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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Cap Committee Meeting - 2025-04-30

Capital Investment

Transcript Highlights:
  • If you think about our trained technical programs, our health science programs, our service programs
  • from the federal government.
  • Yes, we are working with federal representatives to secure that funding right now.
  • Could it fall into other sources of funding, like highway trunk funding, that kind of thing?
  • Funds, trail funds, anything else since there are so many projects out there for bonding?
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Capital Investment Committee 4/30/25

Capital Investment

Transcript Highlights:
  • If you think about our trade and technical programs, our health science programs, our service programs
  • Um, we are working with federal representatives to secure that funding right now.
  • Um, we are working with federal representatives to secure that funding right now.
  • sources, USDA funds, trail funds, anything else?
  • funded?
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Local Government (Part I) Apr 24th, 2025

Local Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • Second, the fund itself would be utilized to disperse zero-interest loans to program participants who
  • the funding streams that generally support these types of efforts.
  • So putting half a billion dollars into a surplus fund in that revolving loan fund allows us to have that
  • This bill broadens the definition of at-risk to include two federal housing programs currently operated
  • These are federal subsidies that were rolled out in the '70s and mid-'80s.
Summary: The Senate Committee on Local Government met with a quorum and limited public testimony to two minutes per person. The committee heard Senate Bill 628 by Senator Zaffirini, which would clarify that counties may enter interlocal agreements with emergency service districts to administer and enforce county fire codes, including for multi-county ESDs in the committee substitute. Witnesses from Travis County ESD-11, the Travis County Fire Marshal’s Office, and a member of the public supported the bill as a way to reduce duplication, costs, and jurisdictional confusion. Public testimony was closed and the committee substitute was left pending. The committee then heard several housing-related bills. Senate Bill 208 by Senator West would create a Workforce Housing Capital Investment Fund to provide zero-interest loans to nonprofit builders for workforce housing; Habitat for Humanity representatives, a Brownsville nonprofit developer, and housing advocates supported it as a way to finance infrastructure and land development for affordable homes. Senate Bill 2835 by Senator Johnson would allow cities to opt into single-stair apartment buildings for small-scale, multi-story housing; supporters said the design is safe and could expand housing supply, while the Texas APA expressed qualified opposition over code-process concerns and fire-safety questions. Both bills were left pending after testimony. Additional bills heard included SB 1042 updating the Kimble County Hospital District’s enabling law; SB 1708, a committee substitute protecting familial property divisions from platting requirements; SB 2778 raising the ESD expenditure threshold requiring board approval from $2,000 to up to $50,000; SB 2608 expanding LIHTC eligibility for certain public housing projects; SB 3044 adding board representation for Marfa and Presidio on the Presidio County Underground Water Conservation District and adjusting an exemption; SB 2367 extending park board authority to Waller County; SB 2523 clarifying ETJ reduction procedures and owner opt-out rights; SB 2521 requiring death-certificate reporting to appraisal districts to help address squatting and homestead exemption issues; and SB 2477 easing office-to-residential conversions in larger cities. In each case, the bills were laid out, testimony was taken, and the measures were left pending subject to call of the chair. The committee then recessed until 15 to 30 minutes after adjournment.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Local Government (Part II) Apr 24th, 2025

Local Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • It has proven wildly successful, and that program continues today.
  • It has proven wildly successful, and that program continues today.
  • The issue with this is that ESD taxpayer funds are being used to subsidize the lack in service by the
  • The issue with this is that ESD taxpayer funds are being used to subsidize the lack in service by the
  • I would also point you to the Perryman report that speaks very specifically to how ESDs are funded in
Summary: The Senate Committee on Local Government considered and voted on several bills, adopting committee substitutes on Senate Bills 1237, 1708, 1844, 1454, 2520, and 2541. In each case, the committee substitute was explained as narrowing or clarifying the filed bill, and the committee voted to report the substitute version to the full Senate, usually with a recommendation that the filed bill not pass. The committee also recommended each of those measures for the local and uncontested calendar. SB 1237 concerned property tax exemption eligibility for charitable organizations; SB 1844 addressed annexation and disannexation limits tied to city services; SB 1454 clarified housing authority tax exemptions and agreements with districts; SB 2520 dealt with a school district tax ceiling comparison; and SB 2541 reduced the unused increment period from three years to two years. The committee then heard extensive testimony on SB 2354, which would allow developers to hire qualified third-party professionals for plat review, permit review, and inspections if local governments are delayed. Supporters included affordable housing providers, builders, Pew Charitable Trusts, housing advocates, and legal groups, who said the bill would reduce permitting delays, lower costs, and help housing production. A Corpus Christi representative testified as neutral, asking for amendments to preserve city final inspection authority, document sharing, and floodplain enforcement. Urban counties opposed the bill as written, arguing it removed too much local oversight, though they acknowledged work on a committee substitute. SB 2354 was left pending. The committee also heard SB 2703, which would clarify that condominiums are not subdivisions for local platting purposes. Builders and a land use attorney supported the bill, saying it would reduce confusion and duplicative regulation; the bill was left pending. SB 777, dealing with firefighter collective bargaining and impasse procedures, drew support from Austin and Texarkana firefighter representatives and the City of Austin, who said the committee substitute reflected stakeholder agreement and preserved voter-approved local procedures; it was left pending. SB 2965, concerning annexation and emergency service district response obligations, drew support from ESD and fire association witnesses who said it would prevent service gaps after annexation, and opposition from local officials who argued it gave unelected ESD boards too much power and lacked neutral review; it was also left pending. The committee then recessed subject to call of the chair.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Local Government (Part I) Apr 24th, 2025

Local Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • Second, the fund itself will be utilized to disperse zero-interest loans to program participants, who
  • This fund will enable us to do that.
  • So putting half a billion dollars into a surplus fund in that revolving loan fund allows us to have that
  • This bill broadens the definition of at-risk to include two federal housing programs currently operated
  • This bill broadens the definition of at-risk to include two federal housing programs currently operated
Summary: The Senate Committee on Local Government met with a quorum at the start, adopted a two-minute limit for public testimony, and heard a series of housing, local government, fire code, and district-governance bills. Several measures were laid out with committee substitutes, including SB 628 on county fire code administration through interlocal agreements with emergency service districts; SB 208 creating a Workforce Housing Capital Investment Fund for zero-interest loans to nonprofit builders; SB 2835 allowing cities to opt into single-stair apartment buildings; and SB 2477 easing office-to-residential conversions in certain cities. Other bills addressed ESD spending thresholds (SB 2778), hospital district updates (SB 1042), subdivision/platting issues (SB 1708), public housing tax credit eligibility (SB 2608), groundwater district representation for Marfa and Presidio (SB 3044), park board authority in Waller County (SB 2367), ETJ removal procedures (SB 2523), and reporting death certificates to appraisal districts to help address squatting and homestead issues (SB 2521). Testimony was largely supportive on the housing bills. Supporters of SB 208, including Habitat for Humanity affiliates, a Brownsville nonprofit developer, Texans for Housing, and an educator, said the revolving fund would help nonprofit builders finance land, infrastructure, and development costs for affordable homes, especially for families earning 30% to 80% of area median income. SB 2835 drew support from architects, planners, and housing advocates who argued that single-stair buildings can be safe, more efficient, and better suited to missing-middle housing, though the Texas APA registered qualified opposition, saying the proposal bypasses the usual code-development process and may not be sufficiently studied. SB 2477 also received broad support from housing groups and policy organizations, who said office conversions could help address vacancy and housing shortages, though Corpus Christi raised a concern about fee recovery and local cost reimbursement. The committee also heard support for SB 628 from a county fire marshal and an ESD representative, who said the bill would reduce duplicate fire-code enforcement and costs. SB 2778 was backed by a Bexar County ESD fire chief, who said the current $2,000 expenditure approval threshold is outdated and slows emergency purchases and repairs. SB 2608 was supported by the El Paso housing authority, which said adding certain Section 8 projects to the at-risk LIHTC set-aside would help renovate aging subsidized housing. SB 3044 was presented as a way to give Marfa and Presidio representation on the groundwater district board while preserving permitting authority. Each bill heard public testimony was left pending subject to the call of the chair, and the committee recessed to reconvene after the Senate adjourns.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Disease Prevention & Women's & Children's Health Apr 17th, 2025

S/C on Disease Prevention & Women's & Children's Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • Hours depending on the program.
  • The program for children in foster care.
  • how the program goes.
  • That is a federal law. That is federal law. We don't currently account... Right.
  • Texas adheres to federal protections.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Disease Prevention & Women's & Children's Health Apr 17th, 2025

S/C on Disease Prevention & Women's & Children's Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • due to potential federal and state cuts.
  • If Texas can't fund remedies for the root causes of hunger, then it should at least fund studies to allow
  • and launched a new state-funded program.
  • GR funds? No. Okay, it's part of GR, but then... Yes, it is a federal waiver program.
  • Cancer Screening Program.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Finance May 11th, 2026

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • This amount is self-funded by the judiciary and has a subject-to-available-funding clause.
  • program.
  • private funds.
  • The back Deferred Retirement Option Program in the Sheriffs' Pension and Relief Fund.
  • We are a well-funded fund and we are not a state fund.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/25/2026 - Senate Government

Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • And single audit compliance, especially with there's a lot of complex funding streams from the federal
  • Speaker, are you saying that the state of Arizona received federal funds—federal funds that were passed
  • If there were federal funding programs that promoted these types of practices, there was a fear that
  • If there were federal funding programs that promoted these types of practices, there was a fear that
  • We want cities and towns to be able to use federal funds to engage in affordable placemaking.
Summary: The committee approved the minutes from the prior meetings and then took up several measures, beginning with HCR 2013, which would proclaim June 2026 as Celebrate Life Month in Arizona. The resolution drew emotional testimony in support from Crystal Cooper and Bella Stockton, both of whom shared personal stories about living with spina bifida and argued for celebrating life and supporting people with disabilities. Senator Kennedy voted no, saying the resolution was symbolic and did not address practical supports such as paid family leave, health care, housing, and school meals. The committee ultimately gave HCR 2013 a due pass recommendation on a 4-1 vote, with two members not voting. The committee then advanced HB 2327, as amended, clarifying protections for eligible persons’ identifying information in county recorder records and explicitly excluding voter registration records from the confidentiality provisions. Representative Hendricks said the bill was intended to fix problems created by earlier language protecting elected officials and first responders. The committee also passed HB 2258, which adds La Paz County to the Tourism Advisory Council’s geographic area, with no opposition testimony. A longer debate followed on HB 2397, which expands HOA/condominium disclosure requirements for prospective buyers, including bylaws, declarations, plats, meeting minutes, and information about assessments and known defects. Representative Biasucci said the bill was about transparency for buyers, while the Arizona Association of Community Managers raised concerns about cost and the scope of the disclosure requirements; the Arizona Homeowners Coalition supported the bill but opposed an amendment that would require managers to be on site for capital projects. The committee adopted two Hoffman amendments and then gave HB 2397 a due pass as amended recommendation. The committee also passed HB 2015, which imposes penalties on state agencies that miss federal audit reporting deadlines, and HB 4049, which changes how the Attorney General represents DCS in cases alleging misconduct; both drew opposition over concerns about punitive penalties and existing conflict procedures. Later, the committee approved HB 4087, authorizing a memorial plaque for former legislator Barbara Love, and HB 2100, which allows counties to authorize certain small land subdivisions, despite objections that it could weaken water-supply protections. The committee then passed HB 2460, as amended, preempting local ordinances that penalize businesses for abandoned or stolen movable property such as shopping carts; supporters argued cities were charging victims of theft, while cities and towns said the bill would undercut local nuisance enforcement and shift costs to taxpayers. Finally, the committee began hearing HCR 2056, a proposed constitutional referral recognizing a right to refuse medical mandates, with Representative Cooper and supporters framing it as bodily autonomy and opponents warning it would weaken public health protections, especially in schools and during outbreaks.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Again, this will be a voluntary program for citizens who opt in, and I appreciate the opportunity to
  • They now needed for that program 11.6 billion dollars.
  • The Pleasant Valley and Expo Rapid bus lines are running now using these funds.
  • We really are opposed to anything that encourages frivolous lawsuits, drains public funds, or erodes
  • It's a permanent funding mechanism that is intended to support maintenance and operations, not capital
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Chamber Meeting Feb 13th, 2026 at 11:03 am

New Mexico House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Providing for additional appropriations to the Early Childhood Education and Care Program Fund.
  • fund in part.
  • fund in part.
  • , within 50 miles, you're not allowed per diem, I believe, according to federal law.
  • Speaker, it's a program within the office.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 3/25/25

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Transcript Highlights:
  • The funding for these services is largely from federal dollars that's been decreasing over the years,
  • Currently, the single largest source of funding for crime victim services are state and federal grants
  • The main source of federal funds, the Crime Victims Fund through the Victims of Crime Act, or VOCA, has
  • The Office of Justice Programs received over $100 million in requests for grant funding by crime victim
  • the VA and federal court in this Federal the VA and federal court in this Federal practice<01:32
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session May 5th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • HB 3717 by Harris relating to the establishment in a grant program to fund the United States food drug
  • HB 104 by Bonnen, Ruling to the Creation, The Texas Future Fund, The Texas Future Fund.
  • Championship International Automobile race for funding under the major reimbursement program.
  • Speaker members this bill ensures that federal workforce development funding goes to young people who
  • I do know about that program.
Bills: HJR34, HB 113, HB184, HB198, HB247, HB367, HB449, HB1778, HB514, HB576, HB632, HB1395, HB2225, HB2582, HB2494, HB766, HB2715, HB2712, HB3069, HB3505, HB 1269, HB4224, HB3609, HB5032, HB2240, HB5180, HB3348, HB4668, HB4909, HB4665, HB4895, HB3395, HB3157, HB4762, HB4395, HB4325, HB4952, HB4386, HB4273, HB2760, HB2697, HB2820, HB1828, HB1768, HB1579, HB1773, HB1871, HB2035, HB2448, HB2492, HB1411, HB4753, HB4666, HB4529, HB1499, HB1610, HB2028, HB1506, HB886, HB3546, HB796, HB223, HB1475, HB3556, HB4638, HCR126, HB38, HB 104, SB1008, SB1106, SB1172, SB2629, SB2964, SB616, HB2214, SB552, HB3181, HB3628, HB589, HB3529, HB3354, HB333, HB2914, HB4130, HB4131, HB24, HB 1160, HB3962, HB4115, HB2295, HB5398, HB1407, HB3800, HB2613, HJR138, HB42, HJR34, HB 129, HB677, HB426, HB668, HB1699, HB2017, HB2128, HB2038, HB3783, HB3717, HB2316, HB3686, HB2563, HB3883, HB4021, HB2788, HB2663, HB3305, HB3173, HB3474, HB 1105, HB3531, HB3490, HB3597, HB 1295, HB3512, HB3010, HB3112, HB4215, HB3223, HB3464, HB3120, HB4214, HB4511, HB3704, HB4081, HB4783, HB4063, HB2783, HB4937, HB5085, HB2510, HB3426, HB4361, HB 1169, HB2516, HB2347, HB4034, HB4700, HB3560, HB5150, HB3860, HB3146, HB3924, HB 113, HB184, HB198, HB247, HB367, HB449, HB1778, HB514, HB576, HB632, HB1395, HB2225, HB2582, HB2494, HB766, HB2715, HB2712, HB3069, HB3505, HB 1269, HB4224, HB3609, HB5032, HB2240, HB5180, HB3348, HB4668, HB4909, HB4665, HB4895, HB3395, HB3157, HB4762, HB4395, HB4325, HB4952, HB4386, HB4273, HB2760, HB2697, HB2820, HB1828, HB1768, HB1579, HB1773, HB1871, HB2035, HB2448, HB2492, HB1411, HB4753, HB4666, HB4529, HB1499, HB1610, HB2028, HB1506, HB886, HB3546, HB796, HB223, HB1475, HB3556, HB4638, HCR98, HCR92, HCR126
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Administrative Rules Apr 27th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Administrative Rules

Transcript Highlights:
  • So, this first rule is a ruling that we are promulgating to be in compliance with a federal law change
  • health practitioners, and licensed alcohol and drug counselors to be eligible providers working in a federally
  • There was a change at the federal level to expand that from being just.
  • So, this rule just aligns our policy with that federal change. Go ahead, Senator Burke.
  • counter to what OhCA and with rural health and all these things we're trying to accomplish with the program
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Child Committee Meeting - 2026-03-25

Children and Families Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Does this program get base funding already, and what is the amount? I see—what? What?
  • And then again, this program started being funded in 2013 and the funding has not been changed since
  • And then again, this program started being funded in 2013 and the funding has not been changed since
  • Um, and I think this has been the same funding since the inception of the program.
  • And then again, this program started<01:38:05.280> being<01:38:05.480> funded<01:38:05.760
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Ways and Means General Fund Committee Mar 18th, 2026

Ways and Means General Fund

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:24:22.880> uh neighbors helping neighbors fund uh neighbors helping neighbors fund uh
  • <00:26:08.240> that just talking about the funding that just talking about the funding that
  • to expend those funds.
  • <00:30:25.279> civil retirement from their federal civil retirement from their federal civil
  • <00:30:28.880> retire big boost to their their federal retire big boost to their their federal