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TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Are you familiar with the metrics that they put on the budget?
- When they measure the success of schools in the budget, they put in their metrics that they measure the
- So many times in the budget, they add, I don't know.
- So many times in the budget, they add metrics in there on how they want the universities to report back
- We can measure them and put them into the Senate budget and to the House budget, basically the budget
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Education K-16 heard several bills and took no final votes, leaving each measure pending. The first major item, SB 1322 by Senator Hagenbuch, would create a Texas Higher Education Accrediting Commission to evaluate and approve accrediting agencies for public colleges and universities using outcome-based metrics such as retention, graduation, employment, debt, and repayment. Supporters, including Kate Byerley of the Texas Public Policy Foundation, argued the bill would add competition and align accreditation with Texas workforce needs; Senator Menendez questioned the need for a new bureaucracy and noted the $3.6 million fiscal note, suggesting existing reporting and oversight structures could serve the same purpose.
The committee then heard SB 1998, which would establish a pediatric subspecialty preceptorship program to encourage medical students to enter pediatric subspecialties. Dr. Lauren Gamble testified in strong support, saying the program would help address shortages and improve access for children, especially in rural and underserved areas. SB 2788, authored by Senator Menendez, would add the PSAT as an accepted assessment for dual credit and Texas Success Initiative purposes; Priscilla Camacho of Alamo Colleges supported the bill, citing strong student outcomes and widespread use of the PSAT as a readiness indicator.
Senator Creighton laid out SB 2076, which would remove or modify certain Capitol view corridor restrictions affecting the UT Austin Academic Medical Center project, including the planned specialty hospital and MD Anderson Cancer Center expansion. He said the existing corridors are outdated and limit development. The committee also heard SB 1418, a cleanup bill replacing outdated references to ACT Plan with Pre-ACT and removing obsolete SAT subject test language. After brief testimony and no opposition on the later bills, the committee closed public testimony and left SB 1322, SB 1998, SB 2788, SB 2076, and SB 1418 pending before recessing for the floor session.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- This requires budget summaries to contain all required information without referring the reader to other
- portions of the budget for condominiums.
- Declares the uh clarifies the ability to enforce compliance with budget summary and replacement reserve
- This requires budget Next up is HB70.
- This requires budget summaries<00:02:44.640><c> to</c><00:02:44.800><c> contain</c><00:02:45.120><c>
Summary:
The Judiciary Committee met to take up several House bills and adopted recommendations on a number of them. HB 111, which would authorize civil claims against persons or businesses profiting from sexual exploitation or sex trafficking and extend the civil statute of limitations to 10 years, was recommended to pass unamended after discussion with the Attorney General’s office. HB 54, increasing penalties for repeated excessive speeding offenses, was recommended to pass with the Attorney General’s first suggested amendment requiring identification processing, including fingerprinting and photographing, for convicted violators unless already done. HB 70, dealing with condominium budget summaries and reserve requirements, was recommended to pass as amended, and HB 320, allowing supported decision-making agreements for qualified adults including those with disabilities, mental illness, or age 65 and older, was also recommended to pass as amended. These recommendations were adopted without objection, though some members noted reservations on HB 54 and HB 70.
HB 239, which would clarify that inability to provide certain needs to a child due solely to lack of financial resources does not constitute abuse or neglect, was deferred to Thursday, April 3, at 10:00 a.m. HB 359, concerning covered offender registration and a proposed exemption related to sexual assault in the fourth degree, was recommended to pass with amendments deleting section 2 after concerns that the current statute already covers the issue and that the added language would create a title problem by addressing two topics. The committee adopted that recommendation. HB 412, establishing presumptions and expanding lobbying-related definitions for certain communications with government officials, was recommended to pass with an added clarification excluding purely informational, ceremonial, or routine relationship-building communications from the presumption; that recommendation was also adopted.
HB 472, which would allow digitized identification cards to be accepted as valid identification and authorize law enforcement agencies to accept them under certain circumstances, was not decided. After a recess, the chair announced that everything after HB 412 would be deferred to Thursday, the 27th, at 10:30 p.m. in room 016, and the remaining items were postponed.
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House County and Municipal Government Committee Feb 5th, 2025
County and Municipal Government
Transcript Highlights:
- The municipality now has to handle its own budget.
- It's in their budget, so the city council has approved the police department's budget.
- So, they're in their operating budget from the city council.
- They wouldn't be able to get outside of that budget. But are you also saying that...
- They can't grow the budget, but they have to be able to fund it to a certain level, as spelled out in
Keywords:
inhalants, butyl nitrite, nitrous oxide, amyl nitrite, possession, sale, misdemeanor, felony, criminal penalties, public health, school safety, resource officers, law enforcement, public schools, private schools, liability insurance, contracting, library governance, board appointment, library diversity
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- Two simple changes. establishment of a budget committee uh establishment of a budget committee uh for
- </c> appoint a committee member to the budget appoint a committee member to the budget committee.<00:
- <00:03:59.920><c> committee</c> budget committee budget committee uh<00:04:01.840><c> under</c><00:04
- </c> warrant article uh outside of the budget warrant article uh outside of the budget uh<00:04:30.800
- :33.440><c> u</c><00:04:33.759><c> is</c> uh the uh budget committee u is uh the uh budget committee
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 4/1/25
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- One of the largest budget drivers in the out years is rising special education costs.
- One of the largest budget drivers in the out years is rising special education costs.
- One of the largest budget drivers in the out years is rising special education costs.
- One of the largest budget drivers in the out years is rising special education costs.
- </c> second one of the largest uh budget second one of the largest uh budget drivers<00:15:12.199><c>
Keywords:
child care, grants, appropriation, workforce development, families, YWCA Minneapolis, job training, child development, economic assistance, WomenVenture, economic development, entrepreneurship, women entrepreneurs, business training, financial support, youth programs, funding, employment, Minnesota, American Indian
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - 02/12/25
Judiciary and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- We do, however, have a budget line in the state budget, and I want Commissioner Timmons to talk about
- </c> smallest and Least Complicated budget smallest and Least Complicated budget you<00:08:36.080><c>
- <00:08:43.000><c> which</c><00:08:43.120><c> is</c> budget which is budget which is 115,000<00:08:45.720
- </c> the time that the governor's budget the time that the governor's budget narrative<00:10:43.120><
- We budgeted for that seat to be filled. Well, you did already.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Public Works and Highways (02/04/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:18:03.600><c> but</c> um I believe was part of the budget but um I believe was part of the budget
- For example, during other budget years—yep, it's a budget year—I know in 2016 the New Hampshire Department
- </c> short for example during other budget short for example during other budget years<00:44:11.359><
- year I know in years yep it's a budget year I know in 2016<00:44:15.160><c> budget</c><00:44:15.440>
- </c><00:46:48.839><c> years</c> once but at least twice in budget years once but at least twice in budget
Summary:
The committee first heard House Bill 561, sponsored by Representative Nancy Murphy, which would limit the state’s ability to discontinue, reclassify, or revert state-owned highway property to municipalities without local approval. Murphy and other supporters argued the bill would protect towns from unfunded mandates and prevent property tax increases caused by taking on costly road maintenance. Representative Wendy Thomas, Rosemarie Rung, Merrimack Town Council Chairman Finley Rothhouse, and Town Manager Paul McAuliffe all testified in support, describing the financial burden of the planned transfer of Continental Boulevard in Merrimack and warning it would set a harmful precedent for other communities. The Department of Transportation’s Steve Leon explained the department’s current authority and processes for discontinuance and reclassification, said active highways are not surplus property, and noted that the Supreme Court’s Town of Nelson decision held such reclassifications were not an unfunded mandate. The committee then closed the public hearing on HB 561.
The committee next took up House Bill 578, presented by Representative Mooney on behalf of Representative Bill Boyd, to require sound barriers along the F. Everett Turnpike in Merrimack. Supporters said widening the turnpike would increase noise in nearby neighborhoods and that a 2019 NHDOT study identified 17 neighborhoods with noise levels above federal standards, though only four were included for mitigation under the current project. They argued the remaining neighborhoods should also receive relief and cited quality-of-life and property-value concerns. Senator Tim McGuire also testified in support, saying residents were experiencing unexpected and severe noise impacts and urging the committee to act outside the usual criteria to approve the barriers. The transcript provided does not show a final committee vote or action on HB 578.
ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Water Topics Overview Committee Mar 26th, 2026
Water Topics Overview Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- Updates on cash management and budget.
- budget bill last session.
- We were working on budget bills this morning and finally got those advanced.
- We're going through some budget cuts right now.
- It's for the budget, the appropriators when we come to.
Summary:
The Water Topics Overview Committee met with a quorum and heard updates from Department of Water Resources Director Reese Haas and Lieutenant Governor/State Water Commission Chair Michelle Strinden on statewide water funding, major projects, and two legislative studies requested in House Bill 1020. Haas reviewed the status of the Northwest Area Water Supply and Southwest Pipeline projects, noting NAWS construction is expected to move water by fall and Southwest’s Hebron-Rugby expansion phase one is in final design with bids expected next month. He also summarized the department’s budget outlook, including Resources Trust Fund and Water Project Stabilization Fund balances, the effect of oil price volatility and stripper well exemptions on revenues, and the status of project buckets, carryover, lines of credit, regionalization, bid trends, and administrative/process updates.
Committee members asked about project prioritization, municipal funding demand, maintenance expectations, replacement versus deferred maintenance, and whether the 2025 session may have underfunded municipal water supply needs. Haas said the commission uses the same high/medium/low prioritization process across all buckets, reviews maintenance plans as part of policy, and is seeing strong demand in the municipal bucket. He also explained that the department’s 14-year projection is based on the next seven legislative sessions and that the state faces a projected $1.3 billion shortfall over that period if all planned projects are funded under current assumptions.
Deloitte then presented draft findings from the cost-share policy study and the governance/finance study. For cost share, Deloitte said the model shows a roughly $1.3 billion shortfall over 14 years and about $1.8 billion through 2031 under current policy, and offered seven options including tighter eligibility for replacement projects, state funding caps for the Mouse River and Red River Valley projects, a priority-based cost-share scale, timing shifts, use of existing lines of credit, and delayed reimbursement timing. For governance, Deloitte outlined draft options for Southwest, NAWS, and Red River ranging from maintaining current structures with stronger planning to transferring ownership or adding formal oversight, and recommended broader use of performance metrics, long-term financial planning, and clearer decision trees. No votes or formal actions were taken; the commission discussed the scenarios and the studies will return in revised form later in the spring.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- So uh budgets to employ large staff.
- </c> governor's 2026 capital budget governor's 2026 capital budget recommendations<00:32:37.120><c> for
- </c> second uh 2025 governor's capital budget second uh 2025 governor's capital budget recommendation
- </c> So for the governor's 2026 budget So for the governor's 2026 budget recommendations<00:49:10.720
- </c> committee, since the last capital budget committee, since the last capital budget cycles,<01:10:
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Judiciary (03/10/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- the budget.
- the budget.
- the budget.
- the budget.
- , decreases the budget, or maintains the budget.
Summary:
The committee first took up House Bill 313, and Representative Perez moved to retain the bill, saying it needed work and was not ready as written. Representative Smith supported that approach, and the motion to retain passed 18-0. The committee then considered House Bill 391, an anti-SLAPP measure. Representative Smith and others argued the bill was too broad, could create litigation and discovery disputes, and might even be read to affect criminal cases. The committee voted 18-0 to retain HB 391 as well, and the chair agreed to place it on consent with a report to be prepared.
The committee next heard House Bill 462, establishing a cause of action for unwarranted video imaging of residential properties. Representative McFarland moved to retain, saying the bill raised First Amendment and property-rights concerns. The motion passed 18-0. The committee then took up House Bill 509, a fiscal note bill requiring reporting related to forfeitures. Members on both sides discussed the bill’s cost, the burden of collecting and collating the data, possible duplication across fiscal years, and whether the information was already being collected. The OTP motion passed 11-7, and Chairman Lynn asked Representative McFarland to prepare the report; a minority report was anticipated.
Finally, the committee considered House Bill 520, which would authorize Department of Education hearing officers to issue subpoenas. Representative Kuttab supported the bill, saying similar authority exists in other agencies and states. Opponents argued the DOE already can obtain information through the attorney general, that the bill would create an unbalanced internal enforcement process, and that the subpoena authority was not tied to the curriculum-related concerns raised in testimony. Representative Ter offered Amendment 0842H to shift subpoena authority from DOE hearing officers to the attorney general; the amendment failed 7-11. The committee then voted on the bill as amended, and the OTP motion passed 10-8, with a minority report also requested.
MD
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> Dennis Street budget taxation. Dennis Street budget taxation.
- </c> ordered to the capital budget ordered to the capital budget subcommittee.<00:27:17.120><c> Let's
- </c> Avenue Improvements Budget and Taxation. Avenue Improvements Budget and Taxation.
- </c> budget subcommittee. budget subcommittee. Let's<00:27:32.480><c> see.
- Senate Bill 25, Chair, Budget and Taxation Committee.
Summary:
The Senate convened with 39 members present, heard the invocation from Reverend Meredith West, and journalized her remarks. The chamber then recognized several guest groups and observances, including Omega Psi Phi Fraternity’s Second District Corridor 1 for “100 Q’s in Annapolis Day,” the Kent Island High School boys lacrosse team for winning the Maryland 2A state championship, Arts Day participants, Rural Maryland Council members, Maryland Affordable Housing Coalition advocates, and visitors from the Maryland Judiciary. Senators also spoke about the meaning of Kente cloth during Black History Month, and the chamber recognized a birthday and thanked protocol staff for Valentine’s Day decorations.
The Senate’s featured presentation was the annual Lincoln Day speech by the Senator from the 37th District. The senator reflected on Abraham Lincoln’s life, political career, and moral leadership, emphasizing his self-education, opposition to the expansion of slavery, the Emancipation Proclamation, Gettysburg, and the idea that the nation’s founding principles of liberty and equality guided Lincoln through the Civil War. The minority leader praised the address, and the Senate agreed without objection to journalize the remarks.
After the ceremonial portion, the Senate moved to business. Bond initiatives on the calendar were read and referred to the Capital Budget Subcommittee. The Executive Nominations Committee reported favorably on a list of recess appointees, including gubernatorial secretaries, district court judges, and a state board appointee, and the report was special ordered to Monday, February 16, 2026. The chamber then began second-reader consideration of Budget and Taxation bills: Senate Bill 25, altering the cyber security technology and service tax credit, was amended and ordered printed for third reading; Senate Bill 58, creating a property tax credit for retail service station conversions, was discussed with questions about who would receive the credit and why the incentive was needed, and consideration was ongoing when the transcript ended.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, November 12, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- This is funding that President Trump sought in his budget.
- THIS IS FUNDING THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP SOUGHT IN HIS BUDGET.
- That's twice the discretionary budget. They'd be spending more money So, Mr.
- That's twice the discretionary budget.
- THAT'S TWICE THE DISCRETIONARY BUDGET.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee 1/21/25
Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- The museum typically receives some state funding as part of the committee's budget.
- They do show up in the budget pages, and they do come through the LAC budget process, so there's like
- They do show up in the budget pages, and they do come through the LAC budget process, so there's like
- They do show up in the budget pages, and they do come through the LAC budget process, so there's like
- </c> have estimates that I'm using for Budget have estimates that I'm using for Budget based<00:39:31.000
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
04/28/2026 - House Rules
Transcript Highlights:
- There's one of these bills, 1798, which is not a budget bill, and we want to just make it—most of my
- comments have to do with the budget bills. 1798, though, we've reviewed that bill.
- But moving on, with regard to the budget package, these bills present the same sorts of issues that we
- those provisions, if they do exist, we think would be more appropriate if they are placed in the budget
- We see it in every single budget feed bill that I've ever seen, so this is not something that's new.
Summary:
The committee considered a motion declaring House Bills 4138, 4139, 4140, 4141, 4143, 4144, 4145, 4146, 4147, 4148, 4149, and Senate Bill 1798 constitutional and in proper form. Rules attorney Tim Fleming said SB 1798, though not part of the budget package, had been reviewed and was constitutional and in proper form. He then discussed the budget-related bills, saying they were substantially constitutional and in proper form but flagged recurring issues in the feed bill and related budget measures.
Fleming noted potential constitutional concerns with policy language in the feed bill, including child safety training requirements in the Department of Child Safety appropriation and restrictions on out-of-state provisional beds in the Department of Corrections appropriation. He also cautioned about appropriations conditioned on legislative approval, possible separation-of-powers concerns, nonprofit and charity distributions that could implicate the gift clause, and a provision exempting counties from the constitutional expenditure limitation.
After no questions or comments, the committee voted 8-0 to recommend the measures as constitutional and in proper form. The motion passed with eight ayes and zero nays.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- The House has also has an offer on the budget spreadsheet and the projects.
- Thank you very much for your offer for the budget spreadsheet.
- We concur with those lines to be bumped on the budget and proviso.
- on my particular committee, thank you for all of your input and your commitment to this incredible budget
- on my particular committee, thank you for all of your input and your commitment to this incredible budget
Summary:
The Appropriations Conference Committee on Agriculture, Environment, General Government, State Administration, and IT met to reconcile differences between House and Senate budget offers, including the budget spreadsheet, proviso, implementing bill, and back-of-the-bill items. Members reviewed a large number of line items and project rows, with both chambers agreeing to many provisions while identifying specific lines to be bumped. The Senate accepted the House offer on most items but rejected numerous listed lines and certain projects; the House likewise accepted the Senate offer with exceptions on several implementing, proviso, and enterprise-related lines, including enterprise cybersecurity resiliency items.
The committee also resolved differences on the back of the bill, with the House accepting the Senate offer except for several proviso spreadsheet lines, and the Senate concurring on those items to be bumped. After noting that the committee’s work at this level was complete, members exchanged thanks and praised the collaborative process. Senator Collins moved to allow staff to make technical and conforming adjustments related to the bump process, and the motion was adopted without objection.
There was no public comment. Senator McLean then moved that the committee rise, and the meeting adjourned without objection.
AR
Transcript Highlights:
- These are budget classification transfer requests.
- Jim Hudson, Secretary of DFA, said that as he shared when he presented the governor’s balanced budget
- He added that the governor’s balanced budget proposes a second $100 million set aside.
- I've listened to what Senator Hammer said, so that's really not included in our budget, though.
- Why don't we just put that in the budget so that it shows up as that expense item?
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Transportation Mar 3rd, 2026
Joint Committee on Transportation
Transcript Highlights:
- Earlier in my career, I served at the White House Office of Management and Budget and the U.S.
- I'll take a stab at it for starters because I think there's a component of general budget pressure and
- A lot of our day job is working on the operating side of the budget, watching revenues come in.
- The gravel roads we cover out of our operating budget, which...
- budget, which costs $36,000 of material per mile to regrade and repair.
Keywords:
transportation bond bill, municipal roads, municipal bridges, Chapter 90, road aid, highway funding, bridge repair, pavement, MassDOT, MBTA, rail reliability, commuter rail locomotives, Fair Share surtax, Commonwealth Transportation Fund, infrastructure financing, bond authorization, deferred maintenance, climate resilience, parkways, DCR
WA
Transcript Highlights:
- It's necessary for us to balance our budget over the next four years.
- Which, at the time, was on a $72 billion budget.
- budget amount is plus the 1% plus new growth.
- By what the budget amount is, plus the 1% plus new growth.
- And after the initial year, we do return to the budget-based system.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session (Full Formal with Calendar) Feb 26th, 2026
Massachusetts Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And if nothing changes in a few weeks, they're going to pick up the proposed budget of the House Ways
- As a matter of fact, the second largest line item in the budget after MassHealth, right, in Medicaid,
- As most of our communities are meeting the foundation budget, that more and more communities are just
- We spend supplemental surtax separately than we do with other sub-budgets.
- Supplemental surtax separately than we do with other sub-budgets. So it is a separate fund.
Summary:
The Senate considered and amended House 4769, a major higher education bond bill titled an act to build resilient infrastructure to generate higher education transformation (the BRIGHT Act). Members adopted a series of amendments funding deferred maintenance and capital projects at public colleges and universities, including MassBay Community College (HVAC and window replacement), Massachusetts Maritime Academy, Springfield Technical Community College, Cape Cod Community College, Worcester State University, Quinsigamond Community College, Roxbury Community College, UMass Boston, Middlesex Community College, Salem State University, Berkshire Community College, and MCLA. Several amendments were rejected, including proposals related to a sustainable hand hygiene program, board membership, and some other institutional or policy changes, while a number of amendments were held or withdrawn. The bill ultimately advanced through third reading and was passed to be engrossed by a unanimous roll call, with senators emphasizing the need to address deferred maintenance and modernize higher education facilities statewide.
A major floor debate centered on an amendment by Senator Tarr to dedicate $300 million of Fair Share surtax revenue to K-12 education. Supporters argued that many school districts face rising costs, minimum aid, and an outdated Chapter 70 formula, and that the amendment would create a marker for future reform. Opponents said the Commonwealth already dedicates substantial surtax and other funding to K-12 education and that the amendment was not the right vehicle. After a roll call, the amendment was rejected. The Senate also rejected several Tarr amendments on fiscal safeguards, equity analysis, bond covenant requirements, and Chapter 62F taxpayer protections, while adopting others related to UMass Gloucester Marine Station housing and coastal erosion work, and to modernizing Massachusetts State College Building Authority bonding and office-location rules.
The chamber also adopted a motion to adjourn in memory of Bolton Police Chief Luke Hamburger, who was remembered for his service, leadership, and community ties. Before adjournment, senators took brief statements on other issues, including a call for greater awareness of rare diseases and the need for improved access to diagnosis and treatment. The Senate also approved extension orders giving committees additional time to report on pending environmental and municipal bills, and it set its next meeting for Monday at 11:00 a.m.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session (Full Formal with Calendar) Feb 26th, 2026
Massachusetts Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We worked in the budget for the debate for the current fiscal year to get a look at one part of this
- As we face the budget for the coming fiscal year.
- As a matter of fact, the second largest line item in the budget after MassHealth, right, in Medicaid,
- As most of our communities are meeting the foundation budget, that more and more communities are just
- Supplemental surtax separately than we do with other sub-budgets.