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• The gift shop delights a school kids.
• The gift shop delights a lot<00:44:41.359><c> of</c><00:44:41.520><c> people</c><00:44:41.680><c> with
• </c> of these gifts. Amen. Amen. of these gifts. Amen. Amen.
• A very special gift just two days ahead of her own birthday.
• A very special gift just two days ahead of her own birthday.

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• the kind of work that they've been doing through our funding, as well as funding from the National Endowment
• the kind of work that they've been doing through our funding, as well as funding from the National Endowment
• the kind of work that they've been doing through our funding, as well as funding from the National Endowment
• the kind of work that they've been doing through our funding, as well as funding from the National Endowment
• Work that they've been doing through our funding, as well as funding from the National Endowment for

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• This endowment is essentially a savings. in which one-time funds will be set aside and the earnings off
• Number two, the endowment will solve an enduring problem we've had forever.
• And then finally, we need some kind of mechanism because that endowment will take four years to flow
• The permanent endowment is extremely important, but equally important is the removal of the cap on the
• The blend of both HEAF and the endowment amount that is in the base bill will equal that number.

Committee: House Higher Education

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• It establishes the Florida Endowment for Early Learning within the Department of Education direct support
• It establishes the Florida Endowment for Early Learning within the Department of Education direct support

Bills: S0996 , S1022 , S1462 , S1690

Committee: Senate Children, Families, and Elder Affairs

Summary: The Committee on Children, Families, and Elder Affairs heard and advanced four bills. CS/SB 1690, on early childhood education, was amended with a delete-all amendment that required public posting of child care inspection reports and data on child deaths, injuries, and substantiated abuse; changed certain notice and insurance provisions for family and large family child care homes; created the Florida Endowment for Early Learning; and made related definitional changes. The amendment was adopted and the committee reported the bill favorably. SB 1022, on children’s initiatives, would add two new Florida Children’s Initiatives in Bay County and Pompano in Broward County; the sponsor described the program as a community-based service network model, and the bill was reported favorably without opposition. SB 996, on dependent children, would require DCF and community-based care lead agencies to coordinate and regularly meet with organizations focused on people with lived experience in the child welfare system, and to publish how suggestions are implemented. Several young adults with foster care experience testified in support, emphasizing the importance of youth voice, normalcy, and teaching financial responsibility through allowance. The bill was reported favorably after supportive debate. The committee also considered CS/SB 1462, on temporary cash assistance eligibility, after adopting an amendment that narrowed a SNAP eligibility carve-out to people who were victims of human trafficking at the time of a drug conviction. The sponsor said the bill was intended to remove barriers to reunification and redemption. After supportive testimony and no opposition, the committee reported the bill favorably. The meeting then adjourned.

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• three buckets that we see in this list: the dedicated funds trust, custodial accounts, or trust endowments
• trust in custodial accounts or um funds trust in custodial accounts or um trust<00:16:58.240><c> endowments
• </c><00:16:59.319><c> type</c><00:16:59.720><c> permanent</c><00:17:00.360><c> funds</c> trust endowments
• type permanent funds trust endowments type permanent funds and<00:17:01.160><c> then</c><00:17:01.399

Committee: Senate Ways and Means

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• My husband and I, Richard, who is a veteran, endowed the Richard and Karen Moore Veterans Success Center
• We also fully endowed a program called the Veterans...
• We also fully endowed a program called the Veterans Leadership Academy, which is a year-long program

Bills: S0720 , S1246

Committee: Senate Appropriations Committee on Higher Education

Summary: The Appropriations Committee on Higher Education met to consider one bill, a postponed bill, and a slate of trustee confirmations. The committee first took up CS/SB 1246, which expands the Linking Industry to Nursing Education (LINE) fund to support health science workforce shortages beyond nursing, including allied health programs. The bill also broadens eligible uses of funds, revises matching requirements and grant criteria, and updates reporting requirements. A strike-all amendment was adopted without objection, and the committee then reported the bill favorably after supportive testimony from Florida State College at Jacksonville, the Florida Hospital Association, the College of Central Florida, and the Florida Chamber of Commerce. Senator Davis also noted a favorable vote on the bill for the record. The committee then temporarily postponed SB 720 at the sponsor’s request. Chair Harrell explained that the bill had been incorporated into a larger committee measure and would likely be heard later in another form. Public witnesses who had come to speak on the bill were not heard because of the postponement. The remainder of the meeting focused on confirmations for trustees at several state colleges, including Chipola College, Tallahassee State College, Pensacola State College, Palm Beach State College, Pasco-Hernando State College, and St. Petersburg College. The appointees emphasized themes of affordability, workforce training, nursing and allied health success, dual enrollment, community partnerships, and local economic development. After hearing from the appointees, the committee approved a block motion to recommend confirmation of all appointees on tabs 2 through 25. The meeting then adjourned.

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• My husband and I, Richard, who is a veteran, My husband and I, Richard, who is a veteran, endowed the
• We also fully endowed a program called the Veterans...
• We also fully endowed a program called the Veterans Leadership Academy, which is a year-long program

Committee: Senate Appropriations Committee on Higher Education

Summary: The Higher Education Appropriations Committee met with a quorum present and announced that the budget rollout would be postponed until the following week. The committee first considered SB 1246, which expands the Linking Industry to Nursing Education Fund to support health science workforce shortages in addition to nursing. The bill, as amended by a strike-all, broadened eligible uses of the fund, allowed matching contributions from non-health-care partners, prioritized health-care partner contributions, and updated reporting requirements. Testimony in support emphasized that the program has already reduced hospital vacancy rates and should be expanded to allied health fields. The committee adopted the amendment, passed the bill favorably, and recorded the chair’s affirmative vote. SB 720 was temporarily postponed at the sponsor’s request after the chair noted it had been incorporated into a larger committee bill. The committee then heard confirmations for numerous trustees of state colleges and universities, including Chipola College, Tallahassee State College, Pensacola State College, Palm Beach State College, Pasco-Hernando State College, and St. Petersburg College. Appointees generally described their backgrounds and emphasized visions centered on affordability, student success, workforce training, dual enrollment, and alignment with local labor needs. Several highlighted strong nursing outcomes, including high NCLEX pass rates and job placement, while others pointed to expanding programs in welding, plumbing, electrical, cybersecurity, aviation, and other technical fields. Trustees from Tallahassee State and Pensacola State also discussed veterans’ services and health care coverage for college employees, respectively. After hearing from the appointees, the committee took up the confirmations as a block. Senator Calatayud moved to recommend confirmation of all appointees on the listed tabs, Senator Leek seconded, and the motion passed by roll call. The meeting concluded with no further business and adjournment.

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• consider a vote on the gubernatorial appointment of David Dean of Meridian, Idaho, to the Idaho Endowment
• Chairman, I would move to send the gubernatorial appointment of David Dean to the Idaho Endowment Fund
• Second by Senator Burns that the gubernatorial appointment of David Dean to the Idaho Endowment Fund

Committee: Senate State Affairs

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• Set will be used to build the corpus of the endowment trust fund. And follow up?
• We have decided that $200 million deposit into an endowment trust that is established to either create
• On the next page, it talks more about the taxpayer endowment trust fund that you started to address.
• The idea behind this trust fund, this endowment fund, is that it locks up dollars. It... Thank you.
• The fund, this endowment fund, is that it locks up dollars.

Bills: HB3418 , HB3985 , HB3463 , HB3002 , HB4303 , HB3919 , HB3416 , HB3417 , HB3415 , HB2206 , HB3414 , HB3265 , HB3310 , HB3413 , HB4486 , HB1219 , SR39 , SB1177 , HB3298 , HB2696 , HB3941 , HB3970 , HB3264 , HB3321 , HB2650 , HB3497 , HB3980 , HB3981 , HB4421 , HB3177 , HB3322 , HB3499 , HB3500 , HB3845 , HB3742 , HB3622 , HB1250 , HB2710 , HB3831 , HB4408 , HB1002 , HB3008 , HB3086 , HB3595 , HB3678 , HB4107 , HB3695 , HB3315 , HB3590 , HB3006 , HB3151 , HB2959 , HB2398 , HB3026 , HB3467 , HB4268 , HB3372 , HB2210 , HB4359 , HB4427

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, offered prayer, and recognized the Doctor and Nurse of the Day, along with several visiting groups in the galleries, including the Goldsby Volunteer Fire Department and families honoring fallen firefighters Todd Pendleton and Brian Jenkins, the Sapulpa Elks Antlers, the Grove Chamber of Commerce, and northeastern Oklahoma cattlemen. The chamber adopted Senate Resolution 39, celebrating the 100th anniversary of U.S. Route 70 and its economic importance to southern Oklahoma communities. The main item of business was the Joint Committee Report for Senate Bill 1177, the General Appropriation Bill for the State of Oklahoma. Senators questioned the budget’s overall size, the use of gross production tax revenues, the new sovereign/endowment trust fund, Medicaid and Health Care Authority funding, mental health appropriations, child care subsidy funding, school security, career tech, tourism, the Commissioners of the Land Office, textbook allocations, and several other agency lines. The chair explained that the budget included about $1.5 billion in cash and sweeps, a $250 million base appropriation for the Health Care Authority, $200 million for the endowment trust fund, $31 million for PREP projects, $25 million for the Governor’s Quick Action Closing Fund, and other agency-specific appropriations and supplements. Several members debated the report before adoption. Supporters argued the budget addressed agency needs and future savings, while opponents criticized it as a flat or spending-heavy budget that favored special projects and well-connected interests over core services such as child care, mental health, water infrastructure, and county needs. After debate, the Joint Committee Report for SB 1177 was adopted, and the Senate moved through the budget discussion with no recorded roll-call vote in the transcript provided.

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• point there's two, a little over 200 million in the corpus of the trust that generates, per the endowment
• </c><00:31:54.960><c> model</c><00:31:55.200><c> that</c> generates per the endowment model that generates
• per the endowment model that that<00:31:55.679><c> was</c><00:31:55.840><c> adopted</c><00:31:56.320
• I just want to say that I think that the idea of increasing the trust's endowment, if you will, is a
• , if you will, is a tremendous endowment, if you will, is a tremendous idea.<00:52:32.160><c> It's</c

Committee: Joint Select Natural Resource Funding Committee

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• , our founders boldly declared their independence from Britain and its king and stated that we’re endowed
• Britain and its king and stated that we’re endowed with unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the

Summary: The Legislature convened in joint convention for the 2026 State of the Judiciary, escorting Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero and the Associate Justices to the rostrum and recognizing statewide constitutional officers in attendance. Legislative leaders welcomed the court and framed the address around the importance of judicial independence, equal justice, and the judiciary’s role in California’s democracy. Chief Justice Guerrero reported on several major judicial branch priorities. She emphasized rising threats to judges and court security, the need to extend authority for remote proceedings beyond its current sunset, and the ongoing implementation of the CARE Act in all 58 counties, including data on petitions, agreements, and plans. She also discussed trial court funding and persistent judgeship shortages, especially in Riverside and San Bernardino counties, where congested calendars have led to case dismissals and heavy use of temporary assigned judges. The Chief Justice also addressed the judiciary’s response to artificial intelligence, including guidance on generative AI, deepfakes, and evidence issues, as well as concerns about federal immigration enforcement at courthouses and its effect on access to justice. She reviewed corrective actions after the February 2025 bar exam problems, including scoring adjustments, a return to in-person testing, and rule changes for attorney admissions. She closed by noting judicial salary concerns, the 100th anniversary of the Judicial Council, and the need for continued collaboration with the Governor and Legislature. No votes were taken. The joint convention ordered the State of the Judiciary address printed in the Journal as a separate appendix and then adjourned, with an invitation extended to a reception with the Chief Justice later that evening.

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• Take UTEMCO, which manages endowments for the University of Texas and Texas A&M.
• the Texas Future Fund, Texas would have a powerful asset—part investment engine, part democratic endowment
• That includes pension funds and endowments; these are groups that have to steward individuals' money

Bills: HB 104 , HB2054 , HB3459 , HB3745 , HB4486 , HB4488 , HB4601 , HB104

Committee: House Appropriations

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• is Eric Johnson, and we're requesting $110,000 to replace direct federal cuts from the National Endowment
• Endowment of the Arts and indirect pass Endowment of the Arts and indirect pass through<00:42:35.359>
• last few days, in addition to the thousands we feed weekly, we distributed over $344 farmers market gift
• </c><01:12:33.600><c> cards</c><01:12:34.000><c> with</c><01:12:34.320><c> $250</c> farmers market gift
• cards with $250 farmers market gift cards with $250 loaded<01:12:35.600><c> to</c><01:12:35.760><c>

Summary: This joint informational briefing focused on Act 310 grants and aid, with committee members hearing one-minute testimony from organizations first in person and then by Zoom. At the outset, the chairs explained there would be no Q&A during the briefing and asked testifiers to focus on how federal cuts were affecting their work. The meeting was organized by registration number and included both neighbor island and Oʻahu applicants. Testimony centered on organizations seeking state support to offset federal funding losses or anticipated reductions. Health and social service providers described impacts from Medicaid, SNAP, ACA subsidy, Title X, and other federal changes, including Aloha Care, Community Clinic of Maui, Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies, West Hawaiʻi Community Health Center, Hawaiʻi Disability Rights Center, Hawaiʻi Youth Services Network, Alcoholic Rehabilitation Services of Hawaiʻi, and Kokua Kalihi Valley. Other groups highlighted losses affecting food security, housing, disaster preparedness, and climate resilience, including the Kohala Center, Feeding Hawaiʻi Together, Hawaiian Lending and Investments, Dynamic Community Solutions, and the Pacific Tsunami Museum. Several arts, youth, and education organizations also testified, including Hawaiʻi Literacy, Hawaiʻi Youth Symphony, Honolulu Theatre for the Youth, Sounding Joy Music Therapy, Big Brothers Big Sisters Hawaiʻi, Girl Scouts of Hawaiʻi, Kids Hurt Too Hawaiʻi, and US Vets, each requesting funding to preserve programs and staffing. No votes or formal committee actions were taken during the briefing. The only action was procedural: the chairs moved through the applicant list, limited testimony time, and then transitioned from neighbor island in-person testimony to Oʻahu and later Zoom participants.

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• Item number 51 is $2 million for the Rural Library Endowment Fund.
• So there was no money in our framework at all for the Rural Library Endowment Fund, and this would add
• Item number 51 is $2 million for the Rural Library Endowment Fund.
• So that was no money in our framework at all for Rural Library Endowment Fund, and this would add $2

Committee: House House Appropriations & Finance

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• We receive an annual grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
• We receive an annual grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. The Orange Slice.
• As background, the National Endowment for the Humanities was initiated to help fund state-based humanities
• So as background, the National Endowment for Humanities was initiated to help fund state Bees Humanities

Committee: House Legacy Finance

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• Um got it through the with an endowment.
• </c> have a way to increase the endowment have a way to increase the endowment that<00:21:25.200><c>
• It's very healthy, and the endowment is healthy.
• So, that makes sense for the $584,000 is to ensure, since we don't have an endowment, right?
• So we basically just don't provide enough to meet demand because, again, it's endowment based.

Bills: HB0076 , HB0102 , HB0115

Committee: Senate Education

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• can offer us because we've already set up distributions where we're putting windfall revenue into endowment
• There are 14 different permanent endowment trust and reserve funds.
• The difference with the Medicaid Trust Fund, one of the things to understand, is that it was not endowed
• These range from state and local governments to university endowments.
• but in other funds for state and local governments and universities who are trying to grow their endowments

Committee: House Revenue Stabilization & Tax Policy Committee

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• again, representing the Evergreen Social Impact, the administrator for the Andy Hill Cancer Research Endowment
• Each new regulation, each new tax increase, is a gift to the illicit market.

Bills: HB2439 , HB2483 , HB2400

Committee: House Consumer Protection & Business

Keywords: public health, tobacco regulation, smoking cessation, vapor products, health policy, youth prevention, data broker, registry, consumer protection, privacy, data regulation, social media, content creation, online platforms, digital marketing, user-generated content

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• Now New Mexico is well endowed with this hot rock, hot dry rock.
• To try to answer a lot of these questions, we supplement that with gifts, grants, and contracts to focus

Committee: House Economic & Rural Development & Policy Committee

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• We assess all state timberlands, all industrial, private, and state timberlands, our endowment timberlands
• protect our forest lands, protect our wildlife habitats, protect our industrial timberlands, and our endowment

Committee: House Resources and Conservation