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• These would be things to explore as you're thinking about your budget priorities. Thank you.
• These would be things to explore as you're thinking about your budget priorities. Thank you.
• I don't think there's been very many allocations in the state budget.
• I don't think there's been very many allocations in the state budget.
• decisions of balancing the budget.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• </c><00:02:40.800><c> request</c><00:02:41.200><c> is</c> course our budget request is course our budget
• budget and the governor's<00:03:13.680><c> budget</c><00:03:14.040><c> request</c><00:03:15.040><c>
• </c> into the permanent budget into the permanent budget and<00:35:58.319><c> they're</c><00:35:58.480
• , it's not her budget.
• /c> budget it's not her budget budget it's not her budget so<03:08:52.080><c> well</c><03:08:52.319><

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• </c><02:21:19.720><c> proposal</c> in Medicaid cuts the budget proposal in Medicaid cuts the budget proposal
• budget budget okay<02:44:12.479><c> now</c><02:44:12.640><c> we</c><02:44:12.800><c> need</c><02:44:
• that's a tough one now his budget that's a tough one now his treasury<02:47:19.479><c> secretary</c>
• He also asked us to find a way to balance the budget.
• the overwhelming majority of that budget the overwhelming majority of that budget<03:30:13.760><c> has

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, March 6, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• I'd like to welcome everyone to the Conference Committee on State Administration, Budget, and Agriculture
• We have offers on the following items: budget, proviso, back of the bill, projects, and the implementing
• We have offers on the following items: budget, proviso, back of the bill, projects, and the implementing
• For the Senate budget offer, we agree with the offer except for the following lines, which will be bumped
• You and all the members of the conference committee, and producing what is the most great out budget

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• I'd like to welcome everyone to the Conference Committee on State Administration, Budget, and Agriculture
• We have offers on the following items: budget, proviso, back of the bill, projects, and the implementing
• We have offers on the following items: budget, proviso, back of the bill, projects, and the implementing
• For the Senate budget offer, we agree with the offer except for the following lines, which will be bumped
• For the Senate budget offer, we agree with the offer except for the following lines, which will be bumped

Summary: The Conference Committee on State Administration, Budget, and Agriculture, Environment, and General Government Appropriations met to resolve outstanding differences between the House and Senate on the budget, proviso, back of the bill, projects, and implementing bill, along with conforming bills HB 5203E, HB 5207E, and SB 2508E. Senator Broder presented the Senate’s offers, and the House responded by agreeing to many items while identifying specific lines in each section to be “bumped” to the next level for further resolution. The committee also agreed to bump the three conforming bills in their entirety. The House and Senate then went through the remaining disputed lines in the budget, proviso, back of the bill, project, and implementing bill offers, with the Senate ultimately concurring with the House’s list of lines to bump. Both sides indicated that the conference committee’s work was complete and thanked each other and staff for the negotiation process. A motion was made and adopted without objection to allow staff to make technical conforming adjustments related to the bump process. There was no public comment, and the committee adjourned.

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• We're starting with our budget briefings here on January 5th, 2026, at 1 p.m.
• I got a guy coming asking for $100,000, and my budget is $330 million.
• So, um, with the budget is 330 million.
• So, in short, thank the budget.
• Is the additional training that you mentioned budgeted, included in this budget request?

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• ask, but normally use during that budget time.
• </c><00:51:39.520><c> We've</c><00:51:39.839><c> actually</c> during that budget time.
• We've actually during that budget time.
• </c> approving unless we're proving a budget. approving unless we're proving a budget.
• :01.359><c> we're</c><00:58:01.799><c> budgeting</c><00:58:02.799><c> 700,000</c> say, "Well, we're budgeting

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The committee opened with a moment of silence for Representative McCool, who was absent due to a family death, then approved the April 14 minutes and noted the agenda contained 482 items totaling about $138.6 million. The first deferred item involved the Office of the Controller and a brokerage services contract. Senators questioned why the new contract was roughly $1 million a year when a prior vendor had been paid about $300,000 annually, why the procurement was rebid after years of no-bid arrangements, and why past performance was not heavily weighted. Agency witnesses said the prior vendor had held the work for more than 20 years, the new RFP drew more competition, technical evaluators did not see cost until after technical scoring, and AON received the highest technical score despite being an out-of-state vendor with its closest office in Nashville. After discussion, the committee voted to take no action, and the contract advanced to the Finance Cabinet for final decision. The committee then considered a DCBS memorandum of agreement amendment. Members asked what funding was being redirected to cover an increase of about $265,000. DCBS explained that reduced spending on interpreter services, due to more commonly used forms being translated into other languages, freed up funds to support the contract. The committee approved the item. Next, the committee reviewed an initial contract for the Kentucky Board of Hairdressers and Cosmetologists. The board explained that its small legal staff was handling 11 active cases and needed outside counsel with investigators and additional attorneys because of ongoing litigation and disciplinary changes tied to prior legislation and a recent LOIC report. Members asked whether the contract was a not-to-exceed amount and whether the board could afford it; the board said the $50,000 was a ceiling, not an expected spend, and that the board was fully funded through licensing fees and currently running a surplus. Senator Thomas urged support, citing recent reforms in Senate Bills 14 and 22 and the need to help the board work through corrective action. The committee approved the contract. The Board of Pharmacy item was then deferred at the agency’s request until the June 2025 meeting, and the committee approved that deferral.

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• That could be other budget sources.
• The budget savings that we talk about, this is real money, a quarter of a billion dollars.
• I and our current budget deficit fully support this bill. Yes.
• There are limited funds, as we're finding within our own budget as legislators.
• A recent Budget Subcommittee 7 oversight hearing highlighted these discrepancies.

Summary: The committee heard several bills related to public employment. AB 1601, by Assemblymember Rogers, would give Sonoma County flexibility to work with its retirement board and actuaries on a possible retiree cost-of-living adjustment; supporters said Sonoma is the only 1937 Act county system without an automatic COLA and that retirees have gone since 2008 without an increase, while no opposition testified. The bill passed on a do-pass vote and was placed on the floor. AB 1729, by Assemblymember Lee, would update state telework policy by requiring written telework plans, adding more structure before return-to-office decisions, and restoring public reporting on telework savings. Supporters, including SEIU Local 1000, the Association of California State Supervisors, and many state workers, argued telework improves productivity, reduces emissions and commute costs, and could save the state about $225 million annually; there was no opposition. The committee approved the bill 6-0 and re-referred it to Appropriations. AB 1630, by Assemblymember Colosa, would allow union representatives to invite bargaining-unit members to observe meet-and-confer sessions, including remotely, to increase transparency and engagement. UC and CSU opposed the measure, saying observer rules should be negotiated at the table and warning the bill lacked clear limits on the number of observers and could create logistical and security problems. The bill passed 5-0 with one member not voting and was sent to Appropriations. AB 1750, also by Assemblymember Colosa, would require school employees who exhaust sick leave and are absent due to illness or injury to receive full salary for an additional five months. CTA supported the bill as a needed safety net for teachers and classified staff, while school districts and administrators opposed it over cost, staffing, and student stability concerns, saying it could encourage longer absences and strain already tight budgets. The committee passed the bill 5-0 and sent it to Higher Education. AB 1896, by Assemblymember Gonzalez, would bar people who participated in immigration enforcement from holding California public employment, with supporters framing it as a response to ICE and Border Patrol actions and opponents warning it was overbroad and could exclude otherwise qualified applicants from law enforcement jobs; the bill passed 5-1 and was referred to Public Safety.

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• That could be other budget sources.
• The budget savings that we talk about, this is real money, a quarter of a billion dollars.
• I and our current budget deficit fully support this bill. Yes.
• There are limited funds, as we're finding within our own budget as legislators.
• A recent Budget Subcommittee 7 oversight hearing highlighted these discrepancies.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• And when they prepare a budget for voter approval, that budget is balanced by charter.
• And when they prepare a budget for voter approval, that budget is balanced by charter.
• when they prepare a budget for voter approval,<00:21:00.640><c> that</c><00:21:00.880><c> budget</c>
• as it was first proposed. revenue side of a budget are the revenue side of a budget are the property
• </c> budget would be about $35,000 per year. budget would be about $35,000 per year.

Keywords: 927, senate, all

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• </c> county budgets so we could tie it back? county budgets so we could tie it back?
• </c> &gt;&gt; on county budgets, but I'm sure Mr. &gt;&gt; on county budgets, but I'm sure Mr.
• </c> going to have an effect on your budget. going to have an effect on your budget.
• A budget is a moral document.
• </c><01:41:19.840><c> Um</c> more stable budget. Um more stable budget.

Bills: HF4561, HF4343

Keywords: homeless prevention aid, homelessness, housing stability, rental assistance, family homelessness, unaccompanied youth, housing navigation, legal representation, family outreach, county aid, Tribal governments, local government aid, general fund appropriation, unspent funds, aid redistribution, sunset repeal, Minnesota property tax aid, services for persons experiencing homelessness, sales tax, use tax

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• </c><00:19:51.520><c> for</c> office as uh they create the budget for office as uh they create the budget
• budget request.
• budget request.
• budget request.
• ><c> received</c><01:42:25.199><c> $40</c> last budget session, we received $40 last budget session,

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:00 Attendance Roll Call 00:00:05 Approval of Minutes 00:01:48 Welcome New Members 00:02:03 Information Items 00:02:35 Review of Executive Branch Agency Plans 00:03:33 A. Cabinet for Health and Family Services 00:04:00 B. Kentucky Department of Education 00:17:03 C. Education and Labor Cabinet 00:29:33 D. Energy and Environment Cabinet 00:42:38 E. Finance and Administration Cabinet 0:53:30 F. Justice and Public Safety Cabinet 01:13:28 G. Personnel Cabinet 01:31:04 H. School Facilities Construction Commission 01:41:39, 958, all

Summary: The meeting was the first of the year for the Capital Planning Advisory Board. Members were called, a quorum was confirmed, new co-chairs and members were welcomed, and the board approved the prior year’s meeting minutes. The chair also reviewed the capital planning timeline, packet organization, and the list of agencies that submitted plans but would not testify. The Cabinet for Health and Family Services presented first, outlining priorities centered on public safety, protecting existing infrastructure, preventive maintenance, and improving service delivery. Its major requests included a $21 million maintenance pool for 14 campuses and 175 buildings, phase 2 construction funding for a new public health laboratory, an 18-bed psychiatric hospital for children and adolescents with severe mental health needs, and several projects at Western State Hospital, Western State Nursing Facility, Hazlewood, and Oakwood. Members asked about the youth facility’s relationship to a separate DJJ project, vacant buildings, the high per-bed cost of the children’s hospital, and how the cabinet determined the need for the youth facility. CHFS said the youth project would be a separate facility serving high-acuity youth, the cost reflected the specialized nature of the unit and an 18-bed cap, and the broader youth plan also includes prevention, in-home services, and coordination across agencies. The Kentucky Department of Education then described projects for its three state-operated facilities: the Kentucky School for the Deaf, the Kentucky School for the Blind, and the FFA leadership training center. It requested additional funding for the FFA classroom and activity building after bids came in higher than expected, plus funding for a new education finance application system to support SEEK budgeting. Other priorities included a maintenance pool, FFA pool renovation, electrical upgrades, campus education enhancements, lighting improvements, safety and security work, door and window replacements, and HVAC maintenance. Members asked about student outcomes, the size of the FFA pool, and construction cost assumptions; the department said it tracks students through the schools and short-course programs, the pool size figure may have been a typo, and current construction estimates are being adjusted upward because of inflation and supply-chain pressures. The Education and Labor Cabinet began its presentation with 12 priority projects, including a state labor exchange system to connect job seekers and employers, renovation of the McDow Vocational Rehabilitation Center, and a new adult education and family literacy management information system. The cabinet said the labor exchange would help match workers with employers at no cost, while the McDow renovation was needed because the 30-year-old facility has safety and code concerns. The adult education system was described as outdated and lacking adequate case-management and tracking capabilities.

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• As a mother and grandmother, I want money in our budget spent to fund our public school system so my
• Let's go to Nan Madden, Budget Project Director, Minnesota Council of Nonprofits.
• I'm director of the Minnesota Budget Project.
• and we can't hear any the state budget and we can't hear any other<00:48:01.040><c> bills</c><00:48:
• </c> last year in 2023 when we set the budget last year in 2023 when we set the budget we<01:21:03.440

Keywords: 1183, house

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• health and human services and, before that, as a director of the Mayor's Office of Management and Budget
• Budgets are about priorities, and most certainly, where there's a will, there's a way, but also there
• Once you wear the hat, you never take it off, even in the current job as I'm going through my budget
• You know, the capital budget for the MTA with the 2025-29 plan, there's a glaring hole in that.
• I will certainly, Senator, take a close look at the budget.

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The joint meeting of the Senate Finance, Corporations, Authorities and Commissions, and Transportation committees considered four nominations to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority board: Melanie Hartzog, Jeanette Sadecott, Matthew Rand, and James O’Donnell. Each nominee gave opening remarks describing their public service or transportation-related experience and their interest in issues such as affordability, accessibility, state of good repair, regional connectivity, and transit safety. Senators also raised concerns about MTA transparency, the 2025-29 capital plan funding gap, fare and toll evasion, worker safety, and the need for better service in underserved areas. Members pressed the nominees on several policy questions, including the feasibility of free or reduced-fare buses, expanding bus service and bus lanes, restoring Hudson Valley and Harlem Line service, improving west-of-Hudson and Rockland County transit, and advancing the Second Avenue Subway and accessibility projects. The nominees generally said they were open to studying these ideas, emphasized collaboration with the MTA, governor, mayor, and legislature, and supported greater transparency and investment in transit infrastructure. Senators also highlighted labor concerns, including the MTA workers’ contract and safety for bus operators and other transit workers. At the end of the hearing, the committees voted separately on each nomination. Melanie Hartzog, Jeanette Sadecott, Matthew Rand, and James O’Donnell were each approved by the committees and advanced to the Senate floor. The meeting then adjourned.

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• Because if it's not going to work, then I have heartburn overspending $3 million with the current budget
• That we need to be reducing our overall state budget. And the tax credit is not allocated.
• A lot of our programs, which makes us one of the smallest department budgets in the state.
• So whenever you talk about cutting money out of the budget, agriculture has been doing that for years
• And with a $60 million, some odd budget we have as a department, but yet generating $93, $94 billion,

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• Because if that's not going to work, then I have heartburn over spending $3 million with the current budget
• certainly appreciate you carrying this, and all this is subject to appropriations, as always, with budget
• So whenever you talk about cutting money out of the budget, agriculture has been doing that for years
• , and with a $60 million-some-odd budget we have as a department, but yet generating $93, $94 billion
• We need to cut $1 billion from the FY 27 budget.

Summary: The House Agriculture Committee first met in executive session on House Bill 2998, adopting a committee substitute that narrowed the bill to a study of the Upper Mississippi River Basin and the Rural Development Office and extended the deadline to December 1, 2029. Members discussed the bill’s roughly $3 million fiscal note and whether the proposed river-related study and power-generation concept would be a worthwhile investment. The committee adopted the substitute and then voted the committee substitute for HB 2998 do pass by a 21-0 roll call. The committee then held a public hearing on Senate Substitute for Senate Bill 913, which would extend several agricultural tax credit programs for five years, including the Missouri Agricultural and Small Business Tax Credit (Mazbita), rolling stock credits, meat processing incentives, biodiesel-related credits, specialty crop credits, and a new short-line railroad credit. Senator Curtis Gregory said the bill was intended to provide certainty and support rural infrastructure, agricultural processing, and rail access, and witnesses from the Missouri Soybean Association, Missouri Farm Bureau, Missouri Corn Growers, Missouri Chamber, short-line railroads, Missouri AgriBusiness Association, Missouri Dairy, Missouri Bankers Association, Missouri Railroad Association, and Missouri Pork Association testified in support. Opposition came from a public advocate who argued Missouri’s tax credit system is too large, lacks adequate auditing, and could cost tens of millions of dollars while adding state administrative costs. Committee members raised questions about the fiscal note, the carryforward of unused credits, and whether the rolling stock credit backfills local property tax revenue; supporters responded that the credit makes local governments whole and that the programs have strong returns on investment and help preserve agricultural and rail infrastructure. No final vote on SB 913 was taken in the transcript, and the committee adjourned after the hearing.

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• The reason for that imbalance in favor of transportation is that the last few budgets have seen more
• credit, which will help in areas of our economy that have been especially hit hard by the federal budget
• whether to lower the state's income tax from 5% to 4%, which would create a $5 billion hole in our budget
• It closes the immediate $400 million-plus hole in the FY27 budget, safeguards Massachusetts residents
• doing a lot of different things here in this Commonwealth, dedicated to specific entities in this budget

Keywords: 1212, all

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• would be the best one for this, but are you aware that there was accommodation in the governor's budget
• ...one for this, but are you aware that there was accommodation in the governor's budget for $2.5 million
• The enacted budget last year included funding to increase child care centers to the 85th percentile of
• Governor Ferguson's proposed budget included $34.5 million in non-appropriated funding authority from
• If continued efforts to balance the district's budget are unsuccessful, a financial oversight committee

Summary: The Appropriations Committee held a public hearing on several bills. Senate Bill 5109 would raise the mortgage lending fraud prosecution surcharge on recorded deeds of trust from $1 to $5 and remove the 2027 sunset on the surcharge and account. Committee staff said the change would generate additional revenue for county auditors and the Department of Financial Institutions to contract with prosecutors; King County and the Washington Association of Prosecuting Attorneys testified in strong support, saying the current funding has eroded and the bill would better sustain mortgage fraud prosecutions. A question was raised about whether other budget funding could serve a similar purpose, but supporters said the dedicated surcharge/account structure was the best fit. No vote was taken. The committee also heard Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5500, which would require DCYF’s biennial child care report to include a current cost-of-quality study in addition to the market rate survey. Testifiers from Child Care Aware of Washington, child care providers, and the early education design team supported the bill, saying the market rate survey alone does not capture the true cost of providing quality care. Staff said the bill would have a small fiscal impact for DCYF. The committee then heard Substitute Senate Bill 5834 and Senate Bill 5835, both Department of Retirement Systems request bills: one would broaden use of pension fund interest earnings for fund-protection expenses beyond the 2025-27 biennium, and the other would raise the threshold for lump-sum payment of small monthly benefits from $50 to $250. Neither bill drew public testimony, and staff said the fiscal impacts were minimal. Later, the committee heard Engrossed Senate Bill 5872, which would create the Pre-K Promise Account for ECAP funding and allow gifts, grants, and donations to be used solely to expand the program. Supporters including rural health coalitions, the Balmer Group, and Snohomish County said the account would help expand access to early learning, especially in child care deserts; DCYF estimated staffing costs to administer the account. Substitute Senate Bill 6007 would direct WSIPP to study DCYF’s child welfare screening tools and their effects on outcomes, with a reported cost of about $234,000; there was no public testimony. Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 6019 would clarify home care agency rate-setting and require that no more than 20% of Medicaid home care rates go to administrative costs, with DSHS saying there would be no fiscal impact. Labor and caregiver witnesses supported it as a parity and accountability measure. Finally, Senate Bill 6065 would allow school districts in binding conditions or enhanced financial oversight to use transportation vehicle funds more flexibly, including temporary loans or permanent transfers with approval; a rural education representative supported the bill, and staff said OSPI would incur only modest administrative costs. The committee took no final action and adjourned after the hearings.

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• There are two dashboard metrics where we monitor whether we are on budget with our construction costs
• There are two dashboard metrics where we monitor are we on budget with our construction costs.
• , because you can see on this graph that about 90% of our budget goes to contract construction on the
• The governor recommends ITD's program maintenance budget at $938 million, and another $94 million to
• We have growing communities, but we also have budget constraints on our revenues.

Keywords: 989, all

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• >>> THE STATE ADMINISTRATION BUDGET SUBCOMMITTEE WILL COME TO ORDER.
• THIS IS WHERE THE BUDGET COMES INTO PLAY.
• THERE WAS A BUDGET AMENDMENT SO THESE NUMBERS REFLECT THAT MOVE SO THAT IS THE BUDGET AS IT SITS TODAY
• CHANGES TO THE BUDGET. CHANGES TO THE SCOPE. THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.
• AS WE GO FORWARD WE START LOOKING TO OUR BUDGET.