Video & Transcript Research : 'Pell grant program'

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CO

Colorado 2026 Regular Session

Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 087 Part 2 Apr 11th, 2026

Colorado House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • ,<00:07:18.320> and<00:07:18.520> donations, grants, and donations, grants, and donations
  • and overall management of the program. and overall management of the program.
  • grants, and donations. grants, and donations.
  • <00:50:22.080> And<00:50:22.200> so, grants, grants, and donations.
  • And so, grants, grants, and donations.
ND

North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Human Services Committee May 27th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • And there is a great program.
  • The program types are not named; they are just described. So program type 1 would be...
  • , and our school-age programs.
  • type 2 or program type 3.
  • program, among other programs.
Summary: The committee first heard an update on North Dakota’s Interagency Council on Homelessness and Continuum of Care funding. Jennifer Henderson of the North Dakota Housing Finance Agency reported that homelessness remains driven by tight housing markets, low incomes, rising rents, and barriers to rental assistance, public benefits, and disability determinations. She said the state’s one-time North Dakota Homeless Grant is serving all regions but reaches far fewer households than the former Rent Help program, and that aging homelessness, shelter staffing shortages, and limited affordable units are growing concerns. Members discussed the need for more housing supply, better coordination with Health and Human Services, landlord engagement, reentry housing, and possible continued one-time funding for the $10 million Homeless Grant and $25 million Housing Incentive Fund. Henderson also warned that federal Continuum of Care funding is uncertain, with HUD expected to issue a new notice June 1 and possible shifts away from permanent supportive housing toward transitional housing and other models. The committee then took testimony on accessibility of government services for people who are blind, visually impaired, deaf, or hard of hearing. Paul Olson of North Dakota Vision Services School for the Blind described the school’s services for infants, children, and adults, including screenings, mobility training, assistive technology, and outreach across the state. He said the agency works closely with Vocational Rehabilitation and is also involved in improving website and document accessibility, especially for PDF materials. Public testimony highlighted barriers such as inaccessible CAPTCHA systems, online forms, driver’s license requirements on job applications, and limited transportation in rural areas. A deaf resident urged broader use of video remote interpreting and video relay services, along with training so people know how to use them effectively. Finally, Kay Larson presented the final report on the child care provider licensing study. The report recommended streamlining North Dakota’s child care licensing structure into three provider types plus a preschool designation, while preserving health and safety standards and maintaining eligibility for child care assistance. The committee discussed simplifying training and qualification rules, revising ratio and group-size requirements, and adjusting age bands for infants and toddlers. The report also noted that some changes would require statutory amendments and later administrative rule changes, with a transition period likely extending through 2029. No formal votes were taken in the transcript, but the committee accepted the updates and scheduled follow-up presentations for a later meeting.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 1/23/25

State Government Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Section 5 deals with mandatory reporting on violations of grant processes.
  • making and grant oversight legislation.
  • visits are required to verify Grant visits are required to verify Grant recipients<00:03:48.280>
  • mandated upon nonprofits through Grant mandated upon nonprofits through Grant making<00:05:18.520
  • c> making and Grant oversight legislation making and Grant oversight legislation members<00:05:20.840
Keywords: 1183, house
Summary: The House State Government Finance and Policy Committee met on January 23, 2025, approved the minutes from January 21, and took up House File 2, a bill on mandatory fraud reporting and grant oversight. Representative Davis described the bill as requiring state agencies to report suspected fraud to law enforcement and legislative leaders, post organizational charts online, conduct unannounced site visits for grant recipients, require reporting of grant violations, and suspend or terminate grant agreements when recipients are charged with or convicted of related crimes. No testifiers were present. Committee members asked about how the reporting requirements would work, whether the bill should reference inspectors general or other law enforcement channels, and whether whistleblower protections would cover employees making reports. Representative Joy suggested the bill should halt funding immediately when fraud is reported, while Representative Ston raised the possibility of including contract employees. The committee administrator said the general whistleblower statute likely applies, but would follow up if needed. Representative Anderson noted that the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits was listed as an opponent and asked about any outreach; Representative Davis said he was surprised and had not been contacted directly. The chair said the bill would be laid over because no fiscal note was yet available, and encouraged further discussion with members and the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits before the bill returns. The chair then moved on to a brief discussion of the governor’s budget proposal, noting that several agencies had declined to appear, and the meeting adjourned.
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Education Funding (02/10/2026)

Education Funding

Transcript Highlights:
  • authority, we allow the or we we grant authority, we allow the or we we grant the<00:58:19.839><
  • needs and program. needs and program.
  • . programs. programs.
  • the grant divided by the ADM. the grant divided by the ADM.
  • The whole idea behind both the extraordinary needs grant and the fiscal capacity disparity aid grants
Keywords: 1189, house, all
AL
Transcript Highlights:
  • through the SNAP program. ...people each year through the SNAP program.
  • You will see down there at the bottom the jobs program, which goes hand in hand with the TANF program
  • The ILP program is a really important program to us in the Child Welfare arena. program to us in the
  • programs...
  • So, they... the program.
Keywords: 924, joint, all
MS

Mississippi 2026 Regular Session

MS Senate Floor - 4 March, 2026; 10:00 AM

Mississippi Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Uh, this is the Main Street revitalization grant program.
  • <01:28:22.880> This revitalization grant program. This revitalization grant program.
  • followed to apply for this grant followed to apply for this grant program.<01:29:28.400> It
  • the<01:34:29.400> property grant under this program, the property grant under this program
  • program, but we apprenticeship grant program, but we also<01:55:39.240> want<01:55:39.440>
Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, opened with an invocation by Reverend Austin Warren of Alcorn State University, and then dispensed with the reading of the journal, committee reports, and bill titles. The chamber also heard a series of guest introductions, including representatives from the Council of State Governments, local visitors, students from Tupelo High School and First Presbyterian Day School, a doctor of the day, family members honoring a fallen highway patrol officer, forestry groups, and other guests in the galleries. The Senate then took up several calendar items. It passed House Bill 1648, the budget transfer bill, after a strike-all amendment and use of the morning roll call. It also advanced House Bill 1230 on distinctive motor vehicle tags and House Bill 1330 on local option alcoholic beverage control/resort area definitions, both with strike-all amendments and morning roll call passage. House Bill 750, the SMART Act extending a tax credit program that supports research partnerships between businesses and higher education institutions, was also passed by morning roll call. Later, House Bill 1761 relating to festival wine permits was amended with a strike-all and passed, and Senate Bill 3230 was taken up under suspension of the rules and passed to authorize Greenwood Leflore Hospital’s board to seek Chapter 9 debt relief. The chamber also adopted Senate Resolution 52 recognizing Mississippi Alpha Network/Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity on its 55th anniversary, and Senate Resolution 32 commending the Simpson Academy Lady Cougars softball team and Coach Matt Harrison for winning the MAIS 4A Division 1 State Softball Championship. Representatives of both groups addressed the Senate briefly, emphasizing service, community involvement, and the teams’ accomplishments. The Senate granted immediate release for the hospital bill and continued to pass or retain several other items on the calendar. Near the end of the transcript, the Senate began consideration of House Bill 1577 on false child abuse reports. Senator Fillingane explained a strike-all amendment that would make knowingly false reports a misdemeanor, with penalties including fines, jail time, and restitution, while preserving protections for good-faith reporting. Senators Seymour and Hopson asked questions about the bill’s criminal classification and burden of proof, and discussion was underway when the transcript ended.
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

Banking and Insurance Mar 3rd, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • MY SAFE FLORIDA CONDOMINIUM PILOT PROGRAM. -- 92 REVISES PROVISION OF THE MY SAFE FLORIDA PILOT PROGRAM
  • RECOGNIZED FOUR EIGHT NINE NINE NINE TWO. >> THIS IS THE SUGGESTED LANGUAGE THAT CLARIFIES THE PROGRAM
  • GRANT WOULD PAY FOR ROOF COVERING SO LONG AS THE COVERING AND ALSO IT MAY NOT APPLY FOR THE GRANT UNLESS
  • FOR THE MY SAFE FLORIDA CONTACT PROGRAM MAY BE AWARDED IF THE PROPOSED WORK WOULD RESULT IN MITIGATION
  • THANKS FOR CONTINUING THE GOOD WORK ON THIS PROGRAM. ANY FURTHER DEBATE?
Keywords: 999, senate, all
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • David Penn explained that it is a grant program that provides grants to state agencies, counties, and
  • program, created in 2000.
  • program is that we have to this program program is that we have and<01:52:54.800> we<01:52:55.280
  • <02:34:23.439> build<02:34:23.920> a<02:34:24.160> unit grant program so they
  • could build a unit grant program so they could build a unit on<02:34:25.439> that<02:34:25.960
Keywords: 910, house, all
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Floor Session 5/18/25 - Part 1

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • We do not have a lot of named grants. And we establish an Agra works program.
  • We do not have a lot of named grants. And we establish an Agra works program.
  • Uh and we establish an Agra grants. Uh and we establish an Agra works<00:20:35.840> program.
  • programs, milk distribution programs.
  • programs and milk programs, milk programs and milk programs, milk distribution<00:22:38.159>
Keywords: 1183, house
VT

Vermont 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Session - 2026-05-20 - 10:00AM

Vermont Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • fitting up a program. fitting up a program.
  • And it does reference some of the HOME program, which is the HUD grants by statute, then the priority
  • And it does reference some of the HOME program, which is the HUD grants by statute.
  • The program that the bridge program is The program that the bridge program is should<02:03:06.320>
  • these programs. these programs.
Keywords: 927, senate, all
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Formal House Session 109 Jun 21st, 2026 at 10:48 am

Massachusetts House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Moore for legislation relative to firefighting water supplies and a state cistern program, severally
  • and Means, to whom was referred the bill requiring health care employers to develop and implement programs
  • An act requiring health care employers to develop and implement programs to prevent workplace violence
  • Scholarship Program, which brings 16 Armenian public servants to Massachusetts for a semester-long,
  • A structured prevention program helps employers and impacts recruiting and retention.
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The House opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and adopted a Rules Committee resolution commending the National Alliance for Children’s Grief for Children’s Grief Awareness Day. It also concurred in several Senate petitions referred under suspension of Joint Rule 12, including proposals on manufactured home insurance costs, firefighting water supplies and a state cistern program, Medicare coverage for end-stage renal disease, and short-term rental building inspections. The chamber then took up several bills and local matters. It advanced and later enacted measures including a workplace violence prevention bill for health care employers, a bill amending use restrictions at Foxborough State Hospital, a bill authorizing disposal of certain Upton land, a sick leave bank for Amy Tangway, and local bills for Ipswich, Palmer, Wareham, North Carver Water District, Lowell easements, and Westford agricultural preservation restrictions. The House also adopted a resolution rescinding prior Massachusetts Article 5 Convention applications, with Rep. Peisch explaining that the measure would withdraw old state requests for a constitutional convention; the resolution passed 155-3. Much of the floor debate focused on House 4767, the workplace violence prevention bill. Supporters, including Reps. Lawn, Kane, and Fields, described frequent assaults and threats against health care workers, cited injury statistics, and said the bill would require facility-specific risk assessments, prevention plans, training, incident reporting, and paid leave for injured workers. An amendment narrowing language about covered workers was adopted, and the bill ultimately passed to be engrossed by roll call 158-0 before later final enactment. The House also heard a commemorative resolution recognizing the Iwagua, Taino, Lukyu, and Cario Tribal Nations and other Taino tribes and their heritage in the Commonwealth, with Leader González and other members speaking in support. Several final passage votes were taken by roll call or voice vote, with the bills and emergency preambles adopted and the House adjourning to meet the next day in informal session.
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

Hearings to examine reforming SBIR-STTR for the 21st century. Mar 5th, 2025 at 01:30 pm

Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • Without these programs, Americans would not have We have seen that many of these programs have novel
  • What I can tell you is the SBIR program should not be a welfare program to award 50 plus contracts to
  • The SBIR program is an investment program, an investment in ideas to facilitate solutions that take what
  • In doing so, you will prevent the SBIR program from becoming a welfare program and keep it focused on
  • Those that have the FAST grant in addition to the SBDC program have that natural group already there.
Summary: The meeting focused on the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Programs (SBIR-STTR), emphasizing the critical reforms necessary to enhance their effectiveness. Chair Ernst introduced the Innovate Act to streamline processes, ensuring funding is awarded based on merit and addressing existing abuses within the system. The discussion was robust, with numerous members expressing concerns about phase transitions and the need for targeted funding to support impactful technological innovations. The conversation also highlighted the program's importance in fostering economic growth, particularly for small businesses in rural areas, and the urgency for legislative changes as the program's authorization approaches expiration.
WV
Transcript Highlights:
  • It removes language that allows up to 50% of the allocation for the improvement of instructional programs
  • that allows county boards to use up to 25% of the allocation for the improvement of instructional programs
  • one that allows county boards to use half of the allocation of the teacher and leader induction programs
  • The first section directs the Department of Human Services to pay licensed child care program subsidy
  • The department is required to review a child's attendance in a child care program and exclude a parent
Keywords: 994, senate, all
Summary: The Senate Finance Committee met with a quorum present, approved the prior meeting minutes, and then considered a series of House bills and committee substitutes. House Bill 5438, dealing with changes to Step 7 of the school aid formula and allowable uses of certain education allocations, was amended to adopt the Education Committee’s changes and then reported to the full Senate. House Bill 4087 creating the West Virginia-Ireland Education Alliance was also reported, as was House Bill 4191, which expands child care tax credit eligibility for employer-sponsored facilities and changes subsidy payments from attendance-based to enrollment-based reimbursement; senators emphasized its workforce and economic development benefits. House Bill 5074, which reallocates medical cannabis fund balances and future revenues, was amended to increase the Child Protective Commission pilot funding from $3 million to $5 million and remove proposed ibogaine research funding for Marshall and WVU before being reported. House Bill 5353, regulating virtual currency kiosks and money transmission licensure, and House Bill 5527, creating licensure and oversight for wellness reimbursement program administrators, both received strike-and-insert amendments and were reported. House Bill 5687, which phases down the metallurgical coal severance tax and adds a temporary oil and gas tax reduction with county/municipal revenue adjustments, was amended and reported. House Bill 4418, creating an electronic system for municipal business and occupation tax filing and collection with a 1% administrative fee and a participation threshold, was also reported. The committee then took up House Bill 4245, the Revenue Rules Bundle, which bundles 26 legislative rules from the Department of Revenue and related agencies. The bundle included alcohol, banking, insurance, racing, and tax rules, with several sunset extensions and repeals of outdated rules; the committee adopted a strike-and-insert amendment affecting a lottery consumer protection rule and a pre-need cemetery company rule, then reported the bill. House Bill 5168, providing a $12 million lottery-funded stream for emergency medical services, was amended to clarify the uses of the funds, rename one fund, require a 30% county match for mental health treatment spending, and create two additional county-based EMS funds; senators described it as a needed permanent funding source for EMS, and it was reported. Throughout the meeting, members generally supported the measures, with some discussion on technical details, funding allocations, and the impact of the bills on local services and workforce needs. At the end of the meeting, the chair announced that Senate House Bills 4004, 4006, and 4009 would not be taken up that day, and the committee adjourned.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • Grants are great. Low-interest loans are great.
  • cap-and-trade program that already exists.
  • I'm not the CFO, but, you know, obviously we would love any form of grant.
  • So if we were part of the cap-and-trade program, that would be very helpful.
  • We also started a grant program to greatly incentivize it at schools.
Summary: The Select Committee on Alternative Protein Innovation held its first informational hearing to examine the state of alternative protein research, industry growth, and policy needs in California. The chair opened by noting California’s $5 million public investment in UC research in 2022 and framed the hearing around three panels: the climate, environmental, and security potential of alternative proteins; industry scaling and commercialization; and university-led research and workforce development. Members emphasized that the committee will continue with site visits and additional hearings across the state. The first panel focused on the case for alternative proteins as a climate, land, water, biodiversity, and food-security solution. Shana Fertig of the Good Food Institute argued that plant-based, fermentation-derived, and cultivated proteins can reduce greenhouse gas emissions, land use, and water use while helping California meet its climate and conservation goals. Zane Swanson of CSIS added that alternative proteins could reduce risks tied to zoonotic disease, antimicrobial resistance, supply-chain disruption, and broader national security concerns. In questions, members discussed the role of pharmaceuticals in animal agriculture and how alternative proteins might complement, rather than replace, traditional farming by creating new markets for California crops and helping farmers diversify. The second panel featured industry leaders Ethan Brown of Beyond Meat, Myra Passick of Upside Foods, and Arye Elfenbein of Wildtype. Brown highlighted plant-based meat’s health and climate benefits, criticized misinformation campaigns against the sector, and urged better labeling, reduced subsidies for factory farming, and more plant-based food in public institutions. Passick described cultivated meat as a scalable food-production technology, said Upside Foods has already produced millions of pounds annually at its Emeryville facility, and asked for grants, low-interest loans, and possible participation in cap-and-trade or similar revenue programs. Elfenbein described cultivated seafood as a way to address overfishing, contamination, traceability problems, and the heavy import dependence of the U.S. seafood supply, while also noting conservation benefits and the need for California to remain a hub for the industry. The final panel centered on research and workforce development. UCLA’s Amy Rowat described state-funded work on technical bottlenecks such as growing fat cells and creating edible scaffolds, along with a Future Food Fellows program that trains students across science, engineering, law, and policy. UC Santa Cruz economist Galina Hale argued that alternative proteins are necessary to meet future protein demand while reducing food-system emissions, and said California must support the sector through grants, loans, procurement, and research centers to avoid losing leadership to other states and countries. The hearing ended with the chair thanking the witnesses, noting that all materials would be posted online, and saying the committee would continue building policy and budget proposals to support the sector.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session May 31st, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • grant program.
  • that program.
  • This tiered grant program guarantees every county will have funding for implementation of the fees and
  • There's funding through a grant program for the counties, tiered to the population, with the smallest
  • program set of entitlement.
Summary: The Senate opened with an invocation and then took up several conference committee matters and resolutions. It granted the House request for a conference committee on House Bill 46 and adopted a conference report on Senate Bill 37, which was described as higher education governance reform, including stronger board authority, changes to faculty senates, general education requirements, and a new ombudsman office. Senators also adopted a large package of resolutions and HCRs by voice vote. A major focus was Senate Bill 12, the “Parental Bill of Rights,” whose conference report was adopted after extended questioning. The bill was described as giving parents more access to school materials and grievance procedures, requiring parental consent for student clubs, and restricting school district employees from assisting with social transitioning or related gender-identity instruction. Senators raised concerns about effects on students already socially transitioned and on parental rights in medical or psychological decisions; the author said the House language was retained in key areas and that districts would need policies and parent notification. The report passed 20-11. The Senate then adopted a resolution allowing the conference committee on Senate Bill 1, the state budget for fiscal years 2026-2027, to go outside the bounds, and later adopted the budget conference report. Senators highlighted major funding for public education, property tax relief, public safety, health and human services, child care, water and transportation infrastructure, and the Texas Energy Fund. The budget discussion also covered higher education, mental health facilities, community attendant wages, rural hospitals, DFPS case management, child care assistance, and a study rider on TRS. The report passed unanimously, 30-0. Finally, the Senate suspended rules to take up Senate Bill 8 and adopted its conference report. The bill requires counties with jails or jail contracts to participate in the federal 287(g) immigration enforcement program, with sheriffs choosing among available models and counties receiving tiered grants to help cover costs. Supporters framed it as a public safety measure targeting criminal illegal aliens, while opponents questioned whether it would divert local resources and increase fear in immigrant communities. The report was adopted after debate.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
  • PROGRAM REVIEW, DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS PERFORMANCE MEASURING PROGRAM WITH SECRETARY DIXON.
  • SO AS IT RELATES TO PROGRAMS WE KNOW THAT IF WE INVOLVE INDIVIDUALS IN EDUCATION PROGRAMMING THEY HAD
  • WITH THEIR PROGRAM THERE.
  • Rouson: ARE THERE NO SUCCESSES IN THE NUMBER OF CLEMENCY IS GRANTED OR THE NUMBER OF PARDONS GRANTED
  • THOSE ARE PROGRAMMING SERVICES.
Keywords: 999, senate, all
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention - 03/27/25

Housing and Homelessness Prevention

Transcript Highlights:
  • This program allows us to leverage the home buyer's mortgage by giving them an additional grant to have
  • Further, the program provides a rehab grant post-purchase to address deferred maintenance and to ensure
  • Uh when our program for some time now.
  • Further, the program provides a rehab<00:26:25.200> grant<00:26:25.520> post-purchase<00
  • <01:13:21.199> or<01:13:21.520> programs, totality of uh the program or programs, totality
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
MD

Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session, 2/10/2026 #1

Maryland Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Hixson and Behavioral Health Services Matching Grant Program for service members and veterans terminology
  • Hicks and Behavioral Health Services Matching<00:35:38.880> Grant<00:35:39.119> Program
  • <00:35:39.359> for<00:35:39.599> service Matching Grant Program for service Matching Grant
  • <00:35:56.160> Specifically,<00:35:56.720> the<00:35:56.880> bill Grant Program
  • Specifically, the bill Grant Program.
Summary: The Senate convened with an invocation, confirmed a quorum, and welcomed several guests and groups, including Maryland Library Association members, Stephen Decatur High School’s boys soccer team, Clarksburg High School’s girls flag football team, NAMI representatives, Baltimore Promise, local soil conservation district representatives, and a 911 center leader. The chamber also journalized the invocation and prepared for the Governor’s upcoming State of the State address by exchanging messages with the House and appointing Senate members to escort the Governor and Lieutenant Governor. The body then took up a series of Finance Committee bills, most of them receiving favorable reports and being ordered to third reading without objection. Measures discussed included SB 14 on small business health insurance SHOP enrollment effective dates; SB 22 on Department of Disabilities housing programs and affiliated foundations; SB 134 on Medicare supplement policy enrollment periods; SB 139 on third-party administrator enforcement; SB 199 on the Individuals with Disabilities and Service-Disabled Veterans Voting Fund; SB 205 codifying federal mental health parity requirements; SB 216 on unemployment insurance confidentiality; SB 43 on the Maryland Community Investment Venture Fund; SB 46 on state veterans cemeteries interment provisions; and SB 226 on the Maryland Heritage Area Authority. Several bills had brief amendments or procedural issues. SB 22 received a technical amendment changing “Attorney General” to “Office of the Attorney General.” SB 199 received an amendment adding a co-sponsor, and SB 46 was briefly set to lie over under the rule after a senator requested time to review a technical clarification. The chamber also received House Bill 1, which was referred to committee, and SB 624 was reassigned to the Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee. Most committee reports were adopted unanimously or without objection, and the Senate repeatedly congratulated the honored school teams and library advocates.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment and Climate - 04/09/25

Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate

Transcript Highlights:
  • One roll call. granted. Senator Matthews. Thank you, granted. Senator Matthews.
  • granted. Senator Mchuan. granted. Senator Mchuan.
  • solar garden uh program.
  • Division granted. Division requested. Division granted.
  • Roll call granted. Um call requested. Roll call granted.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
MS

Mississippi 2026 Regular Session

MS Senate Floor - 24 February, 2026; 10:00 AM

Mississippi Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Program.
  • <00:33:53.760> program.
  • management performance grant program. management performance grant program.
  • <00:40:29.599> Uh programs. That is happening today. Uh programs.
  • if they have over 50% of pale grants if they have over 50% of failing<00:40:40.720> programs.
Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, received the invocation and Pledge of Allegiance, and approved dispensing with the reading of the journal, committee reports, and bill titles. The chamber also welcomed several guest groups, including members of the Mississippi Farm Bureau Land Committee, the Stone County Republican Party, Mississippi State University Student Association leaders, the first graduating class of the Mississippi LEAD program, Montgomery County 4-H leaders, and Mississippi Young Bankers. Floor privileges were granted to Alice Marie Johnson and her guest. The Senate then took up Senate Resolution 28 honoring Alice Marie Johnson of Olive Branch, recognizing her work on clemency and second chances after her own pardon and appointment to a White House pardons-related role. Johnson addressed the Senate, describing her personal history, her time in prison, and her advocacy for people impacted by incarceration and harsh sentencing. Representative Kimberly Remak also presented a House recognition in her honor. The resolution and presentations emphasized redemption, justice reform, and Johnson’s Mississippi roots. On the calendar, the Senate passed Senate Bill 3104, a deficit appropriation bill for fiscal years 2026 and 2027, after Senator Hopson outlined numerous funding items. Those included payments related to wrongful incarceration claims, attorney general litigation, a MIMA settlement, claims involving educational television and the community college board, Medicaid deficit funding, emergency management and county disaster assistance, repairs and relocation needs tied to the Bolton building, AOC pass-through and judge-related costs, licensing board and Marine Resources special funds, student financial aid, and DHS income-verification software to reduce SNAP error rates. The bill passed by morning roll call. The Senate also passed Senate Bill 3105, a placeholder deficit vehicle with no dollars attached, and then passed and retained several later items, including Senate Bill 3053 on IHL general support, after discussion of performance metrics and higher education accountability.