Video & Transcript Research : 'budget approval'
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TX
Texas 89th Regular
89th Legislative Session - Second Called Session Aug 16th, 2025
Texas House Floor Meeting
Keywords:
appropriations, funding, budget, state finance, public services, public education, teacher compensation, certification, school finance, educator rights, education funding, charter schools, staff compensation, state aid, retention allotment, rural health, hospital funding, healthcare access, mental health services, financial stability
TX
Texas 89th Regular
89th Legislative Session - First Called Session Aug 14th, 2025
Texas House Floor Meeting
Keywords:
appropriations, funding, budget, state finance, public services, public education, teacher compensation, certification, school finance, educator rights, education funding, charter schools, staff compensation, state aid, retention allotment, rural health, hospital funding, healthcare access, mental health services, financial stability
TX
Texas 89th Regular
89th Legislative Session - First Called Session Aug 13th, 2025
Texas House Floor Meeting
Keywords:
appropriations, funding, budget, state finance, public services, public education, teacher compensation, certification, school finance, educator rights, education funding, charter schools, staff compensation, state aid, retention allotment, rural health, hospital funding, healthcare access, mental health services, financial stability
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- billion, representing 86% of the total budget.
- The current budget has $28.7 million.
- Seeing no objection, motion approved."
- before the budget comes back from the Senate.
- This is essentially a standstill budget from last year.
Keywords:
state budget, appropriations, education funding, public health, social services, government operations, state institutions, budget, funding, state general fund, local government, fiscal year, economic development, state treasury, emergency response, education, voting technology, sustainability, revenue sharing, fund distribution
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Administrative Rules REVISED: Link added Mar 3rd, 2026
Administrative Rules
Transcript Highlights:
- resolution this year, having to do with the administrative rules on judicial and public safety, approving
Summary:
The committee, chaired in part by Vice Chair Norwood, considered two measures. H.J.R. 1086 was presented as the first resolution of the year, approving administrative rules for judicial and public safety agencies submitted by the February 1 deadline. After brief discussion, the committee moved to vote and passed the resolution 13-0.
The committee then took up Senate Bill 392, which would extend the Oklahoma Strategic Military Planning Commission. Members noted the commission had expired on December 31 and that the issue had only recently come to their attention. The bill was moved for adoption, there was no further question or debate, and it also passed 13-0.
After the votes, the chair thanked members for their work, noted that the education bundle had been completed and a draft was being prepared, and said rules for business and commerce had been sent out for review before the upcoming deadline week. The meeting then adjourned.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget Apr 6th, 2026
Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget
Transcript Highlights:
- Why would we put a specific company in our budget?
- I understand that we don't have budget limits bills yet.
- We do those every year out of the Attorney General's budget.
- This is a balanced budget.
- This is a budget that we've worked extremely hard on. 82% of the new spending in this budget is water
Bills:
SB1177
Summary:
The Senate Appropriations Committee met to consider Senate Bill 1177, the general appropriation bill. The chair and budget authors explained that the proposal was built to balance the budget using a mix of general revenue, cash sweeps, and other fund transfers, including money from unclaimed property, revenue stabilization, and other statutory funds. Members also discussed a proposed $35 million OWRB revolving loan fund tied to ARPA interest and a $200 million transfer from the Revenue Stabilization Fund to the Taxpayer Endowment Trust Fund as part of a long-term savings strategy.
A number of agency-specific items drew questions. Members reviewed the OPEB employer contribution reduction, rent coverage for state agencies, child care and Head Start funding, Department of Corrections revenue from ICE-related agreements, sheriff grant funding, and education funding, including about $99 million in additional formula funding, a $2,000 teacher pay raise, and reading-related appropriations such as Strong Readers and Just Right Reader. The committee also discussed mental health funding, including a $30 million consent decree line, a proposed privatization of CCBHC services with an estimated $10 million savings, and related reduction-in-force costs. Other topics included Attorney General transfers and litigation funding, higher education allocations, Langston University extension funding, historical society requests that were not funded, and a biosolids pilot program.
During debate, supporters argued the bill fulfilled the constitutional duty to pass a balanced budget and highlighted increases for education, health care, and water infrastructure. Opponents criticized the use of one-time cash, tax cuts, and what they described as special-project spending, while raising concerns about transparency and underfunded services such as child care and transportation. After debate, the committee voted 18-5 to pass Senate Bill 1177.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget Apr 6th, 2026
Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget
Transcript Highlights:
- As far as the budget is concerned, there's a couple of things that I feel.
- How does this budget take that into account?
- As for this specific budget, that may be addressed in a limits bill.
- It was in last year's budget as well. Thank you for the question.
- Right, that is their total budget, not a specific line item.
Bills:
SB1177
Summary:
The Joint Appropriations and Budget Committee took up Senate Bill 1177, the main budget bill, and first adopted the committee substitute as the working version. Chairman Caldwell presented the bill as the measure funding state government and answered a series of questions about major budget items, including CareerTech funding, child care, school security, teacher pay raises, the state plane purchase, Medicaid, mental health, veterans’ homes, and higher education projects. He said CareerTech received increased funding, child care funding was increased by roughly $12 million over last year, school security funding was continued at $50 million, and teacher pay raises were included through a mechanism that would raise the state minimum by $2,000. He also explained the $3 million state plane item as a restructuring of state aviation assets, and said the budget did not cut law enforcement funding tied to 287(g) agreements.
WA
Bills:
HB2487
WA
Transcript Highlights:
- Related to the fiscal note that came out in February and the final was approved a couple days ago, it
- This is booked in both budgets, the House and Senate budget.
- the Department of Revenue now estimates a loss of $8.4 billion to $13 billion over the four-year budget
- The revenue from this bill was assumed in the budget as passed the House floor, although at a slightly
Bills:
HB2487
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- and our families and each person represented in this process as we come together to finalize our budget
- Hearing none, show approved. Are there messages from the Senate? None on the desk, Mr. Speaker.
Keywords:
legislative session extension, General Appropriations Act, budget process, session deadlines
Summary:
The Florida House of Representatives convened for a brief session focused on procedural matters. Representative McClure moved to waive rules and introduce House Bill 5017 and House Joint Resolution 5019. The primary business was Representative Garrison's House Concurrent Resolution 1635, which extends the 2025 regular legislative session until 11:59 PM on Wednesday, June 18, 2025. The resolution specifies that only the General Appropriations Act (GAA), its implementing bill, and an enumerated list of conforming bills, joint resolutions, and general bills may be considered during the extension. All other legislative measures will be indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration as of 12:00 AM on Saturday, May 3, 2025. The resolution was adopted.
TX
Keywords:
appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, 1185, senate, all
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
S/C on Defense & Veterans' Affairs Mar 31st, 2025
S/C on Defense & Veterans' Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- better, will help us do in the future to help county service officers and other stuff, doing our budget
- So how can they do these studies if they don't do a budget and do this other, all the great things they
- will hope in hopes will bring more services and claim support in rural counties who do not have the budget
- The training requirements also come out of the meager budget for VMHD which is 1.04 million to operate
Bills:
HB101
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 3/3/26
State Government Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
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- As I mentioned Management and Budget.
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Keywords:
Safe at Home, address confidentiality, domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, harassment, victim privacy, survivor protection, confidential address, protected address, secret address, identity protection, residential confidentiality, program participant, nondiscrimination, court disclosure, protective order, service of process, driver's license, state ID
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
House Budget Review Subcommittee on Justice, Public Safety, & Judiciary (2-14-23)
Keywords:
KY LRC YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnNp1y0wDc0, 2026-06-21T07:17:02+00:00, 2.2.24, Data collected via generic collector engine, MEETING START 00:00
ROLL CALL 00:23
DISCUSSION WITH KY STATE BUDGET DIRECTOR, JOHN HICKS, AND COMMISSIONER OF JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM, VICKIE REED ON THE ISSUES SURROUNDING THE DEPT., BUDGET FUNDING REQUESTS, CURRENT FACILITIES IN THE STATE, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR JUVENILES, SERVICES FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, POST ADJUDICATION SERVICES, RECRUITMENT, AND RETENTION, AND THE OPERATING BUDGET 01:04, 958, all, 2.2.42, 2.1.47
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- Members, House Bill 2 provides for the comprehensive capital outlay budget.
- In the governor's executive budget, all $574 million in bond capacity was spent for non-recurring.
- That does kind of create a little optical illusion in the budget.
- We have the budget, HB 2, is supposed to be a five-year projection of what we need, right?
- We have the budget, HB2 is supposed to be a five-year projection of what we need, right?
Bills:
HB2
Keywords:
capital outlay, budget, infrastructure, appropriation, general obligation bonds, 965, house, all
WA
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm going to be voting no on this budget bill today.
- I look forward to voting for the budget.
- our budget.
- The last budget, if we had paid more attention to the budget that we suggested and saved Washington,
- if we those decisions last session the last budget if if more attention have been paid to the budget
Bills:
SB5998
Keywords:
fiscal appropriations, budget, state funding, financial management, operating expenses, 904, all
Summary:
The Senate Ways and Means Committee met in executive session on Proposed Substitute Senate Bill 5998, the operating budget, and received a staff briefing on 39 proposed amendments. The amendments covered a wide range of budget items, including technical corrections; court truancy funding; public defense; humanities and reading programs; shellfish program audit funding; tribal and cultural resource planning; agritourism; transmission authority implementation; paid family and medical leave; developmental disabilities services; nursing home rate add-ons; TANF workforce services; food bank language; oral health access; behavioral health and partnership access line funding; health technology assessment funding; sexual assault nurse examiner training; Department of Corrections security measures; child welfare staffing; pediatric interim care centers; child care, local effort assistance, and transition to kindergarten; range rider funding; Chinese American history month materials; Running Start; retiree health subsidies; people transportation language; charter school enrichment; arts grants; and a tribal liaison at the Eastern Washington State Historical Society.
The committee adopted several amendments, including the technical packet, public defense savings correction, humanities reading program funding, shellfish audit funding, cultural resource model ordinance work, transmission authority implementation funding, oral health foundation support, health technology assessment funding, governor errata corrections, sexual assault nurse examiner training, DOC policy language on canine use, child welfare staffing correction, people transportation language, charter school enrichment reallocation to transition to kindergarten, and tribal liaison funding. Some amendments were withdrawn, including the truancy funding increase, Blake-related public defense funding, the DD waiver wait list expansion, one nursing home add-on restoration, one LEA-related amendment, and the DOC K-9 minimum camp amendment. Other amendments were rejected, including agritourism, paid leave study, DD waiver expansion, nursing home add-on restoration, range rider funding, Chinese American history month materials, Running Start restoration, and arts grant restoration.
Several amendments drew substantive debate over budget priorities and fiscal sustainability, especially those involving developmental disabilities services, long-term care, child care, Running Start, LEA enhancement, and the use of one-time funds versus ongoing obligations. Supporters argued for restoring services, protecting vulnerable populations, and funding programs with strong public benefit; opponents emphasized the need to balance the budget, avoid ongoing commitments without stable revenue, and reserve some issues for collective bargaining or future negotiations. The committee ultimately rolled the adopted amendments into a new substitute version of SB 5998 and voted to send it to the Rules Committee with a do pass recommendation, subject to signatures. Several members stated they would vote no on the budget, while the chair noted the process had been collaborative.
WA
Transcript Highlights:
- to the operating budget.
- this budget.
- in the governor's budget.
- budget.
- So we appreciate and support you approving the budget with the $60 million restored. Thank you.
Bills:
SB5998
Keywords:
fiscal appropriations, budget, state funding, financial management, operating expenses, 904, all
Summary:
The committee held a public hearing on the Senate operating budget proposal, beginning with a staff briefing from James Kettle. He described the budget as balancing roughly flat revenue against $3.7 billion in mandatory cost growth, highlighted major policy adds and savings, and noted several assumed revenue bills and transfers, including use of the Budget Stabilization Account and capital gains/public works account transfers. He also reviewed the four-year outlook, saying the proposal ends with about a $1 billion near general fund balance and about $3 billion in total reserves by fiscal year 2029. Senator Conway asked about a diagram showing the loss of federal funds across agencies, and staff said they would follow up. The committee then moved into public testimony, starting with K-12 education.
Most K-12 testimony opposed the budget’s reductions to local effort assistance, transition to kindergarten, bus depreciation, and other school funding items. School leaders, educators, PTA representatives, and support staff said the cuts would disproportionately harm rural and property-poor districts and reduce access to early learning and student services. Several witnesses urged restoration of funding for transition to kindergarten, LEA, career and technical student organizations, the IT Academy/productivity software certification program, Science on Wheels, and ninth grade success. A few speakers also praised specific items in the proposal, such as the K-12 sales tax exemption and free school meals. The committee then heard higher education testimony, where community and technical colleges objected to the compensation fund split and Running Start cap reduction, while several universities and some system representatives said the Senate proposal was preferable to the governor’s and House budgets because it avoided deeper cuts.
In early learning testimony, child care and family advocates praised the decision not to cap Working Connections Child Care but warned that the budget still shifts too much cost onto early learning and child care programs. Many witnesses opposed cuts or eligibility changes affecting transition to kindergarten, and some requested continued funding for the Dolly Parton Imagination Library, Pierce County Early Childhood Network, and Family Connects home visiting. The employee compensation section drew support for state employee COLAs and wildfire prevention funding, but retirees objected to proposed health insurance benefit cuts. In behavioral health, witnesses supported funding for mentoring, Trueblood-related services, crisis stabilization, the Partnership Access Line, and peer recovery programs, while asking for restoration of some cuts. The human services portion featured support for victim services, child welfare supports, health homes, adult day care, community health centers, and related aging and disability services. No votes or final actions were taken during the hearing.
VT
Vermont 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Caucus of the Whole - 2025-03-26 - 1:30PM
Vermont House Floor Meeting
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Administrative Rules REVISED: Link added Mar 3rd, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Administrative Rules
Transcript Highlights:
- Judicial and public safety are approving the rules submitted by February 1st due date for the agencies
Keywords:
judicial rules, public safety, state agencies, permanent rules, legislative approval, 914, all
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget Apr 6th, 2026 at 04:35 pm
Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget
Transcript Highlights:
- Does this budget also include teacher pay raises?
- How does this budget take that into account?
- And I think this budget reflects so. Thank you for the question.
- That is their total budget, not a specific line.
- I just walk through the whole budget with you on this.