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• You have in front of you a report by the Legislative Budget Board that was issued in December of 2024
• As I showed you, the Legislative Budget Board indicated that $15 billion in assessed values have been
• The legislative budget board mentioned that $15 billion was wiped off.
• why local property taxes are so high, especially in El Paso County, is that 70% of El Paso County's budget
• This bill is not about budgets. This is bigger than money. It's about power.

Bills: HB21 , HB211 , HB223 , HB323 , HB524 , HB530 , HB636 , HB762 , HB21 , HB211 , HB223

Committee: House Intergovernmental Affairs

Keywords: housing finance, multifamily residential, low income, tax exemption, audit requirements, affordable housing, local government, development bonds, housing assistance, financial assistance, low income housing, community support, affordability, veterans housing, community involvement, air conditioning, tenant support, healthcare, elderly, taxation

Bills: HB9238 , HB8340 , HB8467 , HB8464 , HB8312 , HB7892

Keywords: financial management, accountability, government oversight, taxpayer funds, federal agencies, budget, performance metrics, improper payments, fraud prevention, payment integrity, government waste, waste, fraud, and abuse, financial loss, federal spending, federal programs, OMB Circular A-123, Do Not Pay Initiative, Treasury Department, Office of Management and Budget, Inspector General

Bills: HB1800 , HB2095

Committee: House Finance

Keywords: supplemental appropriations, state budget, Hawaii budget, biennial budget, capital improvement projects, CIP, general fund, special fund, green fee, special land and development fund, clean energy revolving loan fund, agricultural development revolving fund, community grants, nonprofit grants, Office of Community Services, housing, affordable housing, homelessness, health care, mental health

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• , transportation budget, or general fund budget, is really high already. ...capital budget, transportation
• budget, or general fund budget is really high already.
• , transportation budget, or general fund budget, is really high already. capital budget, transportation
• budget, or general fund budget is really high already.
• , not the entire budget.

Bills: SB6003

Committee: Senate Ways & Means

Keywords: capital budget, funding, infrastructure, state projects, budget allocation

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• savings within the budget.
• It has no effect on the budget.
• It has no effect on the budget.
• No surprise, I'm asking for a no on this budget. A budget has to get passed.
• out of the budget.

Bills: HB2289

Committee: House Appropriations

Keywords: appropriations, budget, fiscal matters, state spending, general fund, supplemental budget, biennial budget, substitute bill, public defense, civil legal aid, courts, judicial branch, homelessness, supportive housing, affordable housing, behavioral health, juvenile rehabilitation, youth services, child welfare, foster care

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• This budget assumes $395 million in new NGFO resources to the operating budget from capital gains.
• of $3.6 billion in total budgeted increases and $1.1 billion in total budgeted decreases.
• of $3.6 billion in total budgeted increases and $1.1 billion in total budgeted decreases.
• As you do your final budget reconciliation, we ask that we remain in the budget at this level.
• last year's budget.

Bills: HB2289

Committee: House Appropriations

Keywords: appropriations, budget, fiscal matters, state spending, general fund, supplemental budget, biennial budget, substitute bill, public defense, civil legal aid, courts, judicial branch, homelessness, supportive housing, affordable housing, behavioral health, juvenile rehabilitation, youth services, child welfare, foster care

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• Credit at risk in future budget years.
• We acknowledge the governor and this committee faced difficult budget decisions, but this proposed budget
• We know budgets are tight.
• That saves money in tight budget times.
• I'm signed in other on the governor's budget.

Bills: HB2289

Committee: House Appropriations

Keywords: appropriations, budget, fiscal matters, state spending, general fund, supplemental budget, biennial budget, substitute bill, public defense, civil legal aid, courts, judicial branch, homelessness, supportive housing, affordable housing, behavioral health, juvenile rehabilitation, youth services, child welfare, foster care

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• Unfortunately, in this budget climate, that was not possible, but the budget does make some targeted
• And then the budget proposes to use about a billion dollars from the Budget Stabilization Account. $139
• supports in the governor's budget.
• The proposed budget fell short.
• budget from last session.

Bills: HB2289

Committee: House Appropriations

Keywords: appropriations, budget, fiscal matters, state spending, general fund, supplemental budget, biennial budget, substitute bill, public defense, civil legal aid, courts, judicial branch, homelessness, supportive housing, affordable housing, behavioral health, juvenile rehabilitation, youth services, child welfare, foster care

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• And then, on the last page, considerations when choosing the biennial budget: the budget is adopted typically
• And then obviously, biennial budgeting is generally intended to limit budget discussions in the second
• And so one of the ways that they addressed that in biennial budgeting was that you can't budget to the
• years of budget.
• The late budget negotiation...

Bills: HB2014 , HB2156 , HB2180 , HB2554 , HCR2047 , HR2002

Committees: House Appropriations , House House Appropriations Committee of Reference

Keywords: air emissions, fuel blends, environmental quality, feasibility study, Arizona Department of Agriculture, livestock, compensation, funding, ranching, agriculture, appropriation, University of Arizona, education, state budget, biennial budget, state funding, appropriations, budget procedures, fiscal years, Judea

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• “To start with, Governor Ferguson’s proposal for the transportation budget is a $16.8 billion budget
• We understand this is another tough budget year, and as you write the budget for the supplemental, we
• you're thinking about, whether it's the transportation budget, the capital budget, or the general fund
• did not specify a budget.
• We asked that it be included in the budget proposal without specifically calling out a budget.

Bills: HB2306

Committee: House Transportation

Keywords: transportation budget, capital budget, operating budget, appropriations, Washington State Department of Transportation, WSDOT, Washington State Patrol, Department of Licensing, ferry funding, state ferries, highway maintenance, road preservation, bridge replacement, tolling, express toll lanes, traffic safety, speed cameras, ignition interlock, transit grants, public transit

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• Everybody is focused on the operating budget.
• I really appreciate my opportunity to continue working on the ferry budget.
• We were not able to do that in this budget.
• Supplemental budget is not supposed to be so tough.
• I think that this is a balanced approach... ...is reflected inside of this budget.

Bills: HB2306 , HB2711

Committee: House Transportation

Keywords: transportation budget, capital budget, operating budget, appropriations, Washington State Department of Transportation, WSDOT, Washington State Patrol, Department of Licensing, ferry funding, state ferries, highway maintenance, road preservation, bridge replacement, tolling, express toll lanes, traffic safety, speed cameras, ignition interlock, transit grants, public transit

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• The other $7.5 million of that is provided in the House budgets, is in the capital budget.
• There are a number of items that House budgets is in the capital budget.
• Many of these are things that were in the governor's budget that are also in this budget.
• So this is a supplemental budget, a supplement to the biennial budget, right?
• It's a good budget.

Bills: HB2306 , HB2711

Committee: House Transportation

Keywords: transportation budget, capital budget, operating budget, appropriations, Washington State Department of Transportation, WSDOT, Washington State Patrol, Department of Licensing, ferry funding, state ferries, highway maintenance, road preservation, bridge replacement, tolling, express toll lanes, traffic safety, speed cameras, ignition interlock, transit grants, public transit

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• Starting with House Bill 3413, what we're doing with 3413 would require state agencies on their October budget
• Delivered or completed on time and on budget, or is still ongoing for over budget.

Bills: HB3620 , HB3942 , HB3279 , HB3378 , HB3383 , HB3413 , HB3414 , HB3415 , HB3420 , HB3130

Committee: House General Government

Keywords: 2030 census, complete count committee, census outreach, decennial census, enumeration, population count, hard-to-count populations, hard-to-enumerate areas, State Data Center, Oklahoma Census, multilingual campaign, public outreach, school-based outreach, community organizations, minority groups, ethnic minorities, language minorities, self-response rate, census awareness, federal census

Bills: SB118 , SB203 , HB420 , HB414 , HB363 , HB405 , HB261 , HB263 , HB327 , HB348 , SB118 , SB203 , HB420 , HB414 , HB363 , HB405 , HB261 , HB263 , HB327 , HB348 , HB228 , HB282 , SB273 , HB7 , SB296 , SB199 , SB47 , SB204 , HB80 , HB11 , HB192 , HB228 , HB282 , SB273 , HB7 , SB296 , SB199 , SB47 , SB204 , HB80 , HB11 , HB192

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Keywords: bail, offenses, constitutional amendment, criminal justice, law enforcement, public safety, dental insurance, medical loss ratio, premium regulation, insurance commissioner, rebate, consumer protection, Baldwin County, local bill, education funding, school tax, privilege license tax, county tax revenue, municipal school board, Baldwin County Board of Education

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• , the capital budget, and the transportation budget, but then the overall trajectory for those proceeds
• Okay, moving on to what is in the governor's budget proposal.
• So the governor does address in the omnibus budget and the transportation budget in the long term to
• We understand this is another tough budget year.
• As your budget team works on this year's supplemental budget, we urge you to make meaningful, sustained

Bills: SB6005

Committee: Senate Transportation

Keywords: transportation budget, transportation appropriations, capital budget, supplemental budget, Washington State Department of Transportation, WSDOT, Washington State Patrol, Department of Licensing, ferries, Puget Sound ferries, tolling, express toll lanes, highway safety, traffic safety, impaired driving, ignition interlock, speed cameras, transit funding, public transit, multimodal transportation

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• This is more than a budget. It's before. This is more than a budget.
• This is why we say it's a cruel budget. It's a callous budget.
• It's a cruel budget.
• It's a budget that will have budget.
• It's a budget It's a callous budget.

Bills: HR981 , HR1228 , HB1526 , HCR14 , SJR18 , SJR28 , HR313

Keywords: federal budget, deficit reduction, economic growth, national debt, bipartisan support, House resolution, congressional subpoena, subpoena enforcement, Oversight Committee, House Oversight and Government Reform, judicial proceedings, declaratory judgment, injunctive relief, House counsel, private counsel, contempt of Congress, Pamela J. Bondi, Department of Justice, DOJ records, Jeffrey Epstein

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• This budget continues the legislature's responsible approach to budgeting that is within the four constitutional
• Yes, Aaron Henrickson, Legislative Budget Board.
• 22-23 budget.
• Perhaps worse is what this budget does not do.
• This is a budget that is very conservative and that does.

Bills: SB1 , HB500 , SB1

Committee: House Appropriations

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, state budget, mental health funding, education funding, infrastructure improvements, public safety, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards

Bills: HB50

Committee: Senate Health & Human Services

Keywords: constitutional amendment, ballot language, fiscal note, fiscal impact, cost estimate, savings estimate, Legislative Budget Board, LBB, secretary of state, Election Code, Government Code, voter information, ballot proposition, state budget, election administration, Texas

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• And there is a separate but corresponding budget proposal in Governor Ferguson's budget that provides
• First, carry-forward level budget data.
• , communicating your budget decisions, and tracking work. information and technology for developing budgets
• First, carry forward level budget data.
• It's just bulk aggregated under the governor's budget.

Bills: SB5834 , SB5835 , SB5883 , SB5905 , SB6151 , SB6163 , SB6177 , SB6173

Committee: Senate Ways & Means

Keywords: Washington retirement systems, retirement trust funds, interest earnings, public employee retirement system, teachers retirement system, state patrol retirement system, judicial retirement system, judges retirement system, school employees retirement system, public safety employees retirement system, law enforcement officers and firefighters retirement system, PERS, TRS, LERS, legal expenses, medical expenses, administrative expenses, fraud prevention, overpayment recovery, trust fund protection

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• There is no extra money left in the court's budgets.
• There is no extra money left in the court's budgets.
• Our LEA is about 20% of our budget, a $22 million budget.
• Our LEA is about 20% of our budget, a $22 million budget.
• Our LEA is about 20% of our budget, of a $22 million budget.

Bills: HB2675 , HB2681 , HB2714 , HB2688 , HB2481 , HB2116 , HB1408

Committee: House Appropriations

Keywords: accounts, finance, business regulation, transparency, audits, cannabis, license fees, regulatory framework, revenue generation, legalization, HB 2714, caseload forecasting, food assistance, SNAP, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, state food assistance, budget forecasting, caseload forecast council, caseload forecast supervisor, Washington State