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KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • your questions about the program. your questions about the program.
  • highlight the innovation hubs program. highlight the innovation hubs program.
  • Um, the SSBCI program that is a U.S. Department of Treasury program that was relaunched in 2021.
  • as venture capital programs.
  • The SBIR STR matching funds program. The SBIR STR matching funds program.
Summary: The meeting began with a quorum call and approval of the August minutes, then moved to an update from the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce on small business conditions. Chamber representatives John Hughes and Amit Patel said Kentucky has benefited from pro-growth policies such as lower income taxes, regulatory modernization, and workforce development, but they emphasized ongoing challenges including workforce shortages, child care access, housing availability, rising insurance costs, and inflation. Patel, speaking as a hotel operator, said recruiting and retaining staff has become difficult and that his company is considering child care stipends and other benefits to help employees. Members asked about child care benefits, community involvement, and health care costs; Patel said the business is discussing additional support for employees and noted that health care costs have tripled over three years. The chamber said it will prioritize child care and housing policy in the upcoming session. The committee then received an update from the Cabinet for Economic Development on the Kentucky Angel Investment Tax Credit program from David Brock of KY Innovation and Matt Wingate. Brock outlined the state’s broader innovation and entrepreneurship programs, including innovation hubs, SBIR/STTR matching funds, the Kentucky Enterprise Fund, SSBCI, and STEP, and said these programs have helped create jobs, raise capital, and support exports. He explained that the angel tax credit is intended to encourage private investment in innovative Kentucky small businesses with high growth potential. The credit is generally 25% of investment in non-enhanced counties and 40% in enhanced counties, with annual and per-investor caps and eligibility rules for both businesses and investors. Brock reported that 317 businesses have been certified, 117 have received at least one investment, 445 investors have made 750 investments, $57.2 million has been invested, $19 million in credits has been awarded, and 373 new jobs have been reported since 2021. Committee members asked about the relationship between the program’s industry verticals and university research, the difference between enhanced and non-enhanced counties, and where investments are occurring geographically. Cabinet staff said the verticals align with the original Innovation Act framework, and that enhanced counties are defined by statute, including distressed and disaster-impacted areas. They said most investments and credits have been in non-enhanced counties, though some examples were cited in Bath County and Auburn. No votes or formal actions were taken during the meeting beyond approval of the minutes.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Academic & Career-Oriented Education Mar 5th, 2025

S/C on Academic & Career-Oriented Education

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  • It is an amazing program in CCMR.
  • , P-TECH and R-PEP programs.
  • But then you also have jet grants with Texas Workforce Commission and a lot of times you'll see the Workforce
  • Commission, provide school districts jet grants which allow them to buy those specific. pieces of equipment
  • There's also an ability this bill for them to get up to $50,000 grants to start a JRT program. you know
Bills: HB20, HB 120, HB20, HB120
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Intergovernmental Affairs Apr 8th, 2025

Intergovernmental Affairs

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  • program.
  • program could serve 225 households per year and 900 households over the life of the pilot program.
  • Voucher Program, a successful COVID-era program that paired vouchers with... ...to $3,500 in tenant
  • The Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) program was a one-time COVID program that no longer has any funding
  • The Tenant Readiness and Landlord Incentive Pilot Program (TRLI) is a four-year pilot program.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Intergovernmental Affairs Apr 8th, 2025

Intergovernmental Affairs

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  • However, cities continue to consider incentive programs to achieve a similar outcome.
  • I think it's kind of a bad idea to preempt cities from doing programs that could be beneficial to their
  • One part of the City of Austin's pilot program aims to incorporate carbon emissions into their program
  • The consumer is who pays any cost associated with any program.
  • And those programs or products would need to be included per Chapter 395.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Mar 3rd, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

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  • It has programs in Oklahoma City.
  • And I might add that while OU may have the biggest nursing program, Eastern Oklahoma...
  • It gives the local school board of The receiving school district has complete authority to grant or deny
  • board has any doubt as to whether the teacher's request to be admitted as a career teacher should be granted
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

House Chamber - Fri Feb 6, 2026, 12:00PM HST - Day 11

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

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  • teacher housing, funding high-quality Hawaiian history, language, and cultural education, funding programs
  • cultural history, language, and cultural education,<00:17:17.919> funding<00:17:18.319> programs
  • <00:17:18.720> for<00:17:18.959> our education, funding programs for our education,
  • funding programs for our vulnerable<00:17:19.520> and<00:17:19.760> underserved<00:17:
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 3/18/25

Human Services Finance and Policy

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  • <00:10:27.839> and culturally sensitive programming and culturally sensitive programming and
  • own every day, and we're also taking for granted the technology use that we...
  • 501c3 nonprofit that provides programs 501c3 nonprofit that provides programs and<00:41:10.760><
  • We have very limited dollars this year, and I think that in the years past we've set up a grant program
  • It sounds like a really worthwhile program. It sounds like the need is there.
HI
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  • Would this program be a candidate for funding the RO transformative healthcare grants?
  • Would this program be a candidate for funding the RO transformative healthcare grants?
  • Would this program be a candidate for funding the RO transformative healthcare grants?
  • Would this program be a candidate for funding the RO transformative healthcare grants?
  • Now we have HB 1872 HD1, relating to an early learning apprenticeship grant program.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Education Apr 29th, 2025

Public Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm curious about the grant program, it's on page 24.
  • And it looks like you're now adding a grant program to help district. implement that or create that?
  • And can you tell me, I'm starting to get skeptical about grant programs, this is about the hundredth
  • So this bill. does have the grant program that's been in other versions of some bills that we've seen
  • Just to make clear, the grant program, if I understand it, is a one-time grant because There's always
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Education Apr 29th, 2025

Public Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Students wonder if they'll be able to continue pursuing the programs that they are currently in if there
  • Our mid-sized district offers programs that our previous smaller district could not provide.
  • It creates a universal savings account program that allows families to use taxpayer dollars for private
  • Whether that's STEM programs, trades, art, or, as I said, bilingual education.
  • in recess until final adjournment, recess of the house, or during bill referral if permission is granted
KY
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  • have with a voluntary Real ID program. have with a voluntary Real ID program.
  • um in we have a program TAP program that um in we have a program TAP program that um um<00:53:34.800
  • Local assistance road program made modifications to the county priority projects program.
  • and the local assistance road program and the local assistance road program?
  • <01:10:16.560> without implementation of this program without implementation of this program
Summary: The Budget Review Subcommittee on Transportation met without a quorum and first received a maintenance update from Kentucky Transportation Cabinet officials James Ballinger and John Moore. They described how repeated disasters, including floods, tornadoes, and ice storms, have strained routine road maintenance and forced crews to focus on emergency response, snow and ice removal, pothole patching, ditching, signal repairs, mowing, striping, sign work, and other day-to-day upkeep. They said snow and ice costs have averaged about $60 million to $61 million annually in recent years, disaster response has totaled hundreds of millions of dollars over five years, and the cabinet often must carry those costs until FEMA or FHWA reimbursement arrives. They also said maintenance work is increasingly contracted out because of staffing and resource limits, and that competitive pay is needed to retain employees and contractors for around-the-clock emergency work. Members then discussed traffic roundabouts and other intersection designs. Senator Hickden asked about their cost savings and safety benefits compared with traffic signals, and cabinet staff said they would provide life-cycle cost figures later. They emphasized that roundabouts and related designs reduce serious injuries and fatalities, with serious injuries down roughly 70% to 80% and fatalities over 90% in their experience. Chair Douglas and others asked about roundabout sizing for trucks and farm equipment, and staff explained that designers tailor the inscribed diameter to local traffic needs and context. The committee also briefly discussed red-light running and traffic-light cameras, with members stressing the safety risks of drivers ignoring signals. The committee adopted the minutes from the prior meeting by motion and voice vote. It then heard from Sarah Jackson and Matthew Cole on the Real ID and driver licensing transition. They said the cabinet has expanded from almost no regional offices to 35, grown driver licensing staff from 89 to 400, and now issues about 1.3 million credentials annually. They reported improvements in office capacity, queue management, staffing, and compensation, including added workstations, new or expanded offices in Louisville, Lexington, and Bardstown, and the use of contract staff. They said statewide average wait times have fallen to just under 30 minutes, and Kentucky’s Real ID adoption rate has risen to 42.9%. Members asked follow-up questions about driver testing and CDL scheduling. The presenters said all permit and CDL testing is coordinated through Kentucky State Police, with written tests available in most regional offices and CDL testing at a smaller number of KSP locations. Senator Douglas asked when the driver testing requirements were last updated, and the presenters said that was set by KSP. The discussion ended with additional questions about which regional offices lack KSP testing presence, but no further action was taken before the transcript ended.
TX
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  • Congress, this amendment would create a reimbursement grant program for counties or municipalities that
  • As a reimbursement grant program, this amendment would simply recognize the actual costs incurred outside
  • This amendment would only create a grant program. It would not appropriate state funding.
  • That would have to be done through a future appropriations bill or Or once the grant program exists,
  • And that's the two hundred and forty million dollars that goes into the disaster grant program in the
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

HSH-HLT Joint Public Hearing - Tue Apr 7, 2026 @ 9:30 AM HST

Human Services & Homelessness

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  • Department of Health and Office of Wellness and Resilience to establish a statewide peer counselor program
  • Department of Health and Office of Wellness and Resilience to establish a statewide peer counselor program
  • Department of Health and Office of Wellness and Resilience to establish a statewide peer counselor program
  • <00:07:22.120> to statewide peer counselor program to statewide peer counselor program to
  • for the peer counselors training program for the peer counselors that<00:13:18.280> teaches<00
Bills: HCR67, HCR102, HR61, HR94
Summary: The joint Committee on Human Services and Homelessness and Committee on Health heard two measures on April 7, 2026. HCR 67/HR 61 would request the Disability and Communication Access Board to study communication needs in health care settings for people who are deaf, hard of hearing, or deaf-blind and develop guidelines. Written testimony supported the measure from the State Health Planning and Development Agency, DCAB, Local Independent Living Hawaii, and one individual. A DCAB representative noted the proposal could serve as a backup if related measures do not move forward. No one testified in opposition, and both committees voted to pass the measure unamended. The second measure, HCR 102/HR 94, urged the Department of Education, in collaboration with the Department of Health and the Office of Wellness and Resilience, to establish a statewide peer counselor program to address youth loneliness and social disconnection in schools. Support came from the Department of Education, the Office of Wellness and Resilience, and individual testifiers Katie Smith and Ray Ward. Smith said peer support can reduce stigma, increase belonging, and improve school climate. Ward, speaking from lived experience, described the harms of loneliness and trauma and said a peer counselor program could provide culturally grounded support and safer pathways to help. No opposition was offered, and both committees voted to pass the measure unamended.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

AEN-HOU, AEN-EIG, AEN Public Hearings 03-18-2026

Agriculture and Environment

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  • and grant programs.
  • Thank<00:26:45.880> you,<00:26:45.960> Grant. Thank you, Grant. Thank you, Grant.
  • program can operate effectively.<00:27:31.920> Sterilization<00:27:32.720> programs<00:
  • <00:35:53.760> to release or pesticide disposal program to release or pesticide disposal program
  • increase an already successful program. increase an already successful program.
Bills: HB1736, HB1620, HB1695
Summary: The committee heard testimony on HB 1737, which clarifies allowable uses in agricultural districts for farm dwellings and farm employee housing, and HB 1604 HD2, which creates an agricultural workforce housing working group within the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity. Testimony on HB 1737 was overwhelmingly supportive, with county agriculture officials, the Hawaii Farm Bureau, and Hawaii Farmers Union backing the measure; one witness asked for a definition of “affordable” to guard against misuse of farm housing. For HB 1604, the Department of Agriculture, Hawaii Farm Bureau, Housing Hawaii’s Future, Hawaii Farmers Union, and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs supported the bill, with OHA requesting disaggregated data and a seat on the working group. Committee discussion focused on housing shortages, possible misuse, affordability, and whether innovative housing models such as modular, tiny, and container homes should be considered. The committee then took action on both measures. HB 1737 HD3 was recommended to pass with amendments that would limit farm employee housing to agricultural employees and their immediate family members actively engaged in the farm operation, add a grandfathering provision for existing permitted housing, preserve county zoning authority, clarify that ag tourism must be secondary and not occur in employee housing, delete a square-footage-per-acre ratio, and defer the effective date to July 1, 2050. HB 1604 HD2 was also recommended to pass with amendments adding OHA and a housing-shortage organization to the working group, expanding its scope to include modular, tiny, and container homes and permitting/zoning streamlining, and deferring the effective date to July 1, 2050. Both motions were adopted unanimously by the members present. The joint hearing then moved to HB 1736, which would establish a spay and neuter special fund and require sterilization and declaration provisions for cats, with some discussion of dogs. DLNR and the Hawaiian Humane Society supported the bill, while Pacific Pet Alliance objected to the broader requirements and the inclusion of dogs; the Hawaiian Humane Society and American Bird Conservancy supported cat-focused sterilization and the special fund, while some testifiers opposed mandatory sterilization as too costly or intrusive. Members raised questions about toxoplasmosis, trap-neuter-release, enforcement, neighbor-island access, and funding needs, and DLNR indicated additional funding and third-party contracting would likely be needed. The transcript then began HB 1620 HD2 on energy, which would increase the environmental response energy and food security tax and shift funds from the hydrogen fueling subaccount to EV charging infrastructure; state agencies generally stood on written testimony in support, while the Tax Foundation objected to special fund earmarks and noted the bill raises only one part of the barrel tax structure.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • When this grant program was implemented, ISD officers... officers were left off the initial pool of peace
  • SB1858 aims to amend the eligibility criteria for the bulletproof vest grant. and body armor grant program
  • SB2177 proposes the creation of a state-administered grant program designed to assist local law enforcement
  • It's my intent to at least get this grant program in statute, and then this legislature and the Criminal
  • To promote accountability, the program also requires that grant recipients annually report clearance