Video & Transcript Research : 'judiciary appropriations'
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NM
Transcript Highlights:
- Senate Bill 54, having been read twice by title, is ordered printed. referred to the Senate Judiciary
- Require an annual reporting and a final report, making an appropriation. Senate Bill 60.
- Senate Bill 86, introduced by **Senator Campos** (unknown ID), an act making an appropriation...
- There is not an appropriation that's part of it.
- We do have a joint session to hear the State of the Judiciary.
WV
West Virginia 2026 Regular Session
Senate in Session Mar 11th, 2026 at 08:02 pm
West Virginia Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The bill be advanced and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- The bill be advanced and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- The bill referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- The bill be advanced and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- Your Committee on the Judiciary has had under consideration...
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- SB 1580, appropriation fire incident management. Appropriations training.
- SB 1580, appropriation fire incident management. Appropriations training. revisions.
- SB 1580, appropriation fire incident management. Appropriations training.
- SB 1585 is appropriation, appropriation, transportation, technology, and judiciary elections.
- SB 1523, appropriation, waterline project Granato. SB 1524, appropriation.
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
JHA Public Hearing - Wed Feb 4, 2026 @ 2:00 PM HST
Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- This appropriates supplemental monies for the judiciary for the fiscal biennium beginning July 1st, 2025
- </c> question for judiciary. question for judiciary.
- It appropriates funds to the judiciary to increase the contract price in existing contracts for certain
- It appropriates funds to the judiciary to increase the contract price in existing contracts for certain
- </c> judiciary and their contracts first. judiciary and their contracts first.
Summary:
The House Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs heard House Bill 2095, which would provide supplemental appropriations for the Judiciary for the 2025-2027 biennium. Judiciary Administrative Director Brandon Kimura testified in strong support and outlined a request for about $6.4 million in supplemental operating funds, plus four permanent full-time position conversions. He grouped the request into security, services to court users, and staffing needs, including $3.25 million for supplemental armed private security at judiciary facilities statewide, nearly $200,000 for cybersecurity staffing and support, restoration of funding for substance use treatment purchase-of-service contracts, restoration of funding for the Office of Public Guardian on Kauaʻi, salary commission funding, a Kona court operations position, and two Court-Appointed Special Advocates positions converted from temporary to permanent. He also described five capital improvement requests totaling $55.4 million, led by $30 million for construction of a new South Kohala courthouse, $1.2 million each for air conditioning upgrades in Hilo and Kauaʻi, $15 million for elevator upgrades at Kahumanu Hale, and $8 million in lump-sum bond funds for emerging projects.
Several organizations testified in support, including Parents and Children Together and the True Cost Coalition. Supporters emphasized the importance of the purchase-of-service funding for domestic violence and substance use treatment services and said the restoration would return funding to pre-COVID levels and help providers maintain capacity. Kimura explained that the Judiciary often shifts funds among contracts during the year to avoid service interruptions, but that the reduced funding has caused delays and operational problems for providers and probationers.
Members asked detailed questions about the capital projects and operating requests. Representative Shimizu asked for more information on the lump-sum bond funds and the elevator project, and Kimura explained that the Kahumanu Hale request covers four remaining elevator shafts after earlier funding addressed the first five elevators. Representative Cochran asked about the absence of Maui County projects, and Kimura said the Judiciary is still planning for its older Maui facilities with DAGS. Chair Tarnas questioned the need for armed private guards and discussed whether court security should be prioritized within the Department of Law Enforcement; Kimura said the Judiciary needs additional personnel now and has not asked DLE to deprioritize other missions, though the chair suggested further coordination between the agencies. No vote or final action on the bill was taken in the portion of the hearing provided.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- HB 2476, education and appropriations. HB 2577, ESA's education and appropriations.
- And Appropriations, or excuse me, Red and Appropriations.
- HB 2418, appropriation major incident; Judiciary and Appropriations.
- HB 2499, appropriations, ESA administration; Appropriations.
- HB 2500, supplemental appropriation, ESA administration; Appropriations.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Chamber Meeting Jan 28th, 2026 at 11:02 am
New Mexico House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- It was substituted in Judiciary because changes were made.
- It was substituted in Judiciary because changes were made.
- The correct referral should be House Judiciary Committee, followed by House Appropriations and Finance
- week should have said House Judiciary followed by House Appropriations, and now we've corrected it twice
- Let's just call it Health and then Judiciary. But it should have been Judiciary, Appropriations.
Keywords:
nurses, health care workers, healthcare workers, frontline workers, hospital staff, clinicians, allied health professionals, support staff, public health, workforce shortage, nursing shortage, safe staffing, patient safety, rural health care, frontier communities, behavioral health, mental health, substance use disorder, substance abuse, health care memorial
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
House - Chamber Meeting Jan 28th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Judiciary Committee.
- Committee, then the House Appropriations and Finance Committee.
- Committee, then the House Appropriations Committee.
- Then the House Judiciary Committee.
- Committee, then to the House Appropriations and Finance Committee.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- HB 2202, appropriations, domestic. HB 2202, appropriations, domestic care telemonitoring program.
- Please read the Judiciary amendment.
- A. 22.65, Court Fees Assessments, Judiciary Elections, Natural Resource, or, excuse me, Judiciary Elections
- Judiciary Elections; Natural Resources, or, excuse me, Judiciary Elections, Appropriation, Transportation
- We're on Judiciary. Senator Rogers.
Summary:
The Senate convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, roll call, guest introductions, and approval of the journal. The chamber then moved through several Committee of the Whole calendars, considering a large number of bills and resolutions, mostly on second reading or in committee-of-the-whole format. Most measures were advanced with do-pass recommendations, often after adopting committee or floor amendments. Among the early items, SB 1515 (Industrial Commission revisions), SB 1645 (Auditor General performance audit), SB 1678 (health facilities), and SCR 1023 (Independent Redistricting Commission changes) were debated and approved. SCR 1023 drew the most discussion, with supporters arguing it would add geographic diversity, expand the commission to three Democrats, three Republicans, and three independents, and tighten population deviation standards to 5,000 people; opponents warned it could skew the commission and reduce nonpartisanship. The Senate also adopted amendments and advanced SB 1399, SB 1507, SB 1564, SB 1621, SB 1629, and SB 1811, with topics including AHCCCS cost reports, school district consolidation, electronic monitoring in long-term care, obesity prevention, behavioral health network adequacy, and public-school internet/wireless device issues.
Later calendars addressed elections, public safety, and criminal justice. The Senate advanced SB 1134 (political signs) with an emergency clause, SB 1489 (ballot measures and circulators) after removing certain paid-circulator disclosure requirements, and SB 1725 and SCR 1048 concerning marijuana smoke as a public/private nuisance, shifting much of the issue into civil law and leaving only substantial, deliberate conduct on the criminal side. In public safety, SB 1416 on missing and kidnapped children reporting was amended to require law-enforcement training every two years and documentation of online information-sharing decisions; senators clarified it did not alter the Turquoise Alert. SB 1751 and SCR 1049, both related to capital punishment, were amended to make firing squad an available option rather than a mandatory method in certain cases, with one senator speaking in opposition to the death penalty. The Senate also advanced SB 1012, SB 1573, SB 1661, SB 1662, SB 1569, SB 1634, SB 1647, SB 1655, and SB 1664, covering concealed weapons notice appeals, judicial determinations and religious secular laws, paternity/genetic testing support, probation conditions, election-related voter registration and signature handling, foreign campaign contributions, election worker summonsing, and nomination petition signatures. Several bills were retained or moved between calendars, and the Committee of the Whole reports were adopted, sending the listed bills forward as amended.
WV
West Virginia 2026 Regular Session
Senate in Session Mar 10th, 2026 at 11:05 am
West Virginia Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- revenue surplus to this new appropriation.
- The Committee on the Judiciary moved to amend the bill.
- There are two amendments from the Committee on the Judiciary.
- There are two amendments from the Committee on the Judiciary.
- There are two amendments from the Committee on the Judiciary.
Summary:
The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, journal approval, and numerous guest introductions, including students, community leaders, food bank representatives, and visitors connected to Hunger Free West Virginia Day. A resolution recognizing March 10, 2026, as Hunger Free West Virginia Day was adopted, and Senate Concurrent Resolution 7 on the Southern West Virginia water crisis was referred to the Rules Committee. The chamber also heard remarks highlighting Hunger Free West Virginia’s work and a West Virginia company, Unigen, developing pharmaceutical manufacturing in the state.
The Senate concurred with House amendments and passed several measures, including Senate Bill 467 on enforcement of Purple Heart parking spaces, Senate Bill 712 on cattle guards on certain public roads, and Senate Bill 781, a supplemental appropriation measure that was also made effective from passage. The chamber then adopted and passed Senate Bill 844, a large supplemental appropriation to the Department of Human Services, and Senate Bill 87, a supplemental appropriation to the Department of Commerce, both effective from passage. Other third-reading bills passed included the Blue Envelope Program for drivers with autism, dementia, or intellectual and developmental disabilities; coverage for scalp cooling systems during chemotherapy; expansion of sex-offender registration to include solicitation of a minor and non-consensual disclosure of private images; child safety reporting requirements for school personnel; age-verification requirements for websites hosting harmful sexual material; free Gold Star parent vehicle registration; online training and updated standards for sanitarians; sheriff hiring authority; organ donor registration through voter registration; a Cold Case Task Force; abandoned vehicle title procedures; nutrition continuing education for physicians; special plate rules; gift card fraud offenses; protections for athletic officials; in-year school personnel movement; administrative services powers; pharmacy benefit manager regulation; vape shop regulation; reduced parole supervision fees; disability service credit for certain troopers; property valuation reporting changes; and quarterly Hope Scholarship payments.
The Senate also advanced a large number of House bills and committee substitutes on second reading, including supplemental appropriations and measures on mental health examinations, dog registration rules, juvenile jurisdiction on military installations, military interpersonal violence, kinship care subsidies, a statewide prevention plan, contraband smuggling into federal prisons, forestry equipment levy treatment, and Commerce Department rules for microgrid districts and high-impact data centers. Several committee amendments were adopted, and many bills were advanced to third reading without objection. No executive communications were reported.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- Appropriation, transportation technology. SB 1550, appropriation, Crean Creek Law Enforcement.
- SB 1580, appropriation, fire incident management. Appropriations, training. revisions.
- SB 1580, appropriation fire incident management. Appropriations training.
- SB 1591, housing trust fund appropriation.
- SB 1524, appropriation.
Summary:
The Senate opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, confirmed attendance, approved the journal, and welcomed several guests in the gallery, including a veteran and House candidate, a former legislative district chair, and two district guests attending in support of future highway-naming testimony. The chamber also extended well wishes to Senator Farnsworth’s wife, who was reported hospitalized, and announced a temporary committee replacement appointment for Senator Fernandez on the Education Committee.
The bulk of the meeting consisted of reading House messages and introducing numerous bills for first reading and committee referral, covering a wide range of topics including transportation, taxation, education, health care, housing, water, public safety, elections, immigration, behavioral health, and appropriations. The Senate also placed many measures on second reading, including bills on school budgets, civics instruction, campaign finance, voter registration, housing, tax deductions, and public safety-related issues. Committee meeting announcements were made for the following day.
The chamber then considered a gubernatorial nomination and, on a voice vote, confirmed James McCain to the Arizona Board of Regents for a term ending January 19, 2032. After a recess and return, additional bills were introduced and referred, including measures on corporal punishment in schools, homeless shelter funding, child care waiting lists, community gardens, solar energy requirements, insurance claims assistance, firearms regulation, and crime victim notification funding. The Senate adjourned at the end of the session until Wednesday, February 4, 2026, at 1:15 p.m.
MS
Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
MS Senate Floor - 3 March, 2026; 10:00 AM
Mississippi Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Correction, Judiciary A's meeting is in room 409, but we will start after the conclusion of appropriations
- Correction, Judiciary A's meeting is in room 409, but we will start after the conclusion of appropriations
- Correction, Judiciary A's meeting is in room 409, but we will start after the conclusion of appropriations
- </c> of appropriations. of appropriations.
- </c> >> 409 after appropriations? >> 409 after appropriations?
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- SB 1204: appropriation, U.S. 6E, SR 303. Appropriations, transportation, technology.
- Judiciary elections. SB 1127: duty to report abuse, neglect. Judiciary elections.
- Judiciary elections. SB 1170: narcotic drugs. Judiciary elections.
- Judiciary elections. SB 1219: on board children rights privileges repeal. Judiciary elections.
- Health and human services and appropriations. SB 1224: D... SB 1220. Judiciary elections.
Summary:
The Senate opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, then established attendance, approved the prior journal, and welcomed several guests, including the Doctor of the Day, a student shadowing a senator, representatives from Republic Services, and visitors from Copper Valley Energy. Senators also announced administrative deadlines, including extensions for opening Senate folders and for Senate bill introduction preparation, with the bill introduction deadline set for February 2.
The main floor business was the reading and reference of a large number of Senate bills and resolutions across many subject areas, including education, government, appropriations, natural resources, health and human services, finance, judiciary and elections, and military affairs and border security. The calendar also included second-reading placement for another large group of bills covering topics such as firearms, behavioral health, family courts, insurance, water, taxation, public safety, and elections. No substantive debate or votes on the merits of the measures occurred during this portion beyond the procedural reading and referral of the bills.
Standing committee reports were accepted without being read, and committee announcements were made for upcoming meetings of Government, Health and Human Services, Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency, Education, Judiciary and Elections, and Public Safety. The Senate then adjourned on motion until Wednesday, January 21, 2026, at 1:15 p.m.
WV
West Virginia 2026 Regular Session
Senate in Session Mar 12th, 2026 at 03:29 pm
West Virginia Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The strike-and-insert was put into the Judiciary Committee.
- The strike-and-insert was put into the Judiciary Committee.
- We had a good, vigorous discussion on this in Judiciary Committee yesterday.
- The Committee on the Judiciary moved to amend the bill on pages 5 through 8.
- Engrossed House Bill 5690, supplemental appropriation, Adjutant General.
VT
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Legislation to fund extra security for Minnesota courtrooms, judges stalls in divided committee Apr 16th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> >> we have a judiciary. Yes. >> we have a judiciary. Yes.
- </c><00:25:31.840><c> I</c> that we underfunded the judiciary. I that we underfunded the judiciary.
- </c> of having a strong judiciary. of having a strong judiciary.
- </c> appropriation down to that $312,000. appropriation down to that $312,000.
- </c> appropriation to the district courts. appropriation to the district courts.
Summary:
The committee took up House File 3874, the Judiciary budget bill, and first moved it to the Ways and Means Committee. The bill was described as funding the judicial branch’s budget request, including courthouse and judge security measures, home safety for judges and staff, a $1 million courthouse safety grant program, and funding related to paid family and medical leave costs that the courts must absorb. A court administrator explained that some base adjustments were budget-neutral internal shifts within the court system, moving money from district courts to other courts to better meet overall needs.
Members then debated several amendments. The A7 amendment, which reduced some of the requested security funding for administrators and aligned it more closely with legislative security levels while retaining flexible Supreme Court security personnel, was adopted. The A1 amendment, which would have deleted the additional operating adjustment for paid family and medical leave, failed on a 7-7 tie after debate over whether the courts should bear the employer share of that cost and whether the program itself was an unfunded mandate. The A2 amendment, also related to paid family and medical leave funding, likewise failed on a 7-7 tie after similar discussion about the judiciary’s ongoing employment costs and the branch’s inability to raise its own revenue.
The committee then adopted the A4 amendment, which increased the courthouse safety grant program from $1 million to $4 million. Supporters said there was unmet demand for courthouse security grants and that the money would help with hardware such as screening equipment, while the court administrator said the branch would not spend more than it could use and that the grants would be reviewed by a committee including law enforcement and county representatives. The administrator noted the funding would be one-time money and would not cover staffing costs. The committee also discussed the judiciary’s ongoing need for funding, with members arguing both that the courts should be treated like other employers and that the judicial branch, as an independent branch of government, must be funded by the legislature. The final A5 amendment was then introduced, with staff noting it would delete a section already covered by the adopted A7 amendment and reduce an appropriation on page four, line 14.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- SB 1711, age-appropriate resources and appropriate contact schools. Education. Education.
- SB 1731, officer to Indian education appropriation. Appropriation.
- SB 1735, appropriation Navajo 890 improvements. ATT. SB 1736, appropriation Navajo water supply.
- SB 1737, appropriation Navajo 9809. ATT.
- Judiciary and elections. SB 1794, election officers private protections. Judiciary and elections.
Summary:
The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, attendance, and several guest introductions recognizing Arizona Dental Hygienists Association visitors, deaf and hard of hearing advocacy groups, Arizona Society of Anesthesiologists members, the Doctor of the Day, tribal voting advocates, and other guests. Members also observed a moment of silence for two DPS officers killed earlier that morning. The chamber then received a long list of bills and resolutions for first reading and committee referral, covering elections, education, public safety, health, tribal affairs, housing, agriculture, and other topics.
The main floor action was in Committee of the Whole on SB 1425, an elections bill dealing with the July primary and related election procedures. The bill was amended in committee, then further amended on the floor, and the Committee of the Whole recommended it do pass as amended. During third reading, members spoke in support of the measure as a bipartisan election fix that would move the primary up two weeks, improve ballot timing, and require observers in every county. Senator Hatathlie highlighted persistent tribal voting barriers such as mail ballot issues, dual-addressing problems, ID access, funding shortages, misinformation, and polling-place disruptions, while Senator Gonzalez voted no because of the emergency clause. The bill passed 27-1 with two not voting and was transmitted to the House.
The Senate also adopted two proclamations: one naming September 4, 2026, as Taekwondo Day in Arizona and another declaring February 2026 as American Heart Month, encouraging CPR and AED awareness. After a recess, the Senate returned briefly to introduce additional bills, refer SB 1315 to Public Safety and SB 1090 to Finance, announce upcoming committee meetings, and then adjourn until Monday, February 9, 2026.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> um the State Government Appropriations um the State Government Appropriations bill,<00:04:16.200
- </c> appropriations in the bill. appropriations in the bill.
- </c> the bill has the appropriations that Mr. the bill has the appropriations that Mr.
- </c> and not to send the bill to Judiciary and not to send the bill to Judiciary and<00:40:11.360><c>
- </c> Judiciary Committee for a look at that. Judiciary Committee for a look at that.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- Judiciary. HB 2579. Appropriation free schools. HB 2581. Commerce and Appropriations. HB 2585.
- HB 2859, appropriations. HB 2862, unlawful masking. Judiciary. HB 2867, license not proof.
- HB 2890, appropriations. HB 2892, appropriations. HB 2893, appropriations.
- HB 2894, appropriation rule school. HB 2897, appropriations. HB 2894, appropriations.
- HB 2897, appropriations. HB 2898, appropriations. HB 2899, appropriations. HB 2900, appropriations.
Summary:
The House convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, approved the journal, and recognized the Doctor of the Day, Dr. Tammy Penhollow, a board-certified anesthesiologist, pain medicine physician, and Navy veteran. Members also introduced several guests in the gallery, including school board members and representatives from Republic Services, which was highlighted for its Arizona operations, employment, and sustainability work. Attendance was recorded at 57 present, zero absent, and two excused.
The main floor business consisted of reading a large number of bills and resolutions for first and second reading and referring first-read measures to committee. The measures covered a wide range of topics, including public safety, education, health and human services, water and natural resources, commerce, taxation, housing, transportation, artificial intelligence, abortion-related issues, firearms, labor, and appropriations. No substantive debate or votes on individual bills were taken during this portion of the session.
Toward the end of the meeting, members made committee announcements and birthday wishes, including a birthday greeting for Representative Aaron Márquez. Committee schedules were announced for Commerce, Education, Natural Resources, Energy and Water, Government, Judiciary, Ways and Means, and others. The House then adopted a motion to adjourn until 1:15 p.m. on Wednesday, January 21, 2026.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- There is a Judiciary Committee amendment. Mr.
- There is a Judiciary Committee amendment. Mr.
- Is it appropriate to name a highway after him?
- Resources, or, excuse me, Judiciary and Elections, Appropriation and Transportation Technology.
- Judiciary and Elections; Appropriation, Transportation, Technology.
WV
West Virginia 2026 Regular Session
Senate in Session Mar 10th, 2026 at 11:05 am
West Virginia Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Your Committee on the Judiciary has...
- Committee on the Judiciary moved to amend the title of the bill.
- Committee on the Judiciary moved to amend the title of the bill.
- Committee on the Judiciary moved to amend the title of the bill.
- There are two amendments from the Committee on the Judiciary.