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• They're bound by county expenditure limits, and so we would be penalized if we spend them.
• And we're spending a little more time on this bill.
• In fiscal year 2018, the total state spending was $9.8 billion.
• What we have here today is a budget package that will spend $18.2 billion in 10 years.
• We had a $3.6 billion budget deficit on a planned spending of about $10 billion.

Bills: HB4154, HB4155, HB4156, HB4157, HB4158, HB4159, HB4160, HB4161, HB4162, HB4163, HB4164, HB4165, HB4166, HB4167, HB4168, HB4169, SB1847, SB1848, SB1849, SB1850, SB1851, SB1852, SB1853, SB1854, SB1855, SB1856, SB1857, SB1858, SB1859, SB1860, SB1861, SB1862

Keywords: general appropriations act, state budget, biennial budget, appropriations, fiscal year 2026, fiscal year 2027, budget bill, spending authority, state spending, agency funding, public funds, executive budget, education funding, health and human services, public safety, transportation funding, legislative appropriations, budget resolution, state finance, government operations

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• of sort of usual there are outside of sort of usual ordinances<00:23:08.120> and<00:23:08.360
• Oftentimes, I hear people saying that there's outside groups, outside entities, that are getting involved
• Oftentimes, I hear people saying that there's outside groups, outside entities, that are getting involved
• This would require them to report contributions in any amount if they are outside of the legislative
• work to do uh uh much additional outside work to do that<00:41:22.319> because<00:41:23.319><

Bills: HF484, HF483, HF1447, HF1496, HF554

Keywords: natural gas, gas hookups, residential construction, energy policy, local control, state preemption, municipal regulation, county ordinance, electrification, climate policy, housing development, building codes, energy source, utility infrastructure, Minnesota Statutes chapter 326B, propane, utility service, building permits, local government, energy choice

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• It is about dual-tracked support for a system outside of our Constitution.
• You as an individual, we want you to come here and spend money. We want you to come here and work.
• The Supreme Court has pretty much determined, you know, spending money on public campaigns is free speech
• I think it was Secretary of State Fontes this morning who stated that Arizona elections spend $9 per
• morning who stated that Secretary of State Fontes this morning who stated that Arizona elections spends

Bills: HB2009, HB2022, HCM2001, HCM2002, HCM2004, HCR2001, HM2001, HM2004

Keywords: campaign contributions, foreign contributions, constitutional amendments, public disclosure, Arizona Revised Statutes, elections, voter registration, provisional ballots, primary election, voter participation, Muslim Brotherhood, terrorism, foreign terrorist organization, national security, Islamist extremism, Congress, Arizona, domestic security, CAIR, terrorist organization

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• It also empowers them to employ outside counsel. You may ask questions. Move for passage.
• But it just they want the flexibility to be able to bring in outside counsel.
• One of the things I've asked this of several agencies we've had several agencies ask for outside counsel
• know this is a Senate bill, but has there been any conversation that it might be cheaper to hire outside
• In expenditures, it would be from this, maybe the state agencies that are spending money on workforce

Bills: SB2063, SB1877, SB1884, SB2174, SB1525, SB1771, SB1805, SB1916, SB1365, SB1810

Keywords: unclaimed property, abandoned property, state treasurer, unclaimed property fund, public website, claimant, hearing, administrative procedures act, sales tax exemption, income tax subtraction, youth entrepreneurs, teen business, minor-owned business, sole proprietorship, business license exemption, entrepreneurship, youth vendor, Oklahoma Tax Commission, Title 60, Title 68

Bills: HB2947, HB2964, HB3143, HB3144, HB3342, HB3344, HB3519, HB3522, HB3530, HB3645, HB3647, HB3834, HB4300, HB4422, HB4423

Keywords: behavioral health, Medicaid expansion, clinical interns, mental health services, licensing requirements, medical records, patient rights, privacy, fees, healthcare access, legal claims, medical marijuana, license transfer, Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority, moratorium, business regulation, commercial grower licenses, licensing restrictions, agriculture, Medicaid

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• It's constitutional to be doing this outside of your jurisdiction.
• There's no basis to justify 15% spending on every property.
• When there's nothing to spend it on?
• Spend your first dollar. And then I believe it allows three years for you to spend that.
• I was simply the outside, even though I couldn't go back to work.

Bills: HB21, HB211, HB223, HB323, HB524, HB530, HB636, HB762, HB21, HB211, HB223

Keywords: housing finance, multifamily residential, low income, tax exemption, audit requirements, affordable housing, local government, development bonds, housing assistance, financial assistance, low income housing, community support, affordability, veterans housing, community involvement, air conditioning, tenant support, healthcare, elderly, taxation

Bills: HB21, HB211, HB223, HB323, HB524, HB530, HB636, HB762, HB21, HB211, HB223

Keywords: housing finance, multifamily residential, low income, tax exemption, audit requirements, affordable housing, local government, development bonds, housing assistance, financial assistance, low income housing, community support, affordability, veterans housing, community involvement, air conditioning, tenant support, healthcare, elderly, taxation

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• Trying to get where we are spending our healthcare dollars. You know, where are they going?
• We were just trying to get somebody from the outside that wouldn't say we'alt from the inside.
• Hospitals spend a lot of time suing patients and trying to collect on that, and then writing that off
• But are you concerned that DPC is kind of a concierge type of service that that I would pay for outside

Bills: HB3794, HB3796, HB3928, HB2955, HB4453, HB4460

Keywords: licensure, criminal history, public safety, occupational certification, rehabilitation, state regulations, insurance, regulations, certification, long-term care, mergers, consumer protection, property safety, vision insurance, optometry, reimbursement, healthcare policy, ophthalmic materials, provider agreements, captive insurance

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• DEED, by statute, is required to spend 70% of their time on insurance fraud.
• DEED, by statute, is required to spend 70% of their time on insurance fraud.
• has statute by Insurance dollars and has statute required<00:17:33.280> to<00:17:33.400> spend
• 70% of their time on required to spend 70% of their time on insurance<00:17:35.960> fraud<00:
• He said they have been pointing out that maybe state government does not spend your money the wisest,

Bills: HF1, HF1384

Keywords: Office of Inspector General, inspector general, legislative audit, fraud prevention, waste and abuse, public funds, grant oversight, state grants, grant management, whistleblower protection, retaliation, subpoena power, data practices, government transparency, accountability, law enforcement referrals, sanctions, debarment, payment withholding, public assistance fraud

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• Every year, we spend... The funding is $1.5 million, so let me do the math for you really quickly.
• Every year, we spend $46,000 a year per inmate.
• This is simply to give them resources to help them from the outside looking in.
• So this is how I spend most of my Fridays.
• Could the pages walk outside to see if any members are...

Bills: HB2063, HB2271, HB2416, HB2478, HB2593, HB2692, HB2813, HB2992, HB2993, HB4044

Keywords: corrections oversight, appropriation, independent office, public safety, funding, firefighters, insurance rates, workers' compensation, firefighter cancer reimbursement, rate deviations, cost analysis, premiums, border security, drug trafficking, human smuggling, law enforcement funding, Arizona, immigration, education reform, K-12

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• tickets to an event and then they have to spend $7 to get water for their kids.
• $200 on tickets to an event and spending $200 on tickets to an event and then<00:46:48.960> they<
• So I think outside of those situations the attorney general wouldn't have enforcement authority.
• So I think outside of those commerce.
• 5 hours a day on letting teenagers spend 5 hours a day on TikTok?

Bills: HF1392, HF2233, HF695, HF2228, HF1289

Keywords: consumer protection, restitution, attorney general, consumer enforcement, unclaimed funds, victim compensation, settlement funds, special revenue fund, general fund, restitution account, consumer fraud, state treasury, eligible consumers, distribution of funds, tax subtraction, income tax, refund, unpaid compensation, Minnesota Department of Revenue, consumer redress

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• Anyone outside of the hospital period, so there's no time limit to how long someone can be considered
• Anyone outside of the hospital period, so there's no time limit to how long someone can be considered
• constantly or constantly on them outside constantly or constantly on them outside of<00:42:07.120
• Anyone<00:42:12.000> outside<00:42:12.280> of<00:42:12.320> the<00:42:12.400>
• hospital<00:42:13.160> period, Anyone outside of the hospital period, Anyone outside of the

Bills: SB2433, SB2047, SB2425, SB3045, SB2761, SB3001, SB2852, SB2471

Keywords: condominium governance, education trust fund, unit owners, real estate, dispute resolution, financial obligations, community representation, pharmacy benefit managers, maximum allowable cost, transparency, drug pricing, insurance commissioner, contracting pharmacies, healthcare, substance use disorder, SUD, addiction treatment, behavioral health, mental health, rehabilitation

Summary: The committee heard testimony on SB 2433 SD1 relating to condominiums, which would direct the condominium education trust fund toward educational resources for unit owners and require the Real Estate Commission to ensure owners’ interests are represented in funded activities and related rulemaking. Supporters, including the Hawaii Real Estate Commission and a condominium owner advocate, said owners need a seat at the table in condo governance and education efforts. Committee discussion focused on whether the bill was necessary, with the Real Estate Commission indicating it could already use the trust fund for owner education and that owners are already considered stakeholders, though not through a specific commission seat. No vote was taken during the excerpted discussion. The committee then took up SB 2047 SD2 HD1 on pharmacy benefit managers, which would set requirements for maximum allowable cost reimbursement, allow reverse-and-rebill claims after successful appeals, and authorize fines for violations. The Insurance Division offered comments, the Hawaii Pharmacists Association supported the measure with amendments and suggested future PBM reform funding, and Kaiser Permanente requested a technical amendment. A committee question raised whether the staffing and resource request for implementation was too large for a bill focused only on MAC pricing, and the witness said he would provide more data to the next committee. No final action was shown. Next was SB 2425 SD2 HD1 on health insurance and substance use disorder treatment, requiring insurers to honor written assignments of benefits to SUD providers and prohibiting anti-assignment clauses. Supporters described patients being unable to access treatment because of high out-of-pocket costs and said direct payment would reduce harm for people in recovery. HMSA opposed the bill but said it would begin direct payments to non-participating SUD facilities effective March 27, while continuing to object to the assignment-of-benefits portion because of fraud and balance-billing concerns; the Hawaii Association of Health Plans also opposed. Members questioned HMSA about reimbursement mechanics and why the bill was needed if coverage policies were already changing. Finally, the committee heard SB 3045 SD1 HD1, which would require coverage of continuous glucose monitors and related supplies, including for Medicaid managed care, under certain conditions. DHS and the Insurance Division offered comments, while SHPDA, Hilo Benioff Medical Center Foundation, and others supported the bill, citing inconsistent access and a case in which a woman allegedly died after being denied a CGM. HMSA said it already covers medically necessary CGMs and had updated its policy in 2025 for type 1 and insulin-dependent patients, but it raised concerns about expanding mandated coverage to type 2 and gestational diabetes and about supply impacts. The committee also discussed whether the bill duplicated existing coverage standards and why it had been introduced repeatedly. No votes or final dispositions were included in the excerpt.

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• Up to 2025, we compiled a list of what we consider taxpayers' wasted spending report, and we came up
• c> list of what we consider taxpayers list of what we consider taxpayers wasted<00:46:50.079> spending
• 51.520> and<00:46:51.839> we<00:46:52.079> came<00:46:52.240> up wasted spending
• report and we came up wasted spending report and we came up with<00:46:52.800> 5442,877,000 from
• And one way to address this is to reduce spending.

Bills: SB2543, SB2014, SB2115, SB3095, SB3264, SB2114, SB2117, SB2246, SB2519, SB3055, SB3131, SB3144

Keywords: state construction, construction manager, design review, public works, capital improvement, DAGS, Department of Accounting and General Services, DOE, Department of Education, comptroller, pilot program, design review special fund, county permit review, accessibility compliance, Disability and Communication Access Board, state infrastructure, government construction, project oversight, civil service exemption, county agencies

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• This specifies that the maximum contribution and carryover amounts for a public service flexible spending
• Are there any reservations outside of Representative Kong?
• Are there any reservations outside of Representative Kong?
• Are there are there any reservations Are there are there any reservations outside<01:00:35.520> of
• outside of Representative Kong? outside of Representative Kong? >> Reservations.

Bills: SB2119, SB3131, SB3069, SB3180, SB2137, SB2993, SB2778, SB2672, SB2014, SB2967

Keywords: reimbursement, public employees, travel costs, government travel policy, finance management, job title, administrative assistant, executive assistant, state personnel, civil service, modernization, employment standards, DAGS, Department of Accounting and General Services, comptroller, civil service exemption, collective bargaining exemption, public works special project branch, specialized public works, information technology modernization

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• So we have to look for<00:34:39.679> support<00:34:40.000> outside<00:34:40.480> on<
• /c><00:34:40.720> a<00:34:40.879> very<00:34:41.119> limited for support outside
• on a very limited for support outside on a very limited basis<00:34:42.320> that<00:34:42.639
• Anything outside of that, judicial, we defer to the attorneys to sort that out.
• Anything outside of that, judicial, we defer to the attorneys to sort that out.

Bills: SB2603, SB2083, SB2341, SB2306, SB2782, SB2756, SB2161, SB2477

Keywords: Hawaii Symphony Orchestra, state funding, public performances, educational programs, cultural arts funding, historic properties, preservation, inheritance, working group, public-private partnerships, sustainable funding, historic preservation, Hawaii Revised Statutes, construction, state review, burial sites, cultural artifacts, development review, phased review, administrative fees

Summary: The committee heard testimony on Senate Bill 2603, which would designate the Hawaii Symphony Orchestra as the state orchestra of Hawaii. Testimony was uniformly supportive from the Attorney General’s office, the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Retail Merchants of Hawaii, Hawaii Youth Symphony, the Hawaii Symphony Orchestra, the Hawaiian Steel Guitar Association, and others. Supporters emphasized the bill’s value to arts education, cultural vitality, and the visitor economy. The chair noted there were also many written testimonies submitted, and the bill was left without questions or action in the excerpt. The committee then took up Senate Bill 2083, which would create a state-owned historic properties preservation plan working group within DNR. The State Historic Preservation Division supported the bill and said it would help create a statewide database and better planning for state-owned historic properties, while noting its current review work is reactive and project-by-project. The committee asked about duplication and existing consultation processes; SHPD said it already reviews state projects under existing law and has in-house architectural staff. The measure was then set aside after brief discussion, with no vote shown in the excerpt. Next was Senate Bill 2341, which would authorize phased review of certain private-property projects and change SHPD’s review deadlines. SHPD and the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development supported the bill, saying it could encourage more proactive, programmatic review and that the current average review time for simple projects is about 56 days. Several opponents, including Sierra Club of Hawaii, Bianca Isaki, Malama Kane Lua, and Tara Roas, argued phased review would delay projects, create conflict, and weaken historic preservation protections, especially for iwi kūpuna and burial sites. Committee members raised concerns about whether the bill conflicted with prior court decisions and asked SHPD for its view; SHPD said it was not a legal question for them and suggested a programmatic alternative. The bill was not voted on in the excerpt. Finally, the committee began hearing Senate Bill 2306 on administrative fees for the Bureau of Conveyances. HGEA opposed the measure, focusing on a provision allowing the special fund to be used for qualified contractors, while the Bureau of Conveyances supported the bill as a fee correction that would equalize recording fees between systems. The bureau said specialized technical work sometimes requires outside contracting and that it could consider a contract period; the chair and members discussed the HGEA concern and asked whether the issue could be addressed. No final action was shown in the excerpt.

Bills: HB229, HB3990, HB5082, HB5510, HB229

Keywords: biological sex, government information, definitions, sex-based distinctions, public health, flags, display, state law, municipalities, government buildings, drug enforcement, local control, home rule, municipal charter, county policy, ordinance preemption, state preemption, attorney general enforcement, civil penalties, mandamus

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• Could someone outside of the state bring a quid tam action against someone in the state?
• outside the state.
• It's like anybody outside of that... That's sort of within the medical scope.
• But particularly, I don't like how this one reaches outside of the state to prosecute people outside
• It's not just the flagpoles outside that everyone sees.

Bills: HB229, HB229, HB3990, HB5082, HB5510

Keywords: HB 229, Texas, political subdivision, local government, county dues, county association, state association of counties, lobbying, lobbyist, public funds, taxpayer lawsuit, injunctive relief, attorney's fees, Government Code Chapter 556, Local Government Code Section 89.002, legislative advocacy, municipal government, county government, city government, special district

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• Um, efficiency and effective government doesn't always mean you're cutting spending or that you spend
• I know you've compared our state higher spending to other states.
• But I can tell you I don't spend a whole lot of time on the development and creation of that.
• But there are things like government spending, population health, GDP, and public assistance.
• There are booths outside, a parade, and it lasts all day.

Bills: SB197, HB140, SB214, HB214, HB147, HB270, SB73

Keywords: business regulation, nonprofit entities, electronic filing, merger agreements, limited liability companies, partnerships, property transfer, termination fees, HB140, private sewer systems, wastewater utilities, Public Service Commission, PSC jurisdiction, utility regulation, rate setting, rate consolidation, affiliated systems, common ownership, private utilities, sewer rates

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• We're also giving them the authority to employ outside counsel.
• So, we just want to give the commission the flexibility to hire outside counsel in the event that they
• We, there are some other agencies That have the opportunity to hire outside counsel.
• So, thank you for your work, not only in here but outside of this

Bills: SB1332, SB1378, SB1525, SB1771, SB1919, SB1998, SB2018, SB260, SB264

Keywords: housing, infrastructure, water projects, Oklahoma Water Resources Board, economic development, zero-interest loans, clawback provision, local contractors, Olympics, funding, Oklahoma Department of Commerce, local businesses, revolving fund, event hosting, SB1525, tourism, recreation, conference, Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department, Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Commission

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• say if they designate a work zone, it would be if there's traffic on the southbound side but not outside
• <00:27:16.240> side<00:27:16.559> but<00:27:16.799> not<00:27:17.440> outside
• the southbound side but not outside. the southbound side but not outside.
• we're seeing happening most large contractors do business in four or five or six different cities outside
• we're seeing happening most large contractors do business in four or five or six different cities outside

Bills: SB222, HB560, HB475, HB484, HB583, HB542, HB566

Keywords: medical clinic board, clinic board, hospital bankruptcy, Chapter 11, bankruptcy, debt restructuring, municipal indebtedness, municipal bankruptcy, health care provider, acute care hospital, lease property, board immunity, director liability, civil liability, healthcare finance, insolvency, debt readjustment, federal bankruptcy law, Alabama Code 11-58-5.2, library materials