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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Cap Committee Meeting - 2025-04-23

Capital Investment

Transcript Highlights:
  • Bonding funds would be used to build out a five-acre.
  • We are here only to ask for this additional funding because we have exhausted other funding options available
  • funding to help fill the financial gap that we are encountering.
  • With funding?
  • I know we are not eligible for the federal funds.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Capital Investment Committee 4/23/25

Capital Investment

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c><00:03:16.560><c> capital</c> occasions, the state has funded capital occasions, the state has funded
  • </c> million bonding request to fund million bonding request to fund essential<00:05:13.919><c> capital
  • ,</c> in housing infrastructure bond funding, in housing infrastructure bond funding, multiplying<00:
  • If funding is received, last award.
  • Um, so please do fund us. Thank more. Um, so please do fund us.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

EEP Public Hearing - Tue Mar 24, 2026 @ 9:00 AM HST

Energy & Environmental Protection

Transcript Highlights:
  • In the last hearing, there was a reference to possible use of rural health transformation funds, and
  • But we also understand there might be those funds already allocated or identified for other resources
  • <01:00:51.440><c> and</c><01:00:51.839><c> we</c><01:00:52.400><c> would</c> health transformation funds
  • and we would health transformation funds and we would be<01:00:52.880><c> supportive</c><01:00:53.280
  • </c> collaboration of using different funding collaboration of using different funding sources<01:02:
Bills: SB3253 , SB3154 , SB3254
Summary: The committee on Energy and Environmental Protection heard a long series of resolutions focused largely on waste reduction, energy planning, and environmental protection. Early measures included HR 12/HCR 10 on a permanent landfill host benefits program for Honolulu, HCR 148/HCR 157 on a demolition waste reduction working group, and HR 184/HCR 194 on a mattress stewardship program working group. Testimony on these waste-related measures was generally supportive from environmental groups and some individuals, while the Department of Health supported the mattress stewardship proposal. The Department of Health also commented that a proposed study on recyclable/biodegradable/compostable labeling was very broad and would require additional resources to carry out effectively. The committee then took up several energy-related resolutions. HR 192/HCR 202 would create a task force on Hawaii’s future energy pathways, and HR 194/HCR 204 would ask the Public Utilities Commission to conduct a comprehensive analysis of cost reductions and financial risk. The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, the Hawaii State Energy Office, and the PUC offered support or comments on these measures, with environmental and industry groups also submitting testimony. Members questioned the Energy Office and PUC at length about errors in prior analyses, competitive bidding, and whether utility proposals could proceed through waiver processes; the PUC said any proposal would still be reviewed and that it generally prefers competitive bidding, while the Energy Office said some issues were being characterized differently and would follow up on waiver standards. Additional measures addressed data centers, liquefied natural gas, and utility oversight. HR 196/HCR 206 would convene a working group on the impacts of large data centers, and HR 197/HCR 207 would require conditions before the PUC approves LNG-related costs; testimony on LNG was split, with supporters urging caution and opponents arguing LNG should not be pursued. HR 193/HCR 2003 sought a written status update on implementation of the Hawaii Electric Reliability Administrator, and HR 191/HCR 201 and HR 33/HCR 33 dealt with sewage and wastewater issues, both drawing support from environmental and community groups. The committee also heard strong support for HR 141/HCR 149 on Red Hill remediation meetings and HR 190/HCR 200 on reassessing military PFAS cleanup decisions; the Board of Water Supply testified in support and described ongoing PFAS testing and concerns beyond Red Hill. The transcript ends as the committee moved into decision-making, with the chair indicating a recommendation to pass HR 12/HCR 10.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

EDU Public Hearing 03-20-2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • DOE unspent CIP<01:00:34.799><c> funds.</c> CIP funds. CIP funds. &gt;&gt; Unspent.
  • </c> funds. It's all spent. funds. It's all spent.
  • </c> agreement with where the funds are at. agreement with where the funds are at.
  • </c> funds is so astronomical. funds is so astronomical.
  • They just lapsed the funds.
Committee: Senate Education
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Capital Budget Feb 4th, 2026 at 04:00 pm

Capital Budget

Transcript Highlights:
  • The commission’s operating costs are funded through fees.
  • The commission’s operating costs are funded through fees earned on its programs, and it is not funded
  • The funds are not coming directly from our general fund or any of that.
  • We recognize that the program that this bill would fund would be funded out of the state broadband account
  • , but the legislature in the past has taken funding from the assistance account to fund the broadband
Bills: HB2273 , SB5188 , HB2353 , HB2420 , HB2470
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Appropriations Jan 28th, 2026 at 04:00 pm

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • The largest of the funds that they manage are the state pension funds, which comprise about $200 billion
  • Others include labor and industry funds, disability-related funds, and most recently the WA Cares funds
  • Funds Program about $3 billion.
  • They invest our GET Fund. They invest the DD Endowment Trust Fund.
  • I would counsel them to say yes, because I know that fund is going to be wanting to raise a new fund
Bills: HB2565 , HB1607 , HB2254 , HB2385 , HB2531 , HB2543
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Allowing the Texas Veterans Commission (TVC) to retain a portion of grant funds to cover administrative
  • to seven sites based on selection criteria, including factors such as land donations, operational funding
  • , federal grants, and grant funding requirements, with Texas being home to 1.5 million veterans. million
Bills: SB2007 , SB2104 , SB2543 , SB2545 , SB2926 , SB2938
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on County & Regional Government Apr 14th, 2025

S/C on County & Regional Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • Settlement funds could be used as an eligible expense to fund these types of programs.
  • federal matching funds.
  • Awarded funds.
  • how they did it, and what those funds were used for.
  • At previous funding levels, they don't have enough funding to even go after the most dangerous criminal
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on County and Regional Government Apr 14th, 2025

S/C on County & Regional Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • Those dollars could otherwise fund campus police partnerships, mental health counselors, or workforce
  • And under what funding could that be allocated?
  • This bill imposes on local enforcement and our local communities by directing funds and resources to
  • We have Daniela Hernandez registered for Workers Defense Action Fund and self-testifying against the
  • These agreements are not federally funded.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate SessionReading and Referral of Bills Mar 17th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Bills: SJR 4 , SCR 36 , SCR 37 , SCR 38 , SCR 39 , SCR 40 , SCR 41 , SCR 42 , SB 7 , SB 30 , SB 31 , SB 32 , SB 33 , SB 34 , SB 36 , SB 37 , SB 38 , SB 39 , SB 1851 , SB 1852 , SB 1853 , SB 1854 , SB 1855 , SB 1856 , SB 1857 , SB 1858 , SB 1860 , SB 1861 , SB 1862 , SB 1863 , SB 1864 , SB 1865 , SB 1866 , SB 1867 , SB 1868 , SB 1869 , SB 1870 , SB 1871 , SB 1872 , SB 1873 , SB 1874 , SB 1875 , SB 1876 , SB 1877 , SB 1878 , SB 1879 , SB 1880 , SB 1881 , SB 1882 , SB 1883 , SB 1884 , SB 1885 , SB 1886 , SB 1887 , SB 1888 , SB 1889 , SB 1890 , SB 1891 , SB 1892 , SB 1893 , SB 1894 , SB 1895 , SB 1896 , SB 1897 , SB 1898 , SB 1899 , SB 1900 , SB 1901 , SB 1903 , SB 1904 , SB 1905 , SB 1906 , SB 1907 , SB 1908 , SB 1909 , SB 1910 , SB 1911 , SB 1912 , SB 1913 , SB 1914 , SB 1915 , SB 1916 , SB 1917 , SB 1918 , SB 1919 , SB 1920 , SB 1921 , SB 1922 , SB 1923 , SB 1924 , SB 1925 , SB 1926 , SB 1927 , SB 1928 , SB 1929 , SB 1930 , SB 1931 , SB 1932 , SB 1933 , SB 1934 , SB 1935 , SB 1936 , SB 1937 , SB 1938 , SB 1939 , SB 1940 , SB 1941 , SB 1942 , SB 1943 , SB 1944 , SB 1945 , SB 1946 , SB 1947 , SB 1948 , SB 1949 , SB 1950 , SB 1951 , SB 1952 , SB 1953 , SB 1954 , SB 1955 , SB 1956 , SB 1957 , SB 1958 , SB 1959 , SB 1960 , SB 1961 , SB 1962 , SB 1963 , SB 1964 , SB 1965 , SB 1966 , SB 1967 , SB 1968 , SB 1969 , SB 1970 , SB 1971 , SB 1972 , SB 1973 , SB 1974 , SB 1975 , SB 1976 , SB 1977 , SB 1978 , SB 1979 , SB 1980 , SB 1981 , SB 1982 , SB 1983 , SB 1984 , SB 1985 , SB 1986 , SB 1987 , SB 1988 , SB 1989 , SB 1990 , SB 1991 , SB 1992 , SB 1993 , SB 1994 , SB 1995 , SB 1996 , SB 1997 , SB 1998 , SB 1999 , SB 2000 , SB 2001 , SB 2002 , SB 2003 , SB 2004 , SB 2005 , SB 2006 , SB 2007 , SB 2008 , SB 2009 , SB 2010 , SB 2011 , SB 2012 , SB 2013 , SB 2014 , SB 2015 , SB 2016 , SB 2017 , SB 2018 , SB 2019 , SB 2020 , SB 2021 , SB 2022 , SB 2023 , SB 2024 , SB 2025 , SB 2026 , SB 2027 , SB 2028 , SB 2029 , SB 2030 , SB 2031 , SB 2032 , SB 2033 , SB 2034 , SB 2035 , SB 2036 , SB 2037 , SB 2038 , SB 2039 , SB 2040 , SB 2041 , SB 2042 , SB 2043 , SB 2044 , SB 2045 , SB 2046 , SB 2047 , SB 2048 , SB 2049 , SB 2050 , SB 2051 , SB 2052 , SB 2053 , SB 2054 , SB 2055 , SB 2056 , SB 2057 , SB 2058 , SB 2059 , SB 2060
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Finance May 27th, 2026

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • And this bill also had funding already has funding in the bill for this money, right? Yes, sir.
  • Representative Marcel's bill related to local public defender funding.
  • House Bill 749 I bring to you today is funded. It is in HB1.
  • Most of this funding will be federal, as I understand. Thank you.
  • Most of this funding will be federal, as I understand.
Bills: HB198 , HB325 , HB488 , HB719 , HB749 , HB755 , HB797 , HB823 , HB1028 , HB1194 , HB1222
Committee: Senate Finance
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 3/26/26

Higher Education Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c><00:07:38.920><c> revenue</c><00:07:39.280><c> that</c> S- funded by state tax revenue that S- funded
  • </c> state-funded aid programs? state-funded aid programs? Representative<00:29:41.200><c> Schultz.
  • It would just back to the general fund.
  • Welcome to the Higher Education funds.
  • Thank you, Representative Hansen. saying that we can't give funds out to saying that we can't give funds
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee Jan 28th, 2026

Finance and Taxation Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • So, that's on the general fund side.
  • Back during the great recession, fund.
  • It seemed like it general fund side.
  • The general fund do have plan a plan.
  • They are funded with a $1,000 US They are funded with a $1,000 US Treasury<00:21:16.720><c> seed</c><
Bills: HB245 , SB16 , SB59 , SB62 , SB79 , SB88 , HB245 , SB16 , SB59 , SB62 , SB79 , SB88
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Mar 24th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • public funds.
  • Even if this is funded by private donations, what reporting is required so the public can see how funds
  • in the private sectors funded him to do that.
  • Currently, there is no funding attached to this bill.
  • How will the districts get their funding?
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Mar 24th, 2026 at 09:30 am

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senate Bill 1189 removes the pilot provision status of the school security fund, now allowing for the
  • We are we are Directing how these funds will be allocated based on the number of teachers at certain
  • Do we have a plan on how this is going to be funded without raising taxes?
  • That's coming from the general revenue fund. Thank you, Mr. President.
  • This body fully funds concurrent enrollment for all seniors and almost funds it for all juniors, which
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Mar 24th, 2026

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • public funds.
  • Even if this is funded by private donations, what reporting is required so the public can see how funds
  • , and it's all private funding.
  • My only concern is that it not eventually begin to be publicly funded instead of privately funded.
  • How will the districts get their funding?
Summary: The Senate began with a quorum call, a ceremonial recognition of two Elgin High School students, Clayton Raoul and Leon Anderson, and bus driver Kevin McDonald for their heroic actions during a March 2 bus crash. A citation was read honoring their selfless efforts to evacuate injured students and assist first responders. The chamber also introduced several student pages and recognized visiting groups in the gallery, including Impact Oklahoma and the Ardmore Leadership Group. The Senate then considered several bills. Senate Bill 1491, requiring appointed presidential electors to take the same oath as other electors, advanced and passed. Senate Bill 1579, which requires assessors to mail taxpayers a statement of rights when property valuations increase, also advanced and passed unanimously. Senate Bill 1806, extending foster care eligibility to age 21 for those who opt in and meet program requirements, drew supportive debate about helping youth transition to adulthood; it advanced and passed as an emergency measure. A lengthy debate followed on Senate Bill 1552, which would allow certain large counties to pursue home rule charters through a voter-approved process. Supporters argued it would give populous counties more flexibility and local control, while opponents raised concerns about unequal treatment, population-based governance, rural representation, and possible constitutional issues. The bill advanced and then passed 26-18. Senate Bill 483, authorizing county-run relocation assistance programs funded by private donations for voluntarily relocating individuals, especially homeless persons, also prompted extensive questions about liability, trafficking concerns, accountability, and whether it could shift people between jurisdictions; it advanced and passed 39-6. Finally, Senate Bill 63, raising school board member stipends from $25 to $190 per meeting under permissive language, advanced over concerns about cost and then moved to final passage, with debate beginning at the end of the transcript.