Transcript Highlights:

• House Bill 1648, budget process, bring forward sections relating to and provide for transfer of funds
• Uh, this is the transfer bill that creates the Gulf Coast Restoration Revolving Loan Program, especially
• This is the transfer bill that creates the various funds that will be utilized to handle some of the
• Senate Bill 2189, budget bring forward codes related sections related to and provide for transfers.
• Section five also just allows agencies that receive monies through the transfer fund to escalate their

Keywords: MS Senate Floor - 2 April, 2026; 10:00 AM, 925, all

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• Well, I just want to make sure that those that are transferred from District Court to Circuit Court for
• 41.880><c> are</c> transparency um for juveniles that are transparency um for juveniles that are transferred
• to Circuit Court in the transferred to Circuit Court in the event<00:08:45.040><c> of</c><00:08:45.519
• :18.600><c> are</c> want to make sure that those that are want to make sure that those that are transferred
• um from District Court to transferred um from District Court to Circuit<00:09:21.440><c> Court</c><00

Keywords: This meeting will take place upon Recess of the Senate Chambers. There is not an exact time for this meeting therefore a placeholder time for the live stream has been set for 1:00PM est. Roll Call - 00:03 Discussion on HB 508 – 00:34 Vote on HB 508 – 03:52 Discussion on 805 – 05:00 Vote on HB 805 -09:38, 958, all

Summary: The committee met with a quorum and first adopted a Senate committee substitute covering House Bills 718 and 194, then heard testimony on House Bill 508, House Bill 805, and the committee substitute for Senate Bill 111. HB 508 would let applicants for the Kentucky Employee Child Care Assistance Program view and download the required agreement and submit it by mail, email, or online, codifying a change the Cabinet for Health and Family Services had already agreed to make. The child-protection portion of the committee substitute would require animal control officers to receive training to identify child abuse and neglect, with the sponsor saying the training materials would be provided at no cost to local governments. For HB 805, the sponsor said the committee substitute mainly cleans up last year’s juvenile justice legislation, including changing “plaintiff” to “victim,” narrowing language on confidentiality of juvenile records when information is disclosed in a civil suit, and changing a status offender provision from mandatory to discretionary charging for escape when absent without leave from a DJJ facility. The bill also incorporates “Baby Maya’s Bill,” requiring the Cabinet to physically locate a child within a set time and, in certain cases involving prior removals, contact law enforcement if the child cannot be found. A committee member asked whether the changes would affect public access to records for juveniles transferred to circuit court on felony charges, and the sponsor said they would not. The committee then voted on HB 805 as amended by the committee substitute and passed it 7-0 with favorable expression. A title amendment was also adopted. After brief thanks and comments from members, the committee adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• There were no transfers that were acted on for 2026, so the current fiscal year.
• The shifting of the monies, or the transferring of the monies, from the general fund to the dedicated
• The Water Pollution Control Fund is the fund that the legislature transferred general fund monies to
• The water pollution control fund is the fund that the legislature transferred general fund monies to
• It does receive transfers from the general fund, and I can provide a little bit more detail as far as

Summary: The Joint Finance-Preparation Committee heard budget presentations for the Endowment Fund Investment Board, the Department of Lands, and the Department of Environmental Quality. Janet Jessup, Legislative Services analyst, reviewed each agency’s structure, funding sources, vacancies, and requested enhancements. For EFIB, she noted the board’s low operating costs and a small request for a laptop replacement. Chris Anton said the board kept costs very low and had no major budget increases beyond personnel costs. The Department of Lands discussion focused heavily on wildfire funding, staffing, and dedicated funds. Director Dustin Miller said 2025 was a record year for endowment income, but fire season was increasingly expensive and staffing pressures could affect the Eastern Idaho Forest Protective District and other fire programs. Members asked about the fire suppression deficiency fund, which Jessup explained is used only for active fires and can go negative, with any deficit later reconciled through supplemental action. Miller also described House Bill 511, which would raise the structure surcharge cap for fire preparedness funding, and House Bill 226-related fund shifts moving 1.25 FTP and $160,000 from the abandoned mine lands fund to the navigable waterways program. For DEQ, Jessup and Director Jess Byrne discussed the agency’s staffing shortages, backlog in permits, water quality monitoring, and funding structure. Byrne said targeted pay increases had reduced turnover and vacancies, but the agency still had fewer core staff than 25 years ago and faced permit backlogs and reduced monitoring, including for harmful algal blooms. He also explained that the Drinking Water Loan Fund is a revolving federal-state match loan program whose balance has grown because projects are reimbursed over time, not because demand is absent. Byrne said DEQ is considering fee increases, especially in air quality and drinking water, to reduce reliance on general funds. The committee took no formal votes or other actions and adjourned, announcing future budget hearings for the Department of Administration and the Permanent Building Fund.

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• evidence to support an attempt to transfer to a person under the age of 18.
• The actual elements of the crime are: the defendant transferred, caused a transfer of, or attempted to
• transfer the substance, whatever it is, to the named transferee.
• Just like when you transfer alcohol to a minor, There that they needed to know.
• Just like when you transfer alcohol to a minor, you have to know that the minor is not of age.

Bills: HB99 , HB38 , HB165 , HB127 , HB72 , HB151 , SB40 , SB104 , SB136 , SB164

Committee: House House Judiciary

Keywords: medical malpractice, malpractice reform, patient's compensation fund, PCF, health care liability, tort reform, damage caps, punitive damages, hospital liability, physician liability, nurse practitioner, certified nurse-midwife, outpatient facility, ambulatory surgical center, urgent care, free-standing emergency room, insurance surcharge, superintendent of insurance, New Mexico hospitals, medical review process

Transcript Highlights:

• evidence to support an attempt to transfer to a person under the age of 18.
• The actual elements of the crime are: the defendant transferred, caused a transfer of, or attempted to
• transfer the substance, whatever it is, to the named transferee.
• Just like when you transfer alcohol to a minor, ...there that they needed to know.
• Just like when you transfer alcohol to a minor, you have to know that the minor is not of age.

Bills: HB99 , HB38 , HB165 , HB127 , HB72 , HB151 , SB40 , SB104 , SB136 , SB164

Committee: House House Judiciary

Keywords: medical malpractice, malpractice reform, patient's compensation fund, PCF, health care liability, tort reform, damage caps, punitive damages, hospital liability, physician liability, nurse practitioner, certified nurse-midwife, outpatient facility, ambulatory surgical center, urgent care, free-standing emergency room, insurance surcharge, superintendent of insurance, New Mexico hospitals, medical review process

Summary: The committee heard House Bill 38, which would require insurance coverage for specialized wheelchairs, activity chairs, and related mobility devices for people with limb loss or other disabilities, with guardrails limiting the number of covered devices over time. The sponsor and supporters, including the Office of Superintendent of Insurance, Disability Rights New Mexico, the Disability Coalition, physical therapists, and disability advocates, said the bill would improve access, inclusion, and physical activity without significant premium impact. Questions focused on the substitute language, the device limits, and how Medicaid would handle coverage separately. The committee ultimately passed the House Health and Human Services Committee substitute for HB 38 on a 10-0 vote. The committee then approved House Bill 165, which expands the C-PACE financing program to businesses using industrial revenue bonds and clarifies that counties and municipalities are not liable for payments. Support came from economic development and business groups, who said the bill would remove a barrier to energy- and water-efficiency upgrades and encourage investment. The bill passed on a 10-0 vote. House Bill 127 also passed unanimously after discussion of its three parts: a provisional licensure pathway for internationally trained physicians, a telehealth registry for out-of-state providers, and changes to expedited licensure. Supporters said it would help address provider shortages, especially in rural and underserved areas, while the sponsor explained that the amended version includes safeguards such as exam requirements, supervised practice, and a provisional-to-restricted-to-full licensure path. The committee voted 11-0 to advance the bill. House Bill 72, which would increase penalties for distributing certain controlled substances, including methamphetamine, to minors, drew strong support from law enforcement and the chamber of commerce but significant concern from the Public Defender and several members over strict liability, mandatory sentencing, and the breadth of the penalty. After debate over whether the bill could reach low-level or peer-to-peer conduct and whether the penalty was proportionate, the committee voted to table the bill by a 6-4 vote. The committee then took up House Bill 151, a revised childhood sexual abuse statute of limitations bill. The sponsor presented a committee substitute that changed commission appointments, added reporting and solvency-related provisions, and adjusted procedures for compensation and appeals. Members raised concerns about parity, definitions, administrative costs, and how awards would be determined, but the committee approved the committee substitute on a 7-0 vote.

Transcript Highlights:

• And this is a transfer on event...
• And this is a transfer on event regarding stadiums catering where they can transfer alcohol from one.
• it or not, at the end of the football season, the alcohol has to be destroyed instead of being transferred
• Airplanes that come in, if they're going to be transferred from, say, Delta to To Southwest, everything
• Right now, some of these warranties don't transfer if the home is sold.

Bills: HB1

Committee: Senate Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development

Keywords: DUI, driving under the influence, ignition interlock, interlock device, driver license suspension, restricted license, motor vehicle, alcohol offense, first offense, repeat offender, blood alcohol concentration, BAC, license revocation, Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency, ALEA, public safety, traffic safety, chemical dependency, substance abuse, court referral program

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• On lines 31 and 32, we have the transfer in of some positions from the Department of Commerce and three
• million in state fraud and financial crime. $1.8 million you see on line 31. $1,100,000 is being transferred
• On line 177, Madam Chair, we have the annual transfer in statute to the Community Justice Account of
• It's again, mostly conforming changes that are related to the transfer of the Commerce Fraud Bureau to
• This transfer has already taken place.

Committee: House Public Safety Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:

• That's not the line item transfer, because I do have, I'll be very honest, it's a little bit of an issue
• the amount in those two, unless, and I think we'll be discussing some limitations on the line item transfer
• Section 22 is the line item transfer. Last time, how much did we allow in the line item transfer?
• Last time, how much did we allow in the line item transfer? It was 12, 30? It wasn't very much.
• have the capital assets in a bucket, we still can identify the capital assets, and the line item transfer

Committee: Senate Appropriations - Education and Environment Division

Keywords: 908, all

Summary: The committee first returned to the A&E/Water Resources budget and walked through the bill section by section, agreeing to keep some routine items and remove or defer others. Members accepted Section 4 with language to allow additional Resources Trust Fund revenues and requested federal funds, while Sections 5, 6, 7, 10, and 17 were taken out for now. They also discussed Section 12’s Bank of North Dakota line of credit for the water infrastructure revolving loan fund, Section 14’s federal funding for the biotreatment plant, Section 20’s study language on water governance and finance, Section 22’s line-item transfer limits, and Section 23’s carryover language. Several members raised concerns about the size and flexibility of available funds, the need for a project stabilization fund, and whether some projects—especially Southwest water—should be studied again. No final votes were taken, and the chair said the committee would return to the budget later after more numbers were known. The committee then moved to the Historical Society budget, where members reviewed a series of one-time funding changes. The $500,000 NAGPRA grant was removed from the budget because it is tied to separate legislation. For the military gallery expansion, the committee reduced SIF funding by $5 million and split another $4.2 million request between SIF and donations. The Medora area planning amount was reduced, local grants were reworked with matching requirements and a cap on awards, Fargo’s request was reduced, the Medora transportation improvement grant was removed, and the America’s 250th celebration funding was increased to $1 million. Members also discussed adding language giving the North Dakota National Guard military gallery primacy on signage and allowing the Adjutant General to manage content. The chair and members indicated the Historical Society budget amendments would be drafted and brought back, with the goal of finishing them by Friday if possible. The committee also noted upcoming hearings on related bills, including 1603, and said the budget work would likely go to conference committee because several funding and matching issues remained unresolved. No formal votes were taken in this portion either, and the meeting adjourned with plans to reconvene the next day.

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• There are two also transfers.
• So, between the appropriations and the transfers, there's $39 million of RDA spending in this bill.
• </c><00:13:58.760><c> These</c><00:13:58.920><c> are</c> &gt;&gt; There are two also transfers.
• These are &gt;&gt; There are two also transfers.
• ,</c> the appropriations and the transfers, the appropriations and the transfers, there's<00:14:29.240

Committee: Senate Finance

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• It says partial because the agreement was to only give transfer authority between the department and
• </c><00:16:03.519><c> authority</c><00:16:04.199><c> between</c><00:16:05.199><c> the</c> uh transfer
• The last item is line 736, where we are reducing the department's base for transfer items back to the
• At the bottom of page 24, on line 1081, is a provision that came up in the working group to transfer
• transfer transfer um<00:26:03.919><c> $23</c><00:26:04.480><c> million</c><00:26:05.200><c> in</c><00

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I will note on line 15 the pre-weatherization workforce training that is now under a transfer.
• So that is now under a transfer. I'll go through that later.
• </c> transferred to them two years ago. transferred to them two years ago.
• And then the transfer reduction on line 141 shows a negative $4 million.
• There's a one-time transfer of line 95.

Bills: HF2438

Committee: Senate Finance

Keywords: transportation finance, transportation policy, MnDOT, Minnesota Department of Transportation, Department of Public Safety, Metropolitan Council, highway funding, trunk highway fund, county state-aid highway fund, municipal state-aid street fund, state aid roads, local roads, bridge funding, road construction, transit funding, passenger rail, freight rail, aviation, airport development, safe routes to school

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• focuses on Windward Oʻahu because that's where most of the marine debris comes, but we've also done illegal
• focuses on Windward Oʻahu because that's where most of the marine debris comes, but we've also done illegal
• It takes many forms, including unpaid overtime, minimum wage violations, and illegal deductions.
• unpaid overtime minimum<03:08:27.399><c> wage</c><03:08:27.760><c> violations</c><03:08:28.600><c> illegal
• </c> minimum wage violations illegal minimum wage violations illegal deductions<03:08:30.279><c> and<

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The joint Ways and Means and Finance informational briefing on grants and aids was held February 14 and was organized as a high-volume public testimony session with strict procedures: no Q&A, one representative per applicant, one minute per testimony, in-person testimony first, and then Zoom participants. The chairs also announced a recess at 11:00 a.m. for floor sessions and a reconvening at 1:00 p.m. Testimony was heard first from neighbor island applicants, then Oʻahu applicants, with members repeatedly directing speakers to line up and keep remarks brief. Neighbor island testimony focused on a wide range of capital and operating requests. Health and community projects included Hawaii Island Community Health Center’s workforce housing in Kau, Wuli Hawaiian Homestead Association’s learning center and predevelopment work, Rescue Tube Foundation’s beach rescue tube expansion, Puna Community Medical Center’s planned hospital/ER campus, Maui Humane Society’s free veterinary care after the wildfires, Hawaiʻi Care Choices’ palliative care readiness, and the Lyman Museum’s HVAC replacement. Other requests included the Maui Advanced Manufacturing Alliance’s Pāʻia Mill redevelopment, Laua 2020’s preschool and learning lab, Mālama Aina’s USDA-compliant meat processing facility, the Hawaiian Lifeguard Association’s water safety programs, Kaha P Organization’s agriculture education support, Ohana Arts’ youth performance project, Friends of the Children’s Justice Center’s emergency closet, EOA Pacific’s Marshall Islands teacher training, and the Central Pacific Youth Athletic Club’s new facility. Oʻahu testimony included the YWCA Oʻahu/Pythink Center’s renovation of Juliet M. Atherton Hall and its community kitchen, West Oʻahu Community Health Center’s wildfire protection and security needs, the Early School’s playground improvements, Surfing the Nations’ food distribution center expansion, and Sounding Joy Music Therapy’s weekly services for people with disabilities. Speakers generally emphasized community benefit, workforce development, health access, food security, disaster recovery, and support for children, seniors, and underserved populations. No votes or formal committee actions were taken during the briefing.

Transcript Highlights:

• And then on row 133 and beyond, you have your other state funds and interagency transfers, and that section
• In a later section, but overall, a transfer of $52.2 million from the general fund to PERF.
• at 52.2 million. in a later section, but overall, a transfer at $52.2 million from the general fund
• So if you remember, if you flip back to row 87, you'll see that $52.2 million transfer is marked Public
• And then, if you turn the page, these are very standard transfers.

Summary: The committee first heard a detailed staff presentation on the LESC FY27 public school support recommendation. Staff reviewed the budget structure and explained that, despite a downward revision in state revenue estimates, the recommendation still relied on recurring and non-recurring revenue to support educator compensation, insurance, transportation, literacy, math, special education, and other school programs. Major recurring items included a 3% compensation increase, funding for an 80-20 health insurance cost share, insurance premium growth, and transportation adequacy funding. Staff also flagged a possible supplemental need of up to $35 million for virtual education tied to rapid enrollment growth in Chama and Santa Rosa, and members raised concerns about the quality, accountability, and funding model for virtual programs. Members asked questions about transportation for rural districts, the Martinez-Yazzie lawsuit fees, the treatment of enrollment declines in the school funding formula, and whether the word “average” in salary language should remain in the budget. Staff explained that the SEG should remain whole, that the insurance and transportation recommendations applied to all public school employees but not contractors, and that the budget included multiple math-related investments spread across several lines rather than one single appropriation. There was also discussion of out-of-school learning grants, school meals, literacy center operations, special education training, and the Public Education Reform Fund, including the use of multi-year, evaluation-based appropriations for high-impact tutoring and community schools. After discussion, the committee adopted the LESC budget recommendation. The committee then moved to endorsed legislation proposals. It endorsed a bill allowing the secretary to suspend an individual school board member, with notice and appeal procedures clarified, and a bill creating an 80-20 health insurance cost-share requirement for public school employees, along with a study of the sustainability of public school insurance programs. It also endorsed a bill on attendance provisions for students with severe medical conditions, which would keep those students from being classified as excessively absent. Finally, the committee discussed a teacher residency bill that would raise stipend levels, allow residents to complete service anywhere in New Mexico, and remove the requirement that sponsoring schools must hire them, though the bill did not include an appropriation. Members also raised questions about bilingual, Hispanic, and Black education funding, cultural and linguistic supports in teacher preparation, and where various programs should be placed in the budget or PERF framework.

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• Senate File 51, transferable landowner hunting licenses requirements, sponsor Agriculture.
• Senate File 51, transferable landowner hunting licenses requirements.
• Senate File 51, transferable landowner hunting licenses requirements.
• to transfer you had to operate a farming or ranching operation within the state.
• transfer transfer a<01:45:59.119><c> maximum</c><01:45:59.520><c> of</c><01:45:59.760><c> two</c><01

Keywords: 916, all

Transcript Highlights:

• And then we push that out as tech transfer as well.
• But once it's financed, it transfers to the university.
• Just a question on the transfers. That's interesting.
• Just a question on the transfers. That's interesting.
• These credits already can transfer.

Keywords: 908, all

Summary: The committee first reviewed the 2024-25 tuition waiver report for the North Dakota University System. Staff explained that waivers were reported for degree-seeking students and broken out by residency, institution, and waiver type. Members asked about partial versus full waivers, institutional discretion, athletic waivers, and whether campuses have published guardrails or transparency requirements. Staff said most waivers are set by institutions, with some statutory and board-required categories, and that athletic waivers are a small share of total waiver dollars. The report showed total gross tuition of $354.5 million, tuition waived of $38.9 million, and 11,193 of 42,040 students receiving some waiver. Members also discussed how waivers affect net tuition revenue, housing and food collections, and whether campuses are using waivers strategically compared with scholarships and other funding sources. The committee then heard a presentation on tuition rates by campus and State Board policy. Staff explained the board’s tuition factors for resident, Minnesota reciprocity, contiguous-state/U.S. nonresident, and international students, and noted that campuses often seek exceptions based on program-specific competition and enrollment goals. Members asked whether rates are based on cost or competition, and staff said campuses typically bring forward estimates and market comparisons when requesting special rates. The presentation also reviewed general fund appropriations versus net tuition revenue by campus, and members discussed how local tuition decisions and waivers do not directly affect the state funding formula, though they do affect institutional revenue and reserves. Questions were also raised about the Higher Learning Commission’s financial composite indicator and how it differs from the more intuitive reserve and revenue figures. The committee next received a broad overview of non-higher-education entities affiliated with the State Board of Higher Education, beginning with NDSU agriculture-related units. Dr. Greg Lardy described the State Board of Agricultural Research and Education, the NDSU Extension Service, the Agricultural Experiment Station, and the branch research centers, emphasizing their statewide role in crop and livestock research, extension education, and county-based outreach. He outlined funding mixes for extension, the experiment station, and branch stations, noting that grants and contracts support both research and education, while the agronomy seed farm is self-funded through seed sales. Members asked about the new and vacant FTE pool, R1 research status, matching requirements for grants, and whether state appropriations count toward research expenditures. Dr. Lardy also highlighted major research impacts, including crop varieties, virtual fencing, AI-assisted weed control, and NDAWN weather data. The Northern Crops Institute and the Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute also presented. NCI described its role in market development, technical services, and education for regional agriculture, its governance through the Northern Crops Council, and its funding from state appropriations, other states, and earned revenue. Members asked about the source of out-of-state funding, intellectual property, and the institute’s international reach. UGPTI then outlined its transportation research, federal and state funding structure, and work on road and bridge condition assessments, travel demand modeling, and workforce training. No votes were taken during the portion of the meeting reflected in the transcript.

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• tax revenues, reducing the amount of money that would be transferred and preventing additional transfers
• The transfer mechanism...
• transfer.
• If there's not a transfer, in other words, it stays in general revenue, does that cut off the transfer
• So the transfer—or is it transfer into general revenue?

Bills: SB 1

Committee: Senate Finance

Keywords: campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards

Summary: The Senate Finance Committee held its first hearing of the 89th regular session, adopted nearly identical committee rules from the previous legislature by a 15-0 vote, and began review of Senate Bill 1, the state budget for fiscal years 2026-27. Chair Huffman outlined the budget framework, emphasizing conservative spending, a $332.9 billion all-funds budget, and major priorities including property tax relief, public education, border security, health and human services, transportation, energy, and water infrastructure. She also introduced committee and leadership staff and described the hearing schedule and public testimony procedures. Comptroller Glenn Hager presented the biennial revenue estimate, saying the state has $194.6 billion available for general-purpose spending, including a $23.8 billion ending balance, but warned that revenue growth is returning to more normal levels and that lawmakers should avoid using temporary spikes for ongoing commitments. Senators questioned him extensively about the Economic Stabilization Fund cap, sales tax trends, inflation, and whether the state should consider raising the cap or using severance-tax revenues differently. Hager said the Rainy Day Fund is expected to hit its cap, which would leave more severance-tax revenue in general revenue, and he stressed that infrastructure needs remain significant. The Legislative Budget Board then gave a detailed overview of SB 1 and the budget’s major components. LBB staff explained that the bill includes continued funding for the Foundation School Program, $850 million for the Texas State Technical College endowment, $1.3 billion for the Texas University Fund, $6.5 billion for border security, salary increases for correctional officers and state troopers, $3 billion for dementia research, higher community attendant wages, expanded community-based care, $5 billion for the Texas Energy Fund, and funding to clear volunteer fire department grant backlogs. They also outlined supplemental priorities such as water infrastructure, retirement legacy payments, rail grade separations, wildfire aircraft, and emergency facilities, and said the current controlling budget limit is the tax spending limit. A major portion of the hearing focused on property tax relief. LBB explained that prior-session relief grew from an expected $18 billion to $22.7 billion because of higher-than-anticipated property values and interactions among hold-harmless provisions, and that SB 1 continues and expands relief with $51 billion in total property tax relief, including $3 billion more for compression, $3 billion to raise the homestead exemption from $100,000 to $140,000, and a $500 million placeholder for business tax relief. Senators discussed the automatic nature of some of these costs, the effect of the non-homestead circuit breaker, the role of federal COVID funds, and the need to maintain school finance commitments if the state continues to compress school tax rates.

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• Hearing none, the title was approved, and the bill will be transferred to the Senate.
• The bill will be transferred to the Senate. The House then took up House Bill 608.
• The bill will be transferred to the Senate. House Bill 608 has passed the House.
• The bill will be transferred to the Senate. House Bill 636 has passed the House.
• The bill will be transferred to the Senate. District 22. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Summary: The House convened with 61 members present, approved the House Journal, and received several committee reports and messages from the Senate. Committee actions included printing and referral of multiple bills and memorials, and the filing of House Joint Memorial 10 with the Secretary of State. The House also introduced a number of new measures, including bills on child care licensing, foster care, administration services to cities, elections, sex crimes, education certificates, and a constitutional amendment on state-owned land. On the floor, the House considered and passed House Bill 501, which requires petition signature gatherers to disclose on their name tags who is paying them if they are compensated. Members also passed House Bill 558, codifying protections for foster youth survivor benefits, House Bill 608, clarifying the school district facilities fund and repayment rules, and House Bill 636, allowing school district facility funds to be used for lease-purchase arrangements. Each of these bills passed by voice or recorded vote with no title corrections. The House also passed House Resolution 21, related to Transportation Department rules and preserving a manual backup process for electronic registration, and House Resolution 22, which approved Education Committee rules. House Joint Memorial 12 was held on the third reading calendar for one legislative day, and House Joint Memorials 9 and 11 were enrolled and sent for signatures. The session ended with announcements and adjournment until 10:30 a.m. the next day.

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• The bottom two transferred from the Department of Education: Early Childhood Health and Developmental
• of custody to a relative um transfer of custody to a relative um financial<00:37:37.440><c> support<
• We just want to make sure that everybody is very clear about exactly who's being transferred and who
• We just want to make sure that everybody is very clear about exactly who's being transferred and who
• Clear about exactly who's being transferred and who is not. So that's the A30 amendment.

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• of unexpended information the transfer of unexpended information technology<00:27:30.080><c> annual<
• </c> connection therewith transferring connection therewith transferring unspent<00:27:54.080><c> money
• And there will be no reporting requirements on the cash fund that was created to transfer these funds
• And there will be no reporting requirements on the cash fund that was created to transfer these funds
• </c> pay attention to this, it's a transfer pay attention to this, it's a transfer from<01:09:45.880>

Keywords: 981, all

Transcript Highlights:

• And then on line seven, you see a line for transfers in or transfers out to other programs.
• On line nine, what you see in the governor's budget is $106.7 million of cash transferred back into the
• With the total percentages there, does that include any transfers, or is that separate? Mr. Bibi.
• Include any transfers, or is that separate? Mr. Bybee, Mr.
• And at a different time, do we have a chart that lists true growth with all the transfers as well in

Summary: The House Revenue and Taxation Committee met on January 22, 2012, for budget briefings from Legislative Services Office staff. Keith Bybee gave an overview of Idaho’s general fund structural balance, explaining that recent revenue projections for FY 2026-2028 still show pressure on the budget if spending continues to grow at historical rates. He reviewed how prior surpluses were used for stabilization funds, transportation, building projects, and other one-time investments, and noted major budget drivers such as Medicaid expansion, the state public defender system, and water-related spending. He also walked through the state’s cash position, explaining beginning balances, reappropriations, carryforwards, reversions, and the governor’s proposed use of cash transfers and temporary spending reductions to help balance the budget. Members asked questions about whether JFAC discusses raising revenues versus cutting spending, whether the figures were inflation-adjusted, and how sales tax exemptions affect the overall picture. Bybee said the charts were nominal, not inflation-adjusted, and estimated sales tax exemptions and exclusions at about $2 billion, with current collections around $3.3 billion. He also addressed contract inflation and health insurance costs, saying health care growth is driven more by actual program costs than contract terms. The committee then discussed the federal One Big Beautiful Bill Act and Idaho tax conformity, with Bybee summarizing Tax Commission estimates for provisions such as the standard deduction, overtime, tips, senior deductions, car loan interest, and research and experimentation expensing; members also raised questions about bonus depreciation and the possible budget impact of conforming to federal changes. Christopher LaHocet then demonstrated LSO budget and revenue tools available online, including the general fund budget monitor, daily updates, the budget book, sales tax distribution tables, and the base budget dashboard. He explained that these resources help track revenue performance, legislative budget actions, and the buildup of agency base budgets over time. No votes were taken, and the committee adjourned after announcing a follow-up RS hearing on tax conformity for the next morning.