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• And it's what I'm seeing matching what I saw on a breath test.
• I'll give an example of a 0.02, a very low level of alcohol, but the things that I'm seeing don't match
• This will save lives.
• So, what we're talking about here in terms of state, it would be the state match portion.
• Additionally, the savings generated from the Federal 340B program go directly back into the healthcare

Committee: House House Health & Human Services

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• , but typically, if a match is required, we’re using an effort-based match based on scientists’ contribution
• to that project and—” “Requires a match.
• So dual credit is also saving time and money. We know this.
• So that's a huge saving for them.
• But yeah, saving some money, evidently. Thank you for that as well.

Summary: The committee first reviewed the 2024-25 tuition waiver report for the North Dakota University System. Staff explained that waivers were reported for degree-seeking students and broken out by residency, institution, and waiver type. Members asked about partial versus full waivers, institutional discretion, athletic waivers, and whether campuses have published guardrails or transparency requirements. Staff said most waivers are set by institutions, with some statutory and board-required categories, and that athletic waivers are a small share of total waiver dollars. The report showed total gross tuition of $354.5 million, tuition waived of $38.9 million, and 11,193 of 42,040 students receiving some waiver. Members also discussed how waivers affect net tuition revenue, housing and food collections, and whether campuses are using waivers strategically compared with scholarships and other funding sources. The committee then heard a presentation on tuition rates by campus and State Board policy. Staff explained the board’s tuition factors for resident, Minnesota reciprocity, contiguous-state/U.S. nonresident, and international students, and noted that campuses often seek exceptions based on program-specific competition and enrollment goals. Members asked whether rates are based on cost or competition, and staff said campuses typically bring forward estimates and market comparisons when requesting special rates. The presentation also reviewed general fund appropriations versus net tuition revenue by campus, and members discussed how local tuition decisions and waivers do not directly affect the state funding formula, though they do affect institutional revenue and reserves. Questions were also raised about the Higher Learning Commission’s financial composite indicator and how it differs from the more intuitive reserve and revenue figures. The committee next received a broad overview of non-higher-education entities affiliated with the State Board of Higher Education, beginning with NDSU agriculture-related units. Dr. Greg Lardy described the State Board of Agricultural Research and Education, the NDSU Extension Service, the Agricultural Experiment Station, and the branch research centers, emphasizing their statewide role in crop and livestock research, extension education, and county-based outreach. He outlined funding mixes for extension, the experiment station, and branch stations, noting that grants and contracts support both research and education, while the agronomy seed farm is self-funded through seed sales. Members asked about the new and vacant FTE pool, R1 research status, matching requirements for grants, and whether state appropriations count toward research expenditures. Dr. Lardy also highlighted major research impacts, including crop varieties, virtual fencing, AI-assisted weed control, and NDAWN weather data. The Northern Crops Institute and the Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute also presented. NCI described its role in market development, technical services, and education for regional agriculture, its governance through the Northern Crops Council, and its funding from state appropriations, other states, and earned revenue. Members asked about the source of out-of-state funding, intellectual property, and the institute’s international reach. UGPTI then outlined its transportation research, federal and state funding structure, and work on road and bridge condition assessments, travel demand modeling, and workforce training. No votes were taken during the portion of the meeting reflected in the transcript.

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• It doesn't doesn't include savings.
• And this letter says, no, let's put it in permanent savings. I want to put it in permanent savings.
• </c> continue to invest in permanent savings continue to invest in permanent savings and<01:44:49.440
• </c> request for additional energy matching request for additional energy matching funds,<01:58:39.840
• </c> study, they did so in a way that saved study, they did so in a way that saved the<03:16:30.000><

Committee: Joint Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:

• Um one one with state match in there.
• </c> were requesting a state state match for. were requesting a state state match for.
• </c><00:14:16.399><c> uh</c> just roll and then we save uh just roll and then we save uh significantly
• We're working to raise our share of the match and doing our best.
• Um, in regards to the state match, here.

Bills: HB0111 , HB0112 , HB0122

Committee: House Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:

• 40% match, and the fact that we're still seeing relatively new requirements for many. ...40% match and
• If this was a cost savings measure, I would anticipate that we're seeing a cost savings reduction in
• So it is a saving to the state.
• They weren't saving children. They were saving their bank rolls. Is that what you're saying?
• They weren't saving children. They were saving their bank rolls. Is that what you're saying?

Committee: House Budget

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• He said the change brings more federal matching funds to New Hampshire, which is good for the Medicaid
• Revenue thank you uh that that matching Revenue thank you thanks<00:18:26.520><c> Mr</c><00:18:26.720
• </c><00:19:04.840><c> those</c> future Federal dollar matching those future Federal dollar matching those
• That will generate approximately $430 million in federal matching funds that the state will use to fund
• <01:16:24.920><c> 12</c><01:16:25.360><c> to</c> saving 12 to saving 12 to 18%<01:16:27.800><c> of</c

Committee: Senate Finance

Transcript Highlights:

• We're matching what a civilian model is.
• So you're going to See those in places like our Title 19 match.
• That's the state's behavioral health match for Medicaid. OK?
• And so we went through that whole process over 75 days, and we found some savings.
• But at the end of the day, we found savings. We found contracts that we didn't need.

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• That's a match. Um and again I there. That's a match.
• </c> non-match state funds that go into it. non-match state funds that go into it.
• </c> match to help local transit providers. match to help local transit providers.
• It doesn't save general funds.
• </c> save general funds. save general funds.

Committee: Senate Finance

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• College savings. College savings is unique. Um, the program is unique.
• College savings. College savings is unique. Um, the program is unique.
• </c><01:54:22.960><c> Um</c> savings. College savings is unique. Um savings.
• This is the actual general fund savings of $286,361 that matches up with the reduction you took earlier
• This is the actual general fund savings of $286,361 that matches up with the reduction you took earlier

Summary: The Committee of Conference on HB 1 and HB 2 was called to order, and Legislative Budget Assistant Michael Kaine reviewed the working documents before the committee. He explained the compare report, the detailed change sheet, the HB 1 index, the HB 2 side-by-side, the surplus statement, and a revenue handout, noting that the committee would vote up or down on all detail-change items and that unresolved items on hold would be removed from the final bills. He also identified staff available to answer technical questions and noted that the committee would track the dollar impact of decisions as it proceeded. Members then turned to the revenue outlook, with discussion focused on the gap between the House and Senate budget positions. House members said their budget guidance was based on revenue estimates that were significantly below the governor’s proposal, and they discussed whether additional revenue could close part of the gap. Department of Revenue Administration Commissioner Lindsey Stepp presented updated revenue estimates based on May data, explaining the methodology and the ranges for fiscal years 2025, 2026, and 2027. She said business taxes were the largest source of uncertainty, with estimates reflecting current economic conditions, recent revenue performance, and a range of possible growth rates. Committee members questioned the assumptions behind the business-tax ranges, including why the low and high scenarios were set at 2% and 8% growth. Stepp said the range was based on historical performance and current economic factors such as inflation, tariffs, and business behavior, and she noted that June is a major estimate-payment month for business taxes. Members also discussed recent revenue trends, including the effect of tariffs and the possibility of federal tax policy changes affecting repatriated profits. The commissioner and House members also discussed other revenue sources, including rooms and meals and real estate transfer taxes, with the House side arguing that lower mortgage rates and home prices could increase real estate transfer revenue. No votes were taken in the portion provided, but the committee discussed possible upward adjustments to House revenue assumptions, including increases of roughly $70 million in total based on the updated outlook and additional insurance-related revenue.

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• There's a local match reduction.
• So I'm asking, let's see, on the high school they're asking For a local match reduction, and then in
• I think they asked for a local match reduction in the middle school.
• The district request, as stated, matches the staff recommendation.
• The biggest return from that was vacancy savings, which was the most substantial.

Committee: House Public School Capital Outlay Oversight Task Force

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• it would save those municipalities money and it would save staff costs and resources for the counties
• Delta from these, these projected savings.
• Uh, cost savings or cost estimates.
• Would we have to put up the 25% match?
• Is it because they match that? Gotcha.

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• There's a fiscal note from JLARC showing no cost or savings, and while there's no savings, they do mention
• Please rule against a 25% match for BCF and make it 100%.
• Please rule against a 25% match for BCF and make it 100%.
• Please rule against a 25% match for BCF and make it 100%.
• To remain actuarially sound, reducing expected budget savings.

Bills: SB5872 , SB5879 , SB6047 , SB5988 , SB5923 , SB5832 , SB5970 , SB5994 , SB5949

Committee: Senate Ways & Means

Keywords: preK promise account, early childhood education, child care, preschool, pre-kindergarten, DCYF, Department of Children, Youth, and Families, state treasury, trust fund, investment earnings, gift grants donations, dedicated account, general fund, nonreverting balance, appropriation, treasurer, Washington early learning, school readiness, education assistance program, legislative audit

Transcript Highlights:

• The amendment just essentially matches the this bill with the House bill.
• Because knowledge and awareness are the only real ways to prevent tragedies to save lives and to create
• I do have a husband that loves to fish and from time to time, but save me out on the boats.
• It isn't match with with any other recreational activity we have here.
• What if we could be saving one out of every 4 lives?

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• </c><00:21:45.520><c> these</c> and substantial cost savings these and substantial cost savings these
• :26:00.600><c> 2017</c> people would even more Savings in 2017 people would even more Savings in 2017
• </c> demonstrating significant cost savings demonstrating significant cost savings and<00:28:34.880><
• But a few years back, the state, thinking it could save money, looked to save the hassle and moved to
• The mission of saving lives, and I know because they saved— I apologize.

Committee: Senate Human Services

Transcript Highlights:

• This will save over half a million dollars in restoration costs.
• This will save over half a million This will save over half a million dollars<00:13:09.240><c> in</c>
• And so, we are typically, you know, we ask for a 50% match or whatnot.
• So, are you guys 50% match or whatnot.
• These improvements are not just needed, but paramount to saving lives.

Bills: HF4710 , HF4055 , HF3848 , HF3989 , HF4599 , HF3767 , HF3592 , HF3575 , HF3574 , HF3543 , HF4606 , HF4489 , HF3891 , HF3438 , HF3811 , HF3400

Committee: House Capital Investment

Transcript Highlights:

• Any savings from? A co-op is given back as dividends or some sort of savings on a yearly basis.
• If we can save them money... that they otherwise could not save and it is beneficial, yes.
• Not only is it saving the state money, but it's saving small business owners money as well that we don't
• Can we save billions? I think so. I think we can save billions throughout the state.
• How does that translate into savings? Well.

Bills: HB10 , HB 12 , HB675 , HB10 , HB12

Committee: House Delivery of Government Efficiency

Keywords: regulatory reform, government efficiency, administrative law, rulemaking, agency deference, judicial review, de novo review, Texas Government Code, Administrative Procedure Act, state agencies, plain language, regulatory burden, regulatory reduction, cost-benefit analysis, fiscal note, public benefits and costs, contested case, rule challenge, Texas Regulatory Efficiency Office, advisory panel

Transcript Highlights:

• federal-aid eligible highway projects, including $460 million to be used as the required 20% state match
• So the rest of it, if it's for federally aided highway projects, are we not getting more matching funds
• So we put in our match, we would borrow for the 20%, and the rest would be reimbursed by the federal
• authorizing this $300 million now, you allow municipalities to move forward with maintenance that saves
• authorizing this $300 million now, you allow municipalities to move forward with maintenance that saves

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State Assets

Summary: The Joint Committee on Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State Assets held a public hearing on H. 5279, a bill financing long-term improvements to municipal roads and bridges. MassDOT and A&F testified in support, describing the bill as a more than $5 billion transportation bond package centered on a four-year, $1.2 billion Chapter 90 authorization, plus funding for MBTA rail reliability and modernization, housing-related transportation improvements, a new DCR/MassDOT PRISM program for parkways and other DCR assets, and reauthorizations of the Municipal Pavement Program, Shared Streets and Spaces, and highway programs. They said the bill would support safety, resilience, housing production, and multimodal transportation, and noted that some bonds could be issued as special obligation bonds backed by the Commonwealth Transportation Fund and Fair Share revenues. Committee members asked about the size and structure of the authorizations, the federal match for highway projects, the source of MBTA vehicle procurement, bridge repair needs, and whether the housing-related funds could be used flexibly for items like sidewalks, bike lanes, bus stops, and other local transportation improvements. Administration witnesses said the bill is intended as a temporary refill of existing programs until a larger transportation bond bill is filed next session, that the federal-aid line includes the full spending authority while the state only borrows the 20% match, and that the housing-related program is deliberately broad and not limited to MBTA communities. They also said Chapter 90 includes a road-mile component that especially helps rural communities and that preservation and safety are built into the programs. The Massachusetts Municipal Association also testified in strong support, emphasizing that Chapter 90 is the most important tool municipalities have to maintain the roughly 30,000 miles of local roads and bridges they are responsible for. MMA urged timely passage before construction season and praised the continued $300 million Chapter 90 level, especially the $100 million road-mile distribution that helps communities with large road networks and smaller populations. No votes were taken on the bill, and the hearing concluded with adjournment after testimony ended.

Transcript Highlights:

• federal-aid eligible highway projects, including $460 million to be used as the required 20% state match
• So the rest of it, if it's for federally aided highway projects, are we not getting more matching funds
• So we put in our match, we would borrow for the 20%, and the rest would be reimbursed by the federal
• authorizing this $300 million now, you allow municipalities to move forward with maintenance that saves
• authorizing this $300 million now, you allow municipalities to move forward with maintenance that saves

Bills: H5279

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State Assets

Keywords: municipal roads, bridges, transportation bond bill, infrastructure financing, capital spending, bond authorization, general obligation bonds, special obligation bonds, Commonwealth Transportation Improvement Act, road resurfacing, road repair, bridge repair, pavement, culverts, stormwater management, climate resilience, bicycle infrastructure, pedestrian infrastructure, transit modernization, commuter rail

Transcript Highlights:

• , such as swelling, tenderness, discoloration of skin, and shortness of breath are the key to saving
• in the end and also save lives.
• Research has shown that early detection saves lives and can reduce the cost of treatment.
• Early detection and treatment saved lives. So let's pass this bill. Thank you.
• communicating to our match the description.

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, opening prayer, Pledge of Allegiance, and several member introductions recognizing visiting groups and resolutions, including Blood Clot Awareness Month and Tardive Dyskinesia Awareness Week. The chamber then moved to a special order calendar and considered a series of bills, with most measures passing overwhelmingly after brief explanations and debate. Among the early bills, SB 88 on utility terrain vehicles passed 32-5, allowing local governments to opt in to limited street use of UTVs under specified safety rules; SB 102 on exceptional student education passed 36-0 to create a workforce credential program for students with autism or modified curricula; SB 106 on exploitation of vulnerable adults passed 37-0; SB 130 on compensation for wrongful incarceration passed 38-0 after expanding filing timelines and easing restrictions on compensation claims; and SB 158 on diagnostic and supplemental breast examinations passed 38-0 to eliminate cost sharing for follow-up breast imaging under the state employee health plan. The most extended debate centered on SB 234, which sought to strengthen penalties and clarify the law regarding violent resistance to law enforcement officers and offenses against officers. Supporters argued the bill was needed after the Jason Raynor case to prevent defendants from using claims about an officer’s legal duty to justify violence, while opponents raised concerns about removing “good faith” language, potential impacts on Fourth Amendment protections, racial profiling, and the bill’s mandatory life sentence for manslaughter of an officer. A Jones amendment to restore “good faith” failed, and after further debate the sponsor temporarily postponed the bill without a final vote. The Senate also passed SB 262 on trust code technical changes (36-0), SB 274 designating roadways for Harris Rosen and Geraldine Thompson (38-0) and opening the board for 37 co-sponsors, SB 280 creating an enforcement mechanism for candidate party-affiliation qualifications (38-0), and SB 296 repealing the statewide middle and high school start-time mandate in favor of local decision-making and reporting requirements (38-0). Later, SB 356 designated January 27 as International Holocaust Remembrance Day in Florida, with supporters emphasizing the need to confront antisemitism and preserve Holocaust memory; the bill was introduced and debated, with the transcript ending during remarks by President Gaetz about the recent Holocaust memorial unveiling. Throughout the meeting, senators also used debate to highlight broader policy themes such as autism workforce inclusion, breast cancer screening, wrongful incarceration reform, school district flexibility, and honoring community leaders through road designations. The chamber’s actions were largely affirmative, with several unanimous votes and one notable postponed bill after substantial disagreement."}】}]}}```

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• We'd like to have a match of that.' Is that helpful?
• We would not consider that a contribution that would be matched. Thank you.
• We envision that as a one-to-one match.
• So let's say you're saving $50 a month. Now your household income would be offset by that savings.
• , it was a match.

Committee: Senate Government Affairs