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• . [01:56:40] Chief Daniels continued: "...hit that that would take to our fire preparedness budget.
• And again, I'm just trying to figure out a budget on this.
• Representative Miller: "And again, I'm just trying to figure out a budget on this.
• And again, I'm just trying to figure out a budget on this.
• Representative Miller: "And again, I'm just trying to figure out a budget on this.

Summary: The committee first waited for a quorum, then heard presentations from North Idaho irrigation districts on water management challenges. Brandon Rose of Hayden Lake Irrigation District described rapid growth, groundwater pumping, a new reservoir and main replacement project, and concerns about aquifer and lake impacts. Barney Metz of Lewiston Orchards Irrigation District discussed the Palouse Basin aquifer decline, LOID’s mixed domestic and irrigation system, ESA and tribal issues, a proposed water exchange, and problems caused by urban encroachment and fiber installation damaging water infrastructure. Ron Wilson of East Green Acres Irrigation District described aging infrastructure, grant-funded upgrades, workforce training, aquifer coordination through the Idaho-Washington Aquifer Collaborative, and similar damage from broadband construction. Members raised concerns about “do-not-dig” enforcement and liability for utility damage, but no formal action was taken on the presentations. The committee then took up Senate Concurrent Resolution 119, which Representative Van der Woude said highlighted water needs in Region 2 and growth-related recharge issues in the Treasure Valley. The committee moved the resolution to the floor with a due pass recommendation. After that, the committee considered several Idaho Department of Water Resources fee rules. It approved the Shoshone-Bannock Water Bank rule docket and the Water District 34 rule docket after brief questions, but held the stream channel alteration rule docket at the call of the chair after members raised concerns about revised definitions, especially the “100-year flood” language, fish habitat terminology, and whether the edits were clearer or more restrictive. Finally, the committee heard House Bill 746, which would expand Idaho Department of Lands deficiency warrants to cover reimbursable non-fire emergency uses of fire resources, such as flooding response, pumps, incident command support, and prescribed fire or fuels work. Testimony from the Idaho Fire Chiefs Association and the Department of Lands said the bill would improve flexibility, keep Idaho resources available for mutual aid, and not create non-reimbursable obligations, though it could temporarily affect spending authority until reimbursement is received. Members questioned definitions, reimbursement timing, budget impacts, and whether existing agreements could address the issue. No final vote on the bill was shown in the transcript excerpt.

Transcript Highlights:

• They are headed to the capital budget subcommittee.
• Number 16. >> Number one, Senator Kagan, Rockland, House Purchase, Budget Taxation. All right.
• Also headed to the capital budget subcommittee and 17 clerk will read the bills bond initiatives. >>
• </c><00:20:12.160><c> All</c> House Purchase, Budget Taxation. All House Purchase, Budget Taxation.
• Um, we're going to call it the capital budget subcommittee. All the capital budget subcommittee.

Keywords: Senate streaming session for Monday, February 9, 2026, 960, senate, all

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• The budget, what we have this year, will be in the budget.
• This next year, I don't anticipate it being a major increase in budget.
• The budget, what we have this year, will be in the budget.
• The budget, what we have this year, will be in the budget.
• It authorizes the Legislative Budget Commission to reject portions of district budgets funded with state

Bills: S0302, S0394, S0480, S0546, S0636, S0774, S0796, S1028, S1050, S1066, S1120, S1230, S1288, S1682

Keywords: cybersecurity, information technology, data management, local government compliance, cloud services, state agency oversight, integrated governance, conservation lands, land exchange, state-owned land, Acquisition and Restoration Council, Florida water management, environmental protection, beach management, beach erosion, beach nourishment, coastal resilience, shoreline protection, critical erosion, critically eroded beach

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• It certainly will inform at least sort of our budget choices as we go into this session.
• Chairman, Tab F has our current budget status report.
• How does that relate to outcomes and budgeting?
• I just, you know, whenever we look at our budgets, I've never had a budget—a dormant budget—in my Personal
• Also, RLD, that budget piece came up for the compacts as well.

Keywords: 996, all

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• It's kind of a base budget. The billing codes that go along with the specifics of it. Yeah, okay.
• I know there's a budget process through higher ed that you have to go through, but I think this was a
• We got the budget submitted on September 2nd in this case, so we're already knee-deep in budgets, and
• We are asking to be included in the budget.
• We are requesting $4.5 million for the CAAs to be included in the Health Care Authority budget.

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• We receive about, all the cancer centers receive 85% of all the extramural budget of the NCI.
• We have a budget of $16.6 million, Health 6340 linked from state appropriation, and 1.6 million from
• I mean, I was trying to follow all the different budget things that, you know, the communities helped
• I don't know how we persuade an increase in RLD's budget to do enforcement.
• I guess we'll worry about how that budget money comes out, but obviously we need to invest more into

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• So just want to think through how do you adjust a budget if necessary.
• That is after the budget year.
• That is after the budget year. And so under the definition, as defined in the amendment, that is.
• And so without those urban dense districts, we do not have a budget to spend for a lot of issues.
• Those urban dense districts do not have a budget to spend for a lot of issues.

Summary: The committee first heard CS/HB 69, which would preempt local land-use decisions for presidential libraries to the state. The sponsor said the bill was intended to make it easier to site a presidential library in Florida. Members asked about whether the bill could affect nontraditional uses such as hotels or casinos, and the sponsor said it only addressed land-use and development-order decisions. There was no public testimony, and the bill was reported favorably 16-7. The committee then took up CS/HB 289, “Lucy's Law,” on boating safety. The bill expands boating education requirements, aligns boating penalties more closely with driving offenses, prohibits false information in vessel accident reports, and requires certain nonresidents to obtain boating safety cards. An amendment requiring boating safety courses for those convicted of civil boating infractions was adopted. The committee heard emotional testimony from Lucy Fernandez’s mother, who described the fatal 2022 boating crash that inspired the bill, along with support from industry and local-government witnesses. Members from both parties spoke in favor, emphasizing accountability, education, and enforcement. The bill passed unanimously, 25-0. HB 7003, an open-government/sunshine bill, preserved a public-records exemption for sensitive business information submitted with applications to the Office of Financial Regulation’s financial technology sandbox. It drew no public testimony or debate and was reported favorably. HB 4007, a local bill for Martin County, capped reimbursement for inmate emergency health care at 110% of Medicare, mirroring the Department of Corrections standard; it also passed favorably after supportive public testimony. The longest discussion was on HB 991, which would prohibit creation of new community redevelopment agencies after July 1, 2025, bar current CRAs from starting new projects or issuing new debt after October 1, 2025, and sunset existing CRAs by 2045 or their charter date, whichever is earlier. The sponsor argued CRAs have become long-lived funding vehicles used beyond their original anti-blight purpose and said local governments have other tools. Many members from both parties objected that CRAs remain important for affordable housing, small business support, infrastructure, and redevelopment in blighted areas, and several said the bill would harm ongoing or multi-phase projects. Three amendments were offered: one defining “new project,” one striking the new-CRA prohibition, and one striking the new-debt/new-project language; all were defeated except the first, which was adopted. Public testimony was split, with redevelopment groups, cities, and the Florida League of Cities opposing the bill and Americans for Prosperity supporting it. The committee did not reach final disposition in the portion provided, but the debate showed substantial opposition and concern about the bill’s impact on local redevelopment efforts.

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• Number one, Senator King, Community Services for Adults and Children, Community School of Maryland, Budget
• They are ordered to the capital budget subcommittee. We now have a message from the executive.
• They are ordered to the capital<00:02:13.680><c> budget</c><00:02:14.000><c> subcommittee.
• </c><00:02:15.120><c> We</c><00:02:15.360><c> now</c><00:02:15.520><c> have</c> capital budget subcommittee
• We now have capital budget subcommittee.

Keywords: Senate streaming session for Friday, January 30, 2026, 960, senate, all

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• SENATORS, AS YOU ARE AWARE, IN JUNE, THE GOVERNOR VETOED A THIRD OF THE LEGISLATIVE BUDGET.
• THE GOVERNOR VETOED THE IT BUDGET FOR BOTH THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE, WHICH MAINTAINS CHAMBERS' WEBSITES
• THE GOVERNOR VETOED FUNDING FOR CRITICAL ECONOMIC ESTIMATING USED TO PUT TOGETHER A BALANCED BUDGET.
• THE BUDGET WAS A HOUSE BILL, AND AS SUCH, THE HOUSE WILL BE SENDING US A VETO OVERRIDE MESSAGE.
• WE CUT $32 MILLION OUT OF THE BUDGET, THE GOVERNOR DID, FOR THE ENTIRE ARTS PROGRAM FOR THE ENTIRE STATE

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• We got recalibration and we got a really good budget.
• One of them was to make it effective immediately, so that provided additional money on the budget.
• One of them was to make it effective immediately, so that provided additional money on the budget.
• </c><02:53:36.000><c> expenditure</c> and cut back our budget expenditure and cut back our budget expenditure
• standard budget vote to override.<02:57:26.399><c> Thank</c><02:57:26.560><c> you.

Keywords: 916, all

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• In those days, the budget had grown to, well, the population had grown to one million people, and the
• budget was about $200 million.
• Now we know we have an $11 billion budget and a population of 2.1 million.
• We believe that allowing non-budget items to be heard in all sessions is consistent with that position
• And there are tremendous pressures on the budget.

Bills: HJR6, HJR7, HB120, HB60, HB151, HR1, HM13, SB40, SB104

Keywords: constitutional amendment, legislative sessions, veto override, New Mexico legislature, session length, legislative session, even-numbered years, New Mexico Constitution, student behavior, physical restraint, seclusion, public schools, training, de-escalation, student safety, behavior interventions, criminal offenses, peace officer, Victims of Crime Act, law enforcement

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• With that, let’s hear from the Joint Legislative Budget Committee, and I believe we have Grace Tiffany
• And we’ve also added some of the impacts included in the executive budget for comparison.
• We're going to be doing a budget, or people are going to be doing budgets for years to come with these
• Obviously, you don't do the budget right now. Maybe we should; that's a different conversation.
• You've got a three-million-dollar budget of some sort. What are the administrative fees?

Summary: The committee heard a JLBC presentation on H.R. 1’s SNAP impacts, including expanded work requirements, higher state administrative costs, and a potential state share of benefits if Arizona’s payment error rate remains above 6%. JLBC estimated the administrative cost increase at about $33 million in FY 2027 and $44 million in FY 2028, and said a 2024 error rate of 8.8% could expose the state to about $139 million in benefit costs starting in FY 2028. The chair also opened the meeting by asking members and speakers to keep remarks shorter to improve efficiency. The committee then considered several SNAP-related bills. HB 2797, which requires DES to more frequently verify eligibility through data matching, post fraud/noncompliance data, and address out-of-state EBT purchases, passed 7-5. HB 2442, requiring certain able-bodied SNAP adults with school-age children to participate in employment and training unless exempt, also passed 7-5. HB 2448, which limits DES’s ability to seek work-requirement waivers or discretionary exemptions without legislative authorization, passed 7-5. HB 2206, which sets a goal of reducing the SNAP payment error rate to 3% by 2030 and adds reporting and corrective-action requirements, passed 7-5 after debate over staffing, technology, and whether the target was realistic. The committee also advanced HB 2180, appropriating $2.5 million to the University of Arizona for AZ REACH, a hospital transfer coordination program serving rural facilities. Supporters said it improves patient transfers and reduces burdens on rural hospitals; some health system representatives were neutral but asked for operational improvements. HB 2180 passed 11-1. HB 2184, as amended, passed 7-4-1; it would extend fetal death certificate filing and require patients to be informed of the option to transfer fetal remains to a funeral home, with supporters describing it as a matter of parental dignity and closure. HB 2188, as amended, creating a Language Acquisition Grant Program for deaf or hard-of-hearing infants and toddlers, passed unanimously after testimony about balancing spoken-language and ASL options. The committee then began hearing HB 2194, a bill requiring insurers to provide a contact for detailed explanations after claim or prior-authorization denials, but the transcript ends before action on that bill.

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• Our budget has decreased because we recognize how we need to reallocate our funds.
• This is a budget that I think that you want or that you're asking for.
• health councils with a budget under a hundred thousand.
• We didn't have any health councils who reported budgets for 250 to 500,000.
• A slide about health councils and optimal budgets.

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• I'd like to call this Budget Subcommittee No. 4 meeting to order. Good morning.
• I'd like to call this Budget Subcommittee No. 4 meeting to order.
• We all know housing is the biggest expense in a family's budget.
• Keith Duncan, Caltrans budget officer.
• local costs within local budgets.

Summary: The Budget Subcommittee No. 4 hearing focused on the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF) and cap-and-trade reauthorization, with members and panelists discussing how to balance climate goals, affordability, and legislative oversight. The chair emphasized the hearing as a broad review of past GGRF spending and future options, while the LAO outlined how GGRF revenues are generated, how variable they have been, and the tradeoffs between continuous appropriations and annual budget control. Two academic panelists, Dr. Kyle Meng and Danny Cullen Ward, argued that cap-and-trade remains an effective climate policy, but stressed that future revenue will depend heavily on market design, allowance allocation, and price levels. They also raised the idea that GGRF could be used more directly for affordability, especially by lowering electricity costs, and for targeted investments in technologies that the market would not otherwise support. Committee members pressed the panelists on where revenues come from, how much has actually been spent, and whether continuous appropriations reduce oversight. CARB staff said more than $33 billion has been generated to date and a little over $11–12 billion has been spent, with the rest committed or in process, and noted that project timelines can be lengthy. Members also asked about ways to lower electricity rates, reduce wildfire-related utility liabilities, and support electrification. The panelists said transportation fuels are the largest source of GGRF revenue, that industrial emitters receive a smaller share of free allowances, and that reducing wildfire liability and investing in grid-scale batteries could help lower costs and speed decarbonization. Public commenters largely urged the Legislature to preserve or expand continuous appropriations for specific climate programs. Speakers supported funding for nature-based solutions, natural and working lands, urban greening, agricultural climate solutions, waste and composting programs, clean transportation, AB 617 community air protection, clean cars, transit, affordable housing near transit, and dairy digesters. Several groups argued these programs are cost-effective, provide public health and affordability benefits, and should receive dedicated shares of GGRF. Others urged reducing free allowances and using more GGRF revenue to directly lower energy costs for households. No votes were taken during the hearing.

Transcript Highlights:

• I'm proud to be carrying this budget bill, which takes responsible steps to balance our financial aid
• Without your advocacy, crafting this budget would have been much more difficult, and we thank you for
• 21.680><c> have</c><00:02:21.840><c> been</c><00:02:22.000><c> much</c><00:02:22.480><c> more</c> budget
• would have been much more budget would have been much more difficult<00:02:23.440><c> and</c><00:02:
• And if there was one what our budget is.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• So we had a draft budget for about 750,000 for three years. That's about 250 per year.
• or the budget.
• , if it’s not out of your budget or your plan, then where should that money come from?
• So if it comes out of the budget, then you're not in favor of this, correct?
• No, I'm not asking for it to come out of the budget.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on Senate Bill 1232, which would create a three-year wastewater technology testing pilot program at the University of Hawaiʻi Water Resources Research Center and coordinate testing with state and county agencies. The Department of Health, the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, and University of Hawaiʻi representatives supported the bill, saying it would help certify new wastewater technologies, lower costs for cesspool conversions, and provide data to the Department of Health. Testifiers said the prior testing effort ended after the departure of Dr. Roger Babcock, and that the new program would use National Sanitation Foundation standards, graduate students, and local wastewater facilities such as Wahiawa. Committee members asked about the $750,000 total cost, the scope of existing research, prior test sites, and whether the program would be tied to individuals or a permanent program. One member raised concerns about the fairness and data basis for sewer conversion decisions in local communities, and the University said it would follow national standards and share results openly. The committee then took up Senate Bill 686, relating to a short-term management initiative for coconut rhinoceros beetle response and related appropriations. The Department of Agriculture and the University of Hawaiʻi testified in support, while a county representative and other advocates urged broader statewide coverage, including Kauaʻi, and asked that appropriated funds be usable on any island. Testimony emphasized the need for immediate action, outreach, tree-trimmer training, canopy treatments, K-9 inspections, container fumigation, and biocontrol research. A member summarized the bill’s funding components, including amounts for training, residential palm treatments, response teams, inspections, fumigation, and research, and noted the importance of directing money toward on-the-ground response. Committee questions focused on how much funding remained available, how the agencies would coordinate with DOA, whether the department was prepared to manage all the bill’s functions, and how infestations were being communicated to the public. Finally, the committee began hearing Senate Bill 657, which would appropriate funds for the University of Hawaiʻi School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology’s Center for Climate Resilient Development. The Department of Land and Natural Resources testified in strong support, and the Department of Health also supported the measure, noting that it relies on the center’s data to inform decisions and recommendations on projects. The discussion on this item was brief in the portion provided, with no vote or final action shown.

Transcript Highlights:

• Some budgets are just balanced with imaginary money. This is borrowing from imaginary money.
• Some budgets are just balanced with imaginary money. This is borrowing from imaginary money.
• Because every budget is balanced. Some budgets are just balanced with imaginary money.
• And then we lose that severance tax dollar, which put strain on county budgets.
• This is $34 another place in the budget.

Keywords: 981, all

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• Well, welcome to the Budget Review Subcommittee on General Government, Finance, Personnel, and Public
• We have inherited budget projections that fall short of actual spending.
• We have inherited budget projections that fall short of actual spending.
• </c><00:18:44.960><c> comes</c> responsibilities, and what budget comes responsibilities, and what budget
• Our upcoming budget request mission.

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:00 Attendance Roll Call 00:00:15 Office of the Secretary of State 00:01:59 Office of the Attorney General 00:12:40 Department of Agriculture 00:22:44, 958, all

Summary: The Budget Review Subcommittee on General Government, Finance, Personnel, and Public Retirement heard presentations from the Secretary of State, the Attorney General’s Office, and the Department of Agriculture. Secretary of State Michael Adams said his office had no major new budget or authority requests, but he updated members on voter-roll maintenance, ongoing litigation over a law preventing voting in multiple states, the Safe at Home program for domestic violence survivors, human trafficking outreach, reduced spending, and new anti-fraud measures for business registrations and electronic service of process. Members then discussed Adams’ remarks, especially his criticism of Kentuckians for the Commonwealth. One senator objected that the organization should not be shut out of the legislative process, citing First Amendment concerns. Adams responded that he was not seeking to ban anyone from speaking, but wanted lawmakers to remember the harm he believes the group’s litigation does to election integrity and bipartisan reform. Representative Jackson praised Adams and his staff for their work. Deputy Attorney General Rob Duncan outlined the office’s work, including criminal prosecutions, civil litigation, body armor grants, administrative hearings, domestic violence and violent crime initiatives, election security, child support services, and the new Office of Data Privacy. He said the child support program transition from CHFS had created budget shortfalls and that the office would seek additional funding next session. In response to questions from Representative Lockett, Duncan said he did not yet have exact cost figures but expected funding needs and noted barriers related to personnel, budgeting, and integration. The committee also heard from Agriculture Commissioner Jonathan Shell, who highlighted the Kentucky Office of Agricultural Policy’s 25th anniversary, the new Office of Economic Development, and the role of Miss Kentucky in promoting agriculture. He said the department would seek recruitment and retention funding, possible staffing for EV station inspections, and continued support to make the agriculture economic development fund permanent.

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• I think uh Miss Hoffer can share that with you, but the e-library Minnesota material budget has been
• has been flat since material budget has been flat since 2007.<00:19:48.720><c> So,</c><00:19:48.880>
• We also get regular requests from K-12 schools and higher ed, as their budgets are under pressure as
• Their budgets are under pressure as well, and they are no longer able to afford databases themselves.
• Currently, each principal determines annual library staffing and budgets for their own building, and

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• over the first four years of the budget over the first four years of the um<01:10:15.679><c> of</c><
• According to the Office of the Legislative Budget Assistant, which is responsible for conducting the
• We don't have that going into the budget right now, and the budget is extremely tight.
• </c><03:45:24.720><c> cap</c> um that imposes a uh school budget cap um that imposes a uh school budget
• </c> sudden this sets off cycling of budgets sudden this sets off cycling of budgets that<04:15:59.720

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee held a public hearing on HB 402, a bill to repeal a provision in RSA 194-F:2 stating that Education Freedom Account (EFA) funds “shall not constitute taxable income” to the parent or student. The bill sponsor argued the current language is misleading because the state cannot determine federal tax liability, and said the bill would simply remove inaccurate tax advice from state law. He cited IRS guidance and prior federal legislation, including a Ted Cruz proposal, to suggest some EFA uses may be taxable under federal law, while others may not, and said the bill could be amended if needed to avoid confusion. Testimony was sharply divided. Py Campbell opposed the bill, arguing it would unfairly single out EFA students and could amount to a tax on education funds, including for self-employed families, and recommended it be voted inexpedient to legislate. Stephen Matthew French, a tax preparer, also opposed the bill, saying IRS Publication 970 already makes clear that scholarship-type payments used for tuition and related expenses are not taxable, and that the bill addresses a problem that does not exist. He warned that adding tax reporting requirements could create administrative costs for families and the program administrator. Bill Ardinger, a tax attorney, supported the repeal of the statutory language, saying the state should not place potentially incorrect tax advice into law. He explained that under federal tax law, only certain scholarship-like uses are exempt, while many EFA-eligible expenses may not be, especially for families using the program for homeschooling or other nontraditional expenses. He said the current statute could mislead families into thinking all EFA payments are tax-free and could expose the state to future legal problems. The hearing ended after questions from committee members; no vote or final action was taken in the transcript.