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• It adds a null and void clause, making the bill null and void unless funded in the budget.
• And it adds a null and void clause, making the bill Nolan void and less funded in the budget.
• It removes provisions establishing maximum allowable amounts for general fund balances.
• for resolutions by the school district's board of directors and fund repayment plans approved by the
• It adds a null and void clause, making the bill null and void unless funded in the budget.

Bills: HB1295 , HB2262 , HB2551 , HB2593 , HB2594 , HB2636

Committee: House Education

Keywords: reading instruction, structured literacy, early literacy, dyslexia, phonics, phonological awareness, language comprehension, vocabulary, fluency, oral language, orthographic knowledge, multi-tiered system of supports, MTSS, screening assessments, intervention, reading intervention, elementary education, kindergarten, first grade, second grade

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• There's over 200 million for innovative economic development funding to diversify the state's economy
• Chairman, about 2.6 billion in non-recurring spending projects and fund transfers.
• done targeted CTE funding in K 12.
• Chairman, on line on page 11 and 12, you have the General Fund Financial Summary.
• And when we're using taxpayer funding But I think what really disappoints me, Mr.

Bills: HB2 , SB48 , SB64 , SB100

Committee: House House Appropriations & Finance

Keywords: general appropriation, budget, Medicaid, education funding, public safety, State Fairgrounds District, fairgrounds bonds, public financing, bond authorization, gross receipts tax, gaming tax, tax-backed bonds, infrastructure funding, Albuquerque fairgrounds, State Fair Tid, economic development, municipal bonds, revenue pledge, capital projects, New Mexico finance

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• It would authorize a new local sales and use tax to fund services for children and families.
• It was authorized a new local sales and youth tax to fund services for children's and food.
• It would allow flood control zone districts to expend funds or transfer funds to the county for the purpose
• It will allow for additional funds to go to public safety.
• So if affordable housing is our priority, then we should take steps to fund that.

Bills: HB1717 , HB2133 , HB2135 , HB2140 , HB2442 , HB2559

Committee: House Finance

Keywords: affordable housing, sales tax, housing programs, tax incentives, economic development, property tax, senior citizens, tax exemption, local government funding, permanent legislation, adaptive housing, disabled veterans, tax preferences, housing affordability, retail sales tax, governmental transfer, agriculture, land use, local government, tax authority

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• Madam Chair, members, House Bill 2065 appropriates the sum of $9,500,000 from the State General Fund
• Madam Chair and members, House Bill 2066 appropriates $8 million from the General Fund in fiscal year
• Is the sponsor supportive of using potential B funding if that's available?
• We can pull down some matching funds, Representative Volk, to get money in there.
• Madam Chair, members, House Bill 2071 appropriates the sum of $15,500,000 from the State General Fund

Bills: HB2065 , HB2066 , HB2071 , HB2106 , HB2237 , HB2258

Committee: House Rural Economic Development

Keywords: appropriation, housing, Apache Junction, affordable housing, rehabilitation, blight abatement, broadband, fiber optic, technology, connectivity, infrastructure, rural development, workforce hub, health services, transportation tax, county excise tax, regional transportation authority, public transportation authority fund, regional transportation fund, ADOT

Bills: HB9 , HB52 , HB53 , HB99 , HB9 , HB52 , HB53 , HB99

Committee: House Children and Senior Advocacy

Keywords: elder abuse, elder exploitation, financial exploitation, elderly person, senior abuse, probate, inheritance forfeiture, slayer statute, intestate succession, will contest, joint tenancy, right of survivorship, joint bank account, beneficiary designation, life insurance proceeds, estate law, Alabama probate law, vulnerable adults, senior advocacy, forfeiture of benefits

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• This provides some funding for public television in the state.
• Chair, we provided funding to public television through matching grants, equipment grants, and block
• By law, these grants must be matched with funds from Minnesota-based contributors.
• These funds go right back into our communities in ways that would not be possible otherwise.
• . fund. fund.

Bills: HF1458 , HF2063 , HF2164 , HF1377 , HF927 , HF1059 , HF1910 , HF2232

Committee: House State Government Finance and Policy

Keywords: CPA, certified public accountant, public accounting, accountancy, licensure, license mobility, substantial equivalency, interstate practice, out-of-state accountant, NASBA, Uniform CPA Examination, board of accountancy, attest services, audit, tax preparation, financial advisory, consulting, accounting education, master's degree, bachelor's degree

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• That's how we use the funds.
• </c><00:13:50.120><c> was</c> they knew the funding was they knew the funding was exhausted<00:13:53.199
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• </c> this program out of undesignated funds this program out of undesignated funds um<00:49:24.240><c
• So $3.04 million in the grant funding and $4.7 million in private funding to upgrade facilities here

Bills: HF770 , HF857 , HF38 , HF1500 , HF43

Committee: House Agriculture Finance and Policy

Keywords: HF770, Rural Finance Authority, RFA, capital investment, state bonds, general obligation bonds, bonding bill, agricultural loans, farm loans, beginning farmer, new farmer, seller-sponsored loans, loan restructuring, agricultural improvement loans, livestock expansion, modernization loans, rural development, Minnesota agriculture, farm credit, chapter 41B

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• This equipment fund was set up to... This equipment fund was set up.
• It goes into this fund, and we use this fund to buy equipment for the police.
• general fund.
• It'll come from the general fund, unless we find another fund.
• funded.

Bills: SB1046 , SB1317 , SB1376 , SB1416 , SB1448 , SB1471 , SB1493 , SB1498 , SB1502 , SB1504 , SB1538 , SB1544 , SB1550 , SB1579 , SB1581 , SB1584 , SB1624 , SB1673

Committee: Senate Public Safety

Keywords: telecommunications, broadband, internet infrastructure, critical infrastructure, cybersecurity, national security, foreign adversary, China, Chinese equipment, supply chain security, network equipment, microchips, Arizona Corporation Commission, telecommunications provider, communications infrastructure, Huawei, ZTE, state-owned enterprise, sanctions, infrastructure security

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• Unlike the state, local governments only have one tool to raise general fund revenue, and that's property
• </c><00:05:03.280><c> As</c><00:05:03.520><c> a</c> funds to distribute to clients.
• As a funds to distribute to clients.
• </c><00:08:40.399><c> without</c> sustainably fund those services without sustainably fund those services
• </c><00:37:19.119><c> by</c> federal government uh cut IRS funding by federal government uh cut IRS funding

Bills: HF4119 , HF3959 , HF3792 , HF3913 , HF3752

Committee: House Taxes

Keywords: property tax, renter credits, co-pay, housing affordability, tax relief, homestead, tax refund, Minnesota, tax increase, financial relief, homeowners, AmeriCorps, taxation, individual income tax, living allowances, stipends, national service, tax compliance, revenue, analytics

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• This is a change in how creating a fund here? Yes.
• Are there any general fund implications here? Do we have to put money into the fund initially? No.
• The wage recovery fund creates a third option for workers.
• The fund does not come from the general fund.
• And it prohibits the use of the accident and medical aid funds for funding any activities of the board

Bills: HB1526 , HB1069 , HB1347 , HB2091 , HB2264

Committee: Senate Labor & Commerce

Keywords: liquor license, snack bar, state regulations, alcohol sales, business licensing, collective bargaining, retirement benefits, employee rights, public sector, supplemental benefits, education, funding, student loans, affordability, higher education, public employers, employee information, bargaining representatives, labor relations, union representation

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• So Senate Bill 1288 provides that the state's share of matching requirements for federal funds shall
• So, yeah, there are funds that are put aside for the state emergency funds the governor has at his or
• Like, they can appropriate or ask for those emergency funds to be applied to this fund as well, or it
• could come out of their state fund emergency fund.
• The funds are being tied up, and sheriffs want to use these funds for Moving down to line 19 for training

Bills: SB1288 , SB1705 , SB1878 , SB2019 , SB2118

Committee: Senate Local and County Government

Keywords: emergency management, federal funding, disaster relief, cost sharing, public assistance, bail reform, public funds, nonprofit organizations, political subdivisions, injunctive relief, criminal procedure, surety bond, judicial discretion, uniform bond schedule, liability insurance, judgments, insurance fund, Oklahoma, county sheriff, commissary

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• There are some provisions in here to do some special funding.
• We'd also like to establish a revolving fund to put funds in.
• I just was trying to understand what these funds are. It's the canceled warrant fund.
• Funds are—it's the canceled warrant fund.
• We want to look at the 220, the out-of-pocket funds. We want to look at the revolving funds.

Bills: SB2026 , SB1376 , SB1355 , SB2115 , SB1533

Committee: Senate Veterans and Military Affairs

Keywords: military discharge, veterans, DD Form 214, confidentiality, grandchildren access, Oklahoma National Guard, education assistance, military benefits, dependents, CareerTech Assistance Act, burial grant, memorial headstone, eligibility requirements, funding, Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs, fiscal management, state law, veteran burial, burial assistance, indigent veterans

Summary: The Veterans and Military Affairs Committee met and advanced several bills related to veterans records, National Guard benefits, burial honors, and veterans home operations. Senate Bill 2026 would allow grandchildren, with proof of lineage, to access a veteran’s DD-214 filed with a county clerk; it passed 9-0. Senate Bill 1376, amended to be named the CW5 Chris Rowe Act, would revise National Guard retirement and pay provisions, including a five-year Oklahoma Guard service minimum for retirement eligibility and language intended to ensure full-time Guard members are paid at their rank; despite concerns raised about the five-year threshold and out-of-state members, it passed 9-0. Senate Bill 1355 would create a program and funds to provide memorial headstones, markers, or medallions for eligible veterans and National Guard veterans; it also passed 9-0. The committee then considered Senate Bill 2115, a broad measure affecting Oklahoma veterans homes and the Department of Veterans Affairs. The bill would allow more flexible hiring of part-time health care staff, create revolving funds for quicker purchasing of supplies, and exclude certain purchases from the state Purchasing Act. Members questioned the canceled warrant fund, the scope of the purchasing exemption, and how donations and federal funds would be handled. The author and ODVA representatives said the bill was still a work in progress and emphasized the need for flexibility and safeguards. The bill passed 9-0. Finally, Senate Bill 1533, described as cleanup language for the Dignity and Burial Act, would change eligibility to require a veteran to have been a resident of Oklahoma rather than dying in the state. It also passed 9-0. Near the end of the meeting, Chair Stanley noted plans for another committee meeting the following week and Senator Peterson mentioned an upcoming floor substitute related to the Strategic Military Planning Commission sunset issue.

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• It directs WSDOT to expend funds or allocate funding from the corresponding zone account to the local
• So currently it's a mix of funds that go to the court system.
• Fifty percent, or a portion of that, is to the state general fund.
• And it also establishes that... of funds that go to the court system, the locals get even a fraction
• of that 50%. 50% or portion of that is to the state general fund.

Bills: SB6131 , SB6311 , SJM8016 , SB6230 , SB6032 , SB6335

Committee: Senate Transportation

Keywords: traffic safety, roadway fatalities, Washington traffic safety commission, policy update, road safety, accident prevention, pedestrian safety, construction, accessibility, public safety, urban planning, bridge repair, infrastructure, emergency funding, transportation, cash transactions, pennies, currency, economic efficiency, financial regulation

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• in fiscal year 2027 to the livestock compensation fund.
• The funding sought here would go into the compensation fund that will be available for those purposes
• Last year there was some funds put into the program.
• Endangered Species Fund to this fund.
• And where do they get their funding from? Mr.

Bills: HB2155 , HB2156 , HB2162 , HB2762 , HB2791

Committee: House Land, Agriculture & Rural Affairs

Keywords: Arizona Beef Council, agriculture, market development, beef products, terminating council, livestock, compensation, funding, ranching, game and fish commission, wildlife, appointment, commission membership, Arizona Revised Statutes, food labeling, cultivated cells, cell-cultured products, consumer information, food safety, cell-cultured protein

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• If we did not get this additional funding, essentially, we would have to use all of the funding from
• The proposed amendment revises the appropriation of funds and clarifies that the appropriated funds are
• And obviously, we all want our CBAs funded and completely, you know, fully funded.
• authorizing federal funding.
• The amendment contained general fund appropriations of $94.9 million and highway fund appropriations

Bills: AB49 , AB93 , AB108 , AB169 , AB188 , AB212 , AB221 , AB224 , AB251 , AB282 , AB284 , AB296 , AB304 , AB331 , AB356 , AB366 , AB375 , AB409 , AB467 , AB475 , AB476 , AB479 , AB494 , AB514 , AB515 , AB533 , AB542 , AB550 , AB558 , AB567 , AB568 , AB571 , AB581 , AB583 , AB584 , AB585 , AB595 , AB596 , AB597 , SB170 , SB427 , SB460 , SB508

Committee: Senate Finance

Keywords: educational personnel, teacher licensing, reciprocal licensure, provisional teaching, school counselors, school nurses, school social workers, state education standards, public employees, police officers, benefits, appropriation, law enforcement, outdoor education, recreation, grant program, environment, funding, health insurance, speech-language pathology

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• Chair and members of the committee, I'm Elisa Lopez, Executive Director of Floresa Justice Action Fund
• Chair, House Bill 2239 establishes the child care grant program and the child care infrastructure fund
• The fund consists of legislative appropriations, grants, gifts, contributions, and devices.
• In addition, the bill's infrastructure funding would give us And families.
• The bill appropriates $100,000 and one FTE from the state general fund in fiscal year 2020.

Bills: HB2041 , HB2144 , HB2239 , HB2321 , HB2371 , HB2594 , HB2661 , HB2662 , HB2793 , HB2968 , HB2995

Committee: Senate Federalism and Family Law

Keywords: child neglect, financial resources, behavioral health, Christian Science treatment, parental rights, child support, preborn children, retroactive support, medical expenses, child welfare, child care, grant program, low-income, early learning, infrastructure, economic growth, security freeze, credit reporting, dependent children, parental notification

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• Does the resolution speak to that?
• I just, earlier you had mentioned that this resolution is no different from the resolution from 2021.
• Chair lays out the following resolution. Secretary, read the resolution.
• And to do so, we just have to pass this resolution, adopt this resolution.
• the bills and resolutions.

Bills: SR5 , SB5 , SB11 , SB12 , SB25 , SB26 , SB28 , SB35 , SB5 , SB11 , SB12 , SB25 , SB26 , SB28 , SB35

Keywords: redistricting, Senate procedures, public input, Texas Legislature, amendments, Texas Senate, congressional districts, legislative procedures, legislative transparency, Senate rules, public hearings, committee procedures, hemp regulation, consumable products, cannabinoids, occupational licenses, criminal offenses, SB 11, Texas attorney general, election crimes

Summary: The meeting centered around the discussion of congressional redistricting, where the committee established the procedures to ensure a fair and transparent process. Led by Senator King, the session focused on adopting a resolution that authorized a special committee dedicated to congressional redistricting and allowed for regional hearings to gather public input via videoconferencing. Concerns were raised about ensuring adequate notice for public participation, especially from marginalized communities potentially affected by proposed changes. Disagreements emerged regarding the timeline for regional hearings and how to address the implications of the redistricting process on minority districts. Overall, participants acknowledged the complex nature of redistricting and the importance of engaging constituents in the legislative process.

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• This would still require them to do it once a week, so they're not going to hold these funds for long
• And it goes into a trust fund. That fund is then held.
• That estimate is inclusive of those dollars that are carried over through that fund.
• I I do have some discomfort about the potential funding mechanism here.
• states that when donations are received, those monies will not be included as part of the general fund

Bills: HB3312 , HB3700 , HB2981 , HB2961 , HB3016 , HB4478 , HB4326 , HB3025 , HB3710

Committee: Senate Education

Keywords: firearm safety, public schools, education policy, student safety, gun control, opt-out option, grading system, student assessment, academic integrity, state funding, opinion conduct, open meetings, school boards, transparency, public access, education governance, HB2961, TSgt Marshal Dakota Roberts Gold Star Survivor Act, Gold Star family, Gold Star recipient

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• This would still require them to do it once a week, so they're not going to hold these funds for long
• This would still require them to do it once a week, so they're not going to hold these funds for long
• This would still require them to do it once a week, so they're not going to hold these funds for long
• I do have some discomfort about the potential funding... Thank you, Senator.
• I do have some discomfort about the potential funding mechanism here, and I need to be a no today.

Bills: HB3312 , HB3700 , HB2981 , HB2961 , HB3016 , HB4478 , HB4326 , HB3025 , HB3710

Committee: Senate Education

Keywords: firearm safety, public schools, education policy, student safety, gun control, opt-out option, grading system, student assessment, academic integrity, state funding, opinion conduct, open meetings, school boards, transparency, public access, education governance, HB2961, TSgt Marshal Dakota Roberts Gold Star Survivor Act, Gold Star family, Gold Star recipient

Summary: The Senate Education Committee met and first recognized visiting students and staff from Putnam City North and Edmond Public Schools. The committee then took up several House bills, beginning with HB 3312, which would require annual age-appropriate firearm safety instruction in public schools starting in the 2026–2027 school year, with CLEET and the Department of Education developing the curriculum. The bill was advanced on a 9-2 vote after the author described it as a safety measure and cited a personal tragedy involving children and a firearm. The committee also passed HB 3700, requiring colleges and universities to adopt policies ensuring grades are based only on academic performance, and HB 2981, requiring school districts to post school board meeting minutes within two weeks of approval. HB 2961, creating the Tech Sergeant Marshall Dakota Roberts Gold Star Surviving Act to provide tuition, fees, and room and board for spouses and children of Gold Star recipients at state public universities or career tech schools, passed unanimously after discussion of a possible fiscal impact. HB 3016, establishing a two-year pilot vision screening program for about 12 schools to identify convergence insufficiency disorders linked to literacy, also passed. Later, HB 4478 passed to raise the daily deposit threshold for school districts and sites from $100 to $500 while still requiring weekly deposits. HB 4326, a cleanup bill related to Oklahoma’s Promise deadlines, certified teacher definitions, and a contingent T-SET-related provision, passed after debate about its unfinished status and funding concerns. HB 3025 passed with a change excluding donations from general fund collections for carryover balance purposes for one year, and HB 3710 passed to make a new higher education program cohort-based, requiring students to begin eligibility as freshmen. The chair closed by noting the committee had moved quickly, and announced upcoming executive nominee meetings and another committee meeting the following week.

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• I just wonder if you know how those funds can be used if they go up.
• So, what are we reauthorizing if we're just creating a fund? I'm a little confused.
• I don't think these funds sit in a fund; usually, with quality jobs, it's a percentage of withholding
• What will those funds go back into general revenue if this doesn't extend?
• State and federal funds have nothing to do with your capacity to bond.

Bills: HB3044 , HB3465 , HB3625 , HB3704 , HB3759 , HB3920 , HB3972 , HB4191 , HB4311 , HB4426

Committee: Senate Revenue and Taxation

Keywords: veterans, tax refund, Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs, capital improvement, donations, Oklahoma Emission Reduction, incentive, taxation, environment, revenue, investment, school funds, treasurer, education funding, financial policy, income tax, scholarship, tax credit, Oklahoma Tax Commission, school funding