed the MST pilot for youth, saying it is a successful evidence-based practice operating in three regions—Jefferson, Northern Bluegrass, and Central Kentucky—with positive outcomes and possible expansion. No votes were taken; the meeting was informational only.