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MN
Transcript Highlights:
- The governor’s budget recommendations include a lot of changes in the behavioral health space.
- The governor's<00:15:14.240><c> budget</c><00:15:14.639><c> recommendations</c> governor's budget recommendations
- I do think the governor has very prescriptive recommendations in the budget.
- We encourage the legislature to remove this budget item from this policy bill and reject the proposal
- </c><00:30:19.679><c> item</c> legislature to remove this budget item legislature to remove this budget
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
CAA Info Briefing - Thu May 22, 2025 @ 10:00 AM HST
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> construction budgets to public art. construction budgets to public art.
- So this is our current budget for FY 25. What we do have are basically three big budgets.
- </c> so so this is our current budget so so this is our current budget um<00:32:51.679><c> for</c> um
- Um we have the works three big budgets.
- We all work within our budgets.
Summary:
The Committee on Culture and the Arts held an informational briefing on May 22 with the Hawaii Arts Alliance, the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts (SFCA), and the King Kamehameha Celebration Commission. Chair Capella said the purpose was to better understand the organizations’ work and strengthen relationships ahead of the interim and next session. The Hawaii Arts Alliance, led by Executive Director Gay Humphrey, described its mission to enrich Hawaii’s cultural fabric through arts education, advocacy, and community engagement, and highlighted its history tied to Alfred Price, including the creation of Hawaii’s 1% for art law and the alliance’s 45 years of service.
The alliance outlined its current work, including administering SFCA-funded statewide programs such as Artist in the Schools and the new folk and traditional arts program, with 34 teaching partners serving more than 100 public and charter schools and Kumu Hawaii as the single grantee for traditional weaving instruction. It also discussed Arts First Partners, the incubation of Arts at Mark’s Garage, expanded advocacy efforts supported by Creative West grants, and new multi-year philanthropic support from the Hawaii Community Foundation and Atherton Family Foundation. The alliance said it is launching statewide listening sessions and an arts advocacy training program, and noted that most SFCA funds pass through the alliance to program partners, with the organization retaining 10 to 14 percent for administration.
SFCA Executive Director Karen Ewald then described the agency’s role as the state arts agency, its strategic planning process, and its main programs, including Art in Public Places, the Capital Modern museum, Artist in the Schools, apprentice mentoring grants, community arts grants, the Hawaii State Poet Laureate program, a statewide cultural extension program, and the Hawaii Open Arts Program. She said SFCA has 21 staff with one vacancy, is awaiting a federal NEA partnership agreement, and is considering new revenue streams such as a cultural trust. She also noted that the King Kamehameha Celebration Commission was recently attached to SFCA, which has improved coordination and allows SFCA to provide funding for conservation and upkeep of the King Kamehameha statues statewide. No votes were taken; the meeting was informational only, with questions deferred until after the presentations.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 2/19/25
Public Safety Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Not to say that I necessarily support this in the end, given the budget situation, so we'll just have
- Not to say that I necessarily support this in the end, given the budget situation, so we'll just have
- We always try to do as much as we can to keep our budgets low and keep taxes down.
- Representative Stier, you run a smaller agency, and what's your average budget per year for training?
- So depending on what year the budget cycle falls on, uh, the training budget is typically gone right
ID
Idaho 2026 Regular Session
Agenda Mar 16th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- there wouldn't be funding for all the programs, are we talking about the ones that are on the base budget
- Are we talking about the ones that are on the base budget too?
- position of not being able to use those dollars specifically for peer supports, as that is a larger budget
Summary:
The committee met to discuss funding for behavioral health programs, focusing on the ACT program and peer support, while noting that Healthy Connections was not part of the day’s agenda. Members reviewed a green handout containing a mission statement intended to inform a future policy bill, and the chair explained that the committee was looking at one-time funding rather than ongoing support. The discussion centered on the Millennium Fund balance, the restoration of programs that had been cut for lack of statutory authority, and the need to bridge funding for 2026 and 2027.
The chair outlined a request for $6 million from the Millennium Fund and $5.8 million from the opioid settlement fund, with the understanding that if the opioid settlement money did not materialize, the Millennium Fund appropriation would not fully proceed as planned. Several members supported prioritizing the ACT program if the full package could not be funded, and one member emphasized the urgency because of overdose deaths in the state. Another member asked whether the funds were one-time, and staff confirmed that they were.
Representative Green moved to support the 2027 request for $6 million in one-time Millennium Fund money, with intent language to prioritize ACT if the opioid settlement funds were unavailable; Senator Ward Engelking seconded and supported the motion. Senator Semmelroth raised a follow-up question about whether leftover funds would go to peer support if opioid dollars were not available, but the Medicaid director cautioned that peer support is a larger Medicaid entitlement item and could create funding complications if not fully covered. The chair then asked members to review the policy language and provide input later, indicating the committee would continue working on a policy bill.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget Feb 17th, 2026 at 04:30 pm
Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget
Transcript Highlights:
- House Bill 2786 is supplemental funding for the Department of Mental Health to close out their 2025 budget
- We will now adjourn Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget. Thank you, members.
- We will now adjourn Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget.
NY
Transcript Highlights:
- And it is something that has been top of mind, both in the governor's executive budget and at every kitchen
- And it is something that has been top of mind, both in the governor, the executive budget, but at every
- With that being said, Joe, in the governor of the executive budget, but at every kitchen table.
Summary:
The Senate Standing Committee on Insurance held its first meeting of the year on February 3, 2026, chaired by Senator Jamaal Bailey. The chair opened with introductions of committee members, staff, and guests from the Mount Vernon Youth Bureau’s Youth and Community Advisory Council, emphasizing the importance of bringing young people into the legislative process. Senator Pamela Helming, the ranking member, also offered opening remarks focused on affordability in insurance, especially health care premiums and property/casualty costs, and said she would be advancing a bill requiring fiscal notes for health care premium legislation.
The committee then acted on five bills. Senate Print 1763A (Fernandez), concerning certain cost-sharing fees for outpatient and substance abuse treatment, was moved and referred to the Finance Committee. Senate Print 2644 (Addabbo), prohibiting retrospective denial of payment for substance use disorder treatment services, was reported to the floor without recommendation. Senate Print 3820B (Rivera), requiring health insurance coverage for anesthesia for the full duration of a medical procedure, was reported to the floor. Senate Print 4964 (Bailey), relating to excess line coverage for certain medical malpractice insurance, was reported. Senate Print 5052 (Payne), allowing insurers in certain circumstances to rescind or retroactively cancel a policy, was also reported.
Throughout the meeting, members stressed that insurance affordability is a major concern for New Yorkers and that the committee would be addressing related issues during the session. The meeting concluded after the bill actions and brief closing remarks, with no recorded opposition on the measures beyond the noted without-recommendation report on Senate Print 2644.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- So last year in my budget work, okay. A personal one.
- So last year in my budget work, I reached out to a particular employee because I had had a prior conversation
- I knew they knew information about this budget line item. And we set up a meeting to discuss that.
Summary:
The committee first heard RS 32967 from Representative Manwaring, a proposal aimed at protecting state and public employees who communicate with the legislature. He said the bill would broaden existing whistleblower protections to cover good-faith communications with legislators, prohibit gag policies or retaliation for such communications, and create a specific statutory basis for legislative records requests. In response to a question, he gave examples involving budget-related conversations with employees and redacted information he had encountered. The committee moved to introduce RS 32967, and the motion carried.
The committee then considered RS 33032 from Representative Church, which had been revised after earlier discussion. Church thanked members for support and explained that changes removed language referring to "crimes against the state" and replaced a 2025-only focus with language covering the past, present, and future, while still addressing events involving Charlie Kirk and Representative Hortman. Members asked for clarification on the revisions, and the committee voted to introduce RS 33032 and send it directly to the Second Reading Calendar.
Before adjourning, the chair noted that only one RS remained for the next day and encouraged members to submit any remaining items quickly. The committee then adjourned.
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama House Military and Veterans Affairs Committee Jan 21st, 2026
Military and Veterans Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- everybody will need, I mean, it changes the whole concept in the financing part of the impact on the budgets
- everybody will need—I mean, it changes the whole concept in the financing part of the impact on the budgets
- everybody will need—I mean, it changes the whole concept in the financing part of the impact on the budgets
Keywords:
homestead exemption, disabled veterans, tax relief, annual verification, property tax, state holidays, federal holidays, public holidays, legal holidays, office closures, state employees, personal leave, compensatory leave, bank closures, school closures, Mardi Gras, Mobile County, Baldwin County, Rosa Parks Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Health Finance and Policy Committee 2/18/26
Health Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Then I went, um, after leaving the House in 2016, I went to DHS and worked in their budget analysis division
- </c><00:03:12.879><c> analysis</c> and worked in their budget analysis and worked in their budget analysis
- And because our award was $193 million, we had to submit a new budget that's been submitted to CMS.
- The budget periods are based on year.
- </c> Um the nonpartisan congressional budget Um the nonpartisan congressional budget estimates<00:33:
Bills:
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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 3/26/25
Transportation Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- out of our budget or general fund<00:48:44.720><c> money</c><00:48:44.960><c> this</c><00:48:45.079>
- but we still have other sources budget but we still have other sources of<00:49:00.920><c> money</c>
- </c> have all kinds of very difficult budget have all kinds of very difficult budget decisions<00:54:
- This is why the governor recommended an online renewal option for DLS in the DVS budget.
- This is why the governor recommended an online renewal option for DLS in the DVS budget.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Jobs and Economic Development - 03/24/25
Jobs and Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- Thank you. fines to fund their own budget gap when fines to fund their own budget gap when general<00
- </c><00:36:40.640><c> Thank</c> agency's budget caps. Thank you. Thank agency's budget caps.
- </c><01:20:54.080><c> in</c> previously from the jobs budget in previously from the jobs budget in fiscal
- We understand that the budget is going to be very tight.
- We ask that you will look at it budget.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Human Services - 03/04/26
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> close the state's future budget hole. close the state's future budget hole.
- that recently instituted budget cap.
- that recently instituted budget cap.
- Um, the human services budget bill.
- from the operating budget of the actual<01:36:20.159><c> facility.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- And a lot of times, unless the budget makes sense or you have a large donation or you have something,
- And a lot of times, unless the budget makes sense or you have a large donation or you have something,
- </c><00:40:58.720><c> And,</c> included in the 20 2023 uh, budget.
- And, included in the 20 2023 uh, budget.
- Our school board recently took action to budget for a $4.9 million budget cut in the 2026-27 school year
Keywords:
school safety, grants, education funding, Northern Lights Express, security improvements, rural schools, safe schools, charter schools, nonpublic schools, Tribal education, funding increase, safe schools aid, school security, mental health support, Tribal schools, cybersecurity, funding, mental health, evidence-based plans, public safety
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Task Force on Homeowners and Commercial Property Insurance 12/16/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I think, you know, we could go back to the governor's budget recommendations from 2023. Mhm.
- Supplemental budget year, so the incremental approach might be more successful from that perspective,
- </c> go back to the governor's budget go back to the governor's budget recommendations<00:47:05.119><
- </c> translate to from a state budget translate to from a state budget perspective<01:37:12.880><c> is
- <01:41:30.320><c> and</c><01:41:31.520><c> um</c> budget and um budget and um availability availability
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (9-24-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> $500,000 that was included in the budget $500,000 that was included in the budget for<00:09:22.240
- But our 2025 budget, we were awarded $8.3 million from the body. We fully executed that dollar.
- We have no dollars left from that budget.
- Our 2026 budget has $7.8 8 went in.
- then also the county budget costs for each county?
Summary:
The committee met with a quorum, approved the August minutes, and heard a brief announcement from Senator Richardson about the Missing in America Project interring unclaimed veterans’ remains at the Western Kentucky Veterans Cemetery in Hopkinsville. He read the names of several veterans being laid to rest with military honors, and the chair thanked the volunteers involved in the effort.
The main presentation was an update on Kentucky’s urban search and rescue program from the Department of Military Affairs and Kentucky Emergency Management. Officials said the program is being built around two regional task force hubs, a helicopter aquatic rescue team, an incident support team, and a rescue aid fund for local search and rescue units. They reported that the $8.3 million appropriated for the program in the 2025 budget was fully executed, that $482,670 of the rescue aid fund went to 29 local teams, and that $493,592 has already been allocated in the current year to 36 teams. They also described warehouse and equipment purchases, staffing with full-time and part-time personnel, and a new training site on state property for collapsed-structure and multi-agency exercises.
Officials said the program has already been used in recent disasters, including flood response and urban search and rescue operations in several parts of the state, and claimed the effort has impacted more than 1,500 citizens through rescues, evacuations, and related assistance. They said the helicopter aquatic rescue team is fully operational, the task force roster should be finalized by January, incident support should be online by April, and the full program should be deployable by June 30 or July 1, 2026. Members asked about statewide response times, K-9 search capabilities, and the long-term cost of the program, including concerns about reliance on federal matching funds. The presenters said K-9 assets will be part of the task force, that pre-positioning during forecasted storms can reduce response times significantly, and that they would provide more detailed budget information later.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- That is why we strongly support the DLI budget proposal to provide funding directly to state sponsors
- proposal for use of the Workforce budget proposal for use of the Workforce Development<00:13:30.920>
- It'd be nice to see how much of the budget to pay for the staff is coming from these sources instead
- I would propose that we utilize what's in the governor's budget and other industries for the last 80
- I would propose that we utilize what's in the governor's budget and other industries for the last 80
Keywords:
education, special education, apprenticeship, funding, grants, intermediate school districts, teacher apprenticeship, registered apprenticeship, teacher licensure, teacher shortage, workforce development, education finance, K-12 education, higher education, Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board, PELSB, Tier 3 license, teacher preparation, mentor teacher, school district
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- The committee's oversight includes development of the system's biennial budget and capital budget request
- The committee's oversight includes development of the system's biennial budget and capital budget request
- The committee's oversight includes development of the system's biennial budget and capital budget request
- The committee's oversight includes development of the system's biennial budget and capital budget request
- </c> we work together and set budget we work together and set budget priorities<00:23:57.120><c> and<
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Public Works and Highways (01/27/2026)
Public Works and Highways
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> would typically um use for a budget would typically um use for a budget number<00:42:33.920><c>
- budgeted $5 million of proceeds.
- budgeted $5 million of proceeds.
- It's not really a budgetable amount to plan on. >> It's not really a budgetable amount to plan on. >>
- :03.520><c> to</c><01:03:04.240><c> plan</c> really a budgetable amount to to to plan really a budgetable
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- We have, during budget season, and I know this is chair of the budget committee, we hear repeated concerns
- This past budget season, we cut an additional $400,000 from the town operating budget, funds which would
- This past budget season, we cut spare.
- So, there was no internal strife between the budget committee and the council.
- committee and the between the budget committee and the council.<02:36:31.360><c> Um</c> council.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Science, Technology and Energy (04/21/2025)
Science, Technology and Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- So there's a lot of synergies and efficiencies to be gained from looking at those two budgets side by
- </c><00:15:02.560><c> side</c> from looking at those two budgets side from looking at those two budgets
- ,</c> dot dot dot administrative budgets, dot dot dot administrative budgets, expenditures<00:21:44.320
- </c> um, four words, it's a budget um, four words, it's a budget year.<04:08:44.080><c> Is</c><04:08:
- That would be helping ourselves in terms of budgeting.