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LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Finance May 11th, 2026

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • All the COLAs are out of the funded deposit account, so that it's not out of the direct main fund.
  • This amount is self-funded by the judiciary and has a subject-to-available-funding clause.
  • private funds.
  • We are a well-funded fund and we are not a state fund.
  • Could you talk a little bit about the health of your fund and how it differs from other state funds?
Bills: SB25 , SB250 , HB22 , HB27 , HB33 , HB47 , HB233 , HB290 , HB308 , HB324 , HB382 , HB533 , HB559 , HB575 , HB980 , HB1157 , HB1207 , HB1236 , HCR45
Committee: Senate Finance
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/18/2026 - Senate Government

Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • It ensures that all APS marketing or advertising funding funded with ratepayer dollars must have a legitimate
  • ... ...all APS marketing or advertising funding funded with ratepayer dollars must have a legitimate
  • I think if there was an overflow of funds, right, and everybody was fine, and...
  • And if we want to do big ideas, let's actually fund these big ideas. Aye.
  • And if we want to do big ideas, let's actually fund these big ideas. Aye.
Committee: Senate Government
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • Senate Bill 1365 updates the language for the promotional fund it governs our retail outlets like our
  • From 11:30 to 1:00, this is an appreciation for funding the research financing for wheat research.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • Speaker, now in that time period, to increase public education funding by 66... or 66... 76.2% in that
  • ...Bill 201 and the appropriation that this body has already passed of $100 million of additional funding
  • Senate Bill 1378 creates the Olympics in Oklahoma revolving fund at Commerce.
Summary: The House met in quorum call and then took up a long series of Senate bills, most of them passing with little or no debate. Early action included SB 1475, renaming the I-35 bridge at Indian Hills in Norman as the Toby Keith Memorial Interchange, which passed 77-5. SB 1447, modifying the RFP process for the state employees’ prescription drug plan, passed 87-0. The chamber also adopted Senate amendments to HB 2288 on the Teacher Retirement System, shortening the return-to-work waiting period for teachers from three years to six months, and both the bill and its emergency clause passed 90-0. Other education-related measures included SB 1521 on conversational AI child protections, SB 1276 making the “bell-to-bell, no-cell” school cellphone restriction permanent, SB 201 raising the minimum teacher salary schedule by $2,000, and SB 1721 extending and restructuring the Oklahoma Advisory Council on Indian Education; all advanced, with SB 201 drawing the most debate over teacher pay, local control, and whether the increase was enough. The House also passed bills on veterans, public safety, and state operations. SB 1533 would allow the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs to bury Oklahoma resident veterans who die out of state. SB 1232 updated penalties for copper theft, SB 1255 shifted medical pardon review from the DOC director to the medical director, SB 1327 restored more authority to the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Commission board, and SB 1525 authorized up to $75,000 for the state’s annual tourism conference; the tourism bill also received emergency passage. Additional measures included SB 667 clarifying chiropractic education language, SB 1436 requiring hospitals to provide information after fetal death, SB 1317 allowing career teacher status to transfer to a new district with approval, SB 604 resolving motor vehicle statutory conflicts, SB 1325 protecting domestic abuse victims, SB 1496 updating OSBI authority, SB 2007 requiring PBMs to honor appealed reimbursement rates going forward, SB 1567 clarifying nursing language, SB 2112 cleaning up open pasture road law, SB 1980 creating gift card protections, SB 1735 aligning career tech oversight, SB 1558 clarifying child-care licensing rules for certain group homes, SB 1491 clarifying replacement presidential electors’ oath requirements, SB 1287 allowing the Abstractors Board to deny licenses to people not legally working in the U.S., and SB 1378 creating an Olympics in Oklahoma revolving fund. Most of these passed by wide margins, and several emergency clauses were adopted. The chamber also rejected a motion to vacate the temporary presiding officer, and later voted to reject Senate amendments to HB 3403 and request further conference, while also requesting a second conference committee report on HB 1851. The session included multiple gallery introductions, including visitors, ag students, and a large page presentation. The House adjourned until Wednesday, April 29, 2026, at 10:30 a.m.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • 1369 ensures Oklahoma's 988 mental health lifeline remains operational by creating a 988 revolving fund
  • Well, you know, a nonprofit or a local church may only have funds to get them to Texas.
  • So why not be able to be in a partnership with the county or local funds, a bigger pool of potential
  • Senate Bill 1365 updates the language for the promotional fund.
  • This is in appreciation of funding the research financing for the wheat research.
Summary: The House convened, called the roll, offered prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and recognized the Nurse of the Day and several student and athletic groups, including Career Tech students, charter school students, Meridian Tech students, and Carl Albert championship teams. A lengthy personal privilege/farewell-style speech was delivered by Representative Lepak, reflecting on his service, family, staff, and legislative colleagues, and offering general advice about public service and the legislative process. The chamber then took up several Senate bills. SB 1369, creating a 988 revolving fund to support Oklahoma’s mental health lifeline, passed 85-7. SB 1441, clarifying penalties for drones contacting critical infrastructure, passed 80-2. SB 137, adding DUI/GBI to electronic monitoring ineligibility and clarifying Department of Corrections language, passed 72-18 after questions about retroactivity and administrative authority. SB 843, raising the minimum ADA threshold from 400 to 550 for school districts to hire relatives of board members, passed 77-4, and its emergency clause also received the required two-thirds vote. The most extensive debate centered on SB 483, which would have authorized county commissioners to establish a relocation assistance program for people seeking to move to supportive housing or services. Members raised concerns about homelessness policy, county capacity, public-private partnerships, safeguards, and possible misuse or “bussing” of people between communities. The bill ultimately failed 35-52, and notice was given of a possible motion to reconsider. Later, SB 1433, requiring agencies to publicly post guidance documents and note they lack the force of law, passed unanimously; SB 1257, updating THC-related language in controlled substances law, passed 68-13; and SB 1365, updating promotional fund language for state retail outlets, lodges, gift shops, and golf courses, failed 43-42, with notice of reconsideration also given. The House then moved to recess until 1:15 p.m.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Ways & Means Apr 21st, 2025

Ways & Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • There's no state funding for facilities funding for community colleges. No, sir. Okay.
  • and fund construction of the permanent facility.
  • The funding to execute the design and construction would have been delayed at least a year to issue a
  • We fund largely county fund our response to natural disasters with COs and we want to make sure that
  • to the Broadband Infrastructure Fund.
Committee: House Ways & Means
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • This is for a more timely response to those local issues that come up, like road construction.
  • Funds already invested in this project.
  • Without SMT, Coppell and other cities would not have the funds to maintain these important components
  • The city can also avoid shifting the financial burden to property taxes or other funding mechanisms.
  • This will ensure that the large amount of funding that has come through on COVID and other related funding
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Retirement and Government Resources 2ND REVISED Apr 7th, 2026

Retirement and Government Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's going to be funded through private donations.
  • This is a bill to make sure that state governments and agencies, state entities, don't use state funds
  • This is dealing with our state agencies and those different funds and resources that they're using as
  • This is dealing with our state agencies and those different funds and resources that they're using as
  • So would you be okay with state agencies using funds to target folks who might have autism?
Summary: The Senate Committee on Retirement and Government Resources met with a quorum and first took up two executive nominations for Ben Lepak, one to serve as Secretary of State and one to serve in the governor’s cabinet. Lepak described the Secretary of State office’s work on business filings, recordkeeping, and initiative petitions, and said the office’s career staff handled those duties well. Senators asked about fairness in the initiative petition process and administrative rules; Lepak emphasized transparency and ministerial, nonpolitical administration. Both nominations advanced on 8-0 votes. The committee then considered several House bills tied largely to government transparency and purchasing oversight. House Bill 3415 would require state entities to report contracts and subcontractors, include performance metrics, publicly post contracts and assessments, and document consultant outcomes; it passed 8-0 despite concerns about a $2 million fiscal impact and added OMES workload. House Bill 3414 would require OMES to identify whether contracts are service-based and create a digital warehouse for intangible assets; it passed 6-0. House Bill 3310 would authorize OMES payment-procedure rules, require invoice legitimacy checks and a 60-day payment window, and create compliance reporting with possible budget recommendations for noncompliance; it passed 7-0 after questions about appeals and penalties. House Bill 3413, requiring agencies to include more detail on contractors and consultants in annual budget submissions, also passed 7-0. The committee also approved House Bill 2206, which moves new school resource officers into a law-enforcement retirement system rather than teacher retirement, with testimony that it would help recruit officers and would apply only to new hires; it passed 6-0. House Bill 3265, which expands who can make PTSD disability determinations for first responders to include psychologists and certain licensed mental health professionals, passed 7-0 after discussion of psychiatrist shortages and concerns about diagnostic standards. House Bill 4486, authorizing a Gold Star monument at the Capitol funded by private donations, passed 7-0. Finally, House Bill 1219, barring state agencies and schools from using state funds or resources to promote LGBTQ or Pride Month events or fly the Pride flag, generated extensive debate over its impact on outreach, public health, education, and LGBTQ Oklahomans; it passed 5-2 and the committee adjourned with notice of a larger agenda the following week.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 4/7/26

Public Safety Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
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  • ,</c><00:06:08.880><c> again</c> funding out of the general fund, again funding out of the general fund
  • . funded. funded.
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  • </c> emergency fund. emergency fund.
Bills: HF1082 , HF2099 , HF4177 , HF2742
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/11/2026 - House Transportation & Infrastructure

Transportation & Infrastructure

Transcript Highlights:
  • boating safety fund.
  • deposited into the state lake improvement fund and the law enforcement and boating safety fund the bill
  • As you know, we don't receive any state general funds.
  • It's all generated through license fees and some of the funding that we're talking about today.
  • And to that point, they get their one-time funding from us.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Education Feb 3rd, 2026 at 04:00 pm

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • 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.
  • And it adds a null and void clause, making the bill null and void unless funded in the budget.
  • 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