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MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Balancing the Budget – Senator John Marty Mar 24th, 2025
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We're putting together what we call budget targets, which would allocate how much money goes into transportation
- We're trying to allocate what combinations of things we're going to do for revenue, for budget cuts,
- We're putting together what we call budget targets, which would allocate how much money goes into transportation
- We're trying to allocate what combinations of things we're going to do for revenue, for budget cuts,
- We're trying to allocate what combinations of things we're going to do for revenue, for budget cuts,
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Transcript Highlights:
- differences from the balanced budget that the governor's staff presented last month, and that is that the allocations
- for county operations and all institutions of higher ed, there were some allocations in category B.
- Those allocations in item C have been moved to category A, and that is the main difference from the governor's
- Why do we have a forecast of $817 million and a total allocation of $891 million?
- We have a total allocation of $611,370 million, which is a $132 million increase. Is that correct?
Summary:
The committee first reviewed a long list of House and Senate bills that were ready to be passed out, then heard a special language subcommittee report. The report recommended do pass on six bills, including SB 63, SB 67, SB 73, HB 1089, HB 1090, and HB 1093, and amendments on 11 others. A motion to pull HB 107 out for separate consideration failed, and the special language report was adopted.
The committee then took up the Revenue Stabilization Law and schedule. Staff explained the schedule’s differences from the governor’s balanced budget proposal and described several fund transfers, including $100 million for Medicaid sustainability, $70 million for the Arkansas Children’s Educational Freedom account, $43.7 million for the general discretionary majority vote set-aside, $5 million for the motor vehicle set-aside, and two $150 million transfers related to the Quick Action Closing Fund and public highway improvements. Members asked for clarification on allocations, and the committee adopted the amendment and passed both House Bill 1100 and Senate Bill 75 as amended.
Representative McClendon then presented a bill to support expansion of the Bella Vista Veterans Wall of Honor, but withdrew it, saying he would seek other funding sources. The committee then moved through the remaining captioned bills, including House Bills 105, 107, 1008, 1022, 1035, 1036, 1037, 1051, 1052, 1064, 1066, 1068, 1089, 1090, and 1093, and Senate Bills 3, 4, 7, 8, 15, 20, 21, 30, 31, 36, 41, 43, 58, 63, 67, and 77, generally passing them with little or no discussion, some as amended. The chair announced that all prior holds had been released and said the next Joint Budget Committee meeting would be Tuesday for peer issues only, then adjourned the meeting.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement - 03/03/26
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- If there is any excess after that, it will be allocated in proportion to years of service.
- If there is any excess after that, it will be allocated in proportion to years of service.
- If there is any excess after that, it will be allocated in proportion to years of service.
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No for allocating surplus funds. No for allocating surplus funds. - It would then allocate the assets to the members in proportion to their present value.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - Part 1 - 03/27/25
Judiciary and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- But the attorney fees would more than exceed the cost of the original facility fee.
- to charge that fee.
- Those fees may be necessary.
- Um they're not junk fees. But costs. Um they're not junk fees.
- that this fee would be fluctuating. that this fee would be fluctuating.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Conference Committee on S.F. 2370 - Cannabis Omnibus - 05/16/25
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, in addition to strengthening some of the civil fees associated with violations of their rights, we've
- strengthening some of the civil fees strengthening some of the civil fees associated<00:04:25.520
- is unreasonable and structurally incoherent with the rest of the fee schedule.
- ended up starting a distribution company on the wellness side, and now I'm seeing a $10,000 imposed fee
- The burden of ease would be to limit some of these fees, allow functional cannabinoids to be used more
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 6 on Public Safety Apr 20th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- one year, which seems quite frankly outrageous, within the one-year time frame that you have been allocated
- ...which seems, quite frankly, outrageous, within the one-year time frame that you have been allocated
- Not only have these ongoing litigations cost the state millions in legal fees, but they also make it
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- So we are requiring them to submit an annual report to the Legislature detailing internal allocations
- So we are requiring them to submit an annual report to the Legislature detailing internal allocations
- So we are requiring them to submit an annual report to the Legislature detailing internal allocations
- So we are requiring them to submit an annual report to the Legislature detailing internal allocations
- So we are requiring them to submit an annual report to the Legislature detailing internal allocations
Summary:
The House Committee on Higher Education met on February 18, 2026, and heard four bills. HB 2519 would shift University of Hawaii funding toward block appropriations, a stabilization fund, limited procurement and fiscal exemptions, performance-based metrics, and annual reporting. UH supported the bill, saying line-item budgeting hampers systemwide efficiency across its 10 campuses; the State Procurement Office commented on the procurement exemption. The chair proposed amendments to address concerns from Budget and Finance and procurement, including capping UH’s retained funds at 10%, requiring lapse after three fiscal years, removing CIP-to-operating transfers, narrowing procurement exemptions while keeping Chapter 103B principles, shifting performance metric-setting to the Board of Regents, and requiring annual reporting. The committee then voted to pass HB 2519 with amendments.
HB 2409 would establish the Hawaii Geological Survey in Hilo and designate its director as the state geologist. UH Hilo supported the concept but said it would need sufficient general-fund support, estimating roughly $200,000 to start. DLNR and the Attorney General offered comments, with the AG calling it a matter of statewide concern. The chair said the DNR testimony raised public safety concerns and that UH Hilo had not identified a firm funding amount, so the committee voted to defer the bill.
HB 2141 HD1 concerned state enterprise zones and would expand eligible business activities and allow DBED to designate up to two areas as enterprise zones with gubernatorial approval. DBED, the Tax Foundation, and other organizations submitted support or comments. After discussion, the chair said the current version no longer fit the higher education committee’s focus and recommended reverting to the original bill, which would limit the zone to Kakaʻako Makai for a biomedical health innovation hub near JABSOM and the Queen’s Cancer Center, with a defective date. The committee voted to pass HB 2141 HD1 with amendments.
HB 2233 HD1 would appropriate funds to continue the SNAP-Ed program through UH and the Department of Health. DOH supported the bill and said it had been working on nutrition education and environmental changes; it estimated about $600,000 each for DOH and SEAR, or $1.2 million total. Testimony in support also came from several organizations and individuals, including a senior advocate who described the program’s practical benefits. The chair said the committee would reflect the $600,000-per-entity estimate in its report, and the committee voted to pass HB 2233 HD1 as is before adjourning.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, March 25, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The Chair will alternate recognition between the parties, with time equally allocated between the parties
- Interestingly enough, not a single Republican member of Congress in the last hour that we've had allocated
- Interestingly enough, not a single Republican member of Congress in the last hour that we've had allocated
- Interestingly enough, not a single Republican member of Congress in the last hour that we've had allocated
- Congress in the last hour that we've had allocated for debate has indulged us with their presence today
MS
Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations - Room 216, 24 February, 2026; 1:30 PM
Appropriations
Transcript Highlights:
- Of the total funding allocated to technology, 85% of it is allocated to agencies, 15% to IT.
- The way allocated dollars are made.
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Summary:
Legislative leaders opened the hearing by focusing on statewide technology issues affecting agencies, including rising IT costs, cloud migration, cybersecurity risks, procurement delays, and the need for better coordination across government systems. They said the meeting was intended to hear from agency directors about current challenges and possible legislative solutions.
The ITS director described the state’s IT structure as decentralized but increasingly moving toward shared services. He highlighted recent legislative and executive actions on cloud computing, artificial intelligence, procurement modernization, and data sharing, including House Bill 1491, Senate Bill 2426, Senate Bill 2267, House Bill 958, and an executive order on AI. He said ITS has worked with large agencies on a cloud center of excellence, a procurement modernization advisory council, and a state data exchange, and noted plans for a master contract, potentially with OpenAI, that could be available to all public entities.
He also emphasized cybersecurity, saying the state is seeking a secure operations center and a broader “cyber maturity” approach after recent incidents. On procurement, he said the goal is to speed up purchasing while keeping it safe, and on optimization he pointed to potential savings from consolidating duplicate agreements, such as multiple Microsoft enterprise contracts. In response to questions, he said exceptions to centralization would be based on business and technical architecture and regulatory requirements such as HIPAA, CISA, or FERPA, rather than ad hoc decisions.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement - 02/24/26
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Our previous allocation, we were at about 80%.
- to fixed income, we couldn't fully allocate that to our current managers.
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So <01:03:52.480>a allocation we were at about 80%. - So a allocation we were at about 80%.
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our we couldn't fully allocate that to our we couldn't fully allocate that to our current
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Municipal and County Government (01/23/2025)
Municipal and County Government
Transcript Highlights:
- They set in statute at that time a fee of $100 for the licensure of a racetrack.
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of time a fee of time a fee of $100<00:32:40.880>up <00:32:41.080>- Follow-up: What type of fee do you charge for those assemblies?
- The licensing fees, in my opinion, should be regulated by the town.
- In my opinion, the licensing fees should be regulated by the town.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
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money And so, if we were to allocate money And so, if we were to allocate money - And of our 2025 allocation, we are moving into design on those right now.
- And of our 2025 allocation, we are moving into design on those right now.
- So how do you allocate that?
- h how do you allocate that? h how do you allocate that?
Summary:
The committee first approved the March 5 minutes, then heard a presentation from Balig Engineering on cost drivers for drinking water and wastewater infrastructure in small Minnesota communities. The testifier said most Minnesota communities are small, and that limited local staff, complex funding requirements, and the need to combine multiple funding sources make projects expensive and labor-intensive. He cited examples of aging infrastructure, including a Tracy street collapse and failing water mains, and said federal funding can help but often requires extensive reports that can cost tens of thousands of dollars and hundreds of staff hours. He also pointed to inflation, supply-chain disruptions, colder climate requirements, higher material and labor costs, limited competition among contractors and suppliers, and newer treatment requirements such as PFAS removal and cybersecurity controls as major cost drivers.
Members asked whether reduced bonding or less frequent state funding would lower prices, whether annual bonding bills provide market certainty, how regionalization could be encouraged, and whether tightening specifications adds costs. The testifier said stopping work would likely drive contractors out of the market and reduce competition, which could raise prices later, and that consistent funding helps keep contractors in Minnesota. He said regional water systems such as Red Rock Rural Water and Lincoln Pipestone Rural Water are already helping lower costs and that legislators could encourage more regionalization through incentives. He also said some specifications and federal requirements, especially around treatment plant controls and cybersecurity, increase costs, though some standards like deeper water-main burial are necessary. The committee then moved on to the Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs, where John Kelly began presenting the governor’s 2026 capital budget recommendations and described the department’s mission, statewide network of veterans homes and cemeteries, and service to nearly 300,000 veterans and dependents.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Federal Funding Stabilization Subcommittee Jul 31st, 2025
Federal Funding Stabilization Subcommittee
Transcript Highlights:
- We regained access to the 18 million dollars that had been allocated to us, as well as a billion for
- I'm also going to add that there was another layer where these funds were already allocated.
- these funds will go to XYZ states, or this is how you're going to determine how each state gets an allocation
- In some of these funding cases, we had those types of allocations that nevertheless the agency said,
- authority to decide whether or not money should be released to us that has already been approved and allocated
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs (04/16/2025)
Health, Human Services & Elderly Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- like data archive fees, online access fees, retrieval fees, and certification fees that they’re tacking
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- fees that they're tacking on to the $50. fees that they're tacking on to the $50.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Finance Division III (02/26/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
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handling <01:49:00.080 - So that's kind of, I think, early on we talked a little bit about cost allocation, and it's kind of our
- The personnel would likely be cost allocated.
Summary:
The Division 3 House Finance Committee opened a work session and announced scheduling updates, including a second Medicaid work session on March 5 at 9:00 a.m. and a reminder that recommendations or budget amendments must be moved to the full finance committee by the end of March. Members were told no motions, roll calls, or votes would be taken, and the chair also reviewed upcoming meeting dates and weather-related cancellation procedures. The day’s presentation was a budget work session on the Division for Children, Youth and Families (DCYF), with officials Marie Nunan and Nathan White introducing the agency’s budget materials and mission.
DCYF’s presentation focused on its core mandates and recent operational changes. Officials described child protective services, juvenile justice services, and the Sununu Youth Services Center, then highlighted workforce improvements, including reduced vacancy rates for assessment caseworkers, juvenile justice officers, and youth counselors. They attributed the staffing gains to legislative pay raises, mass recruitment posting changes, a more stable and trauma-informed model at SYC, and broader flexibility after prior budget cuts and hiring freezes. Members asked about full-time versus part-time staffing, and DCYF said most positions discussed were full-time, with some harder-to-fill part-time youth counselor roles at SYC.
The committee also discussed DCYF’s emphasis on serving families earlier through its Community Navigator hotline referrals and community-based voluntary services, which are intended to connect families to supports before abuse or neglect escalates. Officials said the Community Navigator program had received 807 referrals since August 2023. On juvenile justice, DCYF described its assessment and diversion process and said it had reduced juvenile probation involvement by 30% from 2019 to 2023; members were directed to slide 17 for 2024 data, and officials said the trend continued toward fewer in-home juvenile justice cases. The agency also reported progress in kinship care, saying initial out-of-home placements with kin now occur 74% of the time and that kinship placements are associated with more reunification. Officials said kinship caregivers are being licensed and paid similarly to foster parents, and that the legislature’s kinship law has helped. Finally, DCYF outlined transition-age youth supports, including the HOPE program, Youth Villages LifeSet, and housing vouchers. No votes or formal actions were taken.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- Out of that, $716 million was specifically allocated for transportation initiatives.
- Out of that, $716 million was specifically allocated for transportation initiatives.
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- He gave Maine as an example, saying that for out-of-state boats Maine requires a $20 payment of fees
- , and they get a a a $20 payment of fees, and they get a a separate<04:40:43.920>
decal.
AR
Transcript Highlights:
- Before you, under Exhibit D, is the committee fund allocations for every year for per diem, mileage,
- This body is required to create or establish the allocations for the fiscal year beginning July 1.
- As you can see, none of the committees expended or even really got close to their allocated amount.
- column, and you can go ahead and, if the committee so wishes, establish the same exact funding allocations
Summary:
The Executive Subcommittee met and first approved an emergency rule change from the Department of Education to update consolidation and annexation rules to reflect Acts 919 of 2025 and 157 of the 2026 fiscal session. The rule implements the creation of new isolated school districts after local detachment votes, and officials explained the funding structure for parent districts: they retain foundation funding, declining enrollment funding, and local tax revenue, while 90% of the foundation funding generated by detaching students is forwarded to the new districts. Members discussed the financial impact in detail, and the emergency rule was approved without objection, effective upon adjournment of the Legislative Council meeting on June 19, 2026.
The Department of Human Services then presented an emergency rule allowing hospitals to open separate adolescent substance use disorder units and receive payment for residential services provided to adolescents. The rule was approved without objection, and Senator Irvin requested that the topic be placed on a future public health agenda for an update.
The committee also approved Whitehall’s waiver request to exceed $1 million through cooperative purchasing for construction services related to a project using a vendor with prior experience and a longer-warranty system. In addition, members voted to keep committee per diem, mileage, and expense allocations unchanged for the new fiscal year. Finally, the committee approved a motion to cancel the July 2026 Legislative Council meeting, allow only subcommittee meetings with imminent matters through July 31, and treat July subcommittee actions as final for reporting at the August 21, 2026 meeting.
AR
Transcript Highlights:
- Before you, under Exhibit D, is the committee fund allocations for every year for per diem, mileage,
- This body is required to create or establish the allocations for the fiscal year beginning July 1.
- As you can see, none of the committees expended or even really got close to their allocated amount.
- column, and you can go ahead and, if the committee so wishes... ...establish the same exact funding allocations
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
April 15, 2025 - 09:00 AM
Transcript Highlights:
- APPROPRIATIONS ACT REQUIRES EACH CHAMBER WORK FROM THE SAME ALLOCATION, ESSENTIALLY THE SAME CHECKBOOK
- OR WEEKS ARE PRESIDING OFFICERS WILL BE WORKING DILIGENTLY TOWARDS AGREEING ON WHAT THAT FINAL ALLOCATION
- WE HAVE NOT YET RECEIVED OUR ALLOCATION.
- >> Chair Maney: SINCE WE DON'T HAVE ALLOCATIONS FROM LEADERSHIP THERE'S BEEN NO WAY TO ADDRESS THAT YET
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Arkansas 2026 Regular Session
EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE AND HOUSE May 18th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- But we have one last question and then we'll have to move on to our resource allocations.
- And then we'll have to move on to our resource allocations, our adequacy stuff. Thank you.
- And now we'll move on to our adequacy resource allocation study from our Bureau folks. Thank you.
- Okay, so this is part two, continuing our resource allocation presentations.
- It's either a fund balance from a categorical previous allocation or another categorical fund. Yes.