Video & Transcript Research : 'grant program'
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AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- HB 2440, prisoners transition program — Judiciary and Elections.
- HB 2482, building renewal grant job order contracting — Education.
- HB 2055, brackish groundwater recovery program — Natural Resources.
- HB 2142, ADE school safety center programs — Education.
- Schools would be recognized for their participation in the program.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
Senate Chamber Jan 27th, 2026 at 11:14 am
New Mexico Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- NDI programs take place during the school day as part of the public school curriculum and are taught
- I could not love a program more.
- On a very regular basis, I could not love a program more, and the children, the youth that participate
- But Grants is here, the city where I represent, of great people and great leadership.
- And the BED grant is broadband equity and digitization. And we've been doing so much work, Mr.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Senate Health and Human Services (02/04/2026)
Health and Human Services
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
JT Business, Financial Services & Trade w/State Government & Tribal Relations Dec 19th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- This year we launched the new Community Investment Program.
- We're really proud of this new program.
- So avoiding that taxation is important when we're structuring these programs.
- And that's really, really been a very successful program.
- The homeownership program, we have a homeownership down payment assistance.
Summary:
The joint House and Senate committee meeting heard public testimony on tentative tribal-state gaming compact amendments for the Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe and the Upper Skagit Indian Tribe. Staff from the Washington State Gambling Commission explained the compacting process, the role of ex officio legislative members, and that the amendments would next go to the Gambling Commission for a January 8, 2026 vote before possible governor review. The Port Gamble S'Klallam presentation emphasized how gaming revenue supports tribal government services, health care, housing, education, language revitalization, natural resources work, and community investment projects in Kitsap County.
For Port Gamble S'Klallam, the proposed changes include expanded credit and wager limits, more gaming stations and player terminals, language for a second facility, and adoption of an electronic table games appendix similar to other tribes. Members asked about pre-screening for high-limit tables, including how the tribe would define problem gambling and self-exclusion; tribal counsel said internal minimum control standards were still being developed and more detail would follow. A question about green crab removal in Port Gamble Bay was deferred for follow-up because the natural resources director was not present.
The Upper Skagit Indian Tribe described its history, sovereignty, gaming operations, and how gaming revenue supports member programs such as nutrition assistance, education aid, homeownership down payment help, and charitable giving in Skagit County. Its amendment would allow electronic table games after the tribe removed traditional table games due to staffing and cost pressures, with the goal of remaining competitive. Committee members also asked about air quality and smoking-related provisions in the compact; the tribe said it maintains separate smoking and non-smoking areas and supports smoking cessation efforts. Chairs from both chambers closed by thanking the tribes for their contributions to members, local communities, and natural resource protection.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Speaker, I move that the House grant permission for all committees and subcommittees to meet while the
- We convene today upon a final adjournment, recess, or during bill referral if permission is granted.
- program to fund the United States Food and...
- HB 3727 by Patterson concerns the grant program for certain railroad grade separation projects for the
- HB 3849 by Kinala relates to program categories and the unified transportation program for the Subcommittee
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Housing Finance and Policy Committee 4/9/25
Housing Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- The amendment also grants Minnesota Housing flexibility in designing the scoring system.
- and programs, projects within jurisdictions that have pro-housing policies.
- Greater Minnesota Infrastructure Program Greater Minnesota Infrastructure Program uh<00:09:43.600
- grants for their programs programs programs uh<00:10:37.760>
the <00:10:38.800>u <00:10 - , with the ability to compete for grants, with the ability to compete for grants, it's<00:19:53.760
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Education Funding (11/13/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- needs grant.
- What did you have in mind for grants? grants? grants?
- The grant is supporting itself. The grant is supporting itself.
- It's not about whether it's a federal grant or a private grant or a grant we like or a grant we dislike
- districts to accept federal grants. districts to accept federal grants.
Summary:
The work session began with HB 656, as amended, which would treat federal funds received by school districts as unanticipated money unless already listed in the annual report, and would require notices and school board minutes to identify the grant and summarize any obligations attached to accepting it. Supporters said the bill was aimed at transparency so voters would understand the “strings attached” to grants, while opponents raised concerns that the amendment was new, potentially vague, and could require districts to publish lengthy or redundant information, increasing costs and administrative burden. Several members suggested alternative approaches, such as a state-level list of common grant obligations or posting grant documents online. No vote was taken, and some members argued the bill was not ready for action.
The committee then moved to HB 665, which would expand eligibility for free school meals to households at up to 300% of federal poverty guidelines and use education trust fund money to cover the added cost. Representative Damon strongly supported the bill, citing food insecurity and arguing the fiscal note likely overstated costs because the bill requires at least one free meal, not necessarily both breakfast and lunch. The discussion was just beginning when the transcript ended, and no vote or final action on HB 665 was recorded in the excerpt.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure Jun 21st, 2026 at 10:00 am
Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure
Transcript Highlights:
- The second is, I brought this program to Middlesex in 2009.
- assistance directly related to the training program created by Attorney Ryan.
- She had participated in the Cut It Out program in our town.
- And as I said in my remarks, we grant it 98% of the time.
- These are programs that are helping Massachusetts dealers today.
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure heard testimony on a wide range of bills involving consumer protection, auto regulation, alcohol licenses, and professional licensure. A major focus was legislation to require a one-hour domestic violence awareness training for salon and cosmetology licensees (H.323/S.200), supported by District Attorney Marion Ryan, law enforcement, and a salon industry witness who described the program’s value in identifying and helping victims. The committee also heard strong support from the Attorney General’s office for auto consumer protection legislation (S.228/H.379) that would expand used-car warranty protections, extend the Lemon Law return period to seven days after receipt of the vehicle, raise the mileage cap to 200,000 miles, and increase dealer surety bonds to $50,000. Independent dealers opposed those changes, arguing they would burden small businesses and that dealer education, not expanded liability, was the better solution.
The committee also took testimony on bills related to vehicle financial products and repair information. A trade association supported GAP waiver legislation (H.4188/S.281), saying it would create clear consumer protections and standard disclosures. On right-to-repair and heavy-duty vehicle service information (S.266), engine and truck manufacturers supported an exemption for commercial vehicles, while others argued that releasing service data to the general public could create safety, cybersecurity, and emissions risks. The committee then heard extensive testimony on auto dealer franchise and warranty reimbursement legislation (S.201/H.406), with dealer groups supporting changes to warranty labor reimbursement and manufacturer groups opposing them as costly and unnecessary. Manufacturers from GM, Volvo, Toyota, Hyundai, Mazda, and others said their current time-study and appeals processes already compensate dealers fairly and that the bill would raise costs for consumers.
In addition, the committee heard testimony on H.333, which would move auto damage appraiser licensing from the Division of Insurance to the Division of Occupational Licensure. Collision repair advocates supported the change, saying the current board structure leads to repeated dismissals of complaints and lacks accountability, while emphasizing that the bill is intended to protect consumers and ensure proper repair reimbursement. The hearing also included testimony in support of a local alcohol license petition for Westwood and a separate local alcohol measure for a town grant license. At the end of the hearing, the chairs announced that all docketed bills had been heard, noted that a joint poll would be held on H.4184, and the committee voted to adjourn by voice vote.
DE
Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Elections & Government Affairs Committee Meeting Jun 25th, 2026 at 11:00 am
Elections & Government Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- Next on the list, we have Sheila Grant from Indivisible Highlands and Beyond. Welcome.
- Grant. Next we have Brandon Fletcher Dominguez.
- Grant, Sheila Grant, you are signed up for 430 as well. Would you like to provide comment?
- I know, for example, there have been certain grant programs that have been offered up.
- I know, for example, there have been certain grant programs that have been offered up from national umbrella
DE
Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Elections & Government Affairs Committee Meeting Jun 25th, 2026
Elections & Government Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- Next on the list, we have Sheila Grant from Indivisible Highlands and Beyond. Welcome.
- Grant. Next we have Brandon Fletcher Dominguez.
- Grant, Sheila Grant, you are signed up for 430 as well. Would you like to provide comment?
- I know, for example, there have been certain grant programs that have been offered up. ...for public
- I know, for example, there have been certain grant programs that have been offered up from national umbrella
Bills:
HB344
Keywords:
campaign finance, elections, transparency, political committees, reporting requirements, enforcement
Summary:
The Senate Elections and Government Affairs Committee heard several election- and campaign-related bills. House Substitute 2 for House Bill 155 would make Public Integrity Commission reports publicly available on the commission’s website, add a specific travel-expense reporting category, and remove the FOIA requirement for accessing reports; Senator Richardson said he supported the transparency measure and asked to be added as a co-sponsor. The committee also took up House Bill 444, the Delaware John Lewis Voting Rights Act, which would create state protections against voter suppression and vote dilution, expand language access, prohibit intimidation and deception, and allow court remedies for violations. The bill drew strong support from advocacy groups including YWCA Delaware, the League of Women Voters, the ACLU, and the Legal Defense Fund, and several senators voiced support and interest in moving it quickly.
House Bill 430, a constitutional amendment proposal, would make explicit that only natural persons may vote in Delaware elections, including municipal elections, in response to concerns about corporate or other artificial-entity voting in some towns. The discussion focused heavily on Fenwick Island, where the mayor testified that the town’s charter has long allowed certain artificial entities to vote in local elections and said the system is limited and has worked for years; other speakers argued the bill was needed to prevent corporate dilution of residents’ votes. Senator Richardson expressed concern about restricting entities with a local stake, while Senator Hoffner and others emphasized the principle of one person, one vote.
Senator Townsend presented House Bill 344, which would tighten campaign finance rules by requiring Delaware bank accounts for candidates and committees, recurring training, better documentation of candidate loans, longer record retention, automatic filing extensions, and inactive status for noncompliant committees; one public commenter opposed the bill on cost grounds. He also presented House Bill 448, which would allow campaign funds to be used for reasonable security expenses for candidates and elected officials, with guardrails, and a commenter suggested allowing electronic security systems without a cap. Finally, the committee heard House Bill 472, a local de-annexation measure for Noble’s Pond in Cheswold to remove scattered residential lots from town boundaries and resolve uneven tax treatment; Senator Hoffner noted local law enforcement supported the change. The committee adjourned after hearing no further public comment on HB 472, and the vote to adjourn was unanimous.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
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programs <00:04:10.439>um State entitlement programs programs um State - children's health insurance program children's health insurance program otherwise<00:07:05.000><
- The next program is the Child Care Development Block Grant, which is budgeted to spend $553 million this
- is the childcare development program is the childcare development block<00:09:51.079>
grant <00 - They're more grants related to your grants at DNR, Commerce, and the Department of Agriculture.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- early learning program. early learning program.
- across many different programs. across many different programs.
- The program specialist positions were previously funded by the preschool development grants, but now
- The program specialist positions were previously funded by the preschool development grants, but now
- The program specialist positions were previously funded by the preschool development grants, but now
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Health Policy Oct 7th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- TWO PROGRAMS COMBINE WHAT WE CALL THE FLORIDA KID CARE PROGRAM.
- THE SCREENING GRANT PROGRAM AWARDS FUNDING TO NONPROFIT ENTITIES IMPLEMENT NEW HEALTHCARE SCREENING AND
- SERVICE PROGRAMS OR TO EXPAND EXISTING PROGRAMS TO NEW LOCATIONS.
- PROGRAM.
- PROGRAM.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- This program has a 36% recidivism rate.
- In conclusion, we support a pilot program.
- Texas currently has PACE programs operating in Amarillo, El Paso, and Lubbock, and these programs have
- implement the program.
- elderly, or PACE program.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- The business analyst is needed because we have a tax system modernization program, which is basically
- The business analyst is needed because we have a tax system modernization program, which is basically
- and so that's modernization program and so that's basically<00:20:04.679>
the <00:20:04.919>- that you mention in your programs that you mention in your written<00:34:06.240>
testimony <00- I haven't seen their language, but we are comfortable with putting in standards for grants.
- that you mention in your programs that you mention in your written<00:34:06.240>
AR
Arkansas 2026 Regular Session
ALC-STATE INSURANCE PROGRAMS OVERSIGHT SUBCOMMITTEE Jun 17th, 2026
ALC-STATE INSURANCE PROGRAMS OVERSIGHT SUBCOMMITTEE
Transcript Highlights:
- Grant Wallace is going to present that. So, Mr.
- There really isn't an independent coupon management program or prior authorization program out there.
- Thank you, sir, and for taking on a first-year program.
- I'm not on it; it wasn't the intent, Grant.
- but within the individual programs themselves.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Higher Education Committee Apr 21st, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- We also have the Rebuilding Nursing Infrastructure Grant Program, which was established by the Governor
- As I also mentioned, we had the Rebuilding Nursing Infrastructure Grant Program.
- that already have, that we're already doing, the Rebuilding Nursing Infrastructure Grant Program, that
- The program will provide grants to new graduates of ADN programs to work in hospitals in rural... ...
- provide grants to new graduates of ADN programs to work in hospitals in rural and medically underserved
Summary:
The Assembly Higher Education Committee heard several measures focused on community college baccalaureate programs and trustee compensation. AB 2528 would raise the maximum monthly compensation cap for community college district trustees, with the author and supporters arguing the change is permissive, long overdue, and needed to make service more accessible to working people and better reflect community diversity. CSEA took a tweener position, warning about optics and asking for longer public notice before any compensation increase, while some members raised concerns about taxpayer costs and benefits. The bill was discussed but no final vote is reflected in the transcript excerpt.
The committee then took up AB 2053, which would authorize Coast Community College District to offer a cybersecurity bachelor’s degree. Supporters said the bill addresses a workforce shortage, serves working adults and veterans, and includes an LAO evaluation and a sunset. CSU and its Academic Senate opposed the bill, arguing it duplicates existing CSU programs and could set a precedent for more one-off degrees. Members also raised questions about funding, Prop. 98, and whether the program would divert resources; the author said the district already has funding and that the bill is a narrow pilot. The committee voted to do pass and re-refer the bill to Appropriations, with several ayes and some no votes, and the roll left open for additional members.
AB 2301, a pilot allowing up to 10 community college districts to offer nursing bachelor’s degrees, drew broad support from nursing, labor, and community college groups who said California faces a severe nursing shortage and that community colleges offer a more affordable pathway for working and rural students. CSU and other opponents argued existing ADN-to-BSN pathways are more efficient and that the bill could worsen competition for limited clinical placements and faculty. Members questioned funding and Prop. 98 impacts; the Chancellor’s Office said the pilot would not require new state funding and would rely on existing mechanisms such as Strong Workforce and nursing infrastructure grants. The committee voted to do pass and re-refer AB 2301 to Appropriations, with the roll again left open. The transcript then began AB 2694, a broader workforce-responsive baccalaureate expansion bill intended to address duplication rules and create a more flexible process for community college bachelor’s degrees, but the discussion was not completed in the excerpt.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Courts, Corrections and Justice May 27th, 2025
Courts, Corrections & Justice Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- There's many programs out there that can assist in analyzing small amounts of DNA data.
- It is a very difficult program to come around.
- I know the schools do programs with nursing programs in the schools.
- Um, I do know that there is a degree program at NMSU.
- that we gave funding for a gardening program and many, many others.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- They've also applied for some different grants.
- And so with this program, you get on the ground, people could start their program and their clinical
- to gamble on programs that don't have the necessary partnerships... ...to gamble on programs that don't
- So, therefore, the reason Arizona was able to even pass a medical program and an adult use program was
- This program?
Bills:
SB1041, SB1088, SB1118, SB1128, SB1168, SB1176, SB1189, SB1207, SB1250, SB1272, SB1274, SB1286, SB1428, SB1457, SB1461, SB1503, SB1519, SB1537, SB1582, SB1618, SB1654, SB1713, SB1827, SCR1012, SCR1020
Keywords:
electronic monitoring, nursing care, assisted living, resident rights, privacy, consent, surveillance, cybersecurity, homeland security, artificial intelligence, state appropriation, VPN security, zero trust, housing, zoning, middle housing, urban development, duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes
WV
West Virginia 2026 Regular Session
Senate in Session Mar 14th, 2026 at 09:19 pm
West Virginia Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The bill moves the Office of Coalfield Community Development to become a program under the Office of
- Engrossed Committee Substitute for House Bill 4004, creating the Recharge West Virginia program.
- Funds available for the program would be subject to appropriation by the Legislature.
- Upon the division determining to grant an employer a preliminary award under the program, the employer
- must enter into a grant agreement with the division.
Summary:
The Senate considered and passed House Bill 4245, the Department of Revenue rules bundle covering 27 rules from six agencies. Members withdrew the committee amendment, adopted a floor amendment making changes to two lottery rules and one tax rule related to pre-need cemetery companies, then passed the bill 30-1. The Senate also adopted a title amendment and made the bill effective from passage by a 31-0 vote. Later, when the House rejected the Senate’s amendments, the Senate receded from its amendments and again passed the bill, making it effective from passage.
The chamber also adopted several concurrent resolutions from the Rules Committee, including studies on school finance transparency, divorce grounds, the Southern West Virginia water crisis, athletic trainer access in public secondary schools, the eastern gray fox population, upland game bird stamp purchases, and the Public Service Commission. Senate Concurrent Resolution 50, calling for a study of the PSC, was also adopted. In addition, the Senate passed House Bill 5381, which expands the Office of Energy’s role to develop a comprehensive energy policy and grid stabilization plan, and House Bill 5412, the Future Ready Education Act, after amending it to require annual vocational and agriculture offerings unless not viable and to set science-of-reading training requirements for K-5 literacy teachers by 2028-29.
The Senate passed House Bill 845, a supplemental appropriation to the Governor’s Office Civil Contingent Fund, after concurring in a House amendment that reappropriated federal match grant funds and increased the civil contingency surplus fund from $15 million to $25 million; it was made effective from passage. The chamber also concurred in House amendments to House Bill 4106 on constitutional carry for 18- to 20-year-olds, House Bill 4004 creating the Recharge West Virginia training reimbursement program, House Bill 5453 revising the school aid funding formula for special education weighting, and other measures including House Bill 4009 on portable benefits, Senate Bill 164 on substitute teacher definitions, and House Bill 4606 on pretrial release for certain felonies.
A lengthy debate centered on House Bill 4198, the E-Verify Safe Harbor Act. The Judiciary Committee amendment would have required public and certain private employers to use E-Verify, while a further amendment from the Senator from Randolph would have limited the mandate to public employers and made E-Verify optional for private employers with liability protections for good-faith use. After extensive discussion about small business impacts, federal-state conflicts, and enforcement, the Senate adopted the Randolph amendment and then passed the bill 31-3, with a title amendment also adopted. The Senate later refused to concur in House amendments to House Bill 4010, concurred in House amendments to House Bill 5438, receded from amendments to House Bill 4765, and adjourned sine die.