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• The Conference Committee on House Justice Budget Subcommittee and the Senate Appropriations Committee
• thank you for your offer earlier today, and we have an offer for you this evening relating to the budget
• , to projects, And we have an offer for you this evening relating to the budget, to projects, and to
• Likewise, Representative, we are reviewing your offers on the budget and projects for HB 5403E and preparing
• No, we will continue our efforts to budget the best that we can and continue to help our representatives

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• The Conference Committee on House Justice Budget Subcommittee and the Senate Appropriations Committee
• thank you for your offer earlier today, and we have an offer for you this evening relating to the budget
• , to projects, And we have an offer for you this evening relating to the budget, to projects, and to
• Likewise, Representative, we are reviewing your offers on the budget and projects for HB 5403E and preparing
• No, we will continue our efforts to budget the best that we can and continue to help our representatives

Summary: The conference committee on the House Justice Budget Subcommittee and the Senate Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice met to discuss budget-related negotiations, including projects, proviso items, implementing language, and back-of-the-bill provisions tied to House Bill 5403E. Members exchanged offers and noted that progress had been made on closing out projects, with both sides expressing optimism that additional items could be resolved with more time. Senate and House members thanked each other and staff for their work and indicated they would continue reviewing offers and preparing responses for a later meeting. No public testimony or public comment was offered. The committee reminded members that future meetings would be on one-hour notice. With no further business, Senator David Smith moved to rise and adjourn, and the committee adjourned.

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• ,</c> to, let's say, reconsider the budget, to, let's say, reconsider the budget, they're<04:48:39.920
• </c><04:58:10.400><c> and</c><04:58:10.718><c> the</c> president's budget and the president's budget
• of Defense budget, Department of Defense budget.<05:23:14.480><c> How</c><05:23:14.718><c> many</c><
• </c> that say, "David, balance the budget that say, "David, balance the budget today.<05:28:03.760><c
• We're trying not to let the budget.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, May 6, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• </c> to um basically help balance the budget to um basically help balance the budget that<00:19:29.760
• Um and 40% Navy and Marine Corps budget.
• </c> tax cut but was impacted by the budget tax cut but was impacted by the budget cuts<01:15:31.840>
• They cannot do budgets. make decisions. They cannot do budgets.
• </c> uh do some sort of emergency budget uh do some sort of emergency budget adjustment<03:04:12.160>

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• And so, we put that forward for consideration in this budget supplemental budget request so that we can
• budget supplemental budget request this budget supplemental budget request so<00:37:18.880><c> that</
• </c> pro- timelines, budget, communication. pro- timelines, budget, communication.
• ,</c> federal funds are impacting our budget, federal funds are impacting our budget, so<02:33:27.720
• You have one on budget right now. We have vessels budgeted.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• resolve as many of these issues as possible, and the House is pleased to bring you offer number one on budget
• The House is pleased to bring you offer number one on budget, GR projects, proviso, back of the bill,
• The Senate is pleased to accept your offer on the budget with the following exceptions: budget lines
• GR projects remain unresolved as related to the budget spreadsheet.

Summary: The Appropriations Conference Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development met to exchange budget offers and narrow the list of unresolved items. The House presented its first offer on the budget, GR projects, proviso, back of the bill, and the implementing bill, saying it would resolve most outstanding issues. The Senate accepted the offer in part but identified numerous budget lines and several proviso and implementing-bill items as still unresolved, while noting that GR projects and DOT projects remained open issues despite prior agreement on project allocation. The House agreed that the listed budget lines and proviso/implementing-bill items represented the remaining differences between the chambers. The committee then authorized staff to make any technical corrections needed to implement the decisions. There was no public comment, and the committee reminded members that the next meeting would be on one-hour notice. With no further business, Representative LaMarca moved to adjourn, and the committee adjourned without objection.

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• The letter says they will correct this in their budget for the next biennium.
• It's not part of the typical budget that we have on an annual basis.
• This is just to correct their budget.
• It's also to correct that budget. And C is a request from ASU Beebe.
• And that is what's really put a strain on our budget the last two years.

Keywords: 1204, all

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• But the governor did a good job of including some of that in her budget, and so we won’t necessarily
• But the governor did a good job of including some of that in her budget, and so we won’t necessarily
• We need to fund all of the organizations with a robust budget. The community level to solve that.
• We need to fund all of the organizations with a robust budget.
• And the grants has historically been a priority, both bill and budget ask.

Keywords: 1212, all

Summary: The meeting was an organizational and planning session of the Ellen Story Commission on Postpartum Depression. After roll call and housekeeping, the co-chairs thanked Senator Liz Miranda for her service and announced Senator Adam Gomez as the new Senate co-chair. Senator Miranda explained her transition off the leadership role due to other responsibilities and personal losses, while Senator Gomez said he was honored to join, would listen and learn, and would bring a Western Massachusetts perspective to the statewide commission. Members discussed current maternal health developments, including a new Department of Public Health regulation implementing the 2024 midwifery law and allowing temporary licenses for licensed certified professional midwives. The commission also reviewed open seats and possible future appointees, with an emphasis on adding regional, clinical, and lived-experience diversity. Several commissioners raised concerns about birthing hospital and inpatient obstetric unit closures, workforce shortages in OB-GYN and midwifery, reimbursement changes, and the need to expand training slots and funding for perinatal care. A major theme was how the commission should focus its work in the coming year. Members suggested more attention to parent-child relational health, pediatric screening for postpartum mood disorders, coordination across OB-GYN, pediatrics, infant mental health, and home visiting systems, and stronger involvement from clinicians and organizations such as PSI of Massachusetts. The Division of Public Health and the Division of Insurance shared updates on community midwifery reimbursement, a payer learning community, insurance coverage for mental health examinations, and the need for better education about birthing centers and doulas. Commissioners also discussed substance use and maternal mental health supports, noting that current funding for community-based organizations is limited compared with demand. The group reviewed upcoming maternal health events in April, including Black Maternal Health Week activities, and agreed there was not enough time to plan a new commission event for May. Instead, members favored using the commission’s communication channels to share relevant events and information. The commission approved a motion to create a biweekly digest for information sharing, with urgent items still able to be sent directly to commissioners, and then adjourned.

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• She said there is a budget proposal to provide additional staffing to help support the process.
• Given the projected budget deficit or structural deficit that we have in our budget and the agreements
• The economic impact of the budget does have a significant impact on what we can provide to our state
• So currently, as part of a budget change proposal, we did receive some resources for a DEIA unit.
• So, currently, as part of a budget change proposal, we did receive some resources for a DEIA unit.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• So there's a lot of talk about our budget.
• He and I serve on the budget committee together, and he's been excellent in making sure that each of
• If they budgeted for it already, can you like break down?
• And with our issue with the budget right now, bills like this are very, very valuable to us.
• But You know, everybody on budget is like, where can we pull money from?

Summary: The Committee on Government Efficiency met in executive session and voted several bills due pass. House Bill 3136 passed 13-1, House Bill 2506 passed 14-0, and House Bill 1758 passed 14-0 after brief comments, including one member stating he would vote present because the issue divided the public. The committee then took up House Bill 2278, which was combined with House Bill 2403 in a House Committee Substitute. Members discussed and adopted a committee substitute and amendment creating an appeals board for MSHSAA-related eligibility disputes, with supporters saying it would provide a final, independent appeal option for students and parents and opponents raising concerns about process, timing, and gubernatorial appointments. The substitute for House Bill 2278 and 2403 was adopted and voted do pass 11-7, with several members voting no over concerns about independence and government oversight of a nonprofit. The committee then held a public hearing on House Bill 2877, which would create a new unemployment administration adjustment fund funded by a small portion of employer unemployment contributions, capped at $10 million annually, to reduce reliance on general revenue for administering unemployment insurance. Representative Voss said the bill would not raise employer costs or affect benefits, and Division of Employment Security Director Alan Andrews testified in support, saying the measure would help avoid general revenue exposure and keep the program self-sustaining. Members asked about the effect in a recession, the relationship to federal funds, and whether the proposal could become a precedent for other funds; no opposition testimony was offered. The committee also heard House Bill 3428, a cleanup bill to move expired dormant funds back to general revenue. The sponsor said several funds had expired and were no longer in use, though some accounts had already been renewed or were still active and would be removed by amendment. Members questioned whether the affected agencies had been contacted and whether some of the money should instead be renewed or used for the original purposes; the sponsor said she was open to discussion, but the bill as presented was intended to reclaim expired balances. No one testified in opposition, and the hearing concluded without a vote on the bill in the transcript.

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• Are you familiar with the metrics that they put on the budget when they measure the success of schools
• and the budget they use for their metrics that they measure the universities by?
• Many times in the budget, they add metrics in their own house.
• We can measure them and put them into the Senate budget and the House budget, basically the budget the
• The increased funding for this program, included in the budget and Senate Bill 532 passed by Senator

Bills: SB1998, SB646, SB2786, SB2076, SB2615, SB1961, SB1418, SB2647, SB1322, SB2788

Keywords: pediatrics, medical education, subsidiary, preceptorship, medical training, student programs, mental health, loan repayment, education funding, mental health professionals, healthcare access, Texas Success Initiative, exemption, public officers, employees, higher education, Capitol view, Austin, urban planning, construction

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• Good afternoon and welcome to today's Assembly Budget Subcommittee number 6, which covers public safety
• And finally, I led a budget ask in the past few years, and a legislation that really emphasized putting
• I suspect that you did that from a perspective of your budget change proposal and how much you think
• you would be able to do within the capacity of that budget.
• Our budget speaks our values.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• We're going to go next to Spb 7, 0, 2, 4, by appropriations relating to state planning and budgeting.
• Budget airily if if they are not implemented.
• As I said, I can't give you a number across the did budget this last year on what we have spent on it
• I'm just wondering, practically the count ability ultimately sits with the legislature and the budget
• >> Yes, we're going to have and I said this is going to this is a big budget item.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• Essentially, this document runs you through a numeric version of the budget that's being considered.
• to you a little bit about some colloquialisms or nomenclature we use when it comes to the school budget
• This is your state budget.
• I've been coming to you for over 16 years now in this capacity, used to be a former DFA budget analyst
• We're going to have John back to present the LESC budget.

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• </c><00:08:23.200><c> HCMC</c><00:08:24.160><c> is</c> Hennepin County with the budget.
• HCMC is Hennepin County with the budget.
• So, I'll turn budget more effectively.
• In a couple of months, we're going to have an updated plan, a budget on the Blue Line extension.
• And I'm not going to be surprised at all when it's north of the current budget, and I expect it to be

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The meeting focused on opposition to the proposed Blue Line light rail extension in the West Broadway/North Minneapolis corridor and support for alternatives, especially arterial bus rapid transit. Committee members and invited speakers argued that the rail project would cost about $3.2 billion to $3.5 billion to build, require roughly $57 million a year to operate and maintain, and could burden Hennepin County taxpayers if federal funding does not materialize. They promoted House File 3507, which would direct $30 million toward bus transit in the corridor, and House File 3441, which was described as highlighting the operating costs of light rail. Testimony from community leaders and residents emphasized concerns about displacement, business disruption, safety, and neighborhood impacts. Speakers said the project could require demolition of homes and businesses, reduce parking and traffic access on West Broadway, and harm a predominantly Black business district in North Minneapolis. Several compared the project to past rail impacts such as Rondo, and said bus rapid transit would be more flexible, less expensive, and better aligned with community needs. One speaker also raised concerns about the placement of stations and the effect on residents who rely on transit for work, shopping, and access to services. Representative Kristin Robbins and others framed the issue as a budget priority, saying Hennepin County should focus on transit options that cost less and on funding for HCMC, which they said faces a serious deficit. In response to questions, the bill supporters said the effort was bipartisan, that federal funding for the rail project was uncertain, and that the legislature should move money toward bus service now rather than wait for a future federal agreement. No vote or formal committee action was taken in the excerpt, but the members indicated they would continue making the case for the bills and follow up with the community.

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• performance, fiscal solvency, delivering capital projects on time, delivering capital projects under budget
• So we're trying to work with our budget And hopefully you can all work with yours.
• You'll see that in FY 2019, we had member agency support of about 51% of our operating budget.
• We had member agency support of about 51% of our operating budget.
• We had nearly 33% of our operating budget covered from fares.

Summary: The Senate Subcommittee on LOSSAN Rail Corridor Resiliency held an informational hearing focused on the corridor’s financial stability, service reliability, governance, capital planning, and long-term resiliency. Chair Lackey opened by criticizing the unfinished SB 1098 report and the underwhelming Transit Transformation Task Force work, arguing that the corridor remains at a crossroads with weak ridership recovery, poor on-time performance, and major capital projects that are not moving quickly enough. Senator Archuleta emphasized safety, maintenance, and the need to avoid state subsidy if ridership and revenues can support service. CalSTA and Caltrans described major state investments and ongoing planning efforts, including $125 million for San Clemente resiliency work, additional leveraged federal and state funds, more than $25 billion in funded projects in the pipeline, and the development of a corridor project database and service-planning tool under SB 1098. Caltrans also reported restoring Surfliner service to 13 weekday round trips between Los Angeles and San Diego, piloting expanded service to Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo, and reorganizing internally to elevate transit and rail oversight. On zero-emission strategy, officials said hydrogen fuel-cell trains are being procured for longer-distance service while electrification remains the long-term ideal and battery-electric options are being explored for shorter routes. The committee then heard from Metrolink CEO Darren Kettle and Caltrain representative Jason Baker. Metrolink described its shift to “regional passenger rail,” with schedule changes aimed at all-day service, better transfers, and growth in student and weekend ridership, but warned of a fiscal cliff because member agencies now cover most operating costs while fare revenue remains low. Kettle said the agency has not reached consensus among its five county partners on a dedicated revenue solution and warned that service cuts may be unavoidable without new funding. Caltrain reported strong post-electrification ridership gains, improved customer satisfaction, and expanded service, but also warned of a large annual operating deficit that could force reductions in frequency, weekend service, stations, and evening operations if stable funding is not found. Members also discussed public safety, marketing, station placemaking, parking and concession revenue, and hydrogen fuel-cell technology. Senators urged stronger promotion of rail service, safer and cleaner stations, and more ambitious planning to match the state’s investments. No votes or formal actions were taken; the hearing was informational, with officials asked to continue reporting back on SB 1098, San Clemente planning, service performance, and funding solutions.

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• Our delegation has worked with the capital budget to secure water infrastructure, but that is not going
• I understand the challenges of limited budgets, having worked for the state for 40 years myself, but
• This bill also incurs costs to the agency not included in the governor's budget.
• So a program like this, although that state funding is very important for our budget, gives programs
• Bill has a fiscal impact not in the governor's budget and I'm happy to take questions.

Bills: HB2515, HB2343, HB2301, HB2272, HB2367

Keywords: energy facilities, large energy use, regulation, state oversight, infrastructure, water quality, game farms, public health, environmental protection, regulatory oversight, extended producer responsibility, paint waste management, environmental regulations, sustainability, recycling, ski areas, winter sports, terminology update, recreation, regulatory changes

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• Changes from the Budget Reconciliation Bill start to take effect in FY 28.
• All of these effects of the Budget Reconciliation Act are going to affect patient revenue.
• It'll grow until FY 28 when the provisions of the Budget Reconciliation Act start to kick in.
• As you know, in the Budget Reconciliation Act, Congress was somewhat cognizant of the fact that there
• Still, this budget new reconciliation... whatever else is still coming out of the budget, I still have

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• Uh, we're really looking at how much it's costing workers, taxpayers, and our budget.
• Uh, we're really looking at how much it's costing workers, taxpayers, and our budget.
• Uh, we're really looking at how much it's costing workers, taxpayers, and our budget.
• Uh, we're really looking at how much it's costing workers, taxpayers, and our budget.
• Uh, we're really looking at how much it's costing workers, taxpayers, and our budget.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• present House File 10 before you this afternoon, with the sole purpose of addressing our looming budget
• Members, addressing our looming budget deficit in Minnesota, with over $5 billion projected as a deficit
• Following the last election and looking at our budget outlook in Minnesota, it’s important for us to
• </c> election and looking at um our budget election and looking at um our budget Outlook<00:01:16.320
• is management and budget so it we<00:05:16.120><c> need</c><00:05:16.199><c> to</c><00:05:16.320><c>

Keywords: 1183, house