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• It included all of the provisions from the campaign finance board recommendations for the year.
• This codifies a campaign finance board rule on major decisions of non-elected local officials.
• system and address gaps that dark money spenders seek to exploit.
• campaign finance system and address<00:46:34.720> gaps<00:46:35.040> that<00:46:35.200
• Thank you very much for finance system.

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• That gap isn't accidental.
• This bill fills a major gap.
• To ...a financing plan to solve housing and homelessness crises.
• Mary Ellen Shea, California Association of Local Housing Finance Agency, strong support.
• That's the way affordable housing finance works.

Summary: The Assembly Committee on Housing and Community Development heard a long agenda focused mainly on housing production, higher education facilities, homelessness, and permitting reform. Early items included AB 6, which would direct HCD to convene a working group on allowing three- to ten-unit “missing middle” housing to be built under the Residential Code rather than the Building Code; AB 48, a higher education bond proposal that would fund campus repairs, modernization, disaster recovery, and student/employee housing; and AB 76, which would clarify a Chula Vista university innovation district exemption so the project can include academic buildings and housing without conflicting with surplus land rules. Supporters emphasized affordability, cost savings, student housing needs, and access to education, while members raised questions about implementation, affordability requirements, and project scope. The committee later took votes on these items, with AB 6, AB 48, and AB 76 all moving forward on unanimous or near-unanimous votes to Appropriations. Members also heard AB 595, which would create a state homeownership tax credit pilot to support affordable for-sale housing. The author and supporters argued that California’s homeownership rate is at historic lows and that the bill would help close racial wealth gaps by financing homes working families can buy. The committee approved AB 595 and sent it to Appropriations. The consent calendar, including several other housing-related bills, was also approved unanimously. A major portion of the hearing was devoted to AB 1165, the California Housing Justice Act of 2025, which would require ongoing state investment and a financing plan to address homelessness and housing affordability. The author and witnesses described the scale of homelessness, the limits of one-time funding, and the need for sustained, accountable funding streams. After testimony from housing advocates and people with lived experience, the committee passed AB 1165 on a 10-0 vote to Appropriations. Finally, the committee heard AB 609, a CEQA reform bill that would create a simplified exemption for qualifying infill housing projects in already developed areas. Supporters framed it as a targeted way to reduce delays and costs for housing near jobs and transit, while opponents from environmental justice, labor, and tribal groups warned it could reduce public participation, weaken protections for disadvantaged communities, and create consultation concerns for tribal cultural resources. The author said the bill would not change zoning or affordability tools and would continue to work with opponents on amendments. The bill was moved forward after extensive discussion, with members noting ongoing negotiations on tribal consultation and labor concerns.

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• I am the Legislative Finance Committee Analyst for the Department of Information Technology.
• We have Jacob Gable, the Department of Finance and Administration Analyst talking about the Executive
• Risk assessment and state local cybersecurity gap programs to operations.
• Increase to meet 200 category gap and convert existing three-term. To permanent positions.
• Small difference, small gap of 79,000. And then in 2025.

Keywords: 996, all

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• You know, we are, you know, NDSU is working on the finances for Dickinson.
• So this enables us to see where we might have some gaps in our education.
• But that'll help us identify gaps.
• So I think there's multiple factors, but I would say we do have gaps.
• What is the gap that would be there?

Summary: The Higher Education Institutions Committee met on the Minot State University campus for presentations on campus operations, enrollment, and new academic initiatives. President Shirley reviewed recent audits, noting mostly clean results with only minor technical findings, and highlighted MSU’s broad academic offerings, specialized accreditations, athletics, and partnerships with Minot Air Force Base and the MSU Development Foundation. Members asked about declining interest in teacher education, tuition waivers for athletes, dual credit incentives, and how MSU decides when to launch new programs and avoid duplication within the university system. Shirley also discussed several workforce-focused initiatives supported by the Legislature’s Workforce Education Innovation Funds, including the purchase of the Trinity Health Center West building for a downtown health sciences hub, a new daycare/preschool partnership near campus, the Aspire program to recruit rural students into teaching, and a paraprofessional-to-special-education degree pathway. Enrollment data showed overall headcount was flat at just under 2,750, but full-time equivalent enrollment rose slightly and new student numbers increased, including the largest freshman class in 15 years. The committee also discussed Minot State’s in-state tuition rate for all students, its dual credit “Emerging Scholars” scholarship, and concerns about the share of high school graduates who do not immediately pursue postsecondary education. Faculty then presented two new programs funded in part by WEAF: an Innovation Engineering degree and a master’s program in counseling with an integrated addiction studies focus. The engineering program was described as industry-driven, designed with broad early coursework, hands-on learning, and local employer input to prepare students for western North Dakota workforce needs; officials said it had already drawn more applicants than expected and would use renovated library space and donated or grant-funded equipment. The counseling program will be mostly face-to-face with hybrid options, aims to address shortages in mental health and substance use providers, and is structured to help students meet licensure requirements. Committee members asked about startup costs, licensure supervision hours, and whether the programs would be on campus rather than online, and presenters said both programs had recently received required approvals and were moving forward.

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• So this creates uh a training gap staff.
• So jobs in finance, in information, in trade, in real estate.
• <00:20:19.520> uh<00:20:19.760> finance AI excels at very very well. uh finance AI
• and even for such as legal finance and even for software<00:27:27.840> development.
• There's a huge job gap there, and so yes, I think a lot of those jobs will be safer from AI.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• The homeownership gap between Black and white Americans today is approximately what it was before the
• AB 801 closes the structural gap by codifying a mandatory examination cycle.
• It fills a federal gap by adding nondiscrimination chapters to three Financial Code divisions covering
• So creating a level playing field and closing that regulatory gap is good for small businesses.
• Chair and members, Chris Rosa, on behalf of two commercial financing providers, Rapid Finance and Capitas

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• For the governance and financing study, it examines the longer-term governance and financing models for
• Now we'll transition to the governance and finance study that evaluates long-term governance and financing
• Next, incentive mismatch in financing.
• The funding gap that you have in front of you is real. It’s a very large funding gap.
• The funding gap that you have in front of you is real. It’s a very large funding gap.

Keywords: 908, all

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• annually rather than only annually and requires the commission to make recommendations to the Arizona Finance
• Just so you know, there will be gaps of openings today, and then it would get really busy, and then we're
• here gaps again, and that's just how it kind of goes on the last day.
• Just so you know, there will be gaps of openings today, and then it would get really busy, and then we're
• here gaps again, and that's just how it kind of goes on the last day.

Summary: The caucus meeting on Friday, June 12, reviewed several bills on Blue Sheets 16, 17, and 18, with sponsors generally concurring in Senate amendments. On property tax and agricultural inspection bills, HB 2104 and HB 2105 were described as creating temporary limits on county assessors’ ability to reclassify or inspect agricultural property after a successful appeal or recent inspection, while preserving assessor authority for changes in use, ownership, splits, or taxable improvements. HB 4117, concerning religious worship assemblies, was amended by the Senate to focus on intentionally obstructing entry or exit from a place of worship or creating a disruptive commotion. HB 2311 would require AI conversational systems to notify users they are interacting with AI and add other consumer protections, and HB 2477 would conform Arizona’s 529 plan rules with federal law and allow certain rollovers to ABLE or Roth IRA accounts. The meeting also covered HB 2114, which directs motorcycle safety fund spending toward education and scholarships and ties motorcycle registration requirements to Class M licensing, with Senate changes narrowing the registration provisions and exempting business-owned motorcycles. HB 2729 was broadened by the Senate from continuing only the Nursing Board to also continuing DES, the Board of Occupational Therapy Examiners, the Physician Assistants Board, and the State Board of Pharmacy, with members noting this kind of consolidation is common at the end of session. All of these bills were presented for concurrence, and no objections or substantive questions were raised. The caucus then reviewed three additional measures that had just come through rules: SB 1618, which revises military affairs statutes, creates procedures for military installation fund property acquisition, changes commission duties and membership, and adds reporting requirements; SB 1110, which creates a Department of Corrections home confinement program for certain inmates nearing release; and SCR 1004, which would, subject to voter approval, restrict photo enforcement systems unless a contract existed before December 31, 2026. Members clarified that the House mirror of the photo enforcement measure had not advanced. The meeting ended with notice that more caucus or rules activity could occur later in the day as the chamber moved bills to the floor on sine die.

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• Thank you for your family's sacrifice, for your willingness to stand in the gap when others cannot.
• It allows for alternative ways to finance infrastructure. It is the Build Act.
• Fourth, this bill is written to benefit large-scale development financing interests.
• This is a sophisticated financing architecture.
• Oh, they need us to stand in the gap. We should vote no. I don't agree with that sentiment.

Bills: SB1290, SB1530, SB1847, HR1050, SB169, SB1377, SB1990, SB1991, SB1778, SB1579, SB1992, SB3, SB2028, SB1928, SB2127, SB2117, SB1439, SB1930, SB330, SB1191, SB2110, SB2134, SB2069, SB2095, SB1613, SB1246, SB1976, SB1346, SB1509, SB2071, SB259, SB1314

Keywords: 2-1-1 services, revolving fund, Department of Human Services, crisis pregnancy, abortion, legal funding, research funding, development rebate, Oklahoma Department of Commerce, tax incentives, higher education partnerships, Medicaid, ADvantage Waiver, home-based services, eligibility criteria, healthcare, senior services, Taiwan, Oklahoma, sister-state relationship

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• It's my third session on Senate Finance.
• That's tied to public school finance.
• How do we address these gaps effectively?
• TIDC is financed by GR and GRD funds.
• The funding will really help bridge that gap.

Bills: SB 1

Keywords: campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• Then, the loans will be administered by the Finance Authority staff.
• Finance Authority offers below market financing in its programs; that's one of the reasons we exist.
• We provide the financing that our.
• Would work with them and provide the remaining gap of the financing and have a complete project.
• That's what rules are for—to fill in the gaps.

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• This will close that gap to complete the project.
• It's great to have you here in Senate Finance.
• There are gaps as you go upstream to Del Rio and places like that; there are still other gaps.
• Tricia is finishing a finance degree.
• Texas State is working to close that gap.

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• The true number is much higher because of the way they hide their finances.
• The true number is much higher because of the way they hide their finances.
• the purchase of digital tools. finance the purchase of digital tools.
• This gap creates glaring weaknesses in mainstream America's cyber posture.
• home buyers and affordably finance home buyers and housing developers.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, June 23, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• to re-refer this to education Finance to re-refer this to education Finance thank<00:47:55.880><
• re-referred to the education finance re-referred to the education finance committee<00:48:05.040
• re-referred to the education finance re-referred to the education finance committee<00:48:16.079
• Oh, Madam Chair, are we sending this to Education Finance?
• re-referred to the education finance re-referred to the education finance committee<01:02:50.480

Keywords: 1183, house

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• We are considered the gap filler.
• So, the are considered the gap filler.
• , state approaches to education finance, state approaches to education finance, you<01:22:55.160>
• <01:25:36.080> the<01:25:36.200> project, finances the project, finances the project, if
• Um, we have this $300 million gap, that inflationary gap, and again, that is a place where states and

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• its evaluation, the work group shall survey and evaluate alternative funding models to sustainably finance
• House Committees on Appropriations and Education and the chairperson of the Senate Committees on Finance
• But quite frankly, we will not be able to fill the gap that is left by the federal funds.
• But quite frankly, we will not be able to fill the gap that is left by the federal funds.
• in making sure that... ...there may be some coordination gaps in making sure that we did not overlap

Keywords: Virginia Commission to End Hunger, 976, house, all

Summary: The Virginia Commission to End Hunger met on May 21, 2026 and began by electing new leadership: Senator Roem was nominated and elected chair, and Delegate Marcia Price was elected vice chair. The commission then adopted a required virtual meeting policy and a public participation policy. The chair also read a new directive creating a work group, to be chaired by the commission chair, to evaluate school nutrition department and school meal funding models, review alternatives used in other states, and report recommendations by November 1, 2026 to legislative leaders and the commission. The commission heard from Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry Katie Frazier, who discussed the administration’s food access priorities, the loss of federal funding for the Local Food Purchase Assistance Program and Local Food for Schools and Child Care program, and support for programs such as the Virginia Agriculture Food Access Program and Virginia Fresh Match. Members asked about the Virginia Food Box Program, the Farm to School Task Force, universal free school breakfast, and school meal debt. Frazier said the administration sees school nutrition and local food procurement as important, but did not commit to specific budget positions. Chandler Brooks of the Division of Legislative Services reviewed 2026 legislation affecting hunger and school meals. Bills that passed included school meal debt reporting, changes to commission membership, food insecurity data collection, and Farm to School Task Force appointments. Bills that did not advance included universal free school breakfast, a statewide food security coordination act, a food insecurity survey work group, Medicaid nutrition services, school meal debt repayment, and changes to the Hunger-Free Campus grant program. Members discussed the meaning of bills being “laid on the table,” the fiscal impact of food policy proposals, SNAP fraud, rural health transformation funding for food-as-medicine programs, and the need for updates on implementation of prior laws. Emily Moore of the American Heart Association presented on healthy school meals for all, warning that federal changes, including HR1-related losses in SNAP and Medicaid participation, are reducing direct certification for free school meals and threatening CEP participation and school nutrition budgets. She urged the commission to convene a work group on sustainable school meal funding. The commission also discussed travel meetings, future work plan priorities, and possible follow-up presentations from the Department of Social Services on SNAP participation and error-rate reduction. The meeting ended with public comment from No Kid Hungry Virginia supporting a DSS briefing, followed by adjournment.

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• That was the gap that was filled.
• And I cover public school finance for the LASC. My name is Ismael Torres.
• I'm the Chief Economist for the Legislative Finance Committee. So, Mr.
• But now, that gap already preemptively in the future is being spent on non-recurring as well.
• Are we talking about that through the finance committee about how to get that huge ROI?

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• I know you talked a little bit about the financing piece in trying to help folks with the financing.
• They don't need a penny of public capital financing.
• And second, housing finance and strategy board.
• Secondly, of course, financing. And Mr.
• As was mentioned earlier, time is money on financing.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Housing opened its second hearing of the session with remarks from Chairs Haggerty and Cyr emphasizing that the hearing was a broad look at Massachusetts’ housing crisis rather than a single bill. They highlighted topics including zoning, permitting, rental assistance, public housing, homelessness prevention, and housing production. The first witness, Housing and Livable Communities Secretary Augustus, reviewed implementation of the Affordable Homes Act and the state’s new housing plan, citing a 1.6% vacancy rate, a projected need for 222,000 new homes over 10 years, and ongoing efforts such as ADUs by right, fair housing enforcement, eviction record sealing, seasonal communities planning, and new funding for affordable housing, public housing, and the Momentum Fund. He also discussed infrastructure support for municipalities, technical assistance for ADUs, and concerns about possible federal funding cuts. Committee members questioned the secretary about ADU financing and technical assistance, the likely unit yield from the Affordable Homes Act, infrastructure barriers in suburban and rural communities, public housing waitlist management, supportive housing, and federal budget risks. MassNAHRO then testified that public housing authorities are facing rising operating and capital costs, a statewide waitlist nearing 300,000, and uncertainty over federal Section 8 and HUD funding. Witnesses described recent state support for operating subsidies, capital improvements, vacancy turnover teams, and resident service coordinators, while warning that proposed federal cuts could sharply affect voucher issuance and agency operations. CDAC’s executive director Roger Herzog described the agency’s role as a quasi-public source of early-stage financing and technical assistance for nonprofit housing developers, noting its loan capital, supportive housing bond programs, home modification loans, and preservation work under Chapter 40T. He said CDAC has helped produce or preserve more than 55,000 units and stressed the importance of patient capital and preservation tools. CHAPA CEO Rachel Heller urged the committee to focus on production, preservation, planning, and political will, supporting goals for affordability, supportive housing, and homeownership, and endorsing policy changes such as YIGBY, clearer site plan review rules, stronger fair housing funding, and more support for vouchers and public housing. MassHousing then outlined its financing role, including mortgage lending, down payment assistance, the Community Climate Bank, and the Momentum Fund, while noting that permitting delays, capital gaps, and possible federal changes could affect production. Members also asked about transparency, prevailing wage compliance, and a recent internal restructuring related to diversity and business engagement.

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• Another important tool states have to finance the Medicaid program is state-directed payments.
• These financing tools are critical to support our safety-net and critical access providers, and so it
• And the final provision related to state financing is a change in federal funding repayment penalties
• Are we looking at that to bring those back that can help cover this gap?
• This, while we still had more gaps to work on to close the uninsured gap, estimates are 36% of farm workers

Summary: The joint informational hearing focused on the impacts of H.R. 1 on California’s Medi-Cal program and on community health effects from recent immigration enforcement actions. Committee leaders said H.R. 1 would sharply reduce federal funding, increase administrative burdens, and worsen access to care, especially for Medi-Cal enrollees, immigrant families, rural communities, and reproductive health patients. The second half of the hearing examined how ICE raids and related federal actions are creating fear, reducing clinic and emergency department use, and disrupting children’s access to schools and early childhood education. Department of Health Care Services Director Michelle Bass outlined the main H.R. 1 provisions affecting Medi-Cal: work requirements, semiannual eligibility redeterminations, shorter retroactive coverage, new cost-sharing, limits on provider taxes and state-directed payments, reduced federal support for emergency and lawful immigrant coverage, and a one-year ban on Medicaid funding for prohibited abortion providers. She estimated millions could lose coverage, with tens of billions of dollars in federal funding at risk. Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California warned the defunding provision could force clinic closures, service reductions, and loss of access to family planning, STI testing, and cancer screenings. The California Hospital Association said the financing changes could cut hospital revenue by tens of billions over 10 years and threaten access, especially for rural and safety-net hospitals. The Western Center on Law and Poverty argued the law would increase churn, paperwork, and uninsured rates, disproportionately harming working adults and people experiencing homelessness. Committee members asked about implementation timelines, notification systems, administrative costs, the effect on immigrant eligibility, and whether California could delay or mitigate some provisions. Bass said the state was still assessing federal guidance, planning county and provider outreach, and exploring a possible delay for work requirements and a transition period for provider-tax changes. Members also discussed how state budget actions may need to be revisited in light of H.R. 1, and how California might preserve access through state-only funding or other policy changes. In the second panel, CHIRLA, Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, and the Children’s Partnership described the health consequences of immigration enforcement. Speakers said raids and data-sharing fears are causing anxiety, trauma, and avoidance of care, with Los Angeles County reporting declines in emergency, urgent care, and clinic visits after enforcement actions. The Children’s Partnership said school and early childhood absences are rising in some communities and that enforcement is undermining children’s emotional well-being and access to education. Members asked for more data and discussed possible state protections, telehealth, mobile care, and legal and policy responses to reduce fear and preserve access to health and education services.

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• they're actually um closing that gap they're actually um closing that gap even<00:20:40.320>
• 23:10.640> we<00:23:10.960> actually looking at finances, uh we actually looking at finances
• So, I there's a few achieving gaps.
• <02:05:03.520> to had to work with budget and finance to had to work with budget and finance
• <02:34:48.399> like know those achievement gaps like know those achievement gaps like decreased

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