Transcript Highlights:

• They just have to make that transfer over to it being a capital project.
• They just have to make that transfer over to it being a capital project.
• In Section 9, we're providing for a transfer.
• In Section 10, we provide for a transfer from the Strategic Investment and Improvements Fund, or SIF,
• SIF is where we've been transferring from for the past few bienniums for this program, so it directs

Summary: The committee met to discuss higher education funding and capital building policy. Members first heard an update from NDUS Deputy Commissioner Lisa Johnson on low-producing academic programs. She described a proposed board policy using a five-year rolling window and thresholds of fewer than 10 undergraduate graduates or fewer than 5 graduate graduates, with programs flagged for three consecutive review periods going to the board. Possible outcomes would include continuation, continuation with modifications, inactivation, or termination. Members asked about how the review would account for program costs, service to other students, workforce demand, and the difference between inactivation and termination. Johnson said the board would consider broader factors and that campuses already do detailed program analysis. Several members also asked about cost savings and staffing impacts from program terminations, and Johnson said the board would try to provide more information later. The committee then received a report on the Capital Building Fund from Jamie Wilkie. He reviewed the program’s history, matching requirements, and recent uses, noting that about $334 million in state and matching dollars has been invested overall, with most going to deferred maintenance and extraordinary repairs. Members discussed whether the program is reducing deferred maintenance and requested updated systemwide data on deferred maintenance and campus space utilization. Wilkie said the board is considering a new study to update deferred maintenance figures, which are based on information more than 12 years old. He also reported that several institutions have used current biennium funds for projects such as residence hall renovations, health sciences housing, generators, and building repairs. Later, the committee began a detailed walkthrough of a draft bill that would replace the current higher education funding formula with an FTE-based model and also revise the capital building fund structure. The draft would use fall enrollment FTEs, add completion incentives for degrees in in-demand fields, and create a separate research funding component for UND and NDSU tied to doctoral completions and external research expenditures. Members raised concerns about the use of older data in the formula, the treatment of waivers, the weighting of professional and health sciences programs, and the use of CIP codes to define CTE and education incentives. The bill draft would also combine capital building fund tiers, broaden eligible uses for deferred maintenance and legislatively authorized projects, change matching requirements, repeal the old formula chapter and the capital pool, and transfer funds from the Strategic Investment and Improvements Fund into the capital building fund. No final votes were taken during the portion provided; the meeting was primarily discussion and review.

Transcript Highlights:

• President, Senate Bill 221 makes clear that anyone who knowingly purchases, sells, transfers, or offers
• to purchase, sell, or transfer a corpse or any part of a corpse for consideration after that corpse
• , sells, transfers, or offers to<00:52:07.240><c> purchase,</c><00:52:07.600><c> sell,</c><00:52:07.800
• ><c> or</c><00:52:07.880><c> transfer</c><00:52:08.320><c> a</c><00:52:08.360><c> corpse</c> to purchase
• , sell, or transfer a corpse to purchase, sell, or transfer a corpse or<00:52:08.920><c> any</c><00:52

Keywords: 958, all

Transcript Highlights:

• And then there, we are line 151 for security enhancements of the electronic benefits transfer card.
• And then last, this item 359 is a transfer.
• Last, this item 359 is a transfer to the Government Results Opportunity Fund.
• This is a transfer to reflect changes made in C2.
• This is a transfer to reflect changes made in C2.

Committee: House House Appropriations & Finance

Keywords: 996, all

Transcript Highlights:

• In those instances, if an offender wants to access some particular program, is there a way to transfer
• So there is a geographic transfer for programming, and they submit the request.
• So if somebody wants to obtain their driver's license, they can do a geographical transfer and ask to
• And if he stated, if you don't address pain, it's going to transfer.
• It's going to transfer to somebody else. And so then he wrote a third book.

Committee: House Administration of Criminal Justice

Keywords: 965, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• fund that we could find to identify places where dollars weren't being fully utilized and could be transferred
• And then there's about $860 million that is taken in two transfers, one in FY 26 and one in FY 27, into
• With those two transfers, we leave about a billion dollars in the budget stabilization account in each
• This is on top of $288 million transferred from the account last year.
• We oppose the additional $75 million transfer because it will be more difficult for us to provide...

Bills: SB5998

Committee: Senate Ways & Means

Keywords: fiscal appropriations, budget, state funding, financial management, operating expenses, 904, all

Transcript Highlights:

• And then there's about $860 million that is taken in two transfers, one in FY26 and one in FY27 into
• With those two transfers, we leave about a billion dollars in the...
• With those two transfers, we leave about a billion dollars in the budget stabilization account in each
• Washington community college transfers rose at all of our campuses.
• This is on top of $288 million transferred from the account last year.

Summary: The Senate Ways and Means Committee heard an overview from OFM Director Katie Chapman See on Governor Ferguson’s 2026 supplemental budget proposal. She said the budget was built in response to higher caseloads and inflation, a roughly $390 million revenue forecast drop, new federal costs tied to H.R. 1, and a relatively small ending fund balance. The proposal would increase near general fund spending by about $1.1 billion and solve an estimated $2.3 billion two-year gap through about $800 million in reductions, revenue shifts and tax preference changes, use of other funds, and about $1 billion from the budget stabilization account. She also noted the budget is balanced over two years but not fully over four years under the state’s outlook rules. Chapman See highlighted reductions in Working Connections Child Care, including a soft cap on enrollment and holding subsidy rates at the 75th percentile, delays to long-term care and developmental disability-related changes, and across-the-board reductions to higher education and administrative spending. She also described investments in wildfire suppression and preparedness, affordability programs like utility rebates and home energy assistance, housing-related planning and permitting support, One Washington IT replacement, behavioral health workforce programs, and continued support for some K-12 initiatives such as ninth grade success and homeless student stability. In response to questions, she said some proposed cuts were based on the governor’s subjective judgment about what was critically necessary, that current child care enrollees would not be cut off immediately, and that the budget would maintain services for about 500 highest-acuity Medicaid clients who lost eligibility under federal changes. Public testimony was largely critical of the proposed cuts in K-12, early learning, and higher education. School officials, educators, nurses, and advocacy groups opposed reductions to Transition to Kindergarten, Local Effort Assistance, Running Start, MSOC, school leadership and support grants, and higher education funding, arguing the cuts would worsen existing funding gaps and harm student outcomes. Several witnesses supported restoring or maintaining funding for ninth grade success, Treehouse’s foster youth graduation program, homeless student stability, and Science on Wheels. In early learning, child care providers and advocates opposed the Working Connections cap and subsidy-rate reduction, warning it would reduce access and destabilize providers. In higher education, campus leaders and labor representatives opposed across-the-board cuts and fund shifts, while some institutions and advocates supported targeted investments such as behavioral health workforce programs and DigiPen aid restoration. In human services, Planned Parenthood advocates praised restored abortion access funding and Medicaid reimbursements. The committee took no votes or final action in the transcript provided.

Transcript Highlights:

• It reduces the period in which a transfer is required to forward the certificate of ownership to the
• Director of Finance when a title of a vehicle is transferred, from 30 days to 14 days.
• of attestation to the Director of Finance to act as an endorsement certificate for motor vehicle transfer
• And we're also going to add language that the Judiciary shall create new forms permitting transfers to
• </c> operation or abandonment of transfer operation or abandonment of transfer Vehicles<01:27:35.920>

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The House Committee on Transportation met on January 28, 2025, and heard testimony on a series of bills dealing with vehicle titles, motor vehicle taxes, window tinting, license plates, electric bicycles, insurance penalties, vehicle inspection fines, and transportation discrimination. For HB 532, which shortens the time to forward a transferred vehicle title from 30 days to 14 days and allows a letter of attestation to serve as an endorsement certificate, testimony was listed in support from Councilmember U. Hajin and the City and County of Honolulu Department of Customer Services, and in opposition from Maui Mayor Richard Bisson and Sylvie Madison. HB 655 would require payment of unpaid motor vehicle taxes, fees, and penalties for the most recent five consecutive years of delinquency; the Tax Foundation of Hawaiʻi stood on written comments, with Tim Rymer and Robert Souza providing comments/support. HB 368, which would exempt certain medically sensitive drivers from sunscreen-device tint limits, drew opposition from the Department of Transportation and support from several individuals. HB 226, lowering allowed windshield tint from 35% to 20%, drew opposition from the Department of Transportation and support from TNT Tinting Specialists; members asked about federal preemption, and DOT said federal guidance applies to manufacturers while states retain authority over aftermarket tinting. The committee also heard HB 543, prohibiting license plate flipping devices and imposing a $2,000 fine, and HB 228, authorizing counties to adopt rules for electronic license plates, repealing flipping devices, and setting a minimum fine for obscuring plates; both measures had DOT support, comments from the Honolulu Department of Customer Services, and opposition from Sylvie Madison. HB 70 would require insurance for electric bicycles and create a regulatory framework effective January 1, 2026. The Office of the Public Defender opposed it, arguing the bill improperly distinguishes e-bikes from mopeds; PeopleForBikes and the Hawaiʻi Bicycling League opposed it as costly and unnecessary, while the Insurance Division said the bill could conflict with existing no-fault definitions and might fit better in the motor scooter/moped insurance framework. HB 231, increasing the fine for violating motor vehicle insurance requirements from $500 to $1,500, was opposed by the Office of the Public Defender, which argued it would burden low-income residents and add to court congestion; members debated whether higher fines would improve compliance. Later, HB 227 would add fines for operating a vehicle without a current inspection certificate and had DOT support. HB 184 would require operators of low-speed electric bicycles to have a driver’s license, instruction permit, or provisional license; Kawaii Path, PeopleForBikes, and Get Fit Kauaʻi opposed it as a barrier to low-cost transportation and noted concerns for riders with disabilities, while DOT later said it would support the measure and was asked to research whether other states have similar licensing requirements. The final major measure discussed was HB 468, which would require the Civil Rights Commission to investigate discrimination complaints involving transportation network company drivers and riders with service animals and allow DOT to issue penalties to the companies. The National Federation of the Blind of Hawaiʻi, the Disability Rights Center, and individual riders supported the bill, saying current protections lack enforcement and that denials still occur; Uber and Lyft opposed it, saying they already prohibit discrimination, train drivers, investigate complaints quickly, and that the bill would duplicate existing law and create unnecessary penalties. No votes or final committee actions were taken in the portion of the hearing provided.

Transcript Highlights:

• Message 38, House Bill 69, Department of Health Land Transfers. Eyes 34, nos 27, excused one.
• Message 38, House Bill 69, Department of Health Land Transfers. Eyes 34, nos 27, excused one.
• Point of order. >> Money. >> Oh, yeah. >> Chief clerk. >> Or was that fund transfer?
• I'm trying to &gt;&gt; Or was that fund transfer?
• </c><00:49:03.520><c> and</c> technology transfer and technology transfer and commercialization<00:49

Keywords: 916, all

Transcript Highlights:

• So, that set up first is SB 2041 relating to real property, which repeals the Land Court and transfers
• So, that set up first is SB 2041 relating to real property, which repeals the Land Court and transfers
• of, I mean, I think that I suppose you could wait to deregister everything until there's another transfer
• to the Bureau which if it's transferred to the Bureau of<00:02:53.280><c> Conveyances</c><00:02:53.840
• of the of the property, but transfer of the of the property, but that<00:04:37.800><c> could</c><00:

Bills: SB2041

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Keywords: land court, real property, legal documents, bureau of conveyances, judicial confirmation, property registration, working group, Hawaii Revised Statutes, reform, 912, senate, all

Summary: The committees heard SB 2041, which would repeal the Land Court, transfer its functions to the Bureau of Conveyances, and create a working group to recommend implementation. DLNR and Judiciary stood on their written testimony, while Realtors supported the bill and one testifier raised concerns about the loss of judicial authority, title disputes, adverse possession, and possible effects on Kuleana lands. Members questioned whether property could be deregistered and what the legal consequences would be, and the Bureau of Conveyances said deregistration is already available but burdensome. The committees ultimately recommended passage with amendments, and the measure was adopted by both committees. The Judiciary Committee then heard SB 2247, which restricts certain governor-appointed, Senate-confirmed executive branch employees from participating in campaign fundraising. The State Ethics Commission and Campaign Spending Commission supported the bill as a way to curb pay-to-play concerns and the appearance of undue influence, and several advocacy and civic groups also testified in support, with one person opposing. The committee agreed to amend the bill so the restrictions apply only after confirmation and continue until the person leaves the covered position. The committee voted to pass SB 2247 with amendments. Finally, the Judiciary Committee heard SB 2143, which would make the Attorney General the interim Chief Election Officer if that office becomes vacant until the Elections Commission appoints a replacement. Supporters argued the bill would provide continuity, prevent delays in certifying election results, and protect election integrity; opponents argued it would politicize the office, create a conflict of interest, and was unnecessary because current law already provides a process for filling vacancies. Testimony was extensive and sharply divided, with many speakers on both sides. The transcript provided does not include a final vote or action on SB 2143.

Transcript Highlights:

• Secondly, a minor change: the governor recommended the summer electronic benefit transfer program funding
• Secondly, a minor change: the governor recommended the summer electronic benefit transfer program funding
• Secondly, a minor change: the governor recommended the summer electronic benefit transfer program funding
• </c><00:35:15.599><c> So,</c><00:35:15.760><c> you</c><00:35:15.920><c> can</c> benefit transfer program
• So, you can benefit transfer program.

Bills: HF1388

Committee: House Education Finance

Keywords: BARR Center, Building Assets, Reducing Risks, education finance, school funding, grant appropriation, evidence-based program, student achievement, social and emotional learning, school climate, teacher effectiveness, high school graduation, students in poverty, students of color, BIPOC, equity in education, Minnesota Department of Education, urban schools, suburban schools, rural schools, school coaching

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><01:04:48.119><c> and</c><01:04:48.240><c> allow</c> and it would be transferred and allow and it
• would be transferred and allow for<01:04:49.200><c> immediate</c><01:04:49.680><c> testing</c><01:04
• </c> general fund appropriation and transfer general fund appropriation and transfer it<01:20:55.280>
• What we just heard, too, about the transfer with the Fond du Lac tribe from the northwestern herd to
• with the Fondulac tribe from transfer with the Fondulac tribe from Northwestern<01:30:20.360><c> uh<

Bills: HF601 , HF271 , HF1101 , HF979

Committee: House Agriculture Finance and Policy

Keywords: agriculture, depredation compensation, livestock, crop damage, elk, wolves, wildlife management, skills path program, career and technical education, CTE, dual credit, postsecondary options enrollment, apprenticeship, apprenticeship readiness, dual training, work-based learning, career pathways, skilled trades, workforce development, high school to career

Transcript Highlights:

• So, we would transfer two FTEEs to the So, we would transfer two FTEEs to the budget<02:24:11.120><c>
• An accountant or fiscal officer is being transferred out if, when it is housed in this agency.
• </c> amount, and they're only transferring amount, and they're only transferring 151,531, 151,531, 151,531
• SIPA to the where necessary transfer SIPA to the general<03:45:57.920><c> fund.
• </c><03:46:22.560><c> uh</c> the cash balance um is transferred. uh the cash balance um is transferred

Committee: Joint Appropriations

Keywords: 916, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Also, seeing the testimony in concern about the federal illegality, there is already a law passed.
• 47.760><c> federal</c> testimony in concern about the federal testimony in concern about the federal illegality
• :50.320><c> already</c><01:50:51.199><c> a</c><01:50:51.840><c> uh</c><01:50:52.480><c> law</c> illegality
• , there is already a uh law illegality, there is already a uh law passed.<01:50:53.520><c> I</c><01:50
• And what unauthorized basically means is illegal.

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The joint hearing opened with House Bill 1969, which would provide state funding for colorectal cancer screenings for uninsured and underinsured residents. The Department of Human Services said it supports the goal of early screening but would need new administrative capacity, including a program manager and claim pre-screening, to run the program. The Department of Health supported the measure and cited low screening rates in Hawaii, noting an educational campaign to encourage screening. The Insurance Division raised concerns about reliance on federal FAQs, warning that guidance can change and may create state cost exposure. Supporters including the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network and the Hawaii Medical Association argued the bill would close a preventive-care gap, reduce late-stage diagnoses, and save long-term costs; the committee also discussed implementation costs, estimated by DHS at roughly $1.4 million to $2 million annually plus administrative expenses, and a 6-month to 1-year timeline to establish the program. The committee then took up House Bill 1965, which would require health carriers to spend at least 6% of total medical expenditures on primary care providers. The Insurance Division said several provisions raise technical and legal concerns, including the premium freeze, the medical loss ratio language, the lack of an existing external review process for downcoding claims, and a new mandate for medically necessary inter-island transportation that could trigger an ACA defrayal. The Department of Human Services supported the intent but suggested broader language to include primary care supports and services, and noted that QUEST integration plans already invested at least 9% of total medical expenditures in primary care in 2024, with additional spending on supports and low-value care reductions. State health planning officials strongly supported the bill as an investment in primary care, saying it could improve outcomes and lower long-term costs, though they acknowledged a possible temporary premium increase during the transition. Testimony in support emphasized Hawaii’s physician shortage, especially on Maui, the Big Island, and other neighbor islands, and warned that clinics are under financial strain and may close without higher primary care reimbursement. The Hawaii Healthcare Task Force, AARP Hawaii, and other supporters said the bill would help retain providers, improve access for Medicare and Medicaid patients, and prevent downstream costs from emergency room use and avoidable hospitalizations. No votes or final committee action were taken in the portion of the hearing provided.

Transcript Highlights:

• A turnback condition report, completion of required rehab before any transfer becomes effective, and,
• It simply ensures prohibit transfers.
• a forced transfer of ownership or<01:23:54.639><c> maintenance</c><01:23:55.120><c> responsibility.
• Did the DOT have any conversation about transferring Continental Boulevard to the town of Mar?
• Each one of these sectors, and transferring between them, is generally not permitted.

Committee: House Public Works and Highways

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We transferred 600,000 from our We transferred 600,000 from our general fund to our food service program
• Currently, we transfer $140,000 from our general fund to operate our lunch ...support for the discussion
• Currently, we transfer $140,000 from our general fund to operate our lunch We would just ask for funding
• Currently, we transfer $140,000 from our general fund to operate our lunch program, and really that is
• So. >> So, you said that 140,000, I believe, was your general fund transfer. >> That is for us, yeah.

Committee: Joint Select Committee on School Finance Recalibration

Keywords: 916, all

Transcript Highlights:

• bigger issue is, what I don't understand is why are they picking up in the middle of the night when transfer
• Because all trash in the Commonwealth eventually goes to a transfer station.
• Because all trash in the Commonwealth eventually goes to a transfer station.
• Because all trash in the Commonwealth eventually goes to a transfer station.
• The Commonwealth eventually goes to a transfer station.

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The committee opened its hearing with procedural remarks, including a strict three-minute testimony limit, livestream instructions, and a July 1 deadline for written testimony. Chairs Lewis and Rauch then heard testimony on a wide range of municipal home rule petitions and related bills, with many local officials and advocates being taken out of order because of the large turnout. A major topic was firefighter residency. Representatives of the Professional Firefighters of Massachusetts and Sen. Keenan supported H. 2260/S. 1449, which would replace the current 15-mile residency rule for non-civil-service fire departments with a negotiable standard, generally allowing residency within 15 miles and permitting expansion through collective bargaining. Supporters said the change would improve recruitment and retention amid the housing crisis and create parity with civil-service departments. Acton Fire Chief Anita Arnhum and Sen. Senna also backed H. 4168 for Acton, making similar arguments about recruitment, paramedics, and the need for local flexibility. The committee also heard strong support for charter overhaul petitions for Somerville and Lynn. Somerville officials, including Rep. Barber, Mayor Ballantyne, Councilor Jake Wilson, and charter committee member Beverly Schwartz, described a years-long public process to replace an 1890s-era charter with a modern document emphasizing transparency, public participation, clearer governance, and a possible change to the mayor’s term length. Lynn Mayor Nicholson similarly supported a charter update to modernize city operations and financial procedures. Cambridge-related charter and procurement reforms were also briefly endorsed by Rep. Cabral. Other bills discussed included a proposal by Sen. Eldridge and Rep. Scarsdale to create a state grant program for municipal sustainability directors, and regional school finance bills supported by Rep. Lanatra and Jason Frazier to expand special education reserve funds and create a regional school assessment reserve fund. Acton witnesses also supported library governance changes and a checkout bag charge proposal. The committee heard sharply divided testimony on Quincy’s H. 3897, a 50-year lease extension for Quarry Hills/Granite Links: Quincy officials and business supporters praised the public-private partnership and future investment potential, while residents argued the lease was too long, should be competitively bid, and deserved more oversight and auditing. The hearing also included testimony on Boston trash truck noise restrictions and a PEG access/cable funds bill supported by Mass Access, as well as a Southwick petition to elect part of the Conservation Commission, which one select board member opposed as contrary to current law and good governance.

Transcript Highlights:

• If you're looking for a motion, I would move that we just pause it, make a pause on any, I guess, transfers
• If you're looking for a motion, I would move that we just pause it, make a pause on any, I guess, transfers
• If you're looking for a motion, I would move that we just pause it, make a pause on any, I guess, transfers
• that go direct. ...contributes to the ability of those spending transfers that go directly to the state
• even more important now after having put essentially additional burdens on the legacy fund to do transfer

Summary: The committee met to approve prior minutes and receive updates on the Legacy Fund transparency website and fund performance. Staff reported the website procurement was in contract negotiations, with a planned go-live around November 1, and that the site would provide downloadable, more transparent information on fund holdings, allocations, history, and legislative appropriations while protecting confidential data. The investment office then reviewed performance through January 2026, describing strong returns relative to benchmarks, noting real estate and fixed income as weaker areas, and explaining that the fund’s diversification and internal management had helped offset market volatility, including recent geopolitical impacts. Members also discussed the in-state investment program, especially the Bank of North Dakota’s CD-match allocation. Several members questioned whether the program had been static for years and whether the uncommitted balance should remain parked there if it was not being used. The committee voted to pause further transfers into the program until the Bank provides a report and the committee can consider possible statutory changes; the motion also requested a cost-benefit analysis from RVK, and it passed by roll call vote. In the afternoon, RVK presented its review of the investment policy statement as it relates to the in-state investment program. The consultant said it found no major policy impediments, and that implementers and stakeholders generally felt the program was proceeding as intended. RVK emphasized best practices such as third-party due diligence, competitive risk-adjusted returns, diversification, pacing, and exit strategies, while cautioning that required lower-return investments or spending commitments can create pressure on the fund’s long-term real value. The consultant also raised ancillary concerns about state-level concentration risk, the need to distinguish between public and commercial infrastructure, and the lack of a central repository for all state funding commitments to the same projects.

Transcript Highlights:

• That's for agency shortfalls and corrections, OJJ, State Police, GOSIP, and DCFS, and also transfer of
• That's for agency shortfalls and corrections OJJ, State Police, GOSIP, and DCFS, and also transfer of
• You have the funds bill, which has the transfer and deposits and the uses of money between funds.
• Interagency transfers is more of a double count.
• Interagency transfers are important, as I spoke of earlier.

Summary: The House Ways and Means Committee met on March 10, 2026, for a series of informational presentations rather than bill hearings. House Fiscal Division staff reviewed the state’s tax structure, the 2024 third special session tax reform package, and the Revenue Estimating Conference process. They explained the move to a 3% flat individual income tax, a 5.5% flat corporate income tax, the higher standard deduction and retirement-income exclusion, the repeal of several deductions and credits, the repeal of the corporate franchise tax, and the expansion of the sales tax base to certain digital goods. Staff also walked through tax exemption data, showing the size of exemptions relative to collections, and discussed forecasted revenue gaps in the out years, including the effect of the scheduled sales tax rate reduction and the return of transportation-related revenues to their prior dedication. Members asked about declining mineral revenues, digital sales tax collections, corporate collections, and the impact of tax credits and exemptions. Division of Administration and Legislative Fiscal Office staff said lower oil and gas prices, long-term production declines, and the timing of corporate payments were major factors in revenue trends, and that it will take at least another year or two of tax returns to fully understand the reform’s effects. They emphasized that corporate collections are still below the $600 million threshold that affects the state general fund and Revenue Stabilization Fund, though the forecast remains $900 million. The committee also discussed surplus and excess revenues, the distinction between discretionary and non-discretionary spending, and how current-year and prior-year balances are allocated under the constitution. A significant portion of the meeting focused on the relationship between Ways and Means and Appropriations. Chairman McFarland stressed that new fiscal-note bills can force cuts elsewhere if revenue is not available, and urged members to coordinate early with fiscal staff before advancing costly legislation. Members also asked how pending constitutional amendments on teacher pay and inventory tax might affect the budget; staff said the teacher stipend proposal is not currently funded in the executive budget and that the inventory tax proposal would mainly affect local governments and any reimbursements from the Revenue Stabilization Fund if approved. The committee then heard from Louisiana Economic Development Secretary Susan Bouchoux, who reported strong results from recent reforms, including $92 billion in capital investment, 37,000 new jobs, a record year of announcements, a top-10 corporate tax climate ranking, and a pipeline of 189 active projects representing nearly 42,000 potential jobs and $280 billion in potential investment. Members praised LED’s work and discussed the need to pair economic development with workforce training, infrastructure, and predictable tax policy.

Transcript Highlights:

• That's for agency shortfalls and corrections, OJJ, State Police, GOSIP, and DCFS, and also transfer of
• That's for agency shortfalls and corrections OJJ, State Police, GOSIP, and DCFS, and also transfer of
• You have the funds bill, which has the transfers and deposits and the uses of money between funds.
• Interagency transfers is more of a double count.
• Interagency transfers are important, as I spoke of earlier.

Committee: House Ways & Means

Keywords: 965, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• All these appropriations are for transfer in from the general fund into the Housing Development Fund,
• Two other things I'll note: on line 55, there's the transfer to the Housing Support Account.
• in from the general are for transfer in from the general fund<01:13:36.679><c> into</c><01:13:36.880
• the transfer to the housing<01:13:47.600><c> support</c><01:13:47.960><c> account</c><01:13:48.239><
• of 450,000 per canceling that transfer of 450,000 per year<01:13:58.679><c> so</c><01:13:59.120><c>

Committee: Senate Housing and Homelessness Prevention

Keywords: 1187, senate, all