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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 3/27/25

Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

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  • other states to increase program for folks, and that looking at the uncertainty coming in the future
  • other states to increase program for folks, and that looking at the uncertainty coming in the future
  • other states to increase program for folks, and that looking at the uncertainty coming in the future
  • program, which is the best program out there for mentally ill folks wanting to get to work.
  • The meeting was adjourned. programming the rigorous 2-year program programming the rigorous 2-year program
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Agriculture & Livestock Mar 18th, 2025

Agriculture & Livestock

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  • with this type of bill all it does is give us the authority. organization to expand that type of program
  • Fees for the research permits cover the costs of the program, um, or before they exceed, or do we not
  • Yeah, so do you see an that there's any overlap currently with any other programs in the Texas Department
  • It creates an agricultural plant disease and pest prevention grant program.
  • So are there any state programs that are? helping with the beekeeping industry? know of.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Education Finance Committee 3/18/25

Education Finance

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  • </c> for the future. Thank you. for the future. Thank you.
  • </c> in the future. in the future.
  • And it allows for other program.
  • </c> measure of success for our our programs. measure of success for our our programs.
  • Um and and I can creative programs.
Bills: HF630, HF1435, HF1607
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 3/4/25

Children and Families Finance and Policy

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  • This is not a grant program. Child care assistance is a public assistance program. It's forecasted.
  • This is not a grant program. Child care assistance is a public assistance program. It's forecasted.
  • </c> to combat fraud and ensure program to combat fraud and ensure program Integrity<01:24:06.159><c>
  • or the child care assistance program or some of the other programs that our nation-leading child tax
  • or the child care assistance program or the child care assistance program<01:36:11.440><c> or</c><01
Bills: HF1, HF1384
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Postsecondary Education & Workforce Jan 14th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Postsecondary Education & Workforce

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  • There are certain fees for specific programs.
  • So when the program was changed from an entitlement, or to an entitlement program, then additional funding
  • to the program for future students.
  • I love this free program.
  • I love this free program.
Bills: HB2148, HB2132
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Edfin Committee Meeting - 2025-04-28

Education Finance

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  • Section 15 relates to dual language immersion programs.
  • The second column is the program information.
  • Line 14 is for the Minnesota Association of Alternative Programs STARS program.
  • Line 19 shows the reduction to the STAR Base Minnesota program.
  • As I shared earlier in this session, there are many programs that work together to support the future
Bills: HF1388
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Education Policy Committee 3/18/25

Education Policy

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  • site assessment program, the state Superfund program, the federal Superfund program, and the voluntary
  • investigation and cleanup program.
  • site Assessment program the landfills site Assessment program the state<01:24:47.199><c> super</c><01
  • </c> state super fund program the federal state super fund program the federal super<01:24:49.400><c>
  • cleanup program investigation and cleanup program I<01:24:55.679><c> State</c><01:24:56.040><c> all<
Bills: HF1124, HF1457, HF1803
OK
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  • Remerge's mission is to restore mothers and families through a comprehensive diversion program of treatment
  • Industrial Revolving Fund to be used by ODOT to provide grants to the Lake and Industrial Access programs
  • the existing municipalities who have already enacted the ban, then why isn't it worthy of allowing future
OK
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  • And Remerge's mission is to restore mothers and families through a comprehensive diversion program of
  • Industrial Access Revolving Fund to be used by ODOT to provide grants to the lake and industrial access programs
  • the existing municipalities who have already enacted the ban, then why isn't it worthy of allowing future
Summary: The House convened, took the roll, heard an invocation and the Pledge of Allegiance, and then moved through a series of introductions and floor presentations recognizing visitors, students, local officials, and the Luther cheer team. The chamber also introduced the Doctor of the Day, Dr. Lydia Dennis, and several members made personal announcements later in the day. The House then considered and passed several bills, mostly by wide margins. Measures included HB 2947 on behavioral health, allowing Medicaid billing for supervised mental health interns; HB 2951 cleaning up Department of Corrections prison listings in statute; HB 2980 allowing DMVs to accept valid physical proof of insurance; HB 382 barring fire departments from employing people who must register as sex offenders; HB 3519 changing the abandoned medical marijuana grow cleanup process from a bond to a fee; HB 3644, the Blake Burgess Act, requiring clot and embolism training and reporting; HB 3882 creating a revolving fund for ODOT lake and industrial access grants; HB 3661 removing a sunset from the forestry equipment tax provision; and HB 3996 memorializing OIDS obligations in capital appeal cases. Several bills drew brief questions about fiscal impact or implementation, and title-striking motions were made on some measures. The most debated item was HB 4335 on pet shops and local regulation. Supporters said it created a framework for municipalities and counties to regulate pet shops without outright bans, while opponents argued it undermined local control and favored a commercial retailer. After debate from both sides, the bill passed 60-26. The House also adopted the emergency on HB 3882, and at the end of the day the chamber adjourned until March 5, 2026, at 9:30 a.m.
OK
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  • He later founded the Oklahoma Lawyers for America's heroes program through which he and several other
  • Thank you for turning your pain into purpose and making Oklahoma safer for our children and our future
  • Is that not a similar to a voucher program where they are reimbursed with taxpayer dollars?
  • So with the grow your own program, are these students that will be eligible for these funds?
  • I mean, I know that there are some I can't remember what the grow your own program. Do you have to?
OK
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  • He later founded the Oklahoma Lawyers for America's Heroes Program, through which he and several other
  • Thank you for turning your pain into purpose and making Oklahoma safer for our children, for our future
  • Is that not similar to a voucher program where they are reimbursed taxpayer dollars?
  • That's the way the program is working presently.
  • So with the Grow Your Own program, are these students that will be eligible for these funds?
Summary: The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several recognitions, including Veteran of the Week Colonel Stanley L. Evans, Oklahoma City Young Professionals, state contest winners for America’s 250th anniversary, and a long series of page introductions. The chamber then moved into floor action on a large number of measures, many of them Senate bills and House joint resolutions dealing with administrative rules and agency oversight, public safety, education, health, agriculture, business, and tax policy. Among the major bills discussed were SB 1543 on aggregating multiple DUI charges within one year into a single felony case, HB 1933 on nitrous oxide violations, SB 1859 creating an OSBI Cybercrimes and Fraud Unit, SB 237 on ad valorem tax NAICS code changes, SB 2065 designating pollinator-related state symbols, SB 44 extending nonprofit sales tax exemptions to contractors, SB 2030 updating automated expungement procedures, SB 2045 expanding the Grow Your Own education program, and several water and agriculture measures including SB 1509, SB 1314, and SB 2071. Members also considered multiple joint resolutions approving permanent administrative rules for education, energy and agriculture, business and commerce, health agencies, and building code rules, with Kendricks explaining that some major rules were separated out for transparency and, in one case, a cost mitigation agreement had been reached. Testimony and debate were generally brief and focused on clarifying amendments. Several authors explained that amendments were added to address constitutionality, remove outdated or incorrect language, or reflect negotiated changes with agencies and stakeholders. Notable discussion included concerns about forum shopping in SB 1543, questions about the scope of the Grow Your Own program in SB 2045, and clarification that SB 1618’s pretrial report language had been changed to a public safety report agreed to by sheriffs and district attorneys. The House adopted numerous amendments without objection and passed the bills by wide margins, including some unanimous or near-unanimous votes, while a few measures drew more opposition, such as SB 1403, SB 1509, SB 2071, and SB 1618. The House also adopted HCR 1027 setting sine die adjournment for Thursday, May 14, and adjourned until the next day, May 5, 2026, at 9:30 a.m.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget Apr 13th, 2026 at 04:30 pm

Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget

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  • In the language, it's a pilot program.
  • House Bill 2110 requires the sitcom program pilot program to follow the same rules set by the agency
  • for the implementation of the federal rural health transformation program.
  • . $2,350,000 from funds appropriated for operation and maintenance of school secure programs.
  • This is the loan program. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. You're now recognized.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget 3rd Revised Apr 13th, 2026 at 04:30 pm

Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget

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  • future legislatures.
  • Do you think that'll be up to a future legislature?
  • Is that on neglect and abuse prevention programs?
  • program. Thank you for that.
  • , who's been doing the training on the program, requested that they take that program over.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget Apr 13th, 2026

Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget

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  • This helps with our future economic development projects that help protect our military installations
  • It's no additional money going to the film program.
  • In the language, it's a pilot program. Which they will receive another $30 million this year.
  • In the language, it's a pilot program.
  • for the implementation of the federal rural health transformation program.
Summary: The Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget met to consider a long agenda of appropriations, retirement COLAs, revolving funds, and limits bills. Early actions included Senate Bill 1144 and Senate Bill 1145, which provided cost-of-living adjustments for retired teachers and OPRS retirees, respectively, and Senate Bill 1146, 1147, 1148, and 1149, which extended similar retirement benefit increases or a one-time stipend for law enforcement, firefighters, judges, and certain retired police and firefighters. The committee also advanced bills funding the Pardon and Parole Board, OSBI cybercrimes and fraud work, juvenile medication, and several agency limits bills for Health Care Authority, Health Department, Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, and DHS. Members also heard and passed a series of education, public safety, and economic development measures, including funding for school security at the School for Science and Math and the Schools for the Blind and Deaf, support for National Board certified teachers, and appropriations for the Rural Health Transformation Program, the Decennial Census Revolving Fund, Task Force One, and the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation forensic center. Several bills created or expanded revolving funds and financing tools, including military readiness and aviation funds, a taxpayer endowment trust fund, water infrastructure loan and REAP-related measures, and a revised non-coal mining fee structure. The committee also approved a bill increasing court reporter pay and another reducing employer contributions to the retirement system after it reached over 100% funding. There was notable discussion on a $5 million film-related pilot program for sitcom production, with questions about the amount and certification requirements, and on a rural economic development package that included money for the state fairgrounds and a university energy plant, which drew objections over whether those projects fit the intended purpose of rural prep funds. Other debated items included a bill directing funds to the Oklahoma Dream Act/Trump accounts, a bill rejecting judicial pay increases recommended by the Board of Judicial Compensation, and a proposal to move $200 million from the stabilization fund into a new Taxpayer Endowment Trust Fund. Most measures were reported out with due pass votes, though several drew dissenting votes, including the film bill, the fairgrounds/economic development bill, the water projects bill, and the trust fund and judicial pay measures. The committee adjourned after completing the agenda.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Agriculture Apr 27th, 2026

Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development

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  • So this program has been in the... In that regard, right?
  • As you're aware, the SNAP program, the primary purpose was not as a feeding program, but to allow for
  • If you look at one of the Market Umbrella, original program of the Gus Schumacher program, was designed
  • This is not a new program. Right. It's the Healthy Food Retail Act, correct?
  • So this is kind of just to drive home the H-2A temporary agricultural worker program.
Summary: The committee first heard Senate Concurrent Resolution 23, which would create an Agricultural-based National Security Priorities Task Force to study issues such as Chinese drones, farmland ownership, and other technology-related concerns that could affect farmers and national security. Senator Kathy Stewart said the goal was to avoid unintended consequences in legislation and to bring agriculture stakeholders together. The resolution was moved favorably with no objections. The committee then took up Senate Bill 502 on sugarcane bagasse storage. Supporters, including the sponsor, the Commissioner of Agriculture, and the American Sugar Cane League, said the bill would clarify that bagasse is an agricultural byproduct and would protect storage practices that comply with department best practices from local ordinances. Several residents from St. Martin Parish testified in opposition, saying a large bagasse pile near their homes was out of compliance, created dust and odors, and caused health and property-value concerns. Despite the opposition, the bill was reported favorably with no objections. House Bill 512, by Representative Schamerhorn, would prohibit the manufacturing and sale of cell-cultured food products in Louisiana while allowing university research to continue. An amendment was adopted to make the bill effective only if certain federal court rulings allow such a ban. The sponsor and Commissioner Strain argued the issue is still scientifically uncertain and that the state should avoid costly litigation; the bill was reported favorably with amendments after no objections. House Bill 1194, the Healthy Food Retail Act, was amended to shift food-desert research and mapping duties to the LSU AgCenter, while the financing authority would continue handling grants and related funding mechanisms. Supporters said the bill would improve data on food deserts and help target grocery access in underserved urban and rural areas; some members raised concerns about government subsidies and long-term dependence, but the sponsor and Commissioner Strain said the program is intended as infrastructure support to launch stores, not ongoing operating aid. After debate, the bill was reported favorably with amendments by a 10-3 roll call vote. The committee also reported favorably House Concurrent Resolution 65, which urges federal action to reclassify crawfish-industry job duties as agricultural labor for H-2A purposes; testimony emphasized labor shortages, the impact on crawfish and rice producers, and the need for more legal guest workers. The meeting ended with a brief informational handout on direct marketing and custom slaughter plants and adjournment.
KY
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  • </c> economic viability of the program. economic viability of the program.
Summary: The committee met with a quorum, approved the previous meeting minutes, and heard a presentation from Austin Reid of the National Conference of State Legislatures on education-related provisions in the federal One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1). Reid said the law is projected to increase the federal deficit over 10 years, with major savings coming from Medicaid, student loan changes, and SNAP. He focused on how those changes could affect schools, including possible effects on free and reduced-price meal certification, state funding formulas that use SNAP as a proxy for low-income status, and Medicaid-funded school services for students with disabilities. Reid also outlined the new federal scholarship tax credit, which gives a dollar-for-dollar credit for donations to qualifying scholarship-granting organizations. He said families up to 300% of area median income may benefit, the program begins in 2027, and states must opt in and designate eligible organizations. He noted unresolved questions about whether states can add their own criteria and said Treasury regulations will be important. He also described the expansion of 529 plans to cover more K-12 and postsecondary expenses. On higher education, Reid explained a new workforce Pell grant option for short-term programs, with states and governors playing a role in determining eligible programs. He said the programs must meet placement, completion, and earnings measures and that implementation is expected to be tight before the July 1, 2026 effective date. He also reviewed student loan changes, including lower institutional loan limits, prorated borrowing for part-time enrollment, new caps on graduate and Parent PLUS loans, and a new earnings-based accountability standard that could make some programs ineligible for student loans if graduates earn too little. No votes were taken beyond approval of the minutes.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Education Finance Committee 4/28/25

Education Finance

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  • Minnesota educator of color grant program to be the Educator Tuition Assistance Program. Mr.
  • </c> toward a bright future. toward a bright future.
  • As I shared earlier in the session, there are many programs that work together to support the future
  • a</c> summer school program program is only a summer school program program is only a few<01:19:50.400
Bills: HF1388
TX
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  • Charitable raffles are used by non-profits and wildlife associations to fund conservation efforts, supporting
  • This limits the ability of wildlife conservation organizations to conduct raffles, restricting fundraising
  • That's a non-profit organization, a leader in wetlands conservation in North America.
  • Our mission is to conserve, restore, and manage wetlands and associated habitats in North America.
  • That are already pre-identified through our database and conservation groups.