Video & Transcript Research : 'general appropriations act'
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MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 3/27/25
State Government Finance and Policy
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- million to the general fund. million to the general fund.
- which is so particularly appropriate. which is so particularly appropriate.
- So, this bill is appropriating $105 million to the Attorney General over the next 2 years, correct?
- The MAP Act also improves Attorney General Ellison's ability to investigate Medicaid fraud by expanding
- The MAP Act also improves Attorney General Ellison's ability to investigate Medicaid fraud by expanding
Keywords:
state government finance, biennial budget, appropriations, Minnesota Management and Budget, Healthy Aging Subcabinet, Office of Healthy Aging, older adults, aging policy, long-term care, caregivers, public health, Medicaid fraud, medical assistance fraud, attorney general subpoena power, fraud enforcement, business filing fraud, Secretary of State, deceptive mailings, consumer protection, certified public accountant
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund Committee Apr 24th, 2025
Finance and Taxation General Fund
Transcript Highlights:
- I just know, as you and I have talked about... ...the climate general fund budget's going to have that
- Um, and hopefully we have made the appropriate changes through there.
- All we're doing with this is appropriating.
- Again, this is a standard bill dealing with the children's first appropriations. Any questions?
- I think it'd be appropriate to thank our friends at the LSA that were here late last night.
Bills:
HB186, HB185, HB182, HB183, HB184, HB312, HB460, HB405, HB186, HB185, HB182, HB183, HB184, HB312, HB405
Keywords:
Alabama budget, general fund appropriations, fiscal year 2026, state budget, appropriations act, HB186, executive branch funding, legislative branch funding, judicial branch funding, debt service, capital outlay, corrections, Medicaid, public health, mental health, transportation, education, law enforcement, tourism, veterans affairs
OK
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- The Attorney General is charged with ensuring charitable organizations, professional fundraisers, and
- The Courtney Smith Act, which is specifically focused on individuals who are gravely disabled and how
- 1473 on page four, line 4.5, by inserting a new section D to read as follows: 'A guardian who has general
- The Courtney Smith Act, which is specifically focused on individuals who are gravely disabled and how
- I welcome any and all feedback to make this bill Stronger, make this more appropriate.
Keywords:
nuisance, racing facility, racetrack, qualified defense, local property rights, noise regulation, legal claims, felony offenses, criminal justice reform, drug offenses, DUI penalties, residential treatment, human trafficking, victims, prevention, support services, Attorney General, pilot program, grant funding, public comment
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
House Chamber - Tue Mar 17, 2026, 12:00PM HST - Day 28
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Keywords:
Hawaii, Hawaiʻi, house resolution, congratulatory resolution, education, public schools, librarian of the year, middle school principal of the year, school counselor of the year, teacher of the year, library system, blind and print disabled, accessible learning, braille, audio technology, principal, school counselor, agriculture education, culinary arts, student recognition
MN
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- I mean, this is general fund money.
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Uh doesn't have direct appropriations. - Uh doesn't have direct appropriations.
- economic impact for North Carolina, which all of those funds are going to the general fund.
- Nothing to do with, like, the folks here today, but just on golf courses in general.
Keywords:
local government aid, Baldwin, taxation, base year formula, municipal funding, population aid, aid penalty forgiveness, Minnesota, city funding, appropriations, HF156, lawful gambling, veterans organizations, licensed veterans organization, Minnesota gambling law, gross profits, lawful purpose, real property repair, facility maintenance, capital assets
AZ
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- Chair, members, House Bill 4138 and Senate Bill 1831 are the General Appropriations Acts, also known
- in the general appropriations.
- in the general appropriations.
- Appropriations Act.
- Appropriations Act.
Bills:
HB4138, HB4139, HB4140, HB4141, HB4142, HB4143, HB4144, HB4145, HB4146, HB4147, HB4148, HB4149, HB4150, HB4151, HB4152, HB4153, SB1831, SB1832, SB1833, SB1834, SB1835, SB1836, SB1837, SB1838, SB1839, SB1840, SB1841, SB1842, SB1843, SB1844, SB1845, SB1846
Keywords:
appropriations, education funding, health care, general fund, state budget, local funding, gaming, pari-mutuel, horse racing, regulatory assessment, first-time starters, budget implementation, federal funds, government services, budget stabilization, financial reporting, capital outlay, infrastructure, veterans services, highway construction
Summary:
The committee met in a special joint appropriations session to review the FY 2027 budget package, including House Bill 4138 and Senate Bill 1831, the general appropriations or “feed” bills. Staff described the budget as including a one-time transfer of state funds, a 5% lump-sum reduction to most agencies’ discretionary general-fund budgets, continued funding for the state health insurance plan and school facilities, and various one-time restorations or reversions of prior appropriations. Members spent much of the meeting clarifying how the 5% reductions would work, noting that formula and mandatory funding such as K-12 basic aid are excluded, while the governor’s executive branch would decide how to implement the cuts within agencies. The chair repeatedly emphasized that the committee was not specifying line-item cuts and that agencies would have discretion over implementation.
A large portion of the discussion focused on the practical effects of the budget on universities, public safety, health care, rural programs, and fund sweeps. Arizona Board of Regents and university representatives said the proposed reductions would amount to more than $85 million statewide and could affect programs such as the Arizona Promise Program, Teachers Academy, and tuition freezes, though no specific program cuts were written into the bill. Other testimony raised concerns about fund sweeps from encumbered balances, including university research funds, housing trust funds, utility regulation funds, and ADOT-related accounts, with some members warning about possible impacts on rural infrastructure and federal matching dollars. The committee also discussed the state employee health plan, including a $228 million general-fund infusion and proposed employee premium increases over three years, as well as questions about corrections, forestry and fire management, and rural critical access hospitals.
Public testimony was largely opposed to the budget. Speakers from Opportunity Arizona, the Arizona Board of Regents, health care, and local government argued that the package would reduce support for education, housing, SNAP, health care access, and rural communities while preserving tax benefits for data centers and wealthy taxpayers. A mayor from Globe described severe flood damage and asked for state help for a flood relief fund, while a motorcycle safety advocate questioned a proposed transfer from the motorcycle safety fund. Committee members debated whether the budget’s effects should be described as speculative or as likely consequences of the broad cuts, and several exchanges became contentious over comparisons to the Great Recession and references to federal tax policy. The meeting ended with continued public testimony and no final vote taken in the portion provided, though leadership had earlier said the committee planned a mass roll-call vote on all the bills at the end.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Business REVISED: SB1873 - Link added Mar 31st, 2026 at 10:30 am
Business
Transcript Highlights:
- Senate Bill 1534 is a charity enforcement act working with the AG's office to strengthen protections
- Just was trying to imagine what if you could just give me like an example of how a bad actor might act
- Just like my good friend and colleague before me, this is a compacting licensure act for occupational
Keywords:
roofing, contractor registration, continuing education, endorsement, construction industry, fireworks, consumer safety, local governance, emergency declaration, public safety, Occupational Therapy, licensure, interstate compact, telehealth, SB1061, Oklahoma Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act, SAFE Act, mortgage licensing, mortgage broker, mortgage lender
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
House Budget Review Subcommittee on Primary & Secondary Education & Workforce Development (2-21-23)
Keywords:
KY LRC YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jvja9daCy9E, 2026-06-21T07:17:03+00:00, 2.2.24, Data collected via generic collector engine, MEET START 00:00
ROLL CALL 00:13
DISCUSSION WITH THE EDUCATION AND LABOR CABINET WORKER’S CLAIMS DIVISION, SHELBY LEWIS, LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR, SCOTT WILHOIT, COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPT. OF WORKER’S CLAIMS, AND DALE HAMLIN, ASSISTANT GENERAL COUNSEL ON AN OVERVIEW OF WORKER’S CLAIMS, GENERAL STATISTICS, EMPLOYERS, BENEFITS DETERMINATIONS, FUNDING, AND 2023 APPROPRIATIONS 01:02
APPROVAL OF MINUTES 47:29, 958, all, 2.2.42, 2.1.47
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Taxation and Revenue Feb 18th, 2026 at 02:07 pm
House Taxation & Revenue
Transcript Highlights:
- The Finance Committee substitute for Senate Bill 240, as amended, appropriates $1.3 billion to capital
- The remainder of the dollars are appropriated to state agency, judicial, and higher education projects
- The appropriations in the bill include $445 million in the general fund, $444 million in severance tax
- As well as there was another amendment that ensures the funds for these projects are appropriated as
- And if that's the case, I would love to start being able to vote for appropriation...
Bills:
SB240
Keywords:
capital outlay, capital projects, severance tax bonds, general fund appropriations, supplemental severance tax bonds, UNM School of Medicine, University of New Mexico, infrastructure, state buildings, courts, schools, higher education, road improvements, water and wastewater, tribal infrastructure, tribal projects, public safety, housing, emergency services, bonding
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Taxation and Revenue Feb 18th, 2026 at 08:43 am
House Taxation & Revenue
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- Representative Lente, on Section 10, it reads an appropriation.
- And if we do pass this out of here because there's an appropriation, because we're calling it appropriation
- , should it go to House Appropriations after here?
- What We're doing is we're just appropriating.
- Local governments operate under the Affordable Housing Act, and that's an act that is permitted under
Bills:
SB240
Keywords:
capital outlay, capital projects, severance tax bonds, general fund appropriations, supplemental severance tax bonds, UNM School of Medicine, University of New Mexico, infrastructure, state buildings, courts, schools, higher education, road improvements, water and wastewater, tribal infrastructure, tribal projects, public safety, housing, emergency services, bonding
AL
Alabama 2026 1st Special Session
Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee Mar 11th, 2026
Finance and Taxation Education
Transcript Highlights:
- where through the rolling reserve act where through the rolling reserve act where<00:16:09.040><
- It comes off the top before we get our starting balance for the year to appropriate the Raise Act.
- It comes off the top before we get our starting balance for the year to appropriate the Raise Act.
- It comes off the top before we get our starting balance for the year to appropriate the Raise Act.
- , and K-12, and I see the Raise Act, but I ain't talking about no the Raise Act.
Keywords:
Alabama Memorial Preservation Act, monuments, historic preservation, memorial buildings, memorial schools, memorial streets, architecturally significant buildings, public property, waiver process, Committee on Alabama Monument Protection, Attorney General, civil penalty, historic marker, renaming, relocation, removal, public memorials, heritage preservation, state historic preservation fund, governmental entity
LA
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- Okay, HB 1 is the general appropriation bill that outlines how the state will allocate funds for the
- State general fund savings in the Medicaid program.
- The ancillary bill appropriates funding to 11 budget units.
- Appropriations, House Bill 983. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
- This bill appropriates $94.5 million in State General Fund for the expenses of the legislative branch
Keywords:
state budget, appropriations, education funding, public health, social services, government operations, state institutions, capital outlay, budget, infrastructure, appropriation, general obligation bonds, bond authorization, capital improvement, financial management, state treasury, funding, state general fund, local government, fiscal year
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Ways and Means Education Committee Apr 22nd, 2025
Ways and Means Education
Transcript Highlights:
- We have the Choose Act, which has $100 million that's in the appropriation of Million that's in the appropriation
- However, we had the Choose Act to cover and the Raise Act to cover.
- We also took $101 million from the ETF for the Choose Act and put that into the Choose Act fund.
- , the Raise Act.
- The reduction of $3.4 million is also part of the $58 million in the raise act. act.
Keywords:
education funding, appropriations, local education boards, school safety, workforce development, Alabama, technology, higher education, career technology centers, public institutions, grants, local education agencies, RAISE Act, student outcomes, public schools, accountability, weighted allocations, special education, English language learners, gifted students
MN
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- Senate file and then amend the language of our two House files and pass that amended bill to the general
- I will now make a series of motions to get us through this general procedure.
- File or Senate File 305, I chair moves that Senate File 3045 be recommended for placement on the general
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All placement on the general register. - All placement on the general register. All those<00:01:43.680>
in <00:01:43.960>favor?
Keywords:
omnibus, state government, local government, elections, campaign finance, voter registration, absentee voting, election administration, electronic rosters, lobbying, lobbyist disclosure, state budget, appropriations, biennial budget, Minnesota Secretary of State, Minnesota Management and Budget, state personnel, civil service, affirmative action, disability employment
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Montgomery County Legislation Committee Apr 15th, 2025
Montgomery County Legislation
Transcript Highlights:
- The county to say that they're going to change the one cent tax sale to go to the general fund or wherever
Keywords:
HB424, Montgomery County, sheriff, county sheriff, salary increase, expense allowance, local act, county general fund, retirement contributions, public official compensation, law enforcement pay, elected official salary, Montgomery County legislation, sheriff compensation, term-based salary, retirement system, Montgomery City Council, constitutional amendment, employees, service credit
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- I am your Auditor General. Mr.
- House Bill 2352 appropriates $2,385,900 from the general fund to the Auditor General for county treasurer
- House Bill 2418 appropriates the sum of $600,000 from the State General Fund in fiscal year 27 to the
- They were appropriated it for administration. ...appropriated for the FY24 budget.
- House Bill 2579 appropriates $4.5 million from the state general fund in fiscal year 2027 to the Arizona
Keywords:
funding, auditor general, county treasurer, procedural reviews, state appropriations, HB2388, Arizona Commerce Authority, ACA, small modular reactor, SMR, nuclear energy, advanced nuclear, data center, data centers, economic development, study, appropriation, general fund, jobs, wages
Summary:
The committee first heard HB 2584, which would prohibit public funds from being used for genetic sequencing equipment made by companies owned or controlled by entities domiciled in a foreign adversary. The sponsor said the bill is intended to prevent sensitive genetic data from being sold or used against the United States. There was little public testimony, and the committee approved the bill on a 13-5 vote for a do pass recommendation.
Members then considered HB 2804, a rural development and housing tax credit bill that would let the Department of Housing allocate up to $2 million per year in credits for qualifying rural affordable housing projects, with the program set to expire in 2037. Supporters, including the sponsor, the mayor of Flagstaff, and housing investors and developers, said the credit would leverage federal LIHTC dollars, attract private capital, and help finance affordable housing for seniors, veterans, and low-income residents in rural Arizona. Opponents from the Arizona Free Enterprise Club argued state LIHTC programs are inefficient, costly, and hard to oversee. The committee passed the bill 13-4.
The committee also heard HB 2388, as amended, which appropriates $100,000 to the Arizona Commerce Authority to study the economic benefits of small modular reactors and data centers, with a report due by June 30, 2027. Supporters said the study could help Arizona plan for future energy and data-center growth, while opponents argued the agency already has other funding sources and should not receive additional money for the study. The amended bill passed 10-7.
After a presentation from Auditor General Lindsay Perry on county treasurer procedural reviews and the Santa Cruz County embezzlement case, the committee approved HB 2352, which provides $2,385,900 in FY 2029 for the Auditor General to continue county treasurer reviews, on an 11-7 vote. The committee then unanimously approved HB 2418, as amended, which directs $600,000 to be evenly distributed among five major incident task force counties and codifies the longstanding distribution practice. Finally, the committee took up HB 2499, the first of two ESA administration bills, which would appropriate $2.6 million and 12 FTEs to the Department of Education for ESA administration and oversight beginning in FY 2027; the bill drew extended debate about ESA growth, accountability, testing, and spending oversight, but the transcript cuts off before the final vote.
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee Apr 9th, 2025
Finance and Taxation Education
Transcript Highlights:
- This is the Raise Act for the committee members.
- Appropriation out of our educational opportunity fund.
- We start doing our Raise Act or our student weighted funding act steadily increasing each year out of
- The RAISE Act and those weights and formulas will take over.
- And you'll see where there's an appropriation to the RAISE Act in the spreadsheets here.
Keywords:
education funding, RAISE Act, student outcomes, public schools, local education agencies, accountability, weighted allocations, special education, English language learners, gifted students, Tuskegee University, Alabama Education Trust Fund, appropriation, agricultural research, Southern Preparatory Academy, fiscal responsibility, financial reporting, Education Savings Accounts, RAISE Fund, CHOOSE Act Fund
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee REVISED: SB1262 added pursuant to Speaker's waiver of 48 hr rule Apr 8th, 2026 at 04:30 pm
A&B Education Subcommittee
Transcript Highlights:
- So, my general feeling is that what isn't as important as what it's called is what is...
- The funding is available through appropriations or private donations. So, that's the.
Keywords:
school funding, general fund carryover, State Aid, educational finance, budget penalties, emergency clause, tuition waiver, human trafficking, education, higher learning access, victims' rights, Oklahoma Tuition Equalization Grant, higher education, financial aid, income eligibility, student grants, scholarships, capital improvements, teacher incentives, Oklahoma Equal Opportunity Education Scholarship Act
AL
Alabama 2026 1st Special Session
Alabama House Children and Senior Advocacy Committee Feb 4th, 2026
Children and Senior Advocacy
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- the policy of the state to assure that children have frequent and continuing contact with parents who act
- I mean, you know, we're acting like they're working, but I mean, is it work?
- I mean, you know, we're<00:48:20.480>
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working, <00:48:21.520>but <00:48:21.760>I we're acting like - they're working, but I we're acting like they're working, but I mean,<00:48:22.240>
is <00:48:22.480
Keywords:
Ebony Alert, missing youth, public safety, law enforcement, racial equity, HB170, supplemental appropriations, Education Trust Fund, Alabama education budget, school funding, K-12 education, local boards of education, textbook adoption, school buses, school safety, charter schools, summer programs, afterschool programs, reading intervention, college and career readiness
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 3/6/25
State Government Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- They don't have an end date because there's always a need—for example, general maintenance workers or
- Chair, is that I see that any unspent appropriations at the end of a fiscal year are appropriations and
- >
Appropriations <00:09:16.600>and <00:09:16.800>resources year are Appropriations - and resources year are Appropriations and resources that<00:09:17.480>
could <00:09:17.640> - <00:31:33.000>
the Auditor Office uh the uh generally the Auditor Office uh the uh generally
Keywords:
Office of Inspector General, inspector general, legislative audit, fraud prevention, waste and abuse, public funds, grant oversight, state grants, grant management, whistleblower protection, retaliation, subpoena power, data practices, government transparency, accountability, law enforcement referrals, sanctions, debarment, payment withholding, public assistance fraud