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• In that case, an appropriate notice will be posted.
• making in that case an appropriate making in that case an appropriate notice<00:08:56.880> will
• more simply and easily by appropriating more simply and easily by appropriating public public public
• I am in strong support of the appropriation of funds.
• <01:09:01.319> so from the city council appropriation so from the city council appropriation

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• Sorry, this is an amendment to the public safety appropriation.
• and commissions appropriation.
• They're asking for $7,000 in extra appropriation.
• They need additional appropriation for this year, the supplemental appropriation, so they can disperse
• Members, this is the appropriation for Northwest Technical Institute.

Summary: The House convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, established a quorum, granted leave to Representative Jack Ladyman, and received committee reports from the Joint Budget Committee recommending passage of several bills, including House Bill 1034 with Amendment 1. The chamber also recognized numerous guests, including state troopers of the day, the doctor and nurse of the day, several constituent groups, and students from the Arkansas School for Math, Science, and the Arts. The House adopted House Resolution 1034, supporting Arkansas poultry producers in the Illinois River watershed and urging good-faith negotiations, by a vote of 97-0. It also adopted House Concurrent Memorial Resolution 1001, honoring Bishop Kenneth Liddell Robinson, Sr., by a vote of 98-0. Members then took up multiple budget amendments and appropriations, with Representative Johnson explaining amendments to bills covering education, public safety, agriculture, county jail reimbursement, drug task force funding, pregnancy help organizations, tire recycling fees, and other appropriations; the amendments were adopted. On the budget calendar, the House passed a batch of general appropriation bills and several supplemental and reappropriation bills, including House Bills 1006, 1086, 1087, 1088, 1094, 1084, and 1097. House Bill 1053, an appropriation for the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, failed 71-19-8. House Bill 1098, a reappropriation for the Department of Parks and Heritage, was defeated after Representative Henley spoke against it and the final vote was 0-85-4. The House then adjourned until 11 a.m. the next day.

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• The Senate Appropriations Committee meeting will come to order.
• But all I'm doing is doing the allocation and the appropriation.
• Over the years, what we've been doing is appropriating that employer contribution.
• These are programs that have been in our appropriation that have been in our appropriation.
• This meeting of Senate Appropriations is now ended.

Bills: SB1177

Keywords: education funding, mental health services, public safety, housing, state budget, 914, all

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• We do have a motion when appropriate by Senator Grove.
• We'll move it at the appropriate time. Thank you, Senator Arreguín.
• Do pass as amended to Appropriations. Senators Allen, Ochoa Bogh, aye. Appropriations.
• Do pass, as amended, to Appropriations. Senators Allen? Aye.
• Do pass, as amended, to Appropriations Committee. Current vote 12-0.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• <01:30:36.920> of the purpose of the appropriation of the purpose of the appropriation of
• Currently, it reads “all appropriations and encumbrances.”
• I’ll note that the bill already has a blank appropriation.
• Currently, it reads “all appropriations and encumbrances.”
• I’ll note that the bill already has a blank appropriation.

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee first heard House Bill 707, which would create a state income tax deduction for contributions to Hawaii 529 college savings accounts and conform state law to federal changes allowing 529 funds to be used for K-12 expenses. The Department of Taxation said it could administer the bill as written. The Hawaii State Council on Developmental Disabilities supported the measure but asked that ABLE accounts be included and that the program title be changed; the Department of Taxation indicated the title issue could be a problem because the bill’s expanded purpose may not fit the current program name. No vote was taken. The committee then heard House Bill 617, which would fund a Bachelor of Science in Nursing program at the University of Hawaiʻi Community Colleges. UH Community Colleges supported the bill, and Maui nursing staff testified that faculty recruitment is challenging but manageable, clinical placements are available, and the campus already has a statewide RN-to-BSN pathway; they said the new program would create two tracks, including a four-year BSN option. Members also heard support from several organizations, including the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, nursing groups, and health care associations. No action was taken. Next were several UH-related measures. HB 718 would fund faculty and staff positions at the John A. Burns School of Medicine; the dean and other supporters testified in favor. HB 1279 would create a medical education liaison position tied to Project ECHO; the Attorney General raised constitutional concerns about statewide concern and grant standards, while an individual witness supported the concept but suggested the bill should focus on liaison/support functions rather than program administration. HB 1169 would consolidate conference center revolving funds, and HB 1168 would authorize up to $800 million in UH revenue bonds; UH’s CFO said both were procedural/housekeeping measures and supported them. On HB 1168, members questioned debt service, possible uses, and whether deferred maintenance would be included; the CFO estimated annual debt service could be about $33 million to $41 million at current rates, said likely uses could include student housing and research facilities, and said deferred maintenance was not the current strategy. The CFO also explained that revenue bonds require both legislative authorization and a Board of Regents resolution approving the project and amount. Finally, the committee heard HB 548, which would authorize revenue bonds and appropriations to acquire the St. Francis School campus for UH Mānoa. UH supported the bill but noted the property is privately owned and not known to be for sale. A supporter described the site as a unique 11-acre parcel contiguous to the main campus and urged the committee to seize the opportunity for future generations. No vote or final action was taken on the bills in the transcript.

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• Our Constitution ...that we specifically appropriate into the trust fund.
• appropriate guardrails are in place to curb excessive spending?
• appropriates into the trust fund.
• Amendments to the General Appropriations Bill must be balanced.
• All amendments to the General Appropriations Act must be balanced, as previously explained.

Summary: The Florida Senate convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a series of introductions recognizing visiting groups and guests, including college students and leaders, health and nonprofit organizations, Catholic Days at the Capitol participants, foreign dignitaries from Morocco, and others. Senators also observed a moment of silence for the victims of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting, with remarks honoring the Parkland community and the school safety law that followed. The chamber then took up a special order calendar of bills, beginning with several claims bills and local relief measures. SB 14 for Jose Correa against Miami-Dade County passed 37-1, and HB 6517 for A. Sanchez-Mayan against the City of St. Petersburg passed after substitution. HB 6515 for Lordes Latour and Edward Lator against Miami-Dade County also passed 38-1. The Senate then approved SB 52 on volunteer armed security at places of worship (39-0), SB 124 updating Florida Virtual School statutes (39-0), SB 504 on code inspector body cameras (39-0), and SB 506 on related public records (38-1). A lengthy debate centered on SB 7040, which recreates the Emergency Preparedness and Response Fund through December 31, 2027. Several senators argued for tighter oversight and supported an amendment by Senator Berman that would have limited fund use and required Legislative Budget Commission approval for continued spending; that amendment failed 12-27. The underlying bill then passed 29-10. Senators also adopted SB 594 on local housing assistance for mobile home owners (39-0), SB 656 strengthening Internet Crimes Against Children programs (39-0), SB 806 creating right-to-repair protections for wireless devices and agricultural equipment (39-0), SB 816 establishing the University of Florida Diabetes Institute (39-0), SM 1186 urging Congress to increase Florida National Guard force structure by voice vote, SB 308 creating the Florida Museum of Black History with a late-filed amendment clarifying ex officio nonvoting legislative members (39-0), and SB 572 updating ethics law to include foster children and foster parents, as amended (38-0). The Senate also withdrew SB 1360 from further consideration, certified passed bills to the House, and adjourned until February 19.

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• Senate Bill 427, introduced by Health and Human Services, makes appropriations to certain institutions
• Senate Bill 472, introduced by the Committee on Finance, makes appropriations to the Nevada System of
• Senate Bill 478, introduced by the Committee on Finance, makes appropriations to the Supreme Court in
• The date of a version of certain previous appropriations made to the Office of Finance in the Office
• Senate Bill 472, introduced by the Committee on Finance, makes appropriations to the Nevada System of

Keywords: 909, all

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• amends the E12 education appropriation amends the E12 education appropriation that<00:01:54.080>
• <00:04:36.520> values new appropriation values new appropriation values for<00:04:38.080><
• values are the exact appropriation values are the exact appropriation authority<00:04:51.880>
• that 3 years uh is an appropriate that 3 years uh is an appropriate approach<00:32:06.480> to
• <00:37:47.400> It's was the appropriate number. It's was the appropriate number.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• <00:02:57.239> 10.4 or general fund Appropriations 10.4 or general fund Appropriations 10.4
• There are some appropriation requests for some of the health care safety net HHS.
• There are some appropriation requests for some of the health care safety net HHS.
• There are some appropriation requests for some of the health care safety net HHS.
• the that money was actually appropriated the that money was actually appropriated to<00:49:20.400

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• Non-recurring appropriations.
• Just special appropriations alone, not even fund transfers, but special appropriations alone have skyrocketed
• If you made appropriations for a regional REC quality of life grants, if you made appropriations for
• And that would go for House Appropriations.
• Appropriations that we highlighted.

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• General Appropriations Act.
• In the General Appropriations Act. That is the bill, Mr. Chairman.
• That's SPB 2506 by Appropriations relating to natural resources.
• It also adds an appropriation to the Data Center to implement...
• My suspicion is there's a limit in the Appropriations Act as to how much money you will appropriate for

Summary: The Appropriations Committee heard presentations on the Senate’s proposed 2025-2026 budget, SPB 25-200, totaling $117.4 billion. Chair Hooper and committee chairs highlighted major spending priorities including a 4% raise for state employees, continued health insurance contributions, investments in water quality, transportation, education infrastructure, and workforce development, along with reductions tied to long-vacant positions. Education funding was a major focus, with increases for K-12 public schools and scholarships, higher education workforce programs, nursing initiatives, tutoring, and university performance funding. Health and human services, criminal and civil justice, transportation/economic development, and agriculture/environment budgets were also outlined, including Medicaid, mental health, corrections staffing, affordable housing, beach restoration, citrus recovery, and water projects. Members then questioned several budget choices, especially K-12 funding. Senators Polsky and Smith raised concerns that the Senate’s AP and dual enrollment funding changes could disadvantage public schools, while Burgess argued the budget preserves the money in the FEFP and gives districts more flexibility rather than reducing support. Questions also addressed voucher availability, school stabilization funding, and the My Safe Florida Home program. The committee adopted 171 consent amendments and three late-file amendments, then approved SPB 2500 as a committee bill. It also favorably reported implementing and conforming bills for state employees, retirement, natural resources, judgeships, K-12 education, higher education, and health and human services, along with SB 7022 on Florida Retirement System contribution rates and elected-officer DROP options, CS/SB 1320 on the Resilient Florida Trust Fund, SB 7014 ending the Mediation and Arbitration Trust Fund, SB 7028 on cancer research, CS/CS/SB 170 on nursing home quality and oversight, CS/SB 168 on mental health diversion and behavioral health data, SB 114 creating an insurance and risk management research center at FSU, and SB 180 on emergency preparedness and post-storm recovery. Most bills were reported favorably with little or no opposition, though SB 180 drew discussion about local-government authority after storms and the need to balance recovery speed with local safety and planning concerns.

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• While it's the job of appropriations to highlight costs of this bill, looking at the Assembly Appropriations
• The motion was due pass as amended to Appropriations.
• We keep that bill on call for appropriations.
• So I move the bill at the appropriate time. Thank you, Senators. It is appropriate.
• Motion is due pass to Appropriations. Moved by Senator Seyarto.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• However, we believe it sets in place appropriate guardrails to ensure Arizona's youth have the appropriate
• However, we believe it sets in place appropriate guardrails to ensure Arizona's youth have the appropriate
• The appropriation varies.
• We work within the budget that's appropriated to us.
• —is to, at the next appropriations committee meeting, do a strike-everything amendment to appropriate

Bills: HB2056, HB2057, HB2224, HB2257, HB2265, HB2311, HB2352, HB2367, HB2369, HB2446, HB2532, HB2592, HB2752, HB2809, HB2957

Keywords: brackish water, groundwater, desalination, water resources, feasibility study, environmental impact, special plates, centennial, Arizona Department of Transportation, vehicle registration, commercial discounts, Arizona Centennial, produce incentive, agriculture, economic support, funding, Arizona, boating, watercraft licensing, law enforcement

Summary: The committee approved the March 10, 2026 minutes and then considered several bills. HB 2056, appropriating $100,000 for an Arizona Department of Water Resources feasibility study on brackish groundwater desalination, passed 6-3 despite concerns that it could encourage more groundwater pumping and worsen subsidence or impacts to tribal lands. HB 2057, which lowers the Arizona Centennial Special Plate renewal fee from $25 to $20, also received a do-pass recommendation, 7-2, with some members objecting to the special plate’s focus and the reduced fee. HB 2224, appropriating $1 million annually to DES for the produce incentive program, drew strong support from nonprofit and food-access advocates who said the Double Up Food Bucks program helps families, farmers, and local markets; it passed 9-0. HB 2257, changing the allocation of watercraft registration revenues among the Watercraft Licensing Fund, Lake Improvement Fund, and boating safety/law enforcement funds, passed 6-3 after criticism that the bill was heard without a sponsor present and concern about shifting money away from Game and Fish. HB 2265, barring courts from charging defendants for public defender or court-appointed counsel costs and related criminal-case fees, passed 7-1 amid debate over constitutionality, cost shifting to counties, and whether the bill should be amended to offset lost revenue. The committee then took up HB 2311, which imposes disclosure, content, parental-control, and self-harm response requirements on publicly available conversational AI services for minors. The sponsor and supporters framed it as child protection, while opponents warned about privacy, surveillance, and overbroad definitions; an Epstein amendment expanding the bill to broader conversational technology was rejected, and the bill passed 7-2. HB 2752, moving authority over international trade offices from the Arizona Commerce Authority to legislative appropriations and reporting, passed 6-3 after a proposed data-and-research amendment was also rejected. Finally, HB 2957, requiring ADOT to continue offering non-REAL ID licenses and limiting biometric collection and data sharing, prompted extensive testimony for and against; supporters emphasized privacy and choice, while opponents warned it could conflict with federal CDL and REAL ID requirements. The transcript cuts off during the discussion of HB 2957, before a final vote is shown.

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• Members, this is an amendment to the Secretary of State's appropriation.
• Happy to answer any questions on this appropriation amendment.
• Also creates the appropriation for the Rural Health Transformation Program.
• Also creates the appropriation for the Rural Health Transformation Program.
• Happy to answer any questions on this appropriation. Mr.

Keywords: 1204, all

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• We'd love to be considered as a co-author, if appropriate. Mr.
• It’s an appropriate valuation of the items that are stolen.
• So I’m not sure why we’re so opposed to a bill that is just appropriately putting the appropriate amount
• Do pass as amended to appropriations. Current vote is 1 to 1.
• Do pass as amended to appropriations. SB 1354, as amended to appropriations, was taken up.

Summary: The committee met without a quorum and operated as a subcommittee while hearing several bills on public safety, parole, criminal justice oversight, Proposition 36 implementation, behavioral health, gang database reform, cargo theft, and nonconsensual intimate images. The chair explained hearing procedures and noted that SB 906 was pulled from the agenda. Several measures were heard but not voted on because quorum was lacking. SB 1446, a committee bill, would expand discretion in en banc parole review, make en banc votes public record, and allow CDCR referrals for sexually violent predator evaluation of certain incarcerated people serving determinate or indeterminate terms. Support came from the California District Attorneys Association; opposition came from the Ella Baker Center, Uncommon Law, public defenders, and others who argued it would add confusion, litigation risk, and unnecessary duplication. The author said the bill was intended to clarify review standards and improve transparency. SB 1278 would exclude certain sex offenses and habitual/one-strike offenders from elderly parole eligibility. The San Diego District Attorney’s Office and California District Attorneys Association supported it, citing cases such as Gregory Vogelsang and David Funston; opponents from Uncommon Law, the Ella Baker Center, and others argued elderly parole is already highly restrictive, evidence-based, and cost-effective. Vice Chair Seyarto strongly supported SB 1278, emphasizing victim justice and public safety. SB 1354 would bar out-of-state military personnel not operating under Title 10 from entering California to perform military or law enforcement functions without the governor’s permission; a committee amendment removed a criminal penalty and left enforcement to the Attorney General. SB 926 would provide funding for Proposition 36 implementation, with committee amendments deleting a specific appropriation and shifting funding decisions to the budget process; supporters said counties need resources for treatment, probation, and administration, while opponents criticized the bill as fiscally reckless and duplicative. SB 874 would require background checks and clearer statewide standards for Medi-Cal behavioral health treatment services, especially ABA services for children; supporters said it would improve patient safety and program integrity. SB 1210 would extend CalGang-style oversight, notice, appeal, and DOJ regulation to all gang databases, not just shared ones; supporters described harms from inaccurate, unregulated local databases, while police chiefs opposed applying the CalGang framework to all local investigative files. The committee also heard SB 1019, which would create a DOJ cargo theft task force and add reporting requirements; supporters from BNSF, trucking, shipping, ports, and law enforcement said organized cargo theft is harming supply chains and worker safety, and no opposition was presented. Finally, SB 1217 would create a DOJ clearinghouse to help victims remove nonconsensual intimate images, including AI-generated deepfakes, from covered platforms; amendments narrowed the bill’s scope and clarified law enforcement’s role. The author and survivor witnesses described ongoing trauma from repeated reposting of exploitative images and argued the bill would provide a centralized removal process. The transcript ends during testimony on SB 1217, with no final votes taken on the measures heard.

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• That funding was appropriated in Senate Bill 3 of the 88th Fourth called and was appropriated for transfer
• The agency was appropriated Page 5, Item 6 relates to the agency's appropriation out of the opioid abatement
• A rider was also added stipulating that funding in the account not appropriated elsewhere was to be appropriated
• in the '24-'25 Appropriations Act.
• Act or in the Special Appropriations Act Supplemental Appropriation Bill coming up.

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• That funding was appropriated in Senate Bill 3 of the 88th fourth called. and was appropriated for transfer
• A rider was also added stipulating that funding in the account not appropriate elsewhere, was to be appropriated
• Contribution in appropriation and biennium.
• in the 24-25 Appropriations Act.
• Appropriation Bill coming up.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• We thank you for the appropriation that is in the bill.
• One is we need to make sure that it is appropriated in the bill.
• Because I know this came up in Appropriations Friday or Saturday.
• Because I know this came up in Appropriations Friday or Saturday.
• ’s appropriate?”

Bills: SB29, SB64

Keywords: SB29, math requirements for teaching license, teacher licensure, teacher endorsement, mathematics methods, elementary education, secondary education, special education, early childhood education, reciprocity, Public Education Department, Mathematics and Science Education Act, mathematics instructional leadership framework, professional learning plan, K-3 screening, mathematics screening assessment, mathematics difficulty, support plan, multilevel support, intervention

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• They would have to use existing appropriations. Not bad.
• And just to clarify, this does not appropriate additional funding.
• The, uh, the way it's written would be out of funds that are already appropriated.
• If no appropriations made in this, I could suggest adopting it as amended to make the appropriation so
• Thank you for that clarification, uh, to maintain, um, 24, 25 appropriate levels.

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• You don't need to appropriate $6 million for one time.
• There are big appropriations out there like that that were appropriated back a few years ago when you
• That's how many surplus appropriations you did: $2.2 billion.
• You don't want to just show what's appropriate.
• You add all those appropriations up. Add all those up.

Keywords: 994, senate, all