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• The National Guard is the only component that has a dual federal and state mission requirement.
• Their asked me to go to the reserves or reserves only have to recruit.
• all the time because the reserves do 39 days because of reserves.
• And it is we hold on to him and want to go to reserve largely come back to the National Guard at some
• What are some of the things that we've seen while we're out on the road that Homestead Air Reserve base

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• But the insurance component is something that we've been following for several years.
• But the insurance component is something that we've been following for several years.
• But the insurance component is something that we've been following for several years.
• But the insurance component is something that we've been following for several years.
• Um, so this is not the liability component.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• General revenue funds are in reserve and only used to pay.
• The state component, anything above that is the local component.
• It will only affect the state component of 6%. Any further questions?
• There is no money set aside in reserves.
• It is something that we are monitoring, not something we put in reserves to address.

Bills: HJR 99, HB 1399, HB 1400, HB 1094, HB 365, HB 1109, HB 647, HCR 35, SB 14, HB 12, HB 1522, HB 422, HB 675, HB 204, HB 748, HB 912, HJR 99, HB 1399, HB 1400, HB 1094, HB 365, HB 1109, HB 647, HCR 35, HCR 123, HCR 124, HR 57, HR 87, HR 111, HR 228, HR 230, HR 322, HR 624, HR 625, HR 626, HR 627, HR 628, HR 630, HR 631, HR 634, HR 635, HR 636, HR 637, HR 638, HR 639, HR 640, HR 645, HR 646, HR 648, HR 649, HR 651, HR 652, HR 653, HR 654, HR 664, HR 665, HR 668, HR 675, HR 676, HR 678, HR 679, HR 680, HR 683, HR 686, HR 688, HR 689, HR 694, HR 695, HR 697, HR 698, HR 699, HR 472, HR 622, HR 632, HR 633, HR 643, HR 655, HR 657, HR 660, HR 661, HR 662, HR 663, HR 667, HR 670, HR 674, HR 681, HR 682, HR 696

Keywords: animal feed, tax exemption, ad valorem taxation, retail, constitutional amendment, retail sale, tangible personal property, Texas tax code, groundwater, water conservation, financial assistance, Texas Water Development Board, innovation fund, local conservation districts, transportation protection agreement, funeral services, insurance exemption, regulation, deceased transportation, HB 365

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• that some people criticize, how much we carry in reserves in our general fund reserves.
• Sometimes, to address this kind of issue, we need to carry those large reserves.
• in our general fund carry in reserves in our general fund reserves<00:47:36.000> but<00:47:36.119
• need to continue growing our reserves need to continue growing our reserves there<00:47:49.079><
• think um speaking of adequate reserve think um speaking of adequate reserve for<00:48:05.400>

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The Committee on Finance held an informational briefing with the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations on its budget, staffing, and operations. The director reviewed department leadership and reported on recruitment and retention efforts, including a 14% vacancy rate, a 10.5% workforce increase from filling 189 positions, and the Hela Imua internship program, which has placed 516 interns since inception and led to 62 permanent hires. The department also described modernization efforts, including the UI Huakai project and the Disability Compensation Division’s electronic case management system, and said the unemployment compensation trust fund exceeded $71.5 million, triggering Schedule C for calendar year 2025. The department’s main budget requests included $2.9 million for fiscal year 2026 to support maintenance and operations of the electronic case management system, plus restoration of two enforcement specialist positions. Officials said those positions are needed to address a decline in investigators from 11 to six since 2009, improve compliance, and handle Hawaii Compliance Express certificate work. Additional requests included two human resources specialists to address recruitment backlogs, two labor enforcement specialists to reduce a backlog of Chapter 104 prevailing wage and wage cases, and two positions for the Office of Community Services to expand immigrant services and access centers. The department also discussed federal funding for unemployment insurance and workforce programs, including National Dislocated Worker Grants and Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act funds, and said some funding is received in increments and may require extensions. Members asked about Kauai inspection coverage, federal funding uncertainty, the size of the special unemployment insurance fund, and whether the department could ramp up staffing during a future crisis. Officials said Kauai is currently served by inspectors from Honolulu and there are no plans to open a permanent island position because of staffing constraints. They said the department is meeting federal guidelines and is not in jeopardy, and that the special unemployment insurance fund has about $10 million, with current UI operations funded at a little over $15 million, meaning the fund may need to cover roughly $5 million if federal support declines. The director said the department would use the special fund to supplement shortfalls, but noted that federal funding cuts and the loss of ARPA support have already affected operations.

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• I reserve my time.
• > are reserve Gman reserves members are reserve Gman reserves members are reminded<02:40:15.319><
• back gentleman from Georgia reserves back gentleman from Georgia reserves gentleman<02:48:31.600
• I reserve.
• With that, I reserve. Mr.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, January 22, 2025, 1012, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Ask them if there is any recreational component to this drug whatsoever.
• We'll reserve your right to close. We will move now to...
• There is a psychoactive component in terms of visual and auditory phenomena.
• And with that, I welcome any questions and reserve the right to close.
• We do have some witnesses, and I reserve the right to close. Thank you.

Bills: HB 44, HB 2200, HB 1612, HB 2747, HB 2038, HB 3717, HB 1431, HB 3800, HB 3801, HB 3560, HB 3246

Keywords: HB 44, Life of the Mother Act, abortion exceptions, medical emergency, reasonable medical judgment, pregnancy complications, maternal health, life-threatening condition, ectopic pregnancy, miscarriage, spontaneous abortion, fetal survival, Texas abortion law, abortion ban, physician liability, health care provider, disciplinary action, aiding and abetting, emergency abortion, obstetric care

Summary: The meeting of the public health committee focused on the pressing issue of opioid addiction in Texas, with a particular emphasis on House Bill 3717. Chairman Harris detailed the bill's intent to fund a grant program for Ibogaine clinical trials, framing it as a critical response to the ongoing opioid crisis. He shared poignant testimonies highlighting the struggles of families and veterans battling addiction and mental health issues. The conversation underscored the necessity of innovative treatments, like Ibogaine, which showed promising results in studies for reducing symptoms of withdrawal and PTSD.

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• The National Guard is the only component that has a dual federal and state mission requirement.
• They're asking me to go to the reserves. The reserves don't even have to recruit.
• They just have to hang around my office, because They're asking me to go to the reserves.
• The reserves don't even have to recruit.
• all the time because the reserves do 39 days because the reserves don't do domestic operations.

Summary: The Senate Committee on Military, Veterans Affairs, and Domestic Security met for its first meeting of the 2025-26 session and heard presentations from Major General John Haas, Adjutant General of Florida, and Tim McGregor, executive director of the Florida Defense Support Commission. General Haas reviewed the Florida National Guard’s missions, statewide footprint, domestic disaster response, and federal deployments, emphasizing the Guard’s role in hurricanes, border-related support, and other state operations. He also discussed recruiting and retention, noting that recruiting remains strong but retention is challenged by the Guard’s high operational tempo, and he outlined efforts to expand force structure, improve facilities, and modernize units, including Camp Blanding upgrades, new armories, additional infantry, engineer, military police, and aviation assets, and the Air National Guard’s F-35 conversion. Members asked questions about recruiting methods, typical brigade size, and how many personnel would be needed to reduce the average duty burden back toward the statutory 39 days. Haas explained that Florida’s large population helps recruiting, especially through community and school outreach, but that the state’s frequent domestic missions make the current 12,000-member force too small for its workload. He said the Guard’s high tempo is the main reason members leave for the reserves and argued that more force structure is needed to reduce strain. Committee members also discussed prior efforts to influence National Guard stationing decisions based on population shifts and domestic mission demands. McGregor then described the Florida Defense Support Commission’s work to protect military installations, prevent encroachment, support workforce and economic development, and improve the military-friendly environment for service members and families. He highlighted the commission’s grant programs, the military benefits guide, and a spouse license reciprocity matrix, as well as site visits to installations and defense-related facilities across the state. Members asked about Lockheed Martin’s innovation and simulation work in Orlando and discussed the value of military spouse reciprocity compacts. No bills were heard, and the committee adjourned after the presentations and discussion.

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• They raised an issue of the safety component that Senator Rarick has, who is an IBEW electrician.
• I have some reservations if that plug and play is in this bill.
• :12.960> Rarick<00:26:13.400> has<00:26:13.960> has<00:26:14.600> um component
• that Senator Rarick has has um component that Senator Rarick has has um who<00:26:15.400> is<
• if that plug I I have some reservations if that plug and<00:26:28.840> play<00:26:29.160>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• I'm a little more than a little concerned that if we raise our reserves too high and we do have an emergency
• talking about the Comptroller recommended 8% of, of actually what we spend, uh, should be held in reserve
• And so in the aftermath of that experience, legislators I thought it wise to create a reserve fund so
• Are you going to put severance tax money or not because of investment component that assumes there are
• Of what on average, we've been spending over the last 3 years set aside as a reserve fund?

Bills: SJR 4

Keywords: term limits, state offices, constitutional amendment, governor, lieutenant governor, election reform

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• We think maintaining a reserve is prudent.
• Let's start refilling reserves.
• My name is Osham Reserve.
• The next component is a CEQA exemption.
• So yes, the Exide project has really a couple of different components.

Summary: The hearing opened with budget framing from the chair and the LAO, who said the May Revision addresses roughly a $14 billion budget problem and that the environment and transportation subcommittee’s proposals account for about $1.9 billion of the solution. The LAO urged members to focus on solutions that do not worsen out-year deficits, to preserve reserves, and to defer major policy changes that are not necessary to pass the budget, including the newly introduced water-related trailer bills. Members also raised concern about a late-dropped Olympic-related trailer bill, which the LAO likewise suggested should be deferred for fuller review. The first major item was the Delta Conveyance Project and related water quality control plan trailer bills. The administration argued the proposals would streamline permitting, water rights proceedings, judicial review, and land acquisition, and would clarify DWR’s bond authority for the project. DWR said the project is needed to protect water supply reliability against drought, earthquakes, sea level rise, and other climate-related disruptions, and that the tunnel would help move water when conditions are wet and safer for the environment. Committee members from both parties questioned the timing, the use of budget trailer bills for major policy changes, the scope of the CEQA and water-rights changes, the lack of a bond cap, cost growth, and eminent domain protections. The LAO recommended deferring both water trailer bills without prejudice. Public comment was sharply divided, with labor, water agencies, and some business groups supporting the project as climate adaptation and reliability infrastructure, while environmental, tribal, fishing, county, and community groups opposed it as an attempt to bypass public process and weaken protections. The committee then briefly heard the DMV’s Digital Experience Platform fee trailer bill, which would reinstate a $1 system improvement fee to help fund the vehicle-registration phase of the project. DMV said the fee would raise about $7 million annually and offset roughly $59 million to $60 million of project costs, while the LAO noted it would help but would not solve the Motor Vehicle Account’s broader structural gap. The hearing then moved to California High-Speed Rail, where the new CEO presented an updated plan and said the project remains a major climate and infrastructure investment. He reported a revised Merced-to-Bakersfield cost range of $34.9 billion to $38.5 billion, said the agency is trying to reduce risk through direct procurement of materials, and argued that stable annual funding is needed to avoid higher costs from delays.

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• We have a number; you can think of our rate cases as two components.
• Bill, we need to consider adding interest to the component and some other measures.
• I guess my, you know I have a number of reservations.
• I would humbly reserve my right to close. Author, Mr. Garren. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
• It's a Federal Reserve note. It's just a piece of paper, that's all it is.

Bills: HB246, HB796, HB 1056, HB1544, HB1846, HB2001, HB2618, HB2625, HB2869, HB2898, HB3069, HB3114, HB3157, HB3228, HJR98, HB246

Keywords: federal directives, state authority, Tenth Amendment, government enforcement, local governance, gold standard, legal tender, currency, transactional currency, financial transactions, electronic payment systems, state finance, regulatory compliance, electric trucks, charging infrastructure, advisory council, transportation, sustainability, criminal penalties, official information

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• This is helpful, and this can provide emergency reserves when the choice.
• This is helpful, and this can provide emergency reserves when the choice is either an outage or combusting
• The current EPR law, SB 54, does contain a component of source reduction.
• So you're just piling on component after component that, again, just makes the benefit of SB 131 for
• I'll reserve my right to look at the bill again when I understand it a little bit better.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• And it's interesting that you bring up the long-term care component, and I'm I'm I'm wondering why we
• So, there really are two components that go into the uncompensated care total.
• I'd like to go back to the behavioral health component of it and, Director Johansson, maybe just for
• There are so many components in healthcare that make competition not the same component of the equation
• And so that's included in this Core Data component that's included in our MVP study.

Keywords: 916, all

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• The Federal Reserve didn't cut rates so soon, so we've been benefiting from those decisions.
• investor education is a large component investor education is a large component of<01:08:27.400>
• Do you have a cash reserve somewhere?
• Do you have a cash reserve somewhere?
• Do you have a cash reserve somewhere?

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The meeting featured presentations from the Department of Administrative Services and the Treasury Department on state revenue reporting and unclaimed property. State Comptroller Dana Call explained DAS’s role in compiling statewide revenue reports, including the annual revenue plan set through the budget process and the monthly revenue focus reports that track cash receipts. She noted that unrestricted general fund revenue is about $2 billion annually, while miscellaneous other revenue is a much smaller and less predictable category, averaging roughly $30 million to $32 million a year. She also described two more material internal revenue lines: statewide indirect cost recoveries and post-retirement benefit recoveries, which are billed to agencies and often tied to federal reimbursement rules. Members asked about the interest line in the revenue charts and about how the figures were presented, and Call clarified that the totals were in millions and that the interest item would be explained by the Treasurer. She also explained that the indirect cost and post-retirement recoveries are internal cost allocations that flow back into the unrestricted revenue pool and are reflected in agency budgets as interagency costs. Treasurer Monica Meissner then outlined Treasury Department functions, including bank deposits, statewide disbursements, banking relationships, investments, debt management, compliance, the FONA College Savings Program, the ABLE Plan, scholarship programs, and the abandoned property program. In discussing unclaimed property, she said holders report property after a five-year dormancy period, the state uses automated systems and outreach to locate owners, and claim activity has increased. In fiscal year 2024, the state returned about $12.2 million to citizens through roughly 12,000 claims; over the last 10 years, about $72.6 million has been returned. She also said the state escheated $19.9 million to the general fund and $1.8 million to counties last year, and explained that securities-related proceeds are harder to estimate because they depend on market conditions. No votes or formal actions were taken.

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• that reserve fund will be depleted at the end of another four years.
• fund without any change that Reserve fund without any change that Reserve<00:15:09.240> fund<
• I call it a reserve fund, or an operating fund.
• designated portion of that the reserve designated portion of that the reserve fund<00:18:07.679>
• this operating fund kind of Reserve this operating fund kind of Reserve thing<00:20:46.600> and

Keywords: 1183, house

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• that's broken down into the whole gamut of putting on an event: stages, lighting, all of those components
• that would go into a large components that would go into a large event<00:07:32.720> like<00:
• that power America's grid components that power America's grid such<00:08:21.520> as<00:08:21.680
• The problem was that your letter got into the policy space that is reserved for the legislature and the
• We've—um—there's, Chairman. space that is reserved for the space that is reserved for the legislature

Keywords: Appropriations - Room 216, 28 January, 2026; 8:15 AM, 925, all

Summary: The committee heard a budget presentation from the Mississippi Development Authority (MDA), including its consolidated tourism and agency request. MDA said it has had strong recent results, citing about $65 billion in capital investment since 2020, roughly 25,000 jobs, record tourism, clean audits, and oversubscribed incentive programs. For FY27, the agency requested $26.4 million in general funds, level special-fund operating support, restoration of eight pins reduced in the LBR process, and several general-fund increases for a career ladder, a new HR system, training, and operating costs. MDA also discussed a $1.25 million request for America 250 activities, including a Mississippi event and participation in the National Mall “Great America State Fair,” plus an energy accelerator program tied to the governor’s energy initiative and a broader three-tier energy preparedness strategy. MDA also explained its incentive refill requests, saying it was not seeking additional funding for the ACE grant program this year and had shifted that support toward the governor’s port/rail/road investment fund and energy-ready sites. The agency highlighted a renewed request to restart funding for the small municipal and limited population counties grant program, which it said had previously helped smaller communities with water, sewer, downtown, and other projects. On tourism, MDA presented a breakout showing what the budget would look like if tourism were separated into its own department; officials said the current tourism budget within MDA is about $5.7 million in general funds and $7.9 million total, and estimated about $1.3 million in additional cost would be needed to stand up a separate tourism agency. A significant portion of the discussion focused on criticism from Senator Wiggins that MDA has not delivered enough economic development for the Mississippi Gulf Coast. He argued that constituents believe MDA does little for the coast and objected to the agency’s role in the GCRF and coastal projects, saying the coast has not seen meaningful results in years. MDA officials responded that complaints about uneven distribution are common across the state, that MDA works with local economic development partners rather than dictating project locations, and that it has helped support major coastal projects such as Relativity Space, Lockheed Martin expansions, PCC Gulf Chem, BWC Terminals, and AWS. The exchange also touched on the Port of Pascagoula and local leadership disputes, with both sides disagreeing over whether the port and the coast have been adequately supported. No votes or formal actions were taken in the excerpt.

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• Peach, North Dakota Reserve. North Dakota Insurance Reserve. Mr.
• Peach, North Dakota Reserve, North Dakota Insurance Reserve Fund. Thank you. No, Mr.
• And the provision cited in the audit report, it's called the cash reserve or the reserve fund.
• cited in the audit report, it's called the cash reserve or the reserve fund.
• That cash reserve is limited.

Keywords: 908, all

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• This is governed by statute section 1011.45, which requires universities to maintain a 7% reserve and
• You deduct any encumbrances from the prior year, 7% reserve, and any reserves required for an FCO project
• And then the last section is component units, which include direct support organizations, along with
• And then the last section is component units, which include direct support organizations, operations,
• Before we change the slide, just to go back, you might be looking at the financial aid component for

Summary: The Higher Education Budget Subcommittee met to hear an overview of State University System finances from the Board of Governors and detailed budget presentations from Florida State University, the University of Central Florida, and the University of North Florida. The witnesses explained how university budgets are organized into fund categories such as education and general, contracts and grants, auxiliaries, local/designated funds, capital projects, and component units such as direct support organizations. They also described carry forward funds, the statutory reserve and spending-plan requirements, the PICO/HECO capital outlay process, and how universities use investment accounts, audits, and board oversight to manage restricted and unspent funds. The universities emphasized that most operating dollars are restricted to specific uses and that state support helps keep tuition low. Members asked about differences in funding levels among institutions, especially why FSU receives more funding than UCF despite lower enrollment. Officials said preeminence funding, performance funding, and special legislative appropriations explain much of the difference, and the Board of Governors noted that Florida now has four preeminent universities, with UCF nearing that status. Questions also focused on what happens to unspent carry forward money, how it is invested, and whether the Board of Governors or Legislature can require funds to be returned; officials said the money is invested conservatively, subject to board and audit oversight, and can roll forward under a detailed spending plan, though the Legislature can change funding levels. The committee also discussed capital projects, with members asking about delays, inflation, and whether more projects should be phased or funded faster; witnesses said PICO funds remain with the state until needed and are reimbursed as construction proceeds. A substantial portion of the discussion covered athletics, research, student fees, and endowments. The universities said athletics is generally expected to be self-supporting, though limited use of auxiliary or carry forward funds may be allowed for projects benefiting the broader student body. They also described the financial pressures from name, image, and likeness changes and new NCAA-related costs, and said institutions are planning for those changes now. On research, the universities explained sponsored research funding, indirect cost recovery, compliance obligations, and tech transfer, but did not provide specific commercialization revenue figures and said they would follow up. Members also asked about student fee increases, student input, counseling and wellness funding, and how housing costs affect affordability; the universities said student committees and boards review fees, and aid packaging is intended to keep student debt low. Endowments were described as being held in separate foundations/DSOs with independent investment committees and used mainly for scholarships, faculty support, and research.

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• It just has an electric propulsion component in it that my truck can become a generator.
• And the electric propulsion component is a recharging-of-battery type scenario.
• Well, I'm saying other than fuel tax, we don't tax them for anything for the electrical component.
• The statutory component is mainly the main piece on it.
• The major components of the bill, as introduced, and the key change is reflected in the re-engrossed

Bills: HB214, HB217, HB514, HB593, HB618, HB732, HB908, HB961, HB1010

Keywords: property tax, blighted properties, urban rehabilitation, tax exemption, local government, financial incentives, blighted property, derelict property, property tax exemption, local redevelopment plans, rehabilitation standards, ad valorem tax, community development, senior citizens, homestead exemption, Louisiana Constitution, motor vehicles, local fees, transaction fees, funding

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• Before FY 26, the At-Risk Index had three separate components in one factor: student poverty, English
• We wouldn't be seeing those trends with different SEG components if there was just enough money in the
• Because the previous at-risk factors specifically were that combination of three different components
• What they're saying is that the SEG, without that at-risk component that they used to have, the SEG is
• reserves to just backfill that and make... everybody whole.