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• </c><00:16:35.040><c> bill</c> um as we know the bud the budget bill um as we know the bud the budget
• </c> allow for us to follow our budget rules. allow for us to follow our budget rules.
• The budget does conform to all of the budget rules.
• I would the budget constraints.
• </c> budget because of defrail obligations. budget because of defrail obligations.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• I brought this amendment to SB 30 to the Joint Budget Committee, which is the process available.
• present yes ready for discussion thank madam chair i brought this amendment to sb 30 to the joint budget
• We don't allow citizens to give testimony in budget committee, so if you're here on behalf of the board
• She returned last time over a million dollars of her budget back to the state treasurer.
• She is a shrewd and effective manager of her office's budget. All right.

Summary: The committee took up several budget and personnel items, first approving revised requests from the Auditor’s Office and the Lieutenant Governor’s Office. The Auditor’s request lowered its salary-and-match increases to 10 percent, with operations and UCP amounts reduced to $245,490 and $109,711. The Lieutenant Governor’s revised request kept positions at line-item maximums and sought $99,876 in regular salary and match appropriations, or 17.43 percent. Both items were approved without objection. The main discussion centered on a member amendment from Senator Rice to Senate Bill 30 affecting the Governor’s Office. The amendment would eliminate one senior advisor position, reduce authorized positions from 59 to 58, and cut salaries and matching funds by a total of $264,895. Senator Rice argued the reduction was warranted because of concerns about former Corrections Secretary Joe Profury’s handling of corrections-related matters, including the Franklin County land purchase, transparency issues, and his refusal to appear before Joint Performance Review. Several members questioned the relevance of the testimony and noted the Governor could still hire him in another role if she chose. After discussion, a roll call vote was taken and the amendment failed. The committee then approved two routine items: OPM’s request to reinstate a labor market rate at the crime lab so it can offer up to $300,000 to recruit two medical examiners, and Arkansas State University-Jonesboro’s request for 11 positions tied to the new veterinary medicine school. Both requests were approved, and the meeting adjourned after all agenda items were completed.

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• The Assembly Budget Subcommittee 1 would like to meet prior to the joint hearing that was noticed in
• The Assembly Budget Subcommittee 1 would like to meet prior to the joint hearing that was noticed in
• Moving on to announcements, the following committee hearings are scheduled for this afternoon: Budget
• A joint hearing of Assembly Budget Subcommittee 1 and Senate Budget Subcommittee 3 will meet upon adjournment
• of Budget Subcommittee 1 in Capitol Room 127.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• >> Transportation Economic Budget Subcommittee will come to order. Siena, please call the roll.
• We will take up the conforming legislation to the budget — documentary stamp taxes. Rep.
• A budget amendment, I'm sorry. We had to get a budget amendment. >> Chair: All right.
• A BUDGET AMENDMENT I'M SORRY WE&nbsp; HAD TO GET A BUDGET AMENDMENT. 139 &gt;&gt; Chair: ALL RIGHT ANY
• Noting the fact that the Governor, aside from the budget amendment, can call a special session, and he

Summary: The Transportation Economic Budget Subcommittee met with a quorum and heard four measures. First, the committee considered PCS for HB 1177, which originally addressed ad valorem tax exemptions for defense and aerospace operations and contract procedures for Space Florida. An amendment removed the tax exemption portion for later consideration in the tax package, and the bill then passed favorably after brief discussion about Florida’s competitiveness in the space industry. The committee next took up a conforming budget bill on documentary stamp taxes, which redirects a portion of doc stamp revenue from general revenue to the State Transportation Trust Fund. The sponsor said the change restores a $60 million transportation funding stream with a corresponding general revenue reduction, while maintaining a net zero fiscal impact overall. Members asked about why the funding was being restored and how the money would be used, and the bill passed favorably. Members then heard PCB 26-02, which re-creates the Emergency Preparedness Response Fund and adds restrictions and oversight. The proposal limits the fund to state appropriations for natural emergencies, requires legislative consultation for extended emergencies, keeps revenue in the fund, sends federal reimbursements to general revenue, adds quarterly reporting and inventory/accounting requirements, and sunsets the fund in 2030 unless reenacted. Testimony and debate focused on accountability, disaster response readiness, and concerns about prior uses of the fund; the PCB passed favorably. Finally, the committee considered HB 953, which strengthens oversight of commercial driving schools by authorizing county tax collectors to enforce related statutes and inspections. The sponsor said the bill responds to fraud and misrepresentation in the industry and would help protect driver licensing integrity, especially in South Florida. After supportive testimony from the Miami-Dade Tax Collector’s Office and a lobbyist, the bill passed favorably. The meeting then adjourned.

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• How does this um its budget.
• I spent budget committee in my town.
• </c> they're doing their budgeting. they're doing their budgeting.
• Town budget went up uh and up and up Town budget went up uh and up and up while<00:44:09.839><c> our<
• Even if the school and town budgets stay flat, even if those budgets are capped.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• </c> considering cutting out of this budget considering cutting out of this budget area<00:15:19.839>
• The chair lays over House File 2122 for possible inclusion in a future budget bill.
• The chair lays over House File 2122 for possible inclusion in a future budget bill.
• </c> possible inclusion in a future budget possible inclusion in a future budget Bill<01:18:48.159><c
• That's our presentation here for you today. budget the fact that the pathway has budget the fact that

Bills: HF339, HF1272, HF2121, HF2122, HF1216, HF1003, HF2319

Keywords: HF339, Nursing Home Workforce Standards Board, nursing homes, long-term care, elder care, workforce standards, certified worker organizations, labor funding, general fund appropriation, worker grants, Minnesota labor law, nursing home staffing, caregiver workforce, section 181.214, HF1272, nursing home, boarding care home, nursing home workers, labor standards, Medicaid-certified facility

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• </c> the Congressional house passed a budget the Congressional house passed a budget resolution<00:02
• Those are in the budgets of the state government and the budgets of Minnesota families.
• :41.120><c> the</c><00:26:41.240><c> budgets</c><00:26:41.520><c> of</c> state government and the budgets
• </c><00:36:54.119><c> office</c> MMB people um legislative budget office MMB people um legislative budget
• I will leave you with this: we serve the entire state for a modest budget.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• down—the secondary budget, the supplemental budget—was voted down on a bipartisan basis.
• down—the secondary budget, the supplemental budget—was voted down on a bipartisan basis.
• </c> Putting together a whole budget Putting together a whole budget as<00:33:00.200><c> a</c><00:33:
• ,</c><00:33:08.080><c> the</c> voted down the secondary budget, the voted down the secondary budget,
• the supplemental<00:33:08.680><c> budget</c> supplemental budget supplemental budget was<00:33:10.000

Keywords: 1183, house

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• So is there a cost estimate on the troopers, and then what budget does that come out of?
• </c> the troopers and then um what budget the troopers and then um what budget does<00:20:41.600><c>
• I don't think that from the DPS budget.
• </c><00:54:23.520><c> Could</c> uh that would increase the budget?
• Could uh that would increase the budget? Could someone<00:54:24.319><c> clarify?

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Uh, I chair our Senate Judiciary and Public Safety Budget and Policy Committee.
• That is a budget impact on line 290. House File 135 is a budget impact for assaults on a jailer.
• House File 135 is a budget impact for assaults on a jailer.
• That is a budget impact on line 290. House File 135 is a budget impact for assaults on a jailer.
• House File 135 is a budget impact for assaults on a jailer.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• And we have a billion per year in the current, I believe, in the budget.
• Arizona's got a budget surplus.
• culture in our budget and that was also rejected in the House. is, yes, I'm committed.
• Those budget concerns and fears are unwarranted. Move to oppose the amendment.
• That's a 10% of their budget if they're doing it through on.

Bills: SB2, SJR36, SB2, SB2, SR29, SB2

Keywords: Maverick County, recognition, economic development, Texas Senate, community celebration, 1185, senate, all

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• All right, the House Budget and Senate Appropriations Conference Committee on Transportation, Tourism
• The Senate has another offer for the House on the budget and projects.
• We appreciate your budget offer and are also offering you House Offer 2 on proviso, back of the bill,
• The House agrees with all of the shaded budget lines, and those where we now line up and are the same
• All budget rows that remain different will bump. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Summary: The House Budget and Senate Appropriations Conference Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development met to exchange final budget offers. The Senate presented another offer and said it had made a good-faith effort to move closer to House positions. The House responded with House Offer 2 on proviso, back of bill, and the implementing bill, stating that it agreed with all shaded budget lines and that any remaining differences would bump. The Senate then accepted the House’s offer on several specific lines, including 16B, 164, 323, 369, 445, 447, 441, and 493, with a brief clarification sought on one line number. The chair and Senator DeSigley noted that the remaining differences would bump, indicating unresolved items were left to fall out. No public testimony was taken, and the meeting ended with mutual thanks and adjournment.

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• always say, what is the Department's budget when you look at the overall state budget?
• Chair Putnam, our current budget is tight.
• </c> Senator tight um our our current budget Senator tight um our our current budget is<01:30:21.000>
• </c> opportunity to review uh the the budget opportunity to review uh the the budget that<01:31:59.320
• our budget.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Chairman and members, Senate Bill 318 by Senator Reese provides relative to tax exemption budget and
• This is just a small change to the annual tax exemption budget.
• The annual tax exemption budget is typically due in the first week or so of March.
• By removing that data in the annual tax exemption budget, it should allow the Department of Revenue to
• produce that budget on time, which is at the beginning of the appropriations process every year, which

Summary: The Ways and Means Committee met on April 21, 2026, and took up a series of tax, revenue, and property-tax related measures. SB 318 was amended and reported as amended; it revises the Department of Revenue’s annual tax exemption budget process by removing parish-level reporting from that report, creating a separate business tax benefit report by NAICS code, and requiring parish sales tax collectors to produce a similar local exemption report. SB 128, allowing the Department of Revenue to use an existing vendor for address-change services, was reported favorably. SB 149, concerning the issuance and sale of general obligation bonds and requiring good-faith deposits only from the winning bidder, was amended and reported as amended. SB 180, which lets a surviving spouse of a deceased disabled veteran transfer an expanded homestead exemption one time under certain circumstances, was reported favorably. SB 196, extending the tax appeal period from 60 to 90 days and making conforming changes elsewhere in law, was amended and reported as amended. SCR 11, creating the Anchor Home Task Force to study tax credits to encourage Louisiana college graduates to stay and work in the state, was reported favorably. SB 340, making the permanent homestead exemption form requirement statewide for assessors, was reported favorably. Later in the meeting, the committee heard several bills from Senator Gregory Miller on the state’s ongoing tax sale and ad valorem tax reform package. SB 73 was reported favorably to resolve a conflict between prior legislation and the 2024 constitutional amendment on tax sale timing. SB 238 was reported favorably to clarify which collection procedures apply to older tax sales and to preserve prior notice procedures where already completed. SB 191 was amended to restore the requirement for two advertisements for tax lien auctions instead of one, and then reported favorably as amended. SB 89, a backup measure to require the St. Charles Parish assessor to provide a permanent homestead exemption form, was also reported favorably, with the sponsor noting it was intended to avoid duplication if the statewide bill already enacted the same policy. Testimony was generally supportive across the agenda, with Department of Revenue, Department of Veterans Affairs, local tax, sheriffs, press, and land title representatives appearing in support or for information. Committee members asked a few clarifying questions, mainly about the scope of homestead exemption portability, whether local governments would face new costs, and the effect of the tax appeal deadline change. No roll-call votes were taken; the committee adopted amendments where offered and reported the bills and resolution favorably or as amended by unanimous consent. The meeting then adjourned.

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• Chairman and members, Senate Bill 318 by Senator Reese provides relative to tax exemption budget and
• This is just a small change to the annual tax exemption budget.
• The annual tax exemption budget is typically due in the first week or so of March.
• By removing that data in the annual tax exemption budget, it should allow the Department of Revenue to
• related to local sales and use tax exemptions that largely mirrors the tax exemption budget, or T.E.B

Bills: HR118, HB1120, SCR11, SB73, SB89, SB128, SB149, SB180, SB191, SB196, SB238, SB318, SB340

Keywords: water utility, tax credit, excessive rates, residential service, subcommittee, tobacco tax, excise tax, smokeless tobacco, vapor products, public health, FDA, risk-proportionate, tax credits, higher education, workforce development, brain drain, economic incentives, SB 73, Act 10, Act No. 774 of 2024

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• JFAC has the final word in our budgeting process, and we hope they'll respect our wish.
• JFAC has the final word in our budgeting process, and we hope they'll respect our wishes and the wishes
• Second question, is there funding available within our budget to take care of this?
• And I'm when I say within the general fund budget... So.
• And I'm when I say within the general fund budget, right now within our general fund, there is no funding

Keywords: 989, all

Summary: The committee met briefly to clarify priorities for available funding, with the chair noting that JFAC had already removed funding for one SRO-related item and that the committee would need to decide how to proceed. Senator Kevin Cook was invited to outline several potential behavioral health and Medicaid-related uses of funds, emphasizing that he was not lobbying but providing information on costs and impacts. Much of the discussion focused on three behavioral health services that had been cut: Assertive Community Treatment (ACT), Adult Peer Support Services, and Healthy Connections. Senator Cook and Department of Health and Welfare Medicaid administrator Sasha O’Connell described ACT as an evidence-based team service for people with severe mental illness, noting it had been cut under the governor’s holdback and that restoring it would cost about $1.3 million for the remainder of FY 2026 and $4.1 million in FY 2027. Peer support was described as a trained recovery-based service, with estimated costs of $2 million for FY 2026 and $6 million for FY 2027. Healthy Connections, which had ended due to statute rather than department action, was estimated at $1.5 million to finish FY 2026 and $6.3 million for FY 2027. O’Connell explained that the cuts were driven by budget holdbacks and limited options under state and federal law, and that ACT had been moved into the Magellan Medicaid contract to leverage federal matching funds. Members asked about the Medicaid match, the number of people served, and why these services were not included in earlier Medicaid funding decisions. Several members and Senator Cook argued that ACT in particular reduces costs and risks by preventing hospitalizations, jail stays, and law enforcement crises, and cited letters and personal examples supporting the program. The committee did not take final action, but members expressed support for ACT and discussed whether statutory changes or another meeting would be needed before any funding decision.

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• So that 21 million is essentially given back to the legislature through the budget in the revenue estimate
• And so It seems to me that tax policy is being done in the budget, in the budget process, as opposed
• Act for the tax committee is that these bills are running through because they're already in the budget
• I've identified some that have gone through, they go to the floor because they're already in the budget
• So I'm just delighted that this bill got up from 10% to 30% because my budget Thank you very much.

Keywords: 996, all

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• </c> like this Republican budget like this Republican budget reconciliation<05:38:07.760><c> bill</c>
• </c> distinguished member of the budget distinguished member of the budget committee,<05:54:02.638><c
• </c> the budget committee. the budget committee. &gt;&gt; Gentleman's<06:00:10.958><c> recognized.
• </c> distinguished member of the budget distinguished member of the budget committee,<06:04:46.080><c
• </c> budget committee, Mr. McGarvey. budget committee, Mr. McGarvey.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, June 9, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• This is not the budgeting process.
• The budgeting is up to the appropriators next January... These are structured.
• And we had that in the budget at one point last session.
• Is there anything to meet when we meet with the budget section or anything?
• Before budget, I think there's some couple meetings before and after that as well, the budget section

Summary: The Higher Ed Funding Committee met to review how North Dakota might identify and address low-producing academic programs and to discuss draft funding formulas for the university system. Lisa Johnson of the NDUS explained that the State Board of Higher Education is already developing a system-wide policy, using models from other states such as Texas, Virginia, North Carolina, Colorado, Kentucky, Ohio, and Connecticut. She described how low-producing programs are typically flagged by multi-year enrollment or completion thresholds, then reviewed for workforce demand, mission fit, cost, accreditation, and regional need before any action is taken. Committee members asked about what counts as a program, how costs are analyzed, whether certificates are included, how exemptions work for mission-critical or high-demand fields, and whether the board or legislature should set the rules. Johnson said the board is the appropriate body to lead the process, but legislators could use funding leverage if they wanted to encourage action; the chair asked the board to bring a detailed proposal to the June meeting. The committee then heard a Legislative Council presentation on a draft formula for UND and NDSU. The proposal uses fall census FTE enrollment, with a placeholder undergraduate rate of $7,000 per FTE and a graduate/professional rate of $10,500, plus incentives for completions in in-demand fields and research productivity. Alex from Legislative Council walked through the projected funding effects, noting that the model would increase funding for NDSU and reduce it for UND in the current biennium, with different results in the next biennium as enrollment changes are recognized. Members questioned the use of the placeholder rates, the definition of in-demand programs, the treatment of research funding, and the exclusion of state-appropriated dollars from the external grants calculation. The chair emphasized that the numbers were illustrative and that appropriators would set the actual dollar amounts later. A second draft formula for the other nine institutions was also reviewed. That model uses fall census FTE without a weighted economic factor, applies a higher undergraduate rate, and adds completion incentives for in-demand credentials and all other completions. Members noted that the formula would benefit some institutions, such as Bismarck State College, while reducing funding for others, such as Mayville State, and discussed whether the nine institutions should be treated more uniformly or split into smaller groups because of their different missions and sizes. Committee members and staff repeatedly stressed that the formulas are still being refined and that some institutions would likely need hold-harmless adjustments or other transition measures. The meeting ended with the chair directing the committee to continue the discussion later and to expect further work on both the low-producing program policy and the funding formulas.

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• My name is Janice Thomas, deputy state budget director.
• U and uh uh with their budget as well.
• </c> 26 budget cycle? 26 budget cycle?
• So, yes, it does have an impact. budget reserve trust fund being a uh it budget reserve trust fund being
• </c> chairman Hicks's presentation the budget chairman Hicks's presentation the budget reserve<01:03:

Keywords: 0:00:08 Call to Order and Roll Call 0:00:38 Approval of Minutes 0:01:02 Information Items 0:02:17 Lease Rpt from Postsecondary Institutions 0:06:42 Project Rpt from Finance and Administration Cabinet 0:15:03 Lease Rpt from Finance and Administration Cabinet 0:24:00 Rpt from OFM – KY Infrastructure Authority 0:42:55 Economic Development Fund Grants 0:53:38 Rpt from OFM – New Debt Issues 1:16:33 Remaining 2025 Meeting Dates 1:16:45 Adjournment, 958, all

Summary: The committee first handled routine business, including roll call, approval of the July minutes, and several informational reports. Those reports included a University of Kentucky restricted-fund medical equipment purchase for Chandler Hospital, debt issues for five school districts, Eastern Kentucky University’s planned model laboratory school using construction management risk delivery, a Division of Real Properties lease advertisement, Kentucky Communications Network Authority quarterly project reports, and EKU asset preservation revisions. Members then heard and approved a new UK St. Clair Urgent Care Clinic lease in Morehead and an amendment expanding space for the UK Family and Community Medicine Clinic at Turflin Clinic. Testimony explained that both properties are privately owned, the Morehead lease predated the UK/St. Clair arrangement, and the Turflin Clinic is tight on space. The committee also approved three new projects and an appropriation increase: two Department of Military Affairs projects, a Window Ford Training Center underground electric project and a Williamsburg Readiness Center interior repair project, a Fish and Wildlife property acquisition adjoining Veterans Memorial Wildlife Management Area, and an $8.113 million increase for the Department of Revenue integrated tax system (DORIS). The DORIS increase was described as needed for change orders tied to legislation and to complete the unified tax system. The committee next reviewed no-action items, including a $3 million emergency flood-damage repair project for the Bush Building and Vest-Lindsay House in Frankfort, and three pool projects over $1 million: a Kentucky Correctional Institute for Women window replacement phase 2 project, a Department of Criminal Justice Training interior refurbishment at Thompson Hall, and the Muddy Gut Branch stream mitigation project in Johnson County. The flood project was confirmed to be fully reimbursed by insurance proceeds. Finally, the Kentucky Infrastructure Authority presented six loans and nine grants. Action items included water and sewer financing for Cumberland County, Lebanon, Northern Kentucky Water District, Lewisport, and Providence, plus a major Taylor Mill treatment plant project and several cleaner water grants and reallocations. Members asked about loan rates, local rate increases needed to repay debt, and the Providence emergency water interconnect; staff explained that Lewisport had begun a rate increase process, and that the Providence project would connect Webster County Water District and the city of Providence to stabilize pressure after a systemwide failure. All action items were approved.