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ID
Transcript Highlights:
- Senate Joint Memorial 112, which deals with a constitutional amendment issue for a balanced federal budget
- We've got to get our arms around this and get a balanced budget somehow.
- Some of us are old enough to remember the last time we had a balanced budget on a federal level.
- constitutional amendment from Congress that we then, as states, can ratify, proposing a balanced budget
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
03/23/2026 - Senate Military Affairs and Border Security
Transcript Highlights:
- is it, because this is the way it reads, appropriation homeless veterans, so how is this overall budget
- Is it just on top of the normal general budget? How do we know?
- of the things that's really important to CASS that they do struggle with is that each year their budget
- So to be able to keep caseworkers, Their budget starts from zero.
Summary:
The Military Affairs and Border Security Committee heard two veterans-focused bills. HB 2960 would create a Veterans Specialty Court grant program and fund to help cities and counties start, expand, and improve veterans treatment courts, with the Administrative Office of the Courts overseeing best practices, data collection, and reporting. It would also require the Department of Corrections to identify incarcerated veterans and share monthly information with the Department of Veterans’ Services so veterans do not lose contact with benefits and support services. The sponsor and a veteran testifying in support described the bill as a way to address underlying issues such as PTSD, substance use, and reintegration challenges through diversion and treatment rather than punishment.
The committee also heard HB 2620, which would appropriate $300,000 annually from fiscal years 2027 through 2031 to the Arizona Department of Veterans’ Services for grants to large emergency shelters serving homeless veterans, including Central Arizona Shelter Services (CASS). Supporters said the funding would allow shelters to hire dedicated veteran case managers, provide flexible assistance, and move veterans more quickly into permanent housing. A CASS representative and a veteran who had stayed there testified in favor, describing the shelter’s veteran-specific services and the importance of stable, trauma-informed case management.
Both bills received strong support from committee members, many of whom spoke personally about veterans treatment courts and homelessness services. HB 2960 was approved on a 6-0 vote with one member not voting, and HB 2620 was also approved 6-0 with one member not voting, each receiving a do-pass recommendation.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm not sure what that means and how it affects the state budget. Representative Furman.
- There is no impact to the state budget at all.
- efficiently recently, About taxpayer dollars being spent more efficiently, I don't know that we have the budget
- Carl Perkins sends Idaho about $8 million, which is a small portion of our overall CTE budget, but it
Summary:
The committee first considered RS 33584, introduced by Representative Tanner. He said the proposal would remove a current Idaho Code requirement that constitutional amendments and initiatives be separated from the ballot by a page break or separate form, allowing them to be printed in the next available space and potentially saving counties money on ballot printing. Representative Scott moved to introduce the RS, and the motion carried without opposition.
The committee then heard RS 33633 from Representative Mitchell, a cleanup bill correcting election-related timelines from prior legislation. He said it would restore soil and water conservation districts to the same election schedule as other local offices, confirm mail-in ballot precinct timing at 45 days, and fix a canvassing deadline from 10 days to 9 days. Representative Scott asked about the odd-numbered November election timing, and Mitchell said it was intended to align with other elections. The motion to introduce the RS passed.
Next, Representative Furman presented RS 33656, which would require youth service organizations to check the state and national sex offender registries for adults working with children, with limited exceptions for short-term or one-time volunteers. He said it was meant to protect children and align with practices already used by some organizations and insurers. Questions focused on churches, vacation Bible school, and the fiscal note; Furman said churches already doing background checks would generally satisfy the requirement and that there was no state budget impact, though private organizations might incur small training costs. The motion to introduce the RS carried.
Finally, the committee debated RS 33683, a memorial supporting elimination of the U.S. Department of Education and greater state control over education. Representative Monks said the memorial reflected the governor’s office and the Trump administration’s agenda, and argued that education should be managed by the state without federal bureaucracy. Representative Church moved a substitute motion to introduce the memorial and hold a hearing, arguing the committee should examine the costs and practical effects of shifting federal responsibilities to the state. Several members discussed federal education mandates, special education, Title IX, and whether state bureaucracy would replace federal bureaucracy. The substitute motion to introduce RS 33683 passed, and the committee adjourned.
WA
Transcript Highlights:
- Thank you very much, Chair Callan, members of the Capital Budget Committee. My name is Marco Elias.
- I know your capital budget is like my transportation budget. It is under heavy stress.
- That fiscal note indicated an indeterminate budget impact on consumer-owned utilities related to expenses
Bills:
SB6313
Keywords:
Capitol Centennial Stewardship, funding, gifts, grants, donations, legislative support, 904, all
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Agriculture, Acequias And Water Resources Feb 12th, 2026 at 09:04 am
House Agriculture, Acequias And Water Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- The other factor to consider is that the state engineer's budget also includes some money from this fund
- million a year, just depending on how much LFC decides in any given year to put into their operating budget
- The other factor to consider is that the state engineer's budget also includes some money from this fund
- million a year, just depending on how much LFC decides in any given year to put into their operating budget
Bills:
SB193
Keywords:
SB193, acequia, community ditch, irrigation works construction fund, water infrastructure, ditch infrastructure, irrigation, New Mexico water law, agricultural water, farmers, Rio Grande, acequia association, forest land protection revolving fund, state fund transfer, irrigation projects, 996, all
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
Senate - Indian, Rural and Cultural Affairs Feb 10th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- So I know there's $20 million in the budget so far.
- Chair, I'd like to say yes, that we have $20 million in budget. Will it remain there?
- As we move forward, we kind of got some word late before budget talks where we were not able to go before
- I know you're going to ask if it's in the budget.
Summary:
The committee first considered Senate Bill 226, which would appropriate $50 million for continued cleanup of abandoned uranium mine sites. Supporters, including Navajo and Pueblo advocates and conservation groups, described serious health and environmental harms from unreclaimed mines and argued state funding is needed because federal cleanup has been insufficient. One witness representing uranium companies said prior state funding helped clean up four sites in McKinley County and that additional money would continue meaningful progress. After questions about land ownership, cleanup responsibility, and existing budget funding, the committee adopted a due pass motion and approved the bill on a 4-0 vote.
The committee then heard Senate Bill 242, which appropriates $3 million to CYFD’s Office of Tribal Affairs to contract for field liaisons to help ensure compliance with the New Mexico Indian Family Protection Act and the federal Indian Child Welfare Act. The sponsor offered and the committee approved a technical amendment changing the bill to authorize multiple liaisons. Tribal advocates and child welfare organizations supported the measure, saying CYFD needs more capacity and accountability in Indian child welfare cases. The bill passed unanimously on a 4-0 due pass vote.
Next was Senate Bill 249, an appropriation to support the Missing and Murdered Indigenous People Task Force and related work in the Attorney General’s office, including maintaining a portal and IT support. Supporters said sustained funding is needed for accountability, coordination, data collection, and justice for Indigenous families, and that the issue remains a critical public safety and sovereignty concern. The sponsor noted he would continue working to fit funding into the budget. The committee voted due pass 4-0.
Finally, Senator Campos presented Senate Bill 201, which would appropriate $1.5 million to the Cultural Affairs Department for rural library operations in FY27, with any unspent balance reverting to the general fund. He said the bill is intended to help additional rural libraries that qualify for grants and complements other library funding measures already considered. A Pueblo of Pojoaque lobbyist spoke in support, citing the bill’s importance to cultural integrity in northern New Mexico. The committee approved SB 201 on a 4-0 due pass vote and then recessed until the next meeting.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Appropriations and Finance Feb 3rd, 2026 at 03:06 pm
House Appropriations & Finance
Transcript Highlights:
- Working with the Budget director, we may have to Thank you, Mr.
- Is Is there a guardrail inside the budget that says that 150 million comes out if House Bill 8 doesn't
- That syncs up with what is in the budget, so those two match.
- In our budget, there is funding, and other members, there is funding to support continued tuition support
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Labor & Workplace Standards Feb 3rd, 2026 at 10:30 am
Labor & Workplace Standards
Transcript Highlights:
- And while we look at an operating budget of over $70 billion and say that is chump change, that is very
- But in this case, we find ourselves in a tough spot in the state budget.
- In this case, we find ourselves in a tough spot in the state budget.
- And as I've started to ask as a habit now, what these policies we pass will do for our state budget.
Keywords:
transparency, industrial insurance, insurance rate increases, financial disclosure, regulatory oversight, workers' compensation, medical care, healthcare access, employee rights, insurance coverage, security, regulation, employment standards, security guards, industry board, unemployment, electronic notices, compensation, digital communication, order processing
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Informational interview with Rep. Isaac Schultz (R-Elmdale Township) Dec 18th, 2025
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Beyond talking about helping make Minnesotans and Minnesota more affordable and helping family budgets
- Minnesota more affordable and helping Minnesota more affordable and helping family<00:04:11.840><c> budgets
- our</c><00:04:12.720><c> focus</c><00:04:13.040><c> really</c><00:04:13.280><c> needs</c> family budgets
- , our focus really needs family budgets, our focus really needs to<00:04:13.680><c> be</c><00:04:14.239
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Communications and Conveyance Committee Apr 9th, 2025
Communications and Conveyance
Transcript Highlights:
- I also want to thank the chair for bringing up this bill in budget earlier today.
- You know, when we were in the budget subcommittee today, there are lots of issues with life. line and
- While we have consistently raised these issues through legislative hearings and C&C see in the budget
- I think we've seen with the MMBI and the cast of conversations that we've had both in budget.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention - 04/03/25
Housing and Homelessness Prevention
Transcript Highlights:
- for putting I'm like already um for using whatever capacity you had to fight for us to get a bigger budget
- </c><00:03:06.159><c> get</c><00:03:06.239><c> a</c><00:03:06.400><c> bigger</c><00:03:06.640><c> budget
- </c> to fight for us to get a bigger budget. to fight for us to get a bigger budget.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- That is in the budget that they just passed last week.
- The whole That the loss of the DOE will blow in our budget is $14 billion.
- Here in Round Rock ISD we have, uh, one of the few districts that passed a balanced budget, but we got
- Nearly 90% of our budget goes directly to people, the teachers, the staff, and the support teams that
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee Mar 5th, 2025
Finance and Taxation Education
Transcript Highlights:
- Today, we're going to hear about TRS and PIP, and you'll see in the budget.
- You'll see in the budget some large increases for each.
- Don't come running to me at the end of March saying, "I wanted this," if you didn't put it in the budget
- And that's, you'll see that certainly in the budget.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- Now, our economy is strong in part because our spending and budget policies are sensible.
- In part because our spending and budget policies are sensible, we are actually spending less money in
- a gusher of revenue for local governments, and in many places throughout Florida, I've seen their budgets
- Oh, and if you can teach them up in Congress to handle the budget like we do down there, then you'll
Summary:
The Florida House and Senate met in joint session to open the 2025 legislative session, receiving the Florida Cabinet, the Florida Supreme Court, and then Governor Ron DeSantis. The session included a prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a motion to appoint a committee to notify the governor that the joint session was ready to receive his message. The committee was appointed, the governor was introduced, and the joint session recessed until his arrival.
In his address, Governor DeSantis highlighted Florida’s economic performance, low unemployment, business growth, tourism, and insurance reforms, and urged further action on property insurance, the My Safe Florida Home program, and tax relief. He also called for continued immigration enforcement, praised school choice and teacher pay initiatives, defended higher education reforms, and discussed Hope Florida, hurricane recovery, environmental restoration, and infrastructure. He specifically urged lawmakers to address petition fraud and the constitutional amendment process, condominium reform, and stronger Second Amendment protections.
The governor also reviewed prior legislative accomplishments, including tax cuts, parental rights and education measures, anti-DEI actions, law enforcement bonuses, and other conservative policy changes. He thanked legislative leaders and cabinet officials, encouraged continued cooperation over the next 60-day session, and closed by urging lawmakers to build on Florida’s record of productivity. After the governor departed, the joint session voted to dissolve.
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations Conference Committee/Budget Jun 13th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- outstanding implementing bill issues in the agriculture and natural resources and state administration budgets
- But I will say this will conclude the Budget Conference, the Conference Committee of Appropriations chairs
- But I will say this will conclude the Budget Conference, the Conference Committee of Appropriations,
Summary:
The final conference committee meeting of the Appropriations Chairs on June 13, 2025, focused on exchanging and explaining offers on several budget-related bills. The House presented offers on SB 2502 (statewide implementing bill), SB 2504 (state employees collective bargaining), HB 5015 (state group insurance and higher education implementing bill), and HB 7031 (sales tax reductions). House explanations covered implementing bill issues in agriculture/natural resources and state administration, collective bargaining language, state employee insurance, higher education provisions such as carry-forward spending for deferred maintenance, nursing-related programs, fee waivers, direct-support organizations, capital outlay procurement, and presidential compensation, and a broad tax package including elimination of the business rent tax and new or permanent sales tax holidays and exemptions. A representative of the Florida Association of Counties testified in support of reducing the business rent tax but urged the committee to preserve local option sales taxes for local infrastructure needs.
The Senate then presented offers on SB 7022 (retirement), SB 2506 (natural resources), the health and human services/health care implementing bill, and SB 2514. Senate explanations included maintaining positions on retirement language, a new land acquisition provision in SB 2506, modified language on I-Connect in the health care implementing bill, and proposed changes in SB 2514. After a brief recess, the Senate accepted the House offers on SB 2502, SB 2504, HB 5015, and HB 7031, and the House accepted the Senate offers on SB 7022, SB 2506, SB 2514, and the health and human services/health care implementing bill. The committee then adopted a motion allowing staff to make technical and conforming changes, and the meeting adjourned.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Children and Family Law (03/18/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- And I just like to add that interpretation of looking at the budget as looking at the budget of time
- </c><00:31:12.720><c> comes</c><00:31:13.039><c> out</c> how the budget comes out how the budget comes
- Uh, but it's also a budget year.
- Uh but it's also a budget year. issues. Uh but it's also a budget year.
- This is also a tight budget year.
Summary:
The committee opened with a brief update and prayer for Oscar, a person known to members, noting he was making slow but encouraging progress and awaiting transfer to rehab. The hearing then began on House Bill 518, which would require the commissioner of DHS to provide a detailed annual report of DCYF costs. Representative Erica Leyon, the sponsor, said the bill was intended to improve transparency, clarify how DCYF resources and shared services are used, and help future discussions about staffing, funding, and whether DCYF should remain within DHHS or become a separate department. She said the department could likely comply without additional cost and was open to adjusting the reporting date, with the department preferring December 31 instead of September 1.
Committee members and the DCYF director, Marie Nunan, discussed whether the bill was duplicative of existing reporting and whether it should also include federal funding mandates. Nunan said DCYF already has many policies and reports, but does not currently produce one consolidated DCYF-specific report in this form; she also said the department believed it had the capacity to file the report and was not taking a position on the bill. Several members questioned whether the measure was necessary, while others supported transparency but suggested the information was already available or could be obtained without legislation. In executive session, the committee voted 15-1 to retain HB 518, meaning it will not advance to the calendar at this time.
The committee then opened House Bill 775, sponsored by Representative Jod Nelson, concerning supervised visitation centers. Nelson introduced Dr. Scott Hampton, who testified that supervised visitation is important for child safety, domestic violence prevention, and family preservation. Hampton described the history of visitation centers in New Hampshire, saying funding cuts had reduced the number of centers over time and that prior legislation had failed due to budget reductions. He argued that supervised exchanges can reduce risks such as abuse, abduction, and homicide, and said the service can prevent harm without adding cost by avoiding more serious incidents. The hearing on HB 775 was still underway at the end of the transcript, with no vote or final action shown.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 3/12/25
Commerce Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Chair O'Driscoll said this is oftentimes built into budgets and is done on a biannual basis.
- Chair O'Driscoll said this is oftentimes built into budgets and is done on a biannual basis.
- Chair O'Driscoll said this is oftentimes built into budgets and is done on a biannual basis.
- They budget for that roof.
- <01:25:23.639><c> for</c><01:25:23.880><c> that</c><01:25:24.000><c> roof</c> budget for that roof budget
Keywords:
mortgage, qualified mortgage, QM, points and fees, conventional loan, consumer lending, home loan, residential real estate, lender fees, service charge, finance charge, closing costs, Minnesota Statutes 47.20, housing finance, borrower protections, cooperative apartment loan, contract for deed, real estate lending, foreclosure, notice requirements
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Labor and Employment Committee Jun 24th, 2026
Labor and Employment
Transcript Highlights:
- present SB 954, which provides thoughtful improvements to the CEQA exemptions passed through the Budget
- Last year, the Legislature passed Senate Bill 131 through the budget process, which created over a dozen
- I was one of those members who was very vocal during the budget process, so I’m glad to see that we’re
- And I voted on the budget with the understanding that we would come back and fix some of these issues
- trying to figure out how to balance this budget and we already see so many families hurt by HR 1 who
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- The Minnesota Management and Budget requested this change because ASI manages the property sites, but
- These maintenance requirements cut into the already limited budgets for student needs in the Minnesota
- </c><00:26:54.880><c> However,</c><00:26:55.360><c> the</c> the capital budget.
- However, the the capital budget.
- This is a budget-neutral change.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Hearing Budget Subcommittee No. 3 on Education Finance and Education Feb 10th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- The Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 3 on Education Finance and the Assembly Education Committee will
- once, so you'll get tired of hearing it: we are not here to discuss the proposal in the Governor's budget
- I'm pleased to be joining the Budget Subcommittee to hold this joint hearing.
- The Budget Subcommittee to hold this joint hearing.
- Again, We're not speaking about the proposal in the budget.
Summary:
The joint informational and oversight hearing focused on community schools in California, with members emphasizing that the purpose was to examine effectiveness, implementation, and sustainability rather than the Governor’s budget proposal. The California Department of Education described the California Community Schools Partnership Program, created in 2021 and funded with more than $4 billion, including planning, implementation, extension, and county coordination grants. Officials said nearly 2,500 schools are participating and highlighted the statewide technical assistance structure, including the State Transformational Assistance Center, eight regional centers, county offices, and CDE support.
Researchers from the Learning Policy Institute and UCLA presented early findings and implementation data. LPI reported reductions in chronic absenteeism and suspensions, along with gains in math and English language arts, with especially large benefits for Black students and other historically underserved groups. UCLA described the Annual Progress Report as a statewide improvement tool showing growth in capacity-building, shared decision-making, whole-child supports, and continuous improvement. Members asked about how the reports measure outcomes, how to interpret outliers, and how to distinguish community schools effects from other concurrent initiatives; presenters said matched comparison methods and deeper case-study work are being used, with additional statewide findings expected in June.
Panelists from Oakland Unified, LAUSD/UTLA, San Diego Unified, and advocacy organizations described key elements of success: integrated student supports, strong family and student engagement, collaborative leadership, community partnerships, and school-site decision-making. They gave examples such as wellness centers, dual enrollment, student senates, parent leadership, and community campaigns that built trust and increased participation. Members also raised concerns about sustainability, implementation fidelity, and whether community schools improve participation in LCAP processes. Presenters said major barriers include unclear early guidance, the need for a mindset shift away from top-down models, and uncertainty about long-term funding for coordinators and other staff. The panel’s recommendations centered on stable ongoing funding, stronger technical assistance, shared governance, and embedding community schools practices into district and county systems.