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MO
Transcript Highlights:
- million in federal funding to Missouri last year and contributed nearly $1 billion in total economic impact
- And I wish we all... ...had this kind of laser intensity on the big stuff that does directly impact us
- And these people that are locked up aren't getting the care out here in the rural areas or wherever,
- jobs until everybody jacked the minimum wage up to double the national average, just saying from a rural
- The impact of priority programs and services offered to citizens.
Committee:
House Budget
Summary:
The committee first heard the Missouri National Guard’s FY 2027 budget request in House Bill 2008. Brigadier General Bob Payne outlined the Guard’s dual state and federal mission, recent deployments and state activations, counter-drug work, and the need to maintain readiness and aging armory infrastructure. Members questioned several items, including a proposed internal auditor position required by statute, a World Cup-related NDI, the use of general revenue versus other funds, and a federal match for base operations support at Rosecrans Airport. The presentation then shifted into executive session, where the committee reviewed a House committee substitute and several amendments. One amendment to fund the Missouri State Fair’s Great American State Fair participation with ag and tourism funds was rejected, while an amendment reducing $50,000 in House and Senate legal contingency funding was adopted. Another amendment directing budget information to all committee members rather than only chairs was rejected. The committee then adopted the substitute and voted House Bill 2014 do pass by a 24-0-1 vote.
The committee next took up the Department of Corrections FY 2027 budget in House Bill 2009. DOC described a new CERT stipend increase, a reduction in the Office of Director’s Staff, and several core items including professional standards, federal funds, community treatment programming, education grants, population growth pool, restitution payments, human services staff, telecommunications, general services, fuel and utilities, food purchases, food service, staff training, employee health and safety, overtime, adult institution staff, institution E&E, wage and discharge, and individual institutions. Members asked about the CERT stipend, PREA allegations, education funding, restitution payments, the population growth pool, the working capital revolving fund, food service costs, overtime, retention, warden turnover, the prison nursery, and the use of inmate canteen funds. DOC said CERT members are full-time employees who volunteer for additional duty, that staffing has improved but remains a challenge, that the food service increase reflects the end of inventory credits and inflation, and that the department generally spends non-GR funds first when possible. Discussion also turned to whether DOC facilities could be repurposed for pretrial or mental health populations; DOC said it is legally limited to post-sentence inmates and that staffing and labor-market constraints make reopening closed facilities difficult.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Administrative Regulation Review Subcommittee (6-10-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- increase that amount because of the not only being the right thing but also the positive economic impact
- </c><00:22:55.679><c> So</c><00:22:55.840><c> I</c><00:22:56.000><c> just</c> economic impact that it's
- So I just economic impact that it's had.
- The cabinet states the program requires participating providers in rural hospitals that treat a high
- </c> participating providers in rural participating providers in rural hospitals<00:41:10.640><c> that
Summary:
The committee met with a quorum, approved the minutes, and then took up several administrative regulations. The first was an Office of the Attorney General regulation creating an online submission process for an annual certification report to replace prior quarterly notarized certification forms; there were no amendments or questions. The main discussion centered on Personnel Cabinet regulations 101 KAR 2:034, 2:102, 3:015, and 3:045, which include staff-suggested technical amendments and address state employee compensation and leave. The compensation provisions clarify salary and rehiring/demotion rules, increase critical position premiums from one to three, and update weekend premium and ACE award practices. The leave provisions would provide up to six weeks of paid leave per 10-year interval for birth, adoption, foster placement, or a serious health condition, and allow one paid adverse-weather day per year with supervisor approval. Staff explained that annual and sick leave already accrue and roll over, and that the new six-week benefit was intended as an additional enhancement tied to the 10-year and 20-year sick-leave milestones.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House committee approves omnibus elections policy bill, HF1378 4/2/25
Transcript Highlights:
- county attorneys to spend their time on other matters, and also judges and some of our particularly rural
- county attorneys to spend their time on other matters, and also judges and some of our particularly rural
- 10:47.800><c> um</c><00:10:48.720><c> uh</c><00:10:48.839><c> where</c><00:10:49.040><c> their</c> Rural
- :12:45.160><c> doesn't</c><00:12:45.480><c> address</c><00:12:45.959><c> the</c><00:12:46.160><c> impact
- </c><00:12:46.519><c> to</c> the change doesn't address the impact to the change doesn't address the
Summary:
The committee took up House File 1378, an elections administration bill, and first adopted the DE5 amendment. The author described DE5 as a negotiated package combining provisions from several bills on election administration, including notice of temporary polling locations, residence standards for people under civil commitment orders, polling place closure/change notices, absentee voting provisions, special election filing periods, and timelines for filing statements of economic interest. The committee then adopted two additional amendments, A6 and A8, both presented as technical or corrective changes; A8 restored language on off-reservation temporary polling that had been inadvertently left out.
Testimony from county election officials and the Secretary of State’s office was generally supportive of the bill’s election-administration changes. Blue Earth County’s Michael Stalberger said the bill would streamline election-day work, improve absentee ballot deadlines, clarify ballot correction procedures, formalize chain-of-custody plans, and speed out-of-court remedies for ballot errors. He also raised concerns about implementation details, including the timing for first chain-of-custody plans, applying candidate filing changes to townships and school districts as well as cities, the short turnaround for college student housing lists, and whether the statewide system could handle new absentee-ballot data fields. Nicole Freeman of the Secretary of State’s office echoed support for the technical cleanup and several policy changes, including removing the permanent absentee application box from voter registration forms, clarifying ballot-board procedures, chain-of-custody planning, and the out-of-court remedy, while also flagging concerns about the absentee application cutoff, city opt-outs from absentee voting, and staffing requirements for absentee locations.
Later in the hearing, members discussed a separate proposed amendment, A4/A3, dealing with prohibitions on inducements to vote or register, including lotteries or other chances to win money or goods. The author explained it was intended to clarify existing law and respond to recent examples of large-money election-related giveaways, but after discussion the chair declined to offer the amendment in committee, saying it would likely not have enough support and could be taken up later on the floor. The hearing ended with the technical amendments adopted and the bill advanced with the committee continuing broader discussions on the remaining issues.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- No fiscal impact.
- I'm expecting it to be virtually no fiscal impact.
- Yes, I'm expecting it to be virtually no fiscal impact.
- So we want to look at the workforce impact.
- For example, in even rural communities, rural communities that don't have immediate access to a college
Summary:
The House convened with prayer, pledges, and several ceremonial recognitions, including Wilson County Day, San Antonio Mission Indian Descendants Day, and Blue Ribbon Lobby Day, along with acknowledgments of visiting groups and a birthday greeting. The chamber also announced committee meetings and then moved into floor business, including conference committee action on Senate Bill 1, the state budget.
A series of motions to instruct House conferees on SB 1 were debated and voted on. One motion sought to restore salary for Attorney General Ken Paxton after his impeachment-related suspension; it passed 88-56. Another, from Rep. Olcott, directed conferees to support amendments requiring data collection on the costs of undocumented immigrants in hospitals and prisons; after extended debate and a failed amendment from Rep. Martinez Fischer to also study immigrants’ economic contributions, the motion passed 86-61. The House also adopted instructions to eliminate Texas Lottery Commission funding, to support amendments restricting public education institutions from affirming gender identities inconsistent with biological sex, and to seek an additional $4 billion in property tax relief, with each motion passing on recorded votes.
The House then took up a supplemental calendar and passed several bills, including HB 39 on veteran death data, HB 102 on priority registration for certain students entering military service, HB 126 on student-athlete compensation and representation, HB 290 on tuition and fee assistance for members of the Texas military forces, HB 300 on Texas Armed Services Scholarship Program updates, and HB 2143 naming a highway in honor of Army Specialist Joey Lins. The chamber also postponed consideration of HJR 2 and HJR 6.
Later, the House considered HB 120 on career and technology education pathways and HB 20 on applied science pathway programs for high school students. HB 120 received a perfecting amendment and was advanced after discussion about workforce preparation. HB 20 prompted extensive questioning about transportation, costs, and how students would access partner campuses such as community colleges and TSTC sites; debate continued as the transcript ended, with members examining how the program would operate and whether approval authority would rest with TEA.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- You just find a lot of false positives. flat results, no impact whatsoever.
- One of the myths is that school choice is gonna destroy rural schools.
- Cowan, is that there's a positive impact, albeit, he says, very small, but. positive impact on public
- This country is a hollow promise for working, rural, and military families alike.
- Do you know what the impact to AISD would be if only 1%?
Committee:
House Public Education
Keywords:
education savings account, educational expenses, certified educational assistance organization, school choice, funding, special education, tuition reimbursement, emergency communication, public safety, interoperability, Texas Interoperability Council, grant program, emergency communications, public safety radio, first responders, radio system, dispatch, 911, emergency management, Texas Division of Emergency Management
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
February 12, 2025 - 03:30 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- We need to know what critically important functions have been impacted without the full complement of
- I mean, I've got some rural counties who would love to have a call center. You're recognized.
- Not that somebody in a rural area can't do that, but the support that takes place to run our call centers
- Do you think that these vacancies are impacting your agency's ability to be efficient?
- Has this impacted revenues?
Summary:
The subcommittee met to review agency vacancy reports and agency-requested budget reductions, with Chair Lopez framing the discussion around stewardship of taxpayer dollars, agency efficiency, and whether long-vacant positions should be cut or repurposed. Members were given vacancy summaries and asked to focus on how agencies are functioning with current staffing, which positions are mission critical, and whether some vacancies reflect market pay issues, re-engineering of work, or true excess capacity. The chair also noted that agency heads had been asked to provide follow-up information on current openings, average vacancy duration, mission-critical roles, and reasons for vacancies.
The Department of Revenue was the first major agency reviewed because it had the largest number of vacancies. Its leadership said vacancies had improved from pandemic-era highs due to market pay adjustments, but that some areas—especially general tax and audit—still had long-term openings. The department explained that some positions are intentionally frozen while work is restructured, that it hires above minimum salary in some cases to stay competitive, and that it is using automation and process changes to reduce backlogs. Members raised concerns about vacancies outside Leon County, out-of-state auditor positions, salary compression, and whether the department should provide a list of frozen positions and the salaries actually needed to recruit.
The Department of Financial Services said its long vacancies were concentrated in risk management, law enforcement, and the general counsel’s office, where salaries and competition from private employers and other agencies make hiring difficult. DFS said it was using outside vendors in some areas, had reduced vacancies in its general counsel office significantly, and was willing to identify positions that could be cut, including some from treasury and OAT. The Department of Business and Professional Regulation reported progress in lowering vacancies through statewide recruiting, centralized legal hiring, automation in service operations, and leadership changes in alcoholic beverages and tobacco; it said one recommended cut could be achieved by combining two half-time positions. The Florida Lottery reported a low vacancy rate, said all positions were critical, and explained its longer onboarding time due to extensive background checks; members discussed sales reps, incentives, and the agency’s field-office structure. The Office of Financial Regulation said many of its vacancies were already in the hiring pipeline, with recent vacancies tied to promotions, a death, and internal moves, and noted that it often serves as a training ground for federal agencies. The Office of Insurance Regulation, which had a high vacancy rate concentrated in Leon County, said it had been reducing vacancies from a much higher level and was still working through hiring and administrative constraints.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Environment, Climate and Legacy - 03/05/26
Environment, Climate, and Legacy
Transcript Highlights:
- that it has on our our all of the impact that it has on our our populations<01:15:09.199><c> of</c><
- </c> cumulative impacts of lead exposure. cumulative impacts of lead exposure.
- While many factors impacting eagles and other wildlife are beyond our control, this is to the raptor
- ><01:33:39.280><c> other</c> factors impacting eagles and other factors impacting eagles and other wildlife
- Everything that was said about its impacts on humans translates to eagles.
Committee:
Senate Environment, Climate, and Legacy
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight
Transcript Highlights:
- So this would also mean that if an Article 97 action is impacting a particular environmental justice
- And thinking about, in this case, the smaller rural communities that really meet often frequently.
- Davis was outlining, and so we would evaluate whether there are negative impacts, right, for whatever
- There a negative impact, right, for whatever it might be, to extending that period?
- the roads and impact the air quality... ...you know, that was going to impact the roads and impact the
Summary:
The Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight held an oversight hearing on draft regulations implementing Article 97 of the Massachusetts Constitution under Chapter 274 of the Acts of 2022, the Open Space Act. Chairs Cabral and Collins framed the hearing as a review of how the new process for dispositions or changes in use of Article 97 land would work, including public notice, environmental justice protections, replacement land, appraisals, and the role of the legislature. Under Secretary Stephanie Cooper and Commissioner Adam Bakke testified for EEA/DCAM, followed later by Deputy Inspector General O’Neill and Deputy Inspector General Giles on appraisal review.
Much of the discussion focused on how the draft regulations would operate in practice. EEA said the regulations would require advance public notice, define “comparable location” for replacement land, and allow the Secretary to make findings on whether an action would adversely affect environmental justice communities. Members pressed for longer public comment periods, clearer notice to local officials, more frequent updates to the site evaluation tool, and a clearer definition of terms such as “limited duration” for permits and licenses. EEA said the regulations are intended to standardize a process that has been handled through policy and case-by-case review, and that the legislature still retains the final authority to approve any Article 97 disposition.
Committee members also questioned whether the draft rules shift too much discretion to the Secretary and whether the proposed “proponent” process could allow private entities to drive Article 97 actions. EEA responded that non-public proponents would still need municipal support and legislative sponsorship, and that the regulations do not create a new avenue to bypass the existing home rule and legislative process. Members raised concerns about the current policy’s unanimous-vote requirements for municipal commissions, the proposed waiver provisions, whether MEPA applies, and the lack of explicit enforcement or penalty language in the act or regulations. EEA and DCAM said the act does not provide an enforcement mechanism and that disputes would generally be handled through the courts or the Attorney General.
The Inspector General’s office explained its role in reviewing appraisals for special legislation, including Article 97 matters, to ensure compliance with USPAP standards and to forward its review to DCAM. The hearing did not include any votes or formal committee action; members indicated that the committee may later issue recommendations to the executive agencies based on the testimony and questions raised.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Transportation Jan 15th, 2026 at 04:00 pm
Transportation
Transcript Highlights:
- So it felt like that bill perhaps is better suited for the Ways and Means Committee, given the impacts
- That bill perhaps is better suited for the Ways and Means Committee, given the impacts to the general
- We've reached out to our members to try and get a sense of the impacts that they're feeling.
- We've reached out to our members to try and get a sense of the impacts that they're feeling.
- That's the Rural Arterial Program at CRAB and the County Arterial Preservation Program.
Bills:
SB5989
Committee:
Senate Transportation
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Transportation Jan 15th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- So it felt like that bill perhaps is better suited for the Ways and Means Committee, given the impacts
- That bill perhaps is better suited for the Ways and Means Committee, given the impacts to the general
- I don't think we talk about this enough, but this makes a direct impact for our state's residents to
- We've reached out to our members to try and get a sense of the impacts that they're feeling.
- That's the Rural Arterial Program at CRAB and the County Arterial Preservation Program.
Summary:
The committee first met in brief executive session and advanced Senate Bill 5989 without recommendation to the Ways and Means Committee. Staff explained the bill would redistribute sales tax on aircraft fuel, affecting general fund revenue, which was why it was better suited for Ways and Means. The motion passed by voice vote.
The committee then heard a presentation from Transportation Secretary Julie Meredith on WSDOT’s 2025 work and 2026 priorities. She highlighted agency reorganization, safety initiatives, preservation needs, bridge strikes and storm damage, ferry service improvements, major projects such as Revive I-5, the Interstate Bridge Replacement Project, fish passage work, and preparations for the World Cup. Members praised the department’s communication and work, and asked about additional paving and preservation funding; Meredith said WSDOT had prepared projects that could be advanced if more money were available.
Washington State Ferries Assistant Secretary John Vizina and staffer Jenna Forty followed with a detailed briefing on vessel and terminal preservation. They described the aging fleet, the need for new hybrid-electric vessels, the governor’s proposed funding for three additional ferries and life-extension work on older vessels, and the importance of terminal upgrades such as Fauntleroy. Senators asked about service contingency planning, the cost and timing of hybrid versus diesel vessels, and whether additional vessels would require rebidding; staff said hybrid-electric construction is the fastest path and that any expansion would depend on statutory direction and legal review.
The committee then heard from local government representatives on preservation and storm recovery. The Association of Washington Cities and the Transportation Improvement Board described city road and bridge needs, limited local funding, and the importance of sustained preservation investment and programmatic grants. County representatives from the Washington State Association of County Engineers, Snohomish County, and the County Road Administration Board discussed the December flooding, road washouts, bridge damage, and recovery costs, emphasizing that counties face large preservation backlogs and need state and federal help for repairs and resiliency.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- A smaller impact that we have shown here is the no tax on car interest loans.
- But whether it does or doesn't, it's only about a $5 million impact.
- So if I can talk first about on slide 30, the impacts that HR 1 is having on our left-hand side.
- But we have increased how much we expect other provisions of HR 1 to impact us.
- If you turn to slide 21 Another concern that I have on this revenue estimate is the impact of HR 1.
Committee:
Senate Senate Finance
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Energy Supply, Energy Conservation, and Energy Resilience Dec 3rd, 2025
Joint Committee on Energy Supply, Energy Conservation, and Energy Resilience
Transcript Highlights:
- There was also a subgroup for energy and resource impacts, which was chaired by myself and Glenn, which
- Another important issue was the impact that data centers could have on our hydro system, on the fish
- And then we also spent a good bit of time talking about the potential impacts to natural resources if
- And that does have potential detrimental impacts.
- counties, and what's not in King County and is not rural are the counties listed here.
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Energy Supply, Energy Conservation, and Energy Resilience opened by electing Senator Shoemake as chair and Representative Alex Ibarra as vice chair. Members then moved into a series of work sessions focused on data centers, transmission, and workforce needs tied to Washington’s clean energy and grid planning challenges.
Kate Bruns and Glenn Blackman presented preliminary findings from the governor’s Data Center work group, created under Executive Order 25-05. They said the group met for six months, received more than 1,000 public comments, and included representatives from agencies, industry, tribes, labor, utilities, environmental groups, and research institutions. The presenters emphasized that data centers are expected to be the largest source of load growth over the next five to ten years, creating concerns about grid capacity, ratepayer impacts, forecasting, water use, backup generation, and compatibility with Washington’s energy and climate laws. They described nine recommendations, including protecting existing energy and climate policy, improving forecasting, seeking more clean power and transmission, and encouraging flexible data center operations. A proposed tax incentive change that would have expanded eligibility while tying the exemption to new clean electricity sources narrowly failed in the work group. Members asked about tribal consultation, cooling technologies, and local benefits from data centers; the presenters said tribal consultation was ongoing and a final report would follow.
Keegan Moyer of West Tech then outlined a regional transmission study showing major strain on the Western grid from load growth, electrification, resiliency needs, and limited transmission capacity. He said the 10-year study identified about 12,000 line miles of needed projects across the West, with roughly $56 billion in estimated costs, including planned projects, reliability upgrades, and new interregional transfer projects. He stressed that many projects are upgrades within existing rights-of-way, but new corridors are still needed, and he previewed recommendations on permitting, equipment procurement, cost allocation, and project sponsorship. In response to questions, he discussed the difficulty of crossing jurisdictional “seams,” the role of federal coordination, landowner compensation, eminent domain as a last resort, and the limited role of public financing beyond a federal GRIP grant.
Stephanie Scott of Commerce presented the transmission workforce study, which focuses on substation technicians, line workers, and line clearance tree trimmers. She said current workforce levels are far below what will be needed under a clean energy expansion scenario, and that active projects are essential because apprenticeship training depends on thousands of hours of hands-on work. She highlighted barriers such as high upfront CDL and pre-apprenticeship costs, the need for wraparound supports, and the importance of expanding access for women, people of color, and tribal communities. Members asked about tribal utility apprenticeship programs, utility-run training pipelines, and whether the study included funding sources; Scott said the report would include an inventory of apprenticeship programs and tribal considerations, but revenue ideas were outside the study scope.
Finally, Brant Johnson of Grid United described the North Plains Connector as a case study in large transmission development. He said the project, a 420-mile, 3,000-megawatt HVDC line connecting Montana and North Dakota, has relied on early stakeholder engagement, route changes, tribal consultation, and coordinated federal and state permitting to reduce risk and shorten timelines. He said the project aims for permits by the end of 2026 and construction beginning in 2028, with an earliest commercial operation date of 2032. In response to questions, he discussed the challenges of crossing regional seams, interconnection queues, land acquisition and compensation, eminent domain, and financing, noting that the project is primarily privately financed with a $700 million federal grant covering a portion of costs.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- It's an important bill to get right for our rural co-ops, and it's a good bill.
- </c><00:23:12.080><c> co-ops</c><00:23:13.080><c> uh</c> to get right for our rural co-ops uh to get
- right for our rural co-ops uh it's<00:23:13.279><c> a</c><00:23:13.400><c> good</c><00:23:13.559><c>
- </c> what a deal in Minnesota 37% of rural what a deal in Minnesota 37% of rural Counties<01:53:46.480
- </c> Services is important in these rural Services is important in these rural areas<01:56:06.159><c>
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Legislative Budget Office Oversight Commission 1/22/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- It's not a delayed impact.
- It's not a delayed impact.
- </c><00:34:47.760><c> of</c> kind of a second order or impact of kind of a second order or impact of
- </c><00:47:20.319><c> Um,</c> which is the local impact notes. Um, which is the local impact notes.
- </c><00:48:34.000><c> school</c> urban, suburban, and rural school urban, suburban, and rural school
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
House Minerals, Business & Economic Development Committee, February 27, 2026
Minerals, Business & Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- How do you have the biggest impact in the state of Wyoming with that money?
- I'm the executive director of the Wyoming Rural Electric Association.
- electric co-ops were electrifying rural Wyoming.
- </c><01:36:27.920><c> electric</c> to upgrade that from the rural electric to upgrade that from the rural
- That impacts the safety of the lines. We could have fire issues. We could have other problems.
Keywords:
energy transmission, load growth, Wyoming energy authority, transmission planning study, public utilities, regional cooperation, energy, funding, grants, loans, coal, natural gas, mineral processing, economic development, stable token, liquidity, trust account, Wyoming, fund distribution, financial regulation
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session-Day 6, February 16, 2026-AM
Wyoming House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><02:02:49.599><c> of</c><02:02:49.760><c> the</c> and I get to hear the impacts of the and I get
- to hear the impacts of the state<02:02:50.159><c> laws</c><02:02:50.480><c> that</c><02:02:50.639><c>
- This really hurts our rural counties and our small communities in ways that I don't think many of you
- This really hurts our<02:16:45.599><c> rural</c><02:16:45.920><c> counties</c><02:16:46.719><c> and</
- And so these are the things we're going to be impacting when we make this choice.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, so that's what the big ask is is to cover the remaining $9 million that is left unfunded from rural
- </c> Left unfunded from rural development.
- This project will have a lasting impact on our community and the broader region.
- </c> Prague and our taxing base into rural Prague and our taxing base into rural Scott,<01:25:46.800>
- We provide rural fire response for over 200 square miles in our region.
Bills:
HF2178 , HF942 , HF2470 , HF1043 , HF1287 , HF1229 , HF1230 , HF424 , HF571 , HF404 , HF910 , HF1055 , HF318 , HF319 , HF401 , HF609 , HF306 , HF1599 , HF1881
Committee:
House Capital Investment
Keywords:
HF2178, Cohasset, capital investment, bonding bill, state bonds, public infrastructure, water tower, water infrastructure, sanitary sewer, storm sewer, street reconstruction, municipal infrastructure, Public Facilities Authority, bond proceeds fund, Minnesota bonding, local government aid, utility infrastructure, public works, infrastructure, stormwater
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee May 5th, 2026
Budget and Fiscal Review
Transcript Highlights:
- insured that will frankly entrust their care to some of the hospitals that are heavily, heavily impacted
- I can say that the underpayment will be dramatically negatively impacting hospitals when they are paid
- systemic in terms of the health of the hospitals and the health of the hospitals being negatively impacted
- aren't going to have health care, whether it's in Los Angeles, whether it's in Kern, whether it's in rural
- Hospitals in our communities are under financial stress for a variety of factors, especially in rural
Committee:
Senate Budget and Fiscal Review
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- And for our industry, that is beginning to have an impact on the ability to get developments approved
- And for our industry, that is beginning to have an impact on the ability to get developments approved
- We have been working hard to share data with the Senate and the House on the impacts of 389 so that it
- $4 million in allocation from the liquor tax account, it's still going to have a really negative impact
- If only the small rural communities could do that.
Committee:
Senate Local Government and Taxation
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Local Government Committee Jan 14th, 2026
Local Government
Transcript Highlights:
- In our initial assessment of these impacts in California, approximately 5,442 mobile homes in 36 mobile
- Newberger, providing registered opposition for the California State Association of Counties and the Rural
- Newberger, providing registering opposition for the California State Association counties and the rural
- We've got to the impact to impact the ability to expand public transit in my region.
- SB 79 could still impact... So I understand you mentioned L.A. Metro. Was that—did I hear? No?
Committee:
Senate Local Government