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AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

04/28/2026 - Joint Appropriations

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • The bills make various fiscal year 2027 general fund and other fund appropriations for the operations
  • For instance, the Technology and Research Initiative Fund, the TRIF fund, that funds university research
  • Some funds are 35% or 40%; some funds are 55% or 60%.
  • to the Arizona Competes Fund.
  • proceeds fund monies to ASDB.
Summary: The committee met in a special joint appropriations session to review the FY 2027 budget package, including House Bill 4138 and Senate Bill 1831, the general appropriations or “feed” bills. Staff described the budget as including a one-time transfer of state funds, a 5% lump-sum reduction to most agencies’ discretionary general-fund budgets, continued funding for the state health insurance plan and school facilities, and various one-time restorations or reversions of prior appropriations. Members spent much of the meeting clarifying how the 5% reductions would work, noting that formula and mandatory funding such as K-12 basic aid are excluded, while the governor’s executive branch would decide how to implement the cuts within agencies. The chair repeatedly emphasized that the committee was not specifying line-item cuts and that agencies would have discretion over implementation. A large portion of the discussion focused on the practical effects of the budget on universities, public safety, health care, rural programs, and fund sweeps. Arizona Board of Regents and university representatives said the proposed reductions would amount to more than $85 million statewide and could affect programs such as the Arizona Promise Program, Teachers Academy, and tuition freezes, though no specific program cuts were written into the bill. Other testimony raised concerns about fund sweeps from encumbered balances, including university research funds, housing trust funds, utility regulation funds, and ADOT-related accounts, with some members warning about possible impacts on rural infrastructure and federal matching dollars. The committee also discussed the state employee health plan, including a $228 million general-fund infusion and proposed employee premium increases over three years, as well as questions about corrections, forestry and fire management, and rural critical access hospitals. Public testimony was largely opposed to the budget. Speakers from Opportunity Arizona, the Arizona Board of Regents, health care, and local government argued that the package would reduce support for education, housing, SNAP, health care access, and rural communities while preserving tax benefits for data centers and wealthy taxpayers. A mayor from Globe described severe flood damage and asked for state help for a flood relief fund, while a motorcycle safety advocate questioned a proposed transfer from the motorcycle safety fund. Committee members debated whether the budget’s effects should be described as speculative or as likely consequences of the broad cuts, and several exchanges became contentious over comparisons to the Great Recession and references to federal tax policy. The meeting ended with continued public testimony and no final vote taken in the portion provided, though leadership had earlier said the committee planned a mass roll-call vote on all the bills at the end.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Agriculture, Acequias And Water Resources Feb 5th, 2026 at 09:02 am

House Agriculture, Acequias And Water Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • It developed a robust permit program for pilot projects to develop that science in New Mexico.
  • The funding for the bill would be put into the budget in the Senate.
  • That fund is used exactly for projects like this.
  • And so, but you're pulling the $3.3 million out of the general fund, not out of the fund that you just
  • Thank you. stands ready to administer the funds and we approve this.
Bills: HM45, HB276, HB300
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Feb 27th, 2025

Alabama Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • and provide for the speedy trial fund and provide for the speedy trial fund and provide for the use
  • and to Officers family scholarship fund and to Officers family scholarship fund and to establish a dis
  • the license plate to help fund the license plate to help fund the scholarship program from the Judiciary
  • public funds public funds public energy has the same meaning is defined energy has the same meaning
  • development such as infrastructure development such as infrastructure development such as interstate
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session Feb 27th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • It came after the executive director and three commissioners under oath we also had sustainable development
  • We have raised through the Fund for Veterans Assistance out of the Texas lotto since its inception. $262
  • This amendment seeks to prevent any loss of revenue from the fund of veterans.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Feb 18th, 2026

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • Funds for the Family Empowerment Scholarship are being funded as a separate state-funded categorical
  • In addition to the increase in FEFP funding, the proposed budget provides funds for other key pre-K-12
  • Capitalization Initiative grant funds for our public schools and colleges to fund the creation and expansion
  • Could you explain, I guess we're closing down a trust fund but having the money revert to other funds
  • arbitration trust fund.
Summary: The committee heard presentations on the Senate’s proposed 2026-2027 budget, SPB 2500, with chairs outlining major spending in K-12 education, higher education, health and human services, criminal and civil justice, transportation/tourism/economic development, and agriculture/environment/general government. Highlights included a $115 billion overall budget, pay raises for state employees and public safety workers, major K-12 funding increases and enrollment supplements, higher education workforce and nursing investments, expanded Medicaid/KidCare and behavioral health funding, corrections and law enforcement operational funding, transportation and housing investments, and significant environmental and water quality spending. Members asked about civic education funding, declining enrollment, professor retention, APD waiver waitlists, cultural grant allocations, and other line items. Public testimony also addressed HIV/AIDS drug assistance funding and prison air conditioning. SPB 2500 was adopted as a committee bill after amendment consideration and a roll call vote. The committee then took up implementing and related budget bills, including SPB 2502 (implementing the General Appropriations Act), SPB 2504 (state employee bargaining placeholder), SB 7028 (Florida Retirement System contribution rates and related retirement changes), SPB 2506 (fuel tax distributions), SPB 2508 (state agency law enforcement radio system surcharge), SPB 2510 (termination of an unused court trust fund), SPB 2512 (new judgeships), SPB 2514 (K-12 conforming changes), SPB 2516 (higher education conforming changes), and SPB 2518 (health conforming changes). Most were explained as technical or conforming measures tied to the budget, and all were reported favorably as committee bills, with SB 7028 amended to direct a portion of increased contributions to disability and line-of-duty death benefits in the FRS investment plan. The committee also heard and passed several member bills, including CS for SB 1074 on rounding rules for cash transactions in a world without pennies, CS for SB 678 restoring the alcohol loss deduction framework for distributors, and SB 964 on firefighter cancer benefits and prevention. SB 964 drew the most discussion, with questions about the one-year death-benefit window, the separate $25,000 cancer diagnosis payment, and whether the bill could create gaps in coverage for firefighters diagnosed or dying just outside the new time limits. Firefighter representatives testified in support, saying the bill would provide clearer protections for members and families. All of these measures were reported favorably.
DE

Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Health & Human Development Committee Meeting Jun 18th, 2026

Health & Human Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • The House Health and Human Development Committee is called to order.
  • Delaware's share of the settlement flows each year into the Delaware Health Fund, supporting some of
  • The Health Fund Advisory Committee, or HFAC, was set up to advise on how those dollars are spent.
  • settlement agreement, protecting the funding stream that makes all of this possible.
  • And Delaware's acute hospitals have time to develop a durable long-term solution.
Bills: SB313, SB296
Summary: The House Health and Human Development Committee met and considered a series of health, human services, and related bills. The committee heard and advanced House Substitute 1 for Senate Bill 13, which standardizes hospital charity care and financial assistance statewide, and Senate Bill 296 with Senate Amendment 1, which restructures the Delaware Health Fund grant process with a more formal, transparent competitive rubric. Both measures received supportive testimony from DHSS, the Delaware Healthcare Association, and the Delaware Nurses Association, and both were released by committee on roll-call votes. The committee also released Senate Bill 313 with Senate Amendment 1, which places a temporary moratorium on acquisitions of nonprofit acute care hospitals by for-profit entities and expands notice/review requirements for sales of hospital real estate; Senate Bill 340 with Senate Amendment 1, which requires long-term care facilities to carry specified liability insurance, with questions raised about the exemption for state-owned facilities; Senate Joint Resolution 20, which directs DHSS to study independent assessment tools for Medicaid home- and community-based services; and Senate Bill 341, which updates Delaware Health Information Network law and formally recognizes DIN as the state’s health data utility. Testimony on these bills was generally supportive, with some discussion on constitutional concerns, insurance coverage, and the rationale for the state exemption in SB 340. Later, the committee advanced Senate Bill 257, which requires new animal shelters to be licensed and inspected before operating and removes a prior exception for certain rescue organizations; and Senate Substitute 1 for Senate Bill 278 with House Amendment 1, which allows earlier pre-authorization for summer child care enrollment and lowers copays for half-day care. Public testimony on these measures came from animal welfare advocates, YMCA representatives, and other stakeholders, all largely in support. Each bill was released by committee, with several votes walked for absent members, and the meeting adjourned after all agenda items were addressed.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Higher Education Apr 29th, 2025

Higher Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • The legislature funded a feasibility study last session. and the results are clear.
  • We're not doing this for money, we just need help with funding.
  • I guess my question is, have you developed a curriculum?
  • So have you developed something? You mentioned the Tucker's Law.
  • We're not going to get out of the big fund because of the competition.
Bills: HB232
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Higher Education Apr 29th, 2025

Higher Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • The legislature funded a feasibility study last session, and the results are clear.
  • If we secure fund, if we secure funding commitments in the next 12 to 18 months, a formal proposal to
  • We just need help with funding.
  • I guess my question is, have you developed a curriculum? Who, who would develop a curriculum?
  • Uh, so have you developed something? You mentioned the Tucker's law.
Bills: HB232
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 3/10/25

Transportation Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • the highway user tax distribution fund the highway user tax distribution fund the<00:02:50.280><
  • 25.920> funding<00:03:26.200> for biggest source of funding for biggest source of funding
  • <00:21:03.280> Gap such a thing as a Transit funding Gap such a thing as a Transit funding
  • project, and that MnDOT was directed to begin pursuing possible federal funds for its development, with
  • funds for its development<00:54:36.400> of<00:54:36.559> which<00:54:36.720> federal
Bills: HF1167, HF1242
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Appropriations and Finance Feb 16th, 2026 at 10:48 pm

House Appropriations & Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • We're securing the funding. We have guardrails. We're codifying a system.
  • funds pursuant to the State Equalization Guarantee Distribution or funds appropriated for instructional
  • or general funding.
  • Relieve the early childhood trust fund rather than increase general funds.
  • Setting up the Early Childhood Fund was unprecedented. And it was very bipartisan.
Bills: SB132, SB241
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

WAL Public Hearing - Tue Mar 24, 2026 @ 9:00 AM HST

Water & Land

Transcript Highlights:
  • Now I know that you guys have funding funding funding CIP<00:13:00.320> funding CIP funding CIP
  • them to the developer. them to the developer.
  • should be providing funds for them the general funds.
  • funds for them the general funds. funds for them the general funds.
  • Thanks. and also look into phase development. and also look into phase development.
Summary: The committee heard testimony on SB 2613, SD1, HD1, relating to public school land transfer. The Attorney General’s office and the Department of Education supported the bill’s technical cleanup of Act 307, but strongly opposed a new provision that would convey school parcels containing public and school library facilities to the Hawaii State Public Library System. They argued the added transfer language conflicted with Act 307’s purpose of consolidating school land for more efficient school operations, and said existing law already allows co-located library use through rights of entry, licenses, or other agreements. The library system supported the bill and said it was trying to resolve longstanding operational conflicts on shared school-campus libraries, especially where public access, construction, and campus safety issues arise. Members questioned whether the Board of Education should simply mediate the dispute, whether the bill was the right solution, and whether a formal memorandum of agreement might be a better approach than a land transfer. The library system described years of difficulty coordinating with DOE on projects and said it needed a clearer process to complete work and spend CIP funds. Discussion also touched on a Kauai parcel in the bill, identified as a tennis court, and whether resurfacing could be completed before any transfer. The Attorney General indicated that if the goal is to preserve library uses while keeping title with the state, DLNR or another documented arrangement may be more appropriate than transferring fee title to the library system. The committee then heard SB 2543 SD2 HD1, relating to state construction projects. DAGS supported the measure, and the Hawaii Ironworkers Stabilization Fund and Hawaii Building Construction Trade Council strongly supported it, saying the bill would help spot-check high-cost projects and reduce waste from overruns and delays. One testifier opposed the bill, arguing the proposed construction manager role was too limited and that DAGS needed more training, decentralized authority, and better internal decision-making rather than a new layer of oversight. Supporters said the bill was intended as a pilot program to address repeated cost overruns and improve accountability on state construction projects.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Corrections Apr 9th, 2025

Corrections

Transcript Highlights:
  • Previously, TDCJ distributed funds directly.
  • If a victim cannot be located or If a victim fails to claim those funds within five years, the payments
  • is directed to the Compensation to Victims of Crime Fund within the Office of the Attorney General,
  • the authority to maintain victim information necessary to distribute restitution funds.
  • The restriction in the bill is that we're not permitted to use funds.
NE

Nebraska 2025-2026 Regular Session

Legislative Morning Session Apr 10th, 2026

Nebraska Unicameral Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Nebraska Department of the Fund, the Division of the State of Development of the Department of Change
  • by the commission funds, funds from federal grants, funds from other sources.
  • The proceeds of the fund shall be used to fund the program.
  • Legislative Bill 1165A is an appropriation bill for the site and building development fund.
  • The act provides an appropriation from the site and building development fund for fiscal years 2026-27
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 3/11/26

Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Representative Dave Pinto is calling to order this meeting of the Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development
  • We don't have those funds like we had before.
  • Well, we funded it in 2023.
  • their own funds to households to match their own funds to repair<00:46:57.839> their<00:46:58.079
  • Well, we funded it >> Thank you, Mr. Chair. Well, we funded it in<00:47:54.480> 2023.
Bills: HF3889, HF2567, HF3878
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 2/27/25

Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Thank you for attending the Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Committee this morning.
  • And if so, which two are you choosing to fund?
  • If so, which two are you choosing to fund? Representative Heightman, any thoughts on that?
  • <00:34:46.960> implementation<00:34:47.560> and development implementation and development
  • Chair, we have got a significant federal funding uncertainty and issues.
Bills: HF8, HF1416
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

AEN-EDT, AEN Public Hearings 02-06-2026

Agriculture and Environment

Transcript Highlights:
  • We agricultural development.
  • transfer the agricultural development transfer the agricultural development division<00:02:09.520
  • business development corporation. business development corporation.
  • federal funding and program continuity. federal funding and program continuity.
  • federal funding. federal funding.
Summary: The committee heard testimony on SP 2350, which would transfer oversight of the Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Development Division and the aquaculture and livestock support services branch to the Agribusiness Development Corporation. The Department of Agriculture and ADC both testified, with ADC opposing the bill as written while supporting the goal of strengthening agriculture. ADC said the transfer could create federal operational and coordination risks, jeopardize federal funding and program continuity, and was unnecessary because ADC is a business development entity, not a regulatory agency. The Hawaii Farmers Union also expressed concern that moving the programs could weaken the department’s ability to access federal resources, while the Hawaii Farm Bureau submitted written testimony and the Hawaii Aquaculture and Aquaponics Association and H-Plan were noted as supporting the measure; the Hawaii Cattlemen’s Council was noted as opposing it. Much of the discussion focused on aquaculture’s economic potential and the role of regulation, permitting, and funding. Committee members questioned why aquaculture had not grown faster, citing current gross revenues of about $66 million last year, a prior high of $82 million, and a possible long-term target of $500 million. Testimony identified permitting and feed costs as major barriers, along with market conditions and water quality issues affecting producers. ADC described ongoing efforts on feed development, permitting streamlining, coastal-state collaboration on seaweed and restorative aquaculture, and national advocacy for more parity in seafood import standards. Members also pressed the Department of Agriculture on its leadership and priorities, criticizing the lack of bills and resources dedicated to aquaculture and asking whether the department should have more authority to pursue land purchases and development opportunities. The department said it relies on divisions and industry feedback for bill ideas, noted it funds an annual aquaculture survey, and said it was pursuing congressional earmarks and other funding for aquaculture parks, research, and export/import issues. ADC said it would work with the department if the bill passed, but that its current statute does not give it regulatory authority and any such change would require a statutory amendment.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:20:02.799> Um, into the land conservation fund. Um, into the land conservation fund.
  • So, yes, rental housing involvement fund So, yes, rental housing involvement fund is<00:27:55.440
  • <00:28:49.440> involving funding involving funding involving >> okay<00:28:52.399> thank
  • 38:40.880> the develop affordable housing under the develop affordable housing under the city's
  • there are impeding development. there are impeding development.
Summary: The joint public hearing covered several housing-related bills and one building-code measure. HB 1719 would make manufactured homes a permitted use by right on residentially zoned lots in the urban district, HB 1742 would authorize self-contained relocatable housing units with restrictions, and HB 1737 would clarify that a farm dwelling in an agricultural district may include an accessory employee housing structure. Testimony on these bills was overwhelmingly supportive from groups including Hawaii Realtors, Grassroot Institute of Hawaii, Housing Hawaii’s Future, the Modular Building Institute, the Hawaii Farmers Union, and others, with a few agencies offering comments. No one testified in opposition on HB 1719 or HB 1742, while HB 1737 drew one opposition and one comment in addition to broad support. No votes were taken during the hearing segment provided. A major portion of the hearing focused on HB 2049, which restructures the conveyance tax into a marginal-rate system and changes how the revenue is allocated, including funding for the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands and the rental housing revolving fund, while also affecting the legacy land conservation fund. Supporters, including DHHL, Hawaii Appleseed, Aahu Youth Action Board, Hawaii YIMBY, and others, argued the bill would help Native Hawaiian housing and, for most transactions, function as a tax cut. Opponents, including NAP Hawaii, Hawaii Realtors, Hawaii Land Trust, Mhai Land Trust, and the Tax Foundation of Hawaii, objected to using conveyance tax as a revenue-generating tool and raised concerns about higher upfront costs and reduced funding for other housing uses. Committee members and staff discussed the bill’s revenue estimates, the reduced percentage but higher cap for the land conservation fund, the effect on rental housing funding, and the bill’s cost-of-living adjustment language; staff said a line-by-line comparison of the current and proposed tax structure would be provided before decision-making. The hearing also took up HB 1725, which would extend the state building code adoption cycle from two years to six years, apply the IRC to triplexes and fourplexes, allow counties to adopt more or less stringent amendments, and appropriate funds for code adoption work. Most testimony supported the bill, with advocates saying the current process is unmanageable, too resource-intensive, and creates confusion because state and county codes can diverge; supporters said a longer cycle would improve clarity and allow more focused review. The International Code Council and the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers opposed the measure, warning that delaying adoption could have negative consequences and urging the committee to let an existing statewide code-adoption strategy proceed first. Members asked about sequencing, county implementation, and whether the longer cycle would create catch-up problems, but no action was taken in the excerpt provided.
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Transcript Highlights:
  • it tightens up the method of how we calculate the money that goes into the 780-781 Community Safety Fund
  • know that we need a penalty for the court system because we've been working with them proactively to develop
  • Did you also include the fact that the legislature must fund these grants according to the identified
  • them deal... ...to go back to counties to help them deal with the issues that they have not been funded
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Higher Education Apr 29th, 2025

Higher Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • pathways from a community college to a completed master's degree in six years, the legislature may develop
  • For a four-year period, that is a delta of more than $100,000. is primarily paid by our state funding
  • This is a system all students and their parents pay into by way of local, state, and federal funding.
  • We tell students, all the way from pre-K, that going to college... to develop into the professionals
  • I'm here representing myself and Children's Defense Fund Texas, and I'm opposing the bill.
Bills: HB232