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• Welcome to our tax and finance general fund meeting this morning.
• And what we're doing is we want to take a $5 million one-time transfer from the 21st Century Fund, which
• there going to be any… I'm going to use a word, but I probably shouldn't—any detrimental impact to the fund
• Fund itself when we're moving this money um now to the economic development end.

Bills: SB107, HB158, HB353, HB354, HB357, HB181, HB465, HB526

Keywords: SSUT, simplified sellers use tax, sales tax distribution, municipal revenue, municipal population, annexation, deannexation, incorporation, boundary change, federal census, decennial census, Department of Revenue, local government finance, revenue sharing, municipal boundaries, population recalculation, probate judge, Boundary and Annexation Survey, Alabama municipalities, HB158

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• We just need a one-year extension; we are not requesting additional funding.
• One of the biggest challenges with the program is awareness.
• But I'm sure you're aware that the Transit Assistance Program works really well.
• , as well as the Transit Assistance Program.
• Transit Assistance Program, all of which are basic needs.

Bills: HF1837, HF361, HF2725, HF2566, HF2744, HF1685, HF501, HF1889, HF1389

Keywords: state policy, employment, health insurance, fossil designation, public funds, community resources, Capitol Mall, grantmaking, community vitality, livability, funding, healthy aging, aging policy, older adults, seniors, elderly, gerontology, long-term care, assisted living, nursing homes

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• We are not requesting additional funding.
• One of the biggest challenges with the program is awareness.
• <01:04:15.960> is biggest challenges with the program is biggest challenges with the program
• Two, the Transit Assistance Program works really well.
• ways they've heard of the program ways they've heard of the program Whispers<01:07:29.440> at

Bills: HF1837, HF361, HF2725, HF2566, HF2744, HF1685, HF501, HF1889, HF1389

Keywords: state policy, employment, health insurance, fossil designation, public funds, community resources, Capitol Mall, grantmaking, community vitality, livability, funding, healthy aging, aging policy, older adults, seniors, elderly, gerontology, long-term care, assisted living, nursing homes

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• Grant program includes a total of 340 million dollars, including funding for House Bill 500 to operate
• Appropriations for the foundation school program total 75.1 billion dollars in all funds, an increase
• Program.
• Rural health communities received funding, and we also got money into the water fund.
• It maintains the expiration of the program two years after the funding runs out, as it currently is in

Bills: SB1637, SB1, HB300, SB2601, SB37, HB2011, HB3595, HB3071, SB12, HB3372, SB457, HB2067, SB2337, SB447, SB1506, SB1566, SB763, HB3556, SB13, SB2018, SB331, SB379, HB145, SB441, SB2878, HB2885, HB2017, HB5246, SB8, SB2308, SB1540, HB 119, SB1405, SB3059, SB15, SB568

Keywords: SB 1637, deadly conduct, Texas Penal Code, Section 22.05, firearm, gun, pointing a gun, recklessness presumption, peace officer, law enforcement, police, officer-involved shooting, use of force, justification, self-defense, defense of others, Chapter 9, criminal prosecution, Penal Code amendment, appropriations

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• I'm a direct recipient of the funding that this program provides, and so are my 26 students, on top of
• Without this funding, the program would shut down entirely. ...throughout this economic downturn.
• Without this funding, the program would shut down entirely, cutting off a vital market that many Nevada
• It's $20,000 to fund the needs of the program, such as graduation cords, designs, and printing of the
• With America 250 program, and they are setting aside some additional funding to handle the Civic SEAL

Bills: AB568, SB90, SB133, SB147, SB229, SB233, SB240, SB245, SB280, SB378, SB393, SB417, SB434, SB494, SB495

Keywords: higher education, Nevada System of Higher Education, operational expenses, instructional expenses, public funding, education funding, teacher grants, classroom supplies, instructional support, specialized personnel, civics education, Nevada Center for Civic Engagement, funding, youth programs, civic involvement, Southern Nevada, Clark County, Las Vegas Valley, regional planning, economic resiliency

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• , take the cap off the Early Childhood Education Fund, and put a cap on the sport fund.
• So there was an impact on the school fund. there were two streams of money going to the sport fund, so
• , it looks like you went after the sport fund.
• It was the only difference was that the early childhood fund had a cap and the sport fund doesn't have
• , gifts, and federal funds.

Bills: SB83, SB135, SB143, SB155, SB157, SB202, SB237, SB261, SB276, SB295, SB450, SB465, SB506, HB1070

Keywords: human trafficking, trafficking prevention, school safety, public schools, elementary and secondary education, charter schools, mandatory reporting, victim identification, victim services, child trafficking, sex trafficking, labor trafficking, commercial sexual activity, DCFS, Department of Children and Family Services, Louisiana State Police, governor's office of human trafficking prevention, counselor training, mental health professional, administrator training

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• House Ways and Means General Fund.
• ,<00:13:28.480> your you're left out of this program, your you're left out of this program
• Whoever participates in the program that we're doing in this project. No.
• If you participate in the program, you don't pay balance billing.
• And so, I think that's the general fund.

Bills: HB44, HB400, HB444, HB487, SB249, SB252, SB58, HB44, HB400, HB444, HB487, SB249, SB252, SB58

Keywords: teachers retirement, credit purchase, St. Clair County, DAY Program, pension reform, dental insurance, benefit rollover, healthcare, insurance policy, annual maximum, HB444, vaccines, vaccine exemption, religious exemption, religious liberty, private school, church school, faith-based school, parochial school, school immunization

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• And so, I feel pretty strongly that the funding directed for this program, the federal feeding Program
• The funding mechanism of last year's bill is to utilize the Teacher Empowerment Fund where those funds
• But I've gotten great feedback on that program. So, the programs...
• And by the way, we fund them. We fund them well. And so I'd like to see really in Oklahoma...
• So, if we fund, which is what we have done previously, we have separately line item funded the Strong

Bills: SB1632, SB1594, SB2045, SB1251, SB1884, SB1250, SB1630, SB1262, SB1374, SB1292, SB1432, SB1199, SB1790, SB1481, SB1614, SB1734, SB1437, SB1489, SB1718, SB1778

Keywords: career readiness, education reform, high school assessments, workplace skills, state education, credentialing, teacher certification, principal requirements, education administration, special education, Oklahoma education law, SB2045, Grow Your Own Educator Program, teacher recruitment, teacher retention, alternative certification, alternative teacher certification, teacher preparation, tuition reimbursement, course fee reimbursement

Bills: SB 2, SB 5, SB 9, SB 7, SB 17, SB 4, HB4, HB1, HB3, HB20, HB22, SB9, SB7, SB17, SB4, HB4, SB2, SB5

Keywords: disaster relief, flood preparedness, emergency funding, local government support, meteorological forecasting, school assessment, public education, accountability, transparency, education standards, STAAR, Texas Education Agency, TEA, public school accountability, school ratings, A-F ratings, assessment reform, student testing, benchmark tests, interim assessments

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• But most of the funding formula stuff though is really, I mean, finance is so much involved in that.
• But I know there are programs that people have access to that incorporate all types of data and I guess
• That over the years that you've been here as a part of this body, we've had issues with funding rural
• Are making sure that you have a good quality of education, dealing with the curriculums, the funding
• program, Ms.

Bills: SB 2, SB 5, SB 9, SB 7, SB 17, SB 4, HB4, HB1, HB3, HB20, HB22, SB9, SB7, SB17, SB4, HB4, SB2, SB5

Keywords: disaster relief, flood preparedness, emergency funding, local government support, meteorological forecasting, school assessment, public education, accountability, transparency, education standards, STAAR, Texas Education Agency, TEA, public school accountability, school ratings, A-F ratings, assessment reform, student testing, benchmark tests, interim assessments

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• A lot of people are using a different program out there.
• Red Apple is a program that's been utilized by the Texas legislature for many years to assist in drawing
• I'd hired one at one point and then they backed out because we weren't gonna, couldn't agree on the funding
• The legislature would fund the Commission's operations while granting data access in support.
• House Bill 22, relating to the authority of the Comptroller to provide funding for the deployment and

Bills: SB 2, SB 5, SB 9, SB 7, SB 17, SB 4, HB4, HB1, HB3, HB20, HB22, SB9, SB7, SB17, SB4, HB4, SB2, SB5

Keywords: disaster relief, flood preparedness, emergency funding, local government support, meteorological forecasting, school assessment, public education, accountability, transparency, education standards, STAAR, Texas Education Agency, TEA, public school accountability, school ratings, A-F ratings, assessment reform, student testing, benchmark tests, interim assessments

Bills: SB 2, SB 5, SB 9, SB 7, SB 17, SB 4, HB4, HB1, HB3, HB20, HB22, SB9, SB7, SB17, SB4, HB4, SB2, SB5

Keywords: disaster relief, flood preparedness, emergency funding, local government support, meteorological forecasting, school assessment, public education, accountability, transparency, education standards, STAAR, Texas Education Agency, TEA, public school accountability, school ratings, A-F ratings, assessment reform, student testing, benchmark tests, interim assessments

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• Affairs to address gaps in the youth services program.
• Oklahoma State Department of Health to address gaps in funding for the rural hospital rebuild program
• project funding and also appropriates interest funds up to $14 million to address gaps in the pharmaceutical
• APA funds that had been already appropriated to it.
• I was again asking how much money is in the statewide recovery fund.

Bills: HB1937, HB2153, HB3674, HB2978, HB3885, HB3671, HB3261, HB3021, HB3029, HB4274, HB3701, HB3076, HB2299, HB3852, HB3244, HB3345, HB3114, HB3764, HB4144, HB3304, HB2939, HB4227, HB3262, HB2941, HB3498, HB4343, HB4425, HB3386, HB3087, HB3062, HB3431, HB4141, HB3581, HB4237, HB2960, HB3645, HB3648, HB3974, HB3045, SCR18, HCR1024, SJR39, SJR49, HB4486, SB1130, SB1131, SB1132, SB1133, SB1134, SB1142, HB1823, HB4476, HB3378, HB3880, HB3031, HB3369, HB3429, HB3657, HB4215, HB3624, HB1170

Keywords: HB1937, Oklahoma schools, student communications, electronic communication, digital communication, parent notification, legal guardian, school personnel, teachers, coaches, administrators, charter schools, public schools, administrative leave, corroborated report, investigation, employee file, discipline, termination, school board

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• The team is doing an individual assistance brief with the counties so that programs are more open, and
• uh more are counties um so that programs uh more are are<00:24:27.800> are<00:24:28.120> open
• So, we're working on seeing how much our funding will go to expand our gauge network, work on setting
• will go to seeing how much our funding will go to uh<01:07:28.359> expand<01:07:28.840> our
• Those are slated to be funded by Homeland Security grants that we received from the federal government

Bills: SCR21, SCR75, SCR50, SCR149, SCR47, SCR163, SCR169, SCR170

Keywords: healthcare, rural clinic, feasibility study, access to care, community health, Volcano community, Hawaiʻi Health Systems Corporation, emergency services, health assessment, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders, health care, interdepartmental collaboration, public awareness, support services, education, health insurance, affordable healthcare, working group, Hawaii Health Plan, Medicaid expansion

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• members, as well as other offices for their generous contributions to the YWCA Dress for Success program
• contributions to the YWCA Dress<00:23:57.120> for<00:23:57.240> Success<00:23:57.720> program
• <00:23:58.560> At<00:23:58.920> we're<00:23:59.080> in Dress for Success program
• At we're in Dress for Success program.

Bills: SCR21, SCR75, SCR50, SCR149, SCR47, SCR163, SCR169, SCR170

Keywords: healthcare, rural clinic, feasibility study, access to care, community health, Volcano community, Hawaiʻi Health Systems Corporation, emergency services, health assessment, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders, health care, interdepartmental collaboration, public awareness, support services, education, health insurance, affordable healthcare, working group, Hawaii Health Plan, Medicaid expansion

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• <00:02:45.920> would<00:02:46.160> fund<00:02:46.480> supportive credit program
• would fund supportive credit program would fund supportive housing<00:02:47.120> through<00:02
• The program has been a housing. The program has been a resounding<00:03:45.440> success.
• Allowing service reserves as an eligible use of funds for the tax credit program would ensure that
• grants and programs via DHS.

Bills: HF2740, HF2901, HF4443, HF3943

Keywords: affordable housing, housing finance, Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, MHFA, low-income housing tax credit, LIHTC, Section 42, compliance period, housing stability, rental housing, affordable rental housing, homelessness, housing insecurity, housing supply, preservation, recapitalization, distressed properties, regulatory relief, local affordable housing aid, Interagency Council to End Homelessness

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• <00:20:09.000> would<00:20:09.400> that<00:20:09.720> funding what those fundings
• would that funding what those fundings would that funding would<00:20:10.160> be<00:20:10.280
• <00:26:21.560> are that taxes and utility funds are that taxes and utility funds are dedicated
• not received any state bonding uh funds not received any state bonding uh funds in<00:26:29.000>
• Does funding this aspect a disaster?

Bills: HF4470, HF2418, HF3417, HF3365, HF3463

Keywords: HF4470, Melissa Hortman, memorial, statue, memorial garden, State Office Building, Capitol Mall Design Framework, capital investment, appropriation, Capitol Area Architectural and Planning Board, Department of Administration, public art, commemorative monument, landscaping, artist selection, family consultation, Minnesota legislature, state building site, capital appropriation, political subdivisions

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• Blocked bus stops are safety program.
• Their program seen faster buses as well.
• Um, we, uh, so uh what is the cost this program? I see uh what is the cost this program?
• , funding mechanism for a highway fund, funding mechanism for a highway fund, only<00:43:24.000><
• <00:43:30.480> that sustainable highway funding that sustainable highway funding that considers

Bills: HF3919, HF3791, HF1781, HF3908, HF4233, HF3966, HF3430

Keywords: veterans benefits, Secret War, Laos veterans, eligibility process, burial fees, veteran designation, security, protective services, state officials, Capitol complex, state patrol, public safety, legislative protection, threat assessment, transportation, electronic attestation, traffic signals, accident reporting, legislative routes, agricultural aircraft

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• transportation, and those funds I am pretty protective of to stay within transportation needs.
• other than general funds.
• I am pretty protective of those funds to stay within transportation needs.
• other than general funds.
• Moving on to House File 3908, the ignition interlock program license.

Bills: HF3919, HF3791, HF1781, HF3908, HF4233, HF3966, HF3430

Keywords: veterans benefits, Secret War, Laos veterans, eligibility process, burial fees, veteran designation, security, protective services, state officials, Capitol complex, state patrol, public safety, legislative protection, threat assessment, transportation, electronic attestation, traffic signals, accident reporting, legislative routes, agricultural aircraft

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• So this bill takes care of those other areas, too, where there's interaction between government funds
• can be either given to the school or what type of funding the school can accept, what type of funding
• If this bill passes, it might appropriate funds for new signs.
• If I may expand on that, that was part of a program called the Counterintelligence Program pursued by
• If I may expand on that, that was part of a program called the Counterintelligence Program pursued by

Bills: S0500, S0536, S0762, S1582, S1632, S1634, S1742, S1750, S1792

Keywords: security detail, protective detail, candidate protection, election security, statewide office, governor, lieutenant governor, cabinet officer, nominee, officer-elect, FDLE, Florida Department of Law Enforcement, primary election, general election, canvassing commission, political party, minor party, campaign safety, election protection, public safety

Summary: The committee first considered SB 536, which updates Florida’s criminal gang statutes to reflect modern recruitment and communication methods, including social media and encrypted messaging. Senator Martin and supporters said the bill does not criminalize gang membership, but helps law enforcement and prosecutors establish gang-related connections for warrants and sentencing enhancements. Senator Smith raised concerns about the lowered threshold for being observed with gang members and possible unintended impacts on business owners and others; Martin said the language was not intended to cover ordinary business interactions and that a gang tattoo must be one used by the gang. After an amendment aligning the Senate bill with the House version was adopted, the committee reported CS/SB 536 favorably. The committee also favorably reported CS/SB 762, which allows chief judges to assign capital conflict cases across regional counsel offices, with an amendment requiring judges to consider judicial economy and geographic proximity. Testimony from regional counsel emphasized projected long-term savings, estimated at about $150 million over 10 years. The committee then approved CS/SB 1742, creating a new indecent exposure offense involving sexual conduct directed at minors, and CS/SB 1750, which increases penalties for serious sex crimes and child sexual abuse material offenses; both bills were amended before passage, with law enforcement groups appearing in support. The committee next took up SB 1582, which creates statewide data sharing for secondhand dealer and pawnbroker transactions without creating a new state-run database, while preserving confidentiality protections and law enforcement access. An amendment was adopted, and pawnbroker and recycling stakeholders testified in support. The linked public records bill, SB 1792, creating an exemption for those transaction records while allowing certain information to be released to alleged owners, was also reported favorably. The committee then approved CS/SB 500, which provides FDLE protective security details to major party nominees for governor, lieutenant governor, and cabinet offices after primary certification and until the general election is resolved; a technical amendment was adopted, and the bill was described as mirroring federal candidate protection practices. The longest and most contentious discussion was on CS/SB 1632, which would bar Florida courts from enforcing foreign or religious law in a way that overrides the U.S. or Florida constitutions and would create a process for designating foreign or domestic terrorist organizations, with related consequences for schools, funding, and student conduct. Senator Grall said the bill is intended to protect constitutional principles and target violent, criminal conduct rather than protected speech or religious practice, and she explained that designations would follow a public process with judicial review. Senators Smith and Polsky pressed repeatedly on First Amendment, due process, vagueness, and academic-speech concerns, asking how “promotion” would be defined and whether students, attorneys, or advocacy groups could be swept in; Grall said she was open to clarifying language but maintained the bill is aimed at furthering illegal acts, not mere opinion. Numerous speakers opposed the bill, warning it could be used to target Muslim students, religious communities, advocacy groups, and political dissent, while a few supporters argued it was needed for public safety. The transcript ends during public testimony on SB 1632, with no final committee vote shown in the excerpt.