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OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Education Oversight Feb 25th, 2026 at 09:00 am

Education Oversight

Transcript Highlights:
  • public colleges and universities, determining accreditation status, which directly affects federal funding
  • Members, House Bill 4115 caps the professional development requirement for teachers.
  • Members, House Bill 4115 caps the professional development requirement for teachers with fewer than five
  • that with our emergency certified adjunct, one of the things that we're seeing is professional development
  • One of the things that we're seeing is professional development is very important.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Fiscal Policy Feb 18th, 2026

Fiscal Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Penalties are credited to a Transportation Safety Trust Fund used for training and technology to enforce
  • Penalties are credited to a Transportation Safety Trust Fund used for training and technology to enforce
  • To a Transportation Safety Trust Fund used for training and technology to enforce these provisions.
  • We have Kira Nixon, waving in support, representing the Equal Ground Action Fund.
  • Fund, so there's no fiscal impact on state expenditures.
Summary: The Fiscal Policy Committee met and first reported favorably SB 774, which extends enhanced workers’ compensation benefits to 9-1-1 public safety telecommunicators for mental or nervous injuries, after adopting a late-filed amendment declaring an important state interest. The committee also heard supportive testimony from a Palm Beach County dispatcher. SB 770, which updates the definition of forensic clients so certain individuals with intellectual disabilities or autism can be housed with other Chapter 916 residents in secure forensic settings, was reported favorably as well. Members then approved CS/SB 86, which declares unauthorized operation of a commercial vehicle by an unauthorized alien an imminent safety hazard and imposes driver, carrier, and enforcement consequences, despite questions about vehicle impoundment and cargo handling and one appearance in opposition. SB 1594, which protects veterans’ benefits received on behalf of foster youth from being used as reimbursement and instead sets them aside for education and transition services, was reported favorably after supportive testimony. The committee also approved CS/SB 760, creating a new offense for willful violations of no-contact pretrial release conditions in certain violent crime cases, though the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers raised concerns about expanded warrantless arrest authority in one section. The committee next reported favorably CS/SB 554, a complete rewrite of Chapter 617 governing nonprofit corporations, after a technical delete-all amendment. It also approved CS/SB 844, requiring continuing education on sickle cell disease care for certain health care professionals; the bill drew extensive supportive testimony from advocates and patients describing pain management gaps and health disparities. SB 1022, expanding Florida Children’s Initiatives by adding programs in Bay County and Broward County, and CS/SB 1246, broadening the Linking Industry to Nursing Education Fund to include health science workforce programs and related uses, were both reported favorably. Finally, the committee approved CS/CS/SB 1230, which restricts the use, sale, and distribution of aqueous film-forming foam containing intentionally added PFAS and requires inventory and disposal reporting, after adopting amendments that removed airports from one provision. It also approved CS/CS/SB 128, directing DEP to erect markers for the Andrew Red Harris Spoil Island water body designation. Several senators requested to be recorded as voting in the affirmative on specific bills, and the committee adjourned without objection.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Tax, Business and Transportation Feb 12th, 2026 at 06:05 pm

Senate Tax, Business & Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • Our roads fund is funded by the gas tax.
  • They don't have funding.
  • Madam Chairwoman and Senator, some goes to the road fund and some goes to the local road fund, but it
  • Senator, some goes to the road fund and some goes to the local road fund, but it all goes to roads, yes
  • And it's not anti-economic development.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Appropriations and Finance Feb 18th, 2026 at 09:43 pm

House Appropriations & Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm going to ask the ranking member for a voice sort of a voice amendment to increase the funding for
  • So Senate Bill 273 is essentially a package that was developed by the Senate Finance Committee in response
  • So what was prepared in Senate Finance was Senate Bill 273, which basically provided them with funding
  • It included funding for RAISE within DOT.
  • The Otero money stays the same, and that has to do with the mechanism of the funding.
Bills: HB2, SB152
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Appropriations and Finance Feb 17th, 2026 at 08:07 am

House Appropriations & Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Universal Service Fund.
  • get federal funding and state funding for CAPEX buildouts for broadband.
  • federal funding.
  • We put this fund in there to make sure that we had funds to replace equipment.
  • And so we've never funded it. And so now we put the funding there so they can operate within CYFD.
Bills: HB2, SB152
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Health and Public Affairs Feb 11th, 2026 at 05:14 pm

Senate Health & Public Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • And is there anything kind of like a patient care fund?
  • on the development of it.
  • Senate Bill 309, Lottery deposits into tuition funds.
  • , to the scholarship fund.
  • So there's only one funding... So there's only one funding stream.
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure Committee Feb 10th, 2026

Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure

Transcript Highlights:
  • And thirdly, it directs those revenues to the state general fund.
  • And thirdly, it directs those revenues to the state general fund.
  • I think economic development standpoint.
  • Let's >> Where where is your funding from?
  • Well, our funding comes from our >> Okay.
Bills: HB403, HB399, HB392
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Conservation Jan 27th, 2026 at 09:00 am

Senate Conservation

Transcript Highlights:
  • There's a million dollars that's gone out now out of this fund.
  • City of Lovington and Lea County has received funding from this.
  • Trujillo, there's over $5 million in this fund. Is that correct?
  • And if there are any unspent funds, they will revert to the general fund.
  • There are many companies in New Mexico, economic development.
Bills: SB38, SB46, SB18
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • around how the funds will be allocated. around how the funds will be allocated.
  • health transformation plan and the funds health transformation plan and the funds cannot<00:15:50.880
  • CMS is the share of Medicaid funding.
  • important now as we lose at funding. important now as we lose at funding.
  • I'm funding it privately.
Summary: The Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board met on July 30, 2025, approved the June 25 minutes, and received a presentation from Katherine Castanza of the National Conference of State Legislatures on Medicaid provisions in H.R. 1. The presentation outlined more than 20 Medicaid-related provisions, emphasizing that the largest federal savings come from work/community engagement requirements, changes to provider taxes, limits on state-directed payments, more frequent eligibility redeterminations for expansion populations, and related eligibility/enrollment changes. She said the fiscal effects are backloaded, with most reductions occurring in the later years of the 10-year window, and noted potential significant impacts on hospital payments and state financing. She also described new funding opportunities, including a $50 billion rural health transformation fund and a new home and community-based services waiver with associated grants. A substantial portion of the discussion focused on Kentucky’s pending community engagement 1115 waiver and how it would interact with the new federal requirements. Board members asked whether the waiver had been approved, what the cabinet’s contingency plan would be if CMS does not approve it, and what the timeline is for compliance. Cabinet representatives said the waiver has not yet been approved by CMS, remains under public comment, and that the state will wait for CMS guidance before moving forward; if needed, the state would amend the waiver or submit a new one. They said the work requirement must be in place by January 1, 2027, with a possible extension to 2028. Castanza also explained that expansion adults with incomes between 100% and 138% of the federal poverty level would face new cost-sharing requirements beginning October 1, 2028, and that eligibility redeterminations would move from annual to every six months starting January 1, 2027. She then walked through provider tax changes, including a moratorium on new provider taxes beginning October 1, 2026, and a phased reduction in the hold-harmless threshold for existing taxes beginning January 1, 2028, with exemptions for nursing facilities and ICF/IID providers. Board members questioned the timing and likely impact on Kentucky, and Castanza responded that the effect would depend on each tax’s current rate and would phase in over time.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Education Finance Committee 3/20/25

Education Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • additional funding or um like Mr. additional funding or um like Mr.
  • <00:35:29.760> So funds ought to be spent that way. So funds ought to be spent that way.
  • determine if this funding is effective. determine if this funding is effective.
  • Why are we building this funding?
  • predictable funding stream is in place. predictable funding stream is in place.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Civil Law and Procedure May 5th, 2026

Civil Law and Procedure

Transcript Highlights:
  • to the Veterans Service Grant Fund for use as provided by law.
  • One would be set up a reserve fund that just puts... ...could be done, okay?
  • One would be set up a reserve fund that just puts a certain amount into a reserve fund, a savings, okay
  • HB 603 provides relative to the authorized uses of public funds.
  • The proposal... ...the authorized uses of public funds.
Bills: HB165, HB603, SB77, SB140, SB185
Summary: The Civil Law Committee met on May 5, 2026, and first considered House Bill 165 by Representative Abear, a constitutional amendment to dedicate $500,000 annually from lottery proceeds to a Veterans Service Grant Fund. The committee adopted Amendment Set 4820, which removed “up to” from the ballot language, adopted the 6.8A report, and reported the bill with amendments. The committee then heard Senate Bill 185 by Senator Presley, which would make nondisclosure agreements in child sexual abuse civil settlements against public policy and unenforceable. Testimony from Elizabeth Phillips, on behalf of her brother Trey Carlock, and from survivor Gillian Edwards Coburn strongly supported the bill as a way to restore victims’ voices and prevent institutions from silencing abuse claims. Members asked about how NDAs work in civil cases and whether the bill would affect settlements or existing protections; the bill was reported favorably without objection. Next, the committee took up Senate Bill 77 by Senator Miller, a Law Institute measure on the effects of leases of movable property, aimed at protecting good-faith lessees in merchant leasing situations. After a brief explanation from the Louisiana State Law Institute and questions about how the rule would apply, the bill was reported favorably. The committee also approved Senate Bill 140 by Senator Miller, which allows multiple successions to be handled in the same proceeding when jurisdiction is proper, to reduce duplication and costs in estate cases; it was reported favorably. Finally, the committee considered House Bill 603 by Representative Wright, a constitutional amendment authorizing state investment in digital assets and precious metals. Members questioned whether the measure could include Bitcoin, how the investments would be monitored, and whether pensions could be affected. After adopting the 6.8A report, the committee voted 5-3 to report the bill favorably. The meeting then adjourned.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Education Feb 11th, 2026 at 09:06 am

Senate Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • funding.
  • As this fund is developed, and again the resources that would be used will be developed, if you will,
  • Projects Fund.
  • funding this year.
  • fund?
Bills: SB234, SB210, SB243, SB244, SM16, HB8
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Education Feb 11th, 2026 at 08:39 am

House Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • development, Mr.
  • That funding can be utilized to develop their curriculum, and they should, and we encourage that.
  • And the intent of those centers is to also help with that language and culture development, development
  • We fund these materials through the SDG.
  • the New Mexico PED with PERT funding for math professional development.
Bills: SB234, SB210, SB243, SB244, SM16, HB8
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Education Feb 6th, 2026 at 09:10 am

Senate Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • So is that no longer funded now, or have you removed that fund?
  • I probably was funded before. Mr.
  • I am — that's what funds our schools. That's what funds our teachers.
  • That's what funds our schools. That's what funds our teachers. I'm not running those bills.
  • to fund all of it.
Bills: SB204, SB241, HB34