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US
Transcript Highlights:
  • Circle U.S., nor did the report answer why the SBA and the IG concluded the cash position of Funding
  • have general funding.
  • CDFI loan fund based in Springfield, Massachusetts.
  • But they didn't fund startups.
  • Reliable federal funding, economic uncertainty is critical.
Summary: The committee meeting focused on discussions regarding the SBA's 7A loan program and its implementation challenges. Members raised significant concerns about recent changes to the underwriting standards, which have been criticized for leading to an increase in loan defaults. Ranking members expressed a desire for a return to stronger guidelines to protect taxpayers and ensure the program remains a viable source for small businesses struggling to secure funding. Testimonies from community lenders highlighted their efforts to support underserved communities and stressed the importance of the Community Advantage Program.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/17/2026 - Senate Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

Transcript Highlights:
  • Well, we don't have any matching funds directly related to this.
  • This funding serves federal priorities, not Arizona families.
  • Transit funding comprises 70% of local monies, with the remaining funding provided by regional sources
  • , or city, but it's funded by taxpayers.
  • I really hope it gets funded in full this year. I vote yes. Senator Fernandez.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • builds resolution forward to joining me reports motion planes and new business for the house.
  • House Resolution 1038 by Newton of the House, a resolution relating to the Oklahoma Youth Expo.
  • Representative Colton is recognized to explain the resolution. Thank you, Mr.
  • Representative requests that the resolution should be adopted without objection.
  • It sets up a revolving fund.
OK
Summary: The transcript captures the opening of a House session. After several brief expressions of thanks and acknowledgments, the presiding officer announces that the House is now in session. The only formal action noted is that the House will stand at recess to call the chair. No bills, committee matters, testimony, debate, or votes are mentioned in the excerpt.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • On time, we mean the time of the bills and resolution, bill, the resolution, court, conference, coming
  • House Resolution 1038 by Newton of the House, a resolution relating to Oklahoma Youth Expo.
  • Members of the House, request the resolution. The resolution will be adopted.
  • The resolution will be adopted.
  • It sets up a revolving fund.
Summary: The House convened with prayer, the pledge, and several recognitions, including Veteran of the Week Major General (ret.) Tony L. Wright, Doctor of the Day Dr. Jeanette Kelly, Capitol Day students, Girl Scouts, and family members of legislators. Members also adopted House Resolution 1038 honoring the Oklahoma Youth Expo and its agricultural education and scholarship impact, including recognition of top ag mechanics exhibitors. The chamber then considered and passed several bills, including HB 3263 designating the morel mushroom as the state mushroom; HB 315 setting qualifications and a term limit for the Department of Corrections director; HB 2123 revising authorization for an Arkansas River bridge project near Bigsby; HB 3587 allowing court-ordered outpatient mental health treatment; HB 3028 allowing career techs in public schools to pass along credit card surcharges; HB 2035 clarifying transportation protection agreements related to funeral services; HB 3369 allowing food trucks to use two fire extinguishers and training in lieu of an automatic suppression system; and a series of census-related bills creating a census count committee, reestablishing a state data center function, and updating Commerce technology for census address work. The House also passed HB 3624 to standardize county boundary mapping, HB 3175 creating an Oklahoma Advanced Nuclear Energy Office, HB 3173 allowing repurposing of orphaned and abandoned wells for geothermal or energy storage uses, and HB 4476 creating a revolving-fund rebate program to help smaller communities compete for music events and tourism. Two measures failed on final passage: HB 3178, which would have created a standard depreciation table for county assessors to value farm equipment, and HB 1979, which would have created an Early Childhood Task Force. In both cases, members later served notice of intent to reconsider the failed votes. The House also reconsidered and passed previously failed motions on HB 3127 and HB 2997. Most bills that reached final passage were approved by recorded vote, with HB 3178 failing 43-45 and HB 1979 failing 46-43. The House adjourned until the next scheduled meeting.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Judiciary Apr 16th, 2026

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • things of that nature and the filing fees for filing lawsuits and responses to lawsuits, et cetera, fund
  • And so in every other parish, the clerk and the court system rely upon the civil fees to help fund the
  • and the civil, who would pick up the slack for the reduction in funding?
  • Is it possible the city would have to pick up the slack in replacing the lost funding?
  • New Orleans gets 70% more funding than any other parish clerk judicial system in the state.
Bills: SB256
Committee: House Judiciary
Summary: The Judiciary Committee heard Senate Bill 256, which would combine the Orleans Parish clerks of criminal district court and civil district court into one office, with the bill taking effect upon gubernatorial signature. Senator Jay Morris said the change would align Orleans with other parishes, improve efficiency, and eventually help consolidate funding and operations, noting that Orleans is the only parish with two clerks and that the criminal side lacks the civil-side revenue streams used elsewhere. Committee members questioned the timing because the election for the next term had already been held and certified, and repeatedly raised concerns that the bill would effectively eliminate an office after voters had already chosen Calvin Duncan as criminal clerk. Much of the discussion focused on whether the bill would be constitutional or fair if enacted before the new term began. Opponents argued it would disenfranchise voters, target Duncan personally, and set a dangerous precedent by abolishing an office after an election. Supporters and witnesses for Duncan said the bill was rushed, lacked a fiscal note, and would create confusion about staffing, records, training, and the transition between the two court systems. Several witnesses also argued that the criminal clerk’s office is essential to access to justice and that the data and efficiency rationale did not justify the timing or effect of the bill. Calvin Duncan testified that he ran to improve access to court records after his own wrongful conviction and incarceration, and said the bill sends the message that votes do not count. Other witnesses, including teachers, voters, attorneys, former officials, and advocacy representatives, echoed that the measure undermines democracy and appears aimed at preventing Duncan from taking office. Senator Morris denied personal targeting and said the bill was about abolishing an unnecessary office, but acknowledged litigation was likely. The committee also adopted a three-minute rule for testimony by a 10-3 vote, then began hearing public testimony, with the first witnesses overwhelmingly opposing the bill.
ND

North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Appropriations - Education and Environment Division Apr 15th, 2025 at 03:30 pm

Appropriations - Education and Environment Division

Bills: SB2003
Summary: The committee reconvened to act on Senate Bill 2003, the higher education budget. Members first replaced prior intent language related to the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences with new language stating it is the intent of the 69th Legislative Assembly that an Allied Health Facility expansion be completed, and that the 70th Legislative Assembly consider supporting completion of the project. The chair explained the change was meant to avoid binding the next legislature to a specific $50 million commitment while still helping UND with fundraising. The amendment was moved, seconded, and adopted unanimously. The committee then addressed funding for Minot State University’s “Advancing Students Toward Education and Employment” program. After some discussion about the amount already in the bill and what had been previously agreed to, the committee approved adding $1 million, bringing the total appropriation for that line to $1.5 million. Members referenced prior testimony in support of the program. That amendment also passed unanimously. After approving the amendments, the committee adopted a do-pass recommendation on Senate Bill 2003 as amended, with Representative Sanford designated as the bill carrier. The chair noted the bill would likely be taken up on the floor later in the week. The committee also said it would return to commerce-related work the next day and then adjourned for the day.
ND

North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Appropriations - Education and Environment Division Apr 15th, 2025 at 10:15 am

Appropriations - Education and Environment Division

Transcript Highlights:
  • We're in the ongoing funding changes.
  • Okay, so that's general fund money. So when the Senate had a committee, they did not fund it.
  • The ads funding for tourism.
  • We added funding. Actually, we moved funding for the Native American Small Business Grant.
  • And then Section 20 is just clarifying what sources of funding can be deposited into the UAS funds.
Bills: SB2003
Summary: The committee first reconsidered Senate Bill 2003 in the higher education budget and adopted several changes. It removed $3 million for enterprise resource planning, struck $2 million for a grant program for students who are pregnant or recently gave birth, and then added $3 million back into workforce education and innovative grants, restoring that line to $12 million. Members also discussed a possible purchase of the 19th Avenue building in Fargo for the State School of Science, but the motion was withdrawn for later consideration. Other higher ed items were briefly noted, including tribally controlled community colleges and a state magazine funding line, but no final action was taken on the building proposal during this segment. The committee then moved to Senate Bill 2018, the Commerce budget, and reviewed a long list of funding items. It restored a vacant workforce FTE, increased tourism marketing to $10 million and Find the Good Life to $5 million, raised Operation Intern by $1 million, removed a $100,000 infrastructure study, increased autonomous agriculture grants to $15 million, and set the Regional Workforce Impact Program at $10 million. It also kept or adjusted several other items, including the uncrewed aerial vehicle replacement program, the global talent office, tribally controlled community colleges, Native American small business grants, and technical skills training grants. A major new provision would transfer $50 million total, split between SIF and Bank of North Dakota profits, to the Theodore Roosevelt Library Museum Endowment Fund, matching a private fundraising challenge; members expressed both support and concern, and said they would revisit it later. The committee also discussed language to allow commercialization of Vantis and to permit the Turtle Mountain gaming compact proposal to move forward with required federal approvals, while clarifying that a previously discussed $100,000 study had been removed. Commerce officials said the workforce language was intended to centralize data and strategy, and they noted Operation Intern would need an emergency clause because applications begin in May. No final vote on the Commerce budget was taken in this segment, and the chair said the committee would return later to finish both budgets.
ND

North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Appropriations - Education and Environment Division Apr 14th, 2025 at 02:30 pm

Appropriations - Education and Environment Division

Transcript Highlights:
  • We added the $5 million in general fund to that, and $40 million from the other funds.
  • So that's general fund? I'm sorry, with that general fund? So, Mr.
  • it in general fund just to make it clear what the funding source was.
  • It was in the HHS budget with the funding and left the House with the funding in it.
  • It was in the HHS budget with the funding and left the House with the funding in it.
Bills: SB2003
Summary: The committee met to work through the higher education budget, beginning with a conflict-of-interest request from Representative Martinson, who was excused from voting because of a partnership that leases office space to Bismarck State College. Members then reviewed the higher education institution budget sheets, covering ongoing and one-time funding items for campuses and system projects such as BSC housing, Lake Region roof repairs, UND’s STEM and National Security Crossroads projects, the UND allied health facility, NDSU projects including New Horizons, DSU deferred maintenance and campus security, Mayville’s Old Main, Minot projects, and the regional health institutes. Members also discussed student financial assistance, the professional student exchange program, IT security funding, and workforce/education innovation grants. Several amendments and policy questions were debated. The committee adopted an amendment to make workforce education innovation grants competitive rather than automatically distributed, and then voted to remove language prohibiting those funds from being used to duplicate academic programs. Members also removed similar anti-duplication language from the New Horizons section. They agreed to extend the UND hyperbaric chamber transfer authority to 2027 and clarified language around UND land-sale proceeds. A proposed amendment to add $5.6 million for the Wahpeton State School of Science building purchase failed for lack of a second, and a proposal to restore fetal alcohol spectrum disorder funding to UND was left for conference. The committee also discussed, but did not add, a tuition cap change, a study on the Praxis exam, and several governance-related provisions. The committee spent significant time on broader higher education policy items, including a $3 million enterprise resource planning request for the university system, a $2 million grant program for students who are pregnant, recently gave birth, or are caring for young children, and a $1.1 million request for library age-verification software tied to the Odin system. Members also discussed dual-credit authority for UND and NDSU, a goal for the UND medical school to increase North Dakota resident enrollment, and intent language regarding the commissioner/chancellor model and presidential search authority. At the end of the meeting, the committee approved the amendments and then gave the higher education budget a do-pass recommendation as amended, with Representative Sanford designated as the carrier. The Forest Service budget was also approved, including two additional FTEs, and the committee adjourned after noting it would continue with other budgets the next day.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Now we've got to find a way to fund...'} And we've got to find a way to fund it.
  • I'm here to ask you to please fund...
  • gap where there are not enough special education funds, and then general education funds have to be
  • strips schools of general education funding. ...funding just because of a child's disability.
  • That is why I'm asking to increase funding. ...SB 568 and HB 2 funding to close the $1.7 billion special
Summary: The meeting primarily focused on special education funding, with significant discussions around House Bill 2 (HB2), Senate Bill 568 (SB568), and House Bill 3928 (HB3928). Key speakers advocated for increased funding to close the estimated $1.7 billion annual gap that affects special education in Texas public schools. Several witnesses, including educators and students affected by dyslexia, provided personal testimonies about the impact of insufficient funding and the disability penalty, which penalizes schools financially for identifying students needing special education services. The committee demonstrated a strong commitment to advocate for changes that would improve special education resources and training for teachers, thereby ensuring that all Texas children receive the educational support they need to thrive.
US
Transcript Highlights:
  • That means safeguarding funding, staffing, and program integrity, preventing funding from being rerouted
  • Impact-Aid construction grants funded at only 19 million dollars annually provide critical funding for
  • Any cut in funding, freeze, or delay. or frankly, any TCU specific funding that is block granted and
  • You know, Impact Aid is one of the few federal funding programs that is not forward funded.
  • And in my time in the Senate, we have worked to get funding, particularly funding for mental health into
Summary: The meeting focused on the responsibilities of the U.S. Department of Education towards Native students, highlighting the importance of federal education programs that satisfy treaty obligations to Native communities. Various witnesses testified about the impact of educational policies designed to support Native students who primarily attend public schools. Concerns were voiced over recent proposals that could potentially undermine these programs, citing the role of federal funding in ensuring successful educational outcomes for Native youth. The chair of the committee emphasized the need for continued federal support and attention to the unique educational challenges faced by Indigenous populations.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • bans and challenging policies that attack LGBTQ+ students to investigating districts putting less funds
  • to fund the campaigns of Republican members of this state House.
  • Our message today here is really very simple: it is fund our schools, don't fund vouchers.
  • We have billions of dollars of surplus, and yet we are not funding our schools the way we need to.
  • Last time I checked, no one was saying, 'The schools are too funded.' They're too good.
Summary: This was a press conference organized by student advocates and Texas Democratic lawmakers to oppose efforts by the Trump administration and allies to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education and to criticize Texas voucher proposals. Speakers argued that the department and its Office for Civil Rights are essential for enforcing civil rights protections, supporting special education, Title I, Pell Grants, career and technical education, and other federal education programs. They said eliminating the department would weaken oversight, shift power to states that have a poor record on student protections, and harm marginalized, low-income, disabled, and rural students. Congressman Greg Casar framed the issue as a transfer of public money from schools to billionaires, tying the department fight to federal budget and tax-cut debates and to Texas voucher efforts. State Representative Gene Wu said Texas public education is already near collapse and warned that losing federal support would worsen school closures, staffing shortages, and class-size increases. Representative Gina Hinojosa highlighted Texas’s past special education cap and attacks on Section 504, and said she filed bills to route federal block grants directly to schools if federal policy changes move forward. Representative Vicki Goodwin said the state should fund schools rather than vouchers and noted underfunding of special education and inflation pressures. Round Rock ISD trustee Melissa Ross and Texas AFT president Zef Capo emphasized that federal oversight protects students and that Texas has a history of underfunding and mishandling special education, meals, and other services. The final speaker, Westwood High School senior Eliza Abert, said the loss of federal education support would most harm low-income and middle-class students and called on attendees to oppose the changes. No votes were taken; the event ended with a call for public pressure on lawmakers and continued advocacy.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Nominations Feb 24th, 2025

Nominations

Transcript Highlights:
  • We pass it on to the permanent school fund, then it flows through to get to the permanent school fund
  • And then talk about the Texas Water Fund.
  • Including SWIFT, Rural Water Agriculture Fund, the Flood Infrastructure Fund. and it created the new
  • Is there merit to the state having its own fund?
  • their unemployment insurance trust fund.
Committee: Senate Nominations
Summary: The meeting focused on several crucial issues, including the Texas Water Fund and its implications for development in the state. Various members highlighted the critical need for effective management of water resources, discussing the role of the Water Development Board and their strategies for outreach to local governments. The committee engaged in a thorough examination of funding projects and the sustainable financing necessary for communities facing challenges in meeting their infrastructure needs. Additionally, there was notable discussion regarding promoting workforce development and the alignment of educational programs with the demands of the job market as indicated by recent trends in community colleges.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Finance Feb 12th, 2026

House Appropriations & Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Everybody looked at the funding sheet questions on the funding sheets.
  • OSF is other state funds.
  • President's a General Fund.
  • contingency fund.
  • rainy day fund, yes.
Bills: SB190 , HB247 , HB2 , HB8
Summary: The committee reviewed drafting instructions and spending sheets for House Bill 2, focusing on both recurring and nonrecurring appropriations, reserve levels, and several late changes. Staff explained that the package would leave reserves around 28% under the current scenario, with the possibility of rising to about 30% if a separate natural disaster reform bill is enacted. Members discussed how disaster funding would be handled through a replacement Section 8 and the appropriation contingency fund, and whether the operating reserve could be tapped with explicit authorization. There was also clarification on fund types, including other state funds and interagency transfers, and on how line items were reflected in the spreadsheets. A major point of debate was how to offset additions by reducing funding elsewhere. Members discussed shifting money from the state fair/multipurpose arena request, the Office of Natural Resources Trustee, and other capital items to accommodate changes. Several senators raised concerns about cutting the Office of Natural Resources Trustee too deeply and about the purpose of those funds, including possible land purchases and floodplain mitigation in Ruidoso. The committee also discussed whether the state fair money should be reduced, with some members supporting a $25 million restoration and others preferring to leave the executive’s request intact. Staff noted that some reductions were not true cuts but swaps or offsets, such as moving local road money and using excess capital outlay reserves. Other corrections and policy items were addressed, including an increase for UNM and NMSU stadium funding, a correction to a project distribution on line 105, and funding for the Health Council. Members also noted that the public employee 1% raise was no longer funded because recurring capacity was used elsewhere, and that no COLA was included. After discussion, Senator Woods moved to adopt the drafting instructions, Senator Gonzalez seconded, and the motion passed without objection. The committee then directed staff to prepare a catch-up cleanup version of House Bill 2 for later review and said House Bill 8 would be taken up the next morning.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Education Feb 9th, 2026 at 09:04 am

Senate Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Is there a need for this type of funding in the rural areas? And is it being met?
  • Question: PED maintains a large transportation emergency fund, don't they?
  • Question: PED maintains a large transportation emergency fund, don't they? Mr.
  • It's my understanding that the fund has been used for funding gaps in some cases.
  • The fund has been used for funding gaps in some cases. So why isn't it being used for this? Mr.
Bills: SB23 , SB73 , SB210 , SB234 , SB243 , SB244 , SM16
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Education Feb 9th, 2026 at 08:33 am

House Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • So they will receive funding.
  • With all things through these funds, Mr.
  • This is a proxy for how you get to current year funding.
  • Their payment installments did include that funding.
  • We do have emergency funds.
Bills: SB23 , SB73 , SB210 , SB234 , SB243 , SB244 , SM16
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Transportation Funding Apr 28th, 2025

S/C on Transportation Funding

Transcript Highlights:
  • between These segments HB 3821 ensures toll revenue generated from segments five and six or first use to fund
  • This instructs the Transportation Commission to create a new funding category in the a unified transportation
  • only bring this issue to voters once every five years. limiting local control over critical transit funding
  • created by our board of directors called Build Central Texas, and a transit supportive infrastructure fund
  • For example, we helped one of our member cities leverage transit supportive funds to attract a big box
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Transportation Funding Apr 28th, 2025

S/C on Transportation Funding

Transcript Highlights:
  • Funding to all those wishing to testify in person today.
  • contribute additional matching funds, resources they typically do not have, especially in sports.
  • However, 76 of these are only eligible for state funding and not federal funds.
  • Funding to all those wishing to testify in person today.
  • However, 76 of these are only eligible for state funding and not federal funds.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Education Policy Committee Feb 19th, 2025

Education Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • This bill would provide that conflict resolution training will be provided for our kids in high school
  • They don't have any understanding of how to deal with conflicts and resolutions. So...
  • To deal with conflicts and resolution, the end result is to grab a gun or to do something.
  • Well, I teach my kid conflict resolution.
  • So the conflict resolution piece is, in my view, proactive because what it means is that if you have.
Bills: SB140 , HB102 , SB133 , SB34