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AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund Committee Apr 24th, 2025
Finance and Taxation General Fund
Transcript Highlights:
- I just know, as you and I have talked about... ...the climate general fund budget's going to have that
- HB183, children's first trust fund. There is no amendment to this bill.
- This bill addresses hospitals and private hospital assessments for Medicaid funding.
Bills:
HB186 , HB185 , HB182 , HB183 , HB184 , HB312 , HB460 , HB405 , HB186 , HB185 , HB182 , HB183 , HB184 , HB312 , HB405
Committee:
Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund
Keywords:
Alabama budget, general fund appropriations, fiscal year 2026, state budget, appropriations act, HB186, executive branch funding, legislative branch funding, judicial branch funding, debt service, capital outlay, corrections, Medicaid, public health, mental health, transportation, education, law enforcement, tourism, veterans affairs
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Appropriations and Finance Feb 6th, 2026 at 04:27 pm
House Appropriations & Finance
Transcript Highlights:
- Fund, once that fund is exhausted, it can now reach the appropriation contingency fund.
- fund.
- So what House Bill 271 does is appropriate $100 million from the general fund to the Office of Natural
- So what House Bill 271 does is appropriate $100 million from the general fund to the Office of Natural
- It builds on efforts like the Outdoor Equity Fund and ensures future generations can continue to experience
Committee:
House House Appropriations & Finance
Keywords:
general appropriation, budget, Medicaid, education funding, public safety, 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
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- This differs from traditional grants in terms of the flexibilities that states have to use the funding
- There's no general fund impact on that item.
- That's from the settlements fund received by the Attorney General related to that investigation.
- Again, that's another one where there's no general fund impact on that; that is coming from the consumer
- settlement fund.
Committees:
Senate Senate Finance , Senate House Appropriations & Finance
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, SB132, DOIT, Department of Information Technology, software replacement, equipment replacement
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 3/10/25
Transportation Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- 25.920><c> funding</c><00:03:26.200><c> for</c> biggest source of funding for biggest source of funding
- package after the 35W bridge collapse in 2007, some general fund transfers starting in 2018 that were
- package after the 35W bridge collapse in 2007, some general fund transfers starting in 2018 that were
- fund.
- </c> dollars would go back to the general dollars would go back to the general fund<00:57:54.640><c>
Committee:
House Transportation Finance and Policy
Keywords:
Northern Lights Express, NLX, Minneapolis-Duluth rail, passenger rail, intercity passenger rail, high-speed rail, Duluth, Minneapolis, MnDOT, Minnesota Department of Transportation, Metropolitan Council, transportation funding, rail appropriation, general fund, trunk highway fund, rail project cancellation, infrastructure spending, commercial driver training, CDL, financial assistance
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Session Apr 27th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- general to fund grants to local law enforcement divisions to cover some of the costs associated with
- So, we're going to create the revolving fund, but we're going to let the attorney general decide who,
- So, universities take it from whatever funding they might be getting in general.
- The funding is happening.
- These funds are apportioned from Income tax collections before they ever reach the general revenue fund
Bills:
SJR50 , SJR51 , SJR52 , SJR53 , SJR54 , SJR39 , SB1290 , HB4028 , HB4029 , HB4073 , HB4074 , HB4075 , HB4076 , HB4077 , HB4078 , HB1250 , HB2951 , HB2961 , HB3151 , HB3581 , HB3705 , HB3970 , HB3972 , HB3980 , HB3981
Keywords:
Medicaid, federal funding, state law, healthcare, low-income adults, Oklahoma Constitution, healthcare regulations, Oklahoma Health Care Authority, permanent rules, joint resolution, OHCA, health care rules, administrative rules, major rule, Title 75, Title 317, Oklahoma Administrative Code, OAC 317:30, health policy, state health programs
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
03/10/2026 - Senate Appropriations, Transportation and Technology
Appropriations, Transportation and Technology
Transcript Highlights:
- Chairman, Members, House Bill 2063 appropriates $1.5 million from the State General Fund, FY 27, to the
- Corrections Oversight Fund.
- River litigation fund.
- in these issues, but I'm wondering if the money could come from the WIFA fund rather than the general
- fund since we're so short on general fund dollars at this moment.
Keywords:
driver education, instruction permit, underage drivers, motorcycle licenses, traffic regulations, corrections oversight, appropriation, independent office, public safety, funding, driver license, examinations, motorcycle awareness, traffic laws, HB2116, Colorado River, litigation fund, water rights, Arizona water law, general fund appropriation
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> 1% of the funding and 4% of the funding 1% of the funding and 4% of the funding would<00:02:59.120
- He said there was a DED, non-dedicated general fund reserve, and that general fund expenditures were
- </c><01:02:59.279><c> any</c> funding this is not cutting funding any funding this is not cutting funding
- So there's not the kind of flexibility if we're talking about county general fund revenue.
- So if we were providing a picture of general fund, the property tax percentage here would be much greater
Committee:
House Ways and Means
Keywords:
pregnancy support, women's health, maternity homes, nonprofit organizations, grant funding, abortion, family services, tax relief fund, budget surplus, surplus revenue, tax rebate, tax refund, one-time refund, income tax, property tax, constitutional amendment, Minnesota Constitution, general fund, budget reserve, taxpayer relief
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- Okay, HB 1 is the general appropriation bill that outlines how the state will allocate funds for the
- State general fund savings in the Medicaid program.
- This is $206.1 million funded in the State General Fund, $9.4 million from interagency transfers, and
- This is $206.1 million funded in the State General Fund, $9.4 million from interagency transfers, and
- The bill includes $94.5 million from the State General Fund for the legislative branch.
Committee:
Senate Finance
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- this, you know, at the state level just through, you know, appropriations from the general fund.
- Health plans and providers already pay numerous taxes which go into the general fund and healthcare access
- Health plans and providers already pay numerous taxes which go into the general fund and healthcare access
- Health plans and providers already pay numerous taxes which go into the general fund and healthcare access
- Um, and unfortunately the general fund.
Committee:
Senate Taxes
Keywords:
Oakdale, tax increment financing, local government, funding, urban development, tax increment, St. Paul, redevelopment, housing authority, housing trust fund, low-income housing, property taxation, Minnesota statutes, vacant property, housing, commercial to residential conversion, Minneapolis, urban redevelopment, public parks, tax capacity
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:34:43.919><c> generated</c><00:34:44.320><c> by</c> at least 80% of the funds generated by at
- Um, we've talked a lot about flexibility, um, not just today in this type of funding, but flexibility
- </c><00:52:50.800><c> in</c> this type of funding, but flexibility in this type of funding, but flexibility
- from the district's general fund.
- </c> FR funds from the district's general FR funds from the district's general fund.<01:29:11.600><c>
Committee:
House Education Finance
Keywords:
charter schools, education funding, revenue calculation, general education revenue, special education, school library aid, education finance, school districts, funding eligibility, compensatory revenue, task force, free meals, school funding, education equity, HF2210, school unemployment aid, Minnesota Department of Education, general fund appropriation, unemployment insurance, unemployment claims
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 4/7/26
Public Safety Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- to create some additional sources of funding beyond general fund.
- </c> funding beyond general fund. funding beyond general fund.
- out of the general fund, again, a dedicated source of funding for that, and we had also included funding
- out of the general fund, again, a dedicated source of funding for that.
- c><00:06:08.440><c> fund,</c><00:06:08.880><c> again</c> funding out of the general fund, again funding
Committee:
House Public Safety Finance and Policy
Keywords:
public safety, law enforcement, mental health, domestic violence, appropriations, criminal justice, Minnesota corrections, victim services, task force, personal safety, emergency management, local government, funding, preparedness, Minnesota, Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, BCA, Independent Use of Force Investigations Unit, use of force, police accountability
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
Senate - Health and Public Affairs Jan 26th, 2026 at 01:45 pm
Senate Health & Public Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- And as we know, Senate Bill 5 addresses this by appropriating $3 million from the general fund to the
- And I understand that these are all general funds or any other funding mechanisms considered for this
- We combine general bonds, GOB bonds. We combined other state funds. We combined capital funds.
- And I said, well, I mean, you're hitting us when you take that away from our general fund, so why not
- When you take that away from our general fund, so why not figure out a way that you have skin in the
Committee:
Senate Senate Health & Public Affairs
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund Committee Apr 23rd, 2025
Finance and Taxation General Fund
Transcript Highlights:
- Welcome to our tax and finance general fund meeting this morning.
- And what we're doing is we want to take a $5 million one-time transfer from the 21st Century Fund, which
- there going to be any… I'm going to use a word, but I probably shouldn't—any detrimental impact to the fund
- Fund itself when we're moving this money um now to the economic development end.
Committee:
Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund
Keywords:
SSUT, simplified sellers use tax, sales tax distribution, municipal revenue, municipal population, annexation, deannexation, incorporation, boundary change, federal census, decennial census, Department of Revenue, local government finance, revenue sharing, municipal boundaries, population recalculation, probate judge, Boundary and Annexation Survey, Alabama municipalities, HB158
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- so that we don't have to always come out of our state general fund.
- So these monies just go into the state general fund. These are severance tax dollars.
- fund, $250,000 state general fund.
- about a $100,000 fiscal note for state general fund.
- That's the potential state general fund.
Bills:
HB165 , HB175 , HB198 , HB272 , HB457 , HB488 , HB566 , HB603 , HB763 , HB902 , HB909 , HB971 , HB981 , HB1066 , HB1125 , HB1154 , HB1231
Committee:
House Appropriations
Keywords:
HB165, lottery proceeds, Lottery Proceeds Fund, Veterans Service Grant Fund, constitutional amendment, veterans, military veterans, veterans' benefits, veterans services, family support, state lottery, education funding, Minimum Foundation Program, problem gambling, compulsive gaming, state treasurer, ballot proposition, constitutional referendum, lottery revenue, Louisiana resident veterans
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Housing Finance and Policy Committee 4/8/26
Housing Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- The Minnesota Housing Finance budget is 0.3% of our state general fund budget.
- The Minnesota Housing Finance budget is 0.3% of our state general fund budget.
- The Minnesota Housing Finance budget is 0.3% of our state general fund budget.
- The Minnesota Housing Finance budget is 0.3% of our state general fund budget.
- The Minnesota Housing Finance budget is 0.3% of our state general fund budget.
Committee:
House Housing Finance and Policy
Keywords:
housing, sales tax, homeownership, rent assistance, community stability, education, counseling, financial assistance, housing development, culturally appropriate services, HF1417, manufactured home parks, manufactured housing, mobile home parks, housing development fund, Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, MHFA, infrastructure grants, infrastructure loans, affordable housing
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Class 1C resort properties generally must be devoted to temporary and seasonal residential occupancy
- The third tier of value is also subject to the state general levy, which also is unchanged in this bill
- The third tier of value is also subject to the state general levy, which is also unchanged in this bill
- must be devoted to Temporary generally must be devoted to Temporary and<00:02:36.040><c> seasonal</c
- fund to the Commissioner of Revenue to make a payment of $87,500.
Committee:
Senate Taxes
Keywords:
solid waste management, resource management account, environmental fund, taxation, Minnesota statutes, homestead, property tax, classification, disability, resort properties, recreational use, commercial property, tax refund, estimated tax, interest on refunds, income tax, corporate franchise tax, S corporation, partnership, corporation
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Veterans and Military Affairs Division 4/15/26
Veterans and Military Affairs Division
Transcript Highlights:
- And then additionally, this committee and the legislature has funded the department funding for the CORE
- And then additionally, this committee and the legislature has funded the department funding for the CORE
- funding to LSS.
- </c> funding for this? funding for this? >> Representative<00:25:22.320><c> Myers.
- I knew a career and war generation.
Committee:
House Veterans and Military Affairs Division
Keywords:
veterans, veterans affairs, mental health, behavioral health, rural health, rural areas, access to care, task force, Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs, general fund appropriation, veteran suicide prevention, PTSD, service members, military families, telehealth, rural psychiatry, high school diploma, armed forces, education policy, military service
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, total recurring general fund or just recurring? What? I'm sorry, new money.
- But we had planned for a long runway of stability and not hitting our general fund because we think the
- general fund next year is going to be $100 million in new recurring money.
- Hitting our general fund because we think the general fund next year is going to be $100 million in new
- It may not be real-coding dollars, but they're general fund dollars or some.
Committees:
Senate Senate Finance , Senate House Appropriations & Finance
Keywords:
corporate income tax, franchise tax, gross receipts tax, tax credit, tax deduction, controlled foreign corporation, CFC, bonus depreciation, interest expense, apportionment, unitary group, high-wage jobs tax credit, local journalism, news media, newspaper printer, physician incentive, health care workforce, affordable housing, multifamily housing, construction materials
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- When do you anticipate doing the bill for the university fund? I don't know, we'll see.
- Doing the bill for the university fund? I don't know. We'll see. That's super important.
Committee:
Senate Senate Finance
Keywords:
corporate income tax, franchise tax, gross receipts tax, tax credit, tax deduction, controlled foreign corporation, CFC, bonus depreciation, interest expense, apportionment, unitary group, high-wage jobs tax credit, local journalism, news media, newspaper printer, physician incentive, health care workforce, affordable housing, multifamily housing, construction materials
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:48:23.000><c> on</c> general fund beyond the implication on general fund beyond the implication
- </c><00:48:58.799><c> is</c><00:48:59.079><c> this</c> general fund the stability that is this general
- the state and to keep an eye on investing in the general fund so we can pay our teachers better, pay
- This is an enormous subsidy that will exert substantial pressure on the general fund.
- </c><01:15:13.960><c> fund</c> substantial pressure on the general fund substantial pressure on the general
Committee:
Senate Taxes
Keywords:
tax relief fund, budget surplus, surplus revenue, tax rebate, tax refund, one-time refund, income tax, property tax, constitutional amendment, Minnesota Constitution, general fund, budget reserve, taxpayer relief, state surplus, fiscal forecast, wealthy taxpayers, high-income exclusion, 2026 ballot, referendum, surplus distribution