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• appropriations are somewhat different. appropriations are somewhat different.
• And then R2 is the beginning of appropriations and the Supreme Court appropriations for House and Senate
• And then R2 is the beginning of appropriations and the Supreme Court appropriations for House and Senate
• And then R2 is the beginning of appropriations and the Supreme Court appropriations for House and Senate
• <00:18:56.520> to<00:18:56.640> the standing appropriation to the standing appropriation

Keywords: 918, senate, all

Summary: The Safety and Security Conference Committee met on May 13, 2026, with a quorum present and no immediate vote taken. Chairs explained the committee was working ahead of a possible target so it could act quickly later if needed, then proceeded with member introductions and a reminder about committee decorum. Staff noted a microphone delay and said the meeting would include a side-by-side walk-through of the House and Senate policy language and a review of the fiscal spreadsheet. Fiscal staff summarized major differences in court, public safety, and legislative security funding. The House and Senate proposals differed on safety and security funding for the Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, and District Courts, as well as on courthouse grants, capital security enhancements, and a new legislative/protective services unit. Staff also reviewed Senate-only and House-only items, including a Senate proposal to require removal of insignia from public safety vehicles sold to the public, and House provisions for a security services task force and member security costs. Total general fund impacts were reviewed, with the House total corrected to include an open appropriation that had been omitted from the spreadsheet totals. Nonpartisan staff then walked through the policy differences. The Senate language focused on a Protective Services Unit and security for principal state officials, while the House language focused on a Legislative Services Unit and security for legislators. Both bills included provisions on Capitol Complex Security, reporting requirements, and reimbursement arrangements with local law enforcement, but differed on details such as whether elected officials must provide contact information to DPS and how requests for personal protective services are handled. The House-only amendment A8 was presented for discussion; it would revise emergency contact provisions, replace the House’s personal protective services request language with a more detailed threat assessment and mitigation framework, direct implementation of the new unit, and make related reimbursement and technical changes. Judge Richard Kyle, president of the Minnesota District Judges Association, testified in support of stronger judicial and court safety measures. He described rising threats against judges, citing survey results showing high rates of judges limiting personal information, receiving inappropriate communications, changing personal behavior, and experiencing threats to themselves and family members. He said the association supports legislative authorization and funding for home security and personal data protections for judicial officers, and emphasized that safety concerns for judges and court staff have become more serious in recent years.

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• <00:24:46.840> it wasn't just a direct appropriation it wasn't just a direct appropriation
• <00:28:36.360> would right now uh this appropriation would right now uh this appropriation
• members uh senl 927 would appropriate members uh senl 927 would appropriate 1.5<00:32:37.080>
• businesses for the total direct appropri businesses for the total direct appropri appropriation<
• uh that direct appropriation was um uh that direct appropriation was um uh allotted<00:46:15.480

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on SF 818, a request for funding for the Block Builders Foundation, which provides financial literacy and job-readiness training for youth. Senator Fate and testifiers described a 12-week program covering budgeting, savings, banking, credit, debt, career exploration, job preparation, entrepreneurship, and mentorship. They said the program served youth ages 13 to 19, had expanded to multiple cohorts, and had produced graduation ceremonies and job placements. Testifiers also said the organization had transportation challenges and limited space, and that additional funding would help with staffing, participant support, and transportation partnerships. Committee members asked extensive questions about the program’s outcomes, funding sources, and finances. Block Builders said it had 40 graduates in the most recent cohort, with 30 placed in jobs, and that participants who complete the program receive a $500 stipend. The organization said it had been operating since 2023 in North and South Minneapolis, had received $50,000 from the state previously, and raised additional community support. Members also asked about IRS filing status, audits, and how outcomes were measured; the organization said outcomes were tracked through graduation and certificates, and that it had not yet filed a 990 because it had not reached the threshold. The bill was laid over for possible inclusion, with committee members noting the current language makes the appropriation available only through June 30, 2026 unless amended. The committee then began hearing SF 927. An A1 technical amendment was adopted without objection. Senator Pappas introduced the bill, which would appropriate $1.5 million to the Mung American Partnership for workforce development and business lending. The transcript cuts off before further testimony or committee action on SF 927.

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• <00:04:13.840> We appropriated from the legislature.
• We appropriated from the legislature.
• bills that come and direct appropriation bills that come at<00:04:56.880> us.
• and have an extra bureaucracy before we make those decisions about direct appropriations.
• decisions about direct appropriations. decisions about direct appropriations.

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The House debated a motion to suspend the rules so House File 3843 could be recalled from committee and given second and third readings for final passage. The bill, carried by Representative Baker and supported by Representative Niska, would create a subcommittee of the governor’s workforce development board to vet nonprofit and other applicants for workforce development dollars, with the legislature retaining final authority. Supporters argued the proposal would add an extra layer of scrutiny, reduce fraud risk, and help prevent problems like those highlighted in recent reporting and past nonprofit funding scandals. Supporters repeatedly tied the bill to concerns about fraud in state grantmaking, citing the Feeding Our Future scandal and other nonprofit cases as examples of why more oversight is needed. Representative Baker said the committee process can be overwhelmed by many direct-appropriation requests at the end of session, and that a board-based vetting process would help identify red flags. Representative Enen and Representative Schultz also backed the motion, saying the bill would improve accountability and protect taxpayer dollars. Representative Pinto opposed the urgency motion, saying he supports moving toward more competitive grants but not adding another layer of bureaucracy without a fiscal note or fuller committee process. He argued the bill would not do what supporters claimed and that the legislature already makes funding decisions. After debate, the House took a roll call vote on the motion to suspend the rules. The motion failed by one vote, 67 yeas to 66 nays.

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• She's the chair of the Appropriations Committee on Higher Education.
• Where students get the appropriate community-type support that they need.
• I'm surprised it didn't come up in the full Appropriations Committee.
• It's an honor to serve in your criminal justice appropriations...
• Senate Bill 2500, a bill to be entitled an act making appropriations.

Summary: The Senate took up the 2026-2027 budget and related implementing bills. Appropriations Chair Hooper presented a $115 billion General Appropriations Bill, saying it reduces overall spending from the prior year, preserves reserves, and includes a 3% raise for state employees and 5% raises for state law enforcement, firefighters, correctional officers, and park rangers. Committee chairs then outlined major budget areas, including K-12 education, higher education, health and human services, criminal and civil justice, transportation/tourism/economic development, and environmental/agricultural agencies. Highlights included increased funding for school safety, teacher and scholarship funding, workforce education, Medicaid and kid care, corrections operations, judgeships, affordable housing, hurricane recovery, Everglades and water quality projects, and arts and cultural grants. Members asked detailed questions about several items. Senators discussed the Emergency Management Trust Fund, cultural arts grant allocations, Florida Forever land acquisition versus conservation easements, teacher salary support, charter school capital outlay funding, Bright Futures and EASE funding, New College funding, DOC deficits and inmate health care/food service costs, the ADAP HIV drug program, Medicaid reductions for non-critical access hospitals, and the use of opioid settlement and COVID relief funds. Chairs explained that some apparent reductions reflected shifts below the line or reclassification, that the ADAP appropriation would only cover about six months, and that some vacant positions were being removed as part of a right-sizing effort. Questions also covered lottery staffing, concealed weapons permit processing, elections security funding, and arts grant selection and proviso language. The Senate then substituted House bills for the Senate budget and implementing measures, amended them into the Senate posture, and passed them. HB 5001 (the appropriations bill), HB 503 (implementing bill), HB 5201 (collective bargaining), and HB 5205 (retirement) all passed 36-0 and were sent to conference. Other budget-related bills also passed, including SB 2506 on fuel taxes, SB 2508 on the state agency law enforcement radio system surcharge, SB 2510 on court trust funds, SB 2512 creating 13 circuit and 12 county judgeships, SB 2514 on K-12 education, SB 2516 on higher education, and SB 2518 on health. Most of these passed unanimously, with the Senate requesting the House either pass the Senate versions or include them in budget conference.

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• She's the chair of the Appropriations Committee on Higher Education.
• Where students get the appropriate community-type support that they need.
• I'm surprised it didn't come up in the full Appropriations Committee.
• It's an honor to serve in your criminal justice appropriations committee.
• Senate Bill 2500, a bill to be entitled an act making appropriations.

Summary: The Senate began with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, then moved into floor consideration of the 2026-2027 budget. Appropriations Chair Hooper presented Senate Bill 2500, describing a $115 billion budget that reduces overall spending from the prior year, maintains reserves, and includes a 3% pay raise for state employees and 5% raises for state law enforcement, firefighters, correctional officers, and park rangers. Committee chairs then outlined major spending in their areas, including K-12 education, higher education, health and human services, criminal and civil justice, transportation/tourism/economic development, and environmental and agricultural programs. Highlights included increased funding for school scholarships and safety, workforce and university programs, Medicaid and child welfare, corrections operations, affordable housing, rural communities, Everglades and water quality projects, and infrastructure. Members then asked detailed questions about several budget items. Senators sought clarification on the Emergency Management Trust Fund, arts and cultural grants, Florida Forever land acquisition versus conservation easements, teacher salaries, charter school capital outlay funding, EASE grants, New College funding, DOC inmate counts and reimbursement, lottery staffing, concealed weapons licensing positions, election security funding, iBudget waiver support, ADAP funding, Medicaid hospital rate reductions, and scholarship and enrollment supplements in K-12 education. Chairs explained that some reductions reflected technical shifts or right-sizing, that some funds were being moved below the line for better tracking, and that several items—such as ADAP and corrections operations—would likely remain conference issues with the House. After questions, the Senate substituted House bills for the budget and implementing measures and adopted amendments placing the Senate language onto the House vehicles to prepare for conference. The chamber passed the budget-related bills and several conforming measures, including bills on retirement, fuel taxes, the state agency law enforcement radio system, court trust funds, judgeships, and K-12 and higher education conforming changes. Votes on the major bills were overwhelmingly unanimous or near-unanimous, and the Senate repeatedly voted to accede to the House’s request for conference on the substituted bills.

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• staffed then not having the appropriate staffed then not having the appropriate kind<00:43:11.720
• appropriately be put towards this. appropriately be put towards this.
• . appropriation. appropriation.
• appropriation. So what happens here? appropriation. So what happens here?
• <01:40:21.600> capital<01:40:22.000> appropriation fund appropriation capital appropriation

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Everybody wants to get appropriations.
• > in You also appropriated $100,000 in You also appropriated $100,000 in section<00:40:44.400>
• It's historical appropriations. Again, appropriations, not expenditures.
• <00:53:56.400> Again, historical appropriations. Again, historical appropriations.
• because this is the joint appropriations because this is the joint appropriations committee<01:04

Keywords: 916, all

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• <00:11:17.040> that uh state government appropriations that uh state government appropriations
• There are then a series of appropriations or appropriation reductions that are related to the Office
• <00:19:12.080> to appropriated to appropriated to This<00:19:13.320> is<00:19:13.440>
• cancellation of an unused appropriation cancellation of an unused appropriation to<00:19:49.280>
• <00:19:57.360> or<00:19:57.520> appropriation appropriations or appropriation appropriations

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• The House Appropriations Subcommittees on Articles VI, VII, and VIII will come to order.
• None of these funds are available for appropriation.
• initial appropriations, or is that from spend from last two initial appropriations on this biennium?
• like a decrease in initial appropriation to initial appropriation.
• to the initial appropriation to the next biennium.

Summary: The committee met with a quorum present to hear Article VI Natural Resources agency budget recommendations, beginning with the Railroad Commission. LBB staff summarized the commission’s 2026-27 base recommendation at $458.7 million, down from the prior biennium, with an increased FTE cap. The presentation highlighted reduced federal IIJA funding, volatility in oil and gas regulation account 5155, continued support for IT modernization, and rider changes. The commission’s major exceptional items were then presented, including requests for produced water and injection data reporting, an authorized pit registration system, regulatory filing/permitting upgrades, an underground injection well investigation team, site remediation support, and especially $100 million for orphan well plugging. Members asked about biennium-to-biennium comparisons, salary biennialization, the scale of orphan well risks, federal funding delays, bonding, and whether the state should rely more on industry or general revenue for plugging costs. Commission leadership explained that orphan wells can threaten water and public safety, that plugging costs have risen sharply, and that current funding is insufficient to keep up with emergency wells and the backlog; they also said the agency is moving to cloud-based systems with cybersecurity protections and that the proposed performance measure may need adjustment if funding does not increase. The Railroad Commission testimony was followed by LBB and agency testimony for the Texas Animal Health Commission. LBB described a $42 million recommendation for 2026-27, an increase overall, but with a reduced FTE cap due to turnover and salary reallocation. The recommendation maintained funding for cattle fever tick work, chronic wasting disease, lab testing through an MOU with Texas A&M’s veterinary diagnostic lab, and a new $5 million spay-and-neuter pilot program, while deleting a capital budget rider and adjusting riders tied to entry point inspection stations and clinical trials. Agency leadership then outlined the commission’s mission to protect livestock health and the state’s $22 billion animal industry, and described major disease threats including highly pathogenic avian influenza, cattle fever ticks, New World screwworm, and chronic wasting disease. Their exceptional items focused on recruiting and retaining veterinarians, replacing fleet vehicles, creating an ectoparasite identification lab, adding field staff and IT support, improving records and epidemiology reporting, strengthening central administration, supporting secure food supply planning, expanding chronic wasting disease work, and staffing the new spay-and-neuter program. Members asked about field identification of ticks, the use of disinfectants and PPE, fleet management, the scale of cattle fever tick risk, and chronic wasting disease; the agency explained its current inspection and lab-confirmation process, its reliance on field disinfecting and biosecurity, and the need for more staff and better data systems to keep pace with growing workloads and disease threats.

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• Chairman, I move the Appropriations, Transportation, and Technology amendment be adopted.
• Chairman, I move the Appropriations, Transportation, and Technology amendment be adopted.
• Chairman, I move the Appropriations, Transportation, and Technology amendment be adopted.
• Senate Bill 1826, an act appropriating monies to the Office of Advanced Air Mobility.
• There is an Appropriations, Transportation and Technology Committee amendment.

Keywords: 1182, all

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• . $25 million — is that going to be an annual appropriation, or is it a one-time appropriation?
• $25 million, is that going to be an annual appropriation or is it a one-time appropriation?
• I'm Chair, we go to Appropriations. Appropriations. Could we ask that it be amended for that?
• The bill makes a $1.3 million one-time appropriation.
• And so when an appropriate And I want it to be successful.

Keywords: 996, all

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• And then the House Appropriations and Finance Committee.
• Making an appropriation to the Health Care Authority for providing rate increases to service providers
• House Bill 53, introduced by Representative Herndon, is an act making an appropriation to the Health
• Providing for enforcement, providing penalties, making an appropriation. House Bill 10.
• Your House Appropriations and Finance Committee will be meeting at 1:30 p.m. today in room 307.

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• I will be recommending an aye at the appropriate time.
• For that reason, we urge your aye vote at the appropriate time.
• And for that reason, we urge your aye vote at the appropriate time.
• We think that's a more appropriate standard in this case.
• She can at the appropriate time. Just one moment.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• AB 542 due pass to Appropriations. AB 563 due pass to Appropriations.
• AB 753 due pass to Appropriations. AB 1784 due pass to Appropriations.
• AB 1538 due pass to appropriations. AB 1384 due pass to appropriations.
• Ask for your right vote at the appropriate time.
• We need the appropriate information.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• So is it appropriate? Years of service for the state of Arkansas.
• So is it appropriate for me to read, or what? Yep, all right.
• Senate Bill 1, by Senate Efficiency, is an act for the Arkansas Senate appropriation for the 2026-27
• Arkansas State Library appropriation for the 2026-27 fiscal year.
• Senate Bill 14, by joint budget, an act for the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission appropriation

Keywords: 1204, all

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• SB 1317 appropriation coordinated reentry. PSLE and appropriations.
• SB 1550 appropriation Queen Creek. PSLE and appropriations. SB 1580 appropriation fire incident.
• PSLE and appropriations. SB 1582 appropriation school safety. Thank you. Fire incident.
• PSLE and Appropriations. SB 1582 appropriations school safety. Education and Appropriations.
• SB 1170, Narcotic Judiciary; SB 1234, Juvenile Services, appropriations, infrastructure, and appropriations

Keywords: 1182, all

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• And I also want to echo Senator Trumbull's gratitude for the appropriation staff.
• Circuit that are appropriated here.
• So hopefully I’m an appropriate vehicle to be able to... ...not per se new money.
• Senate Bill 2500, a bill to be entitled an act making appropriations.
• Earlier this morning, we introduced Senate Bill 2500, the appropriations bill.

Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several gallery introductions before taking up Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 168, the Tristan Murphy Act, on mental health. Senator Bradley explained that the bill is intended to divert clinically appropriate defendants with mental illness from jail to treatment, create pretrial mental health diversion programs, expand grant uses for mental health and substance abuse reinvestment, require evaluations and treatment follow-up in certain probation and prison settings, add Hillsborough County to a forensic hospital diversion pilot, and establish a Florida Behavioral Health Data Repository. Senators from both parties spoke in support, emphasizing treatment over incarceration, public safety, and the Murphy family’s role in the bill. The Senate passed the bill 37-0 and then recorded 37 co-sponsors. The chamber then moved into presentations on SB 2500, the 2025-26 General Appropriations Act. Chair Hooper said the Senate budget totals $117.4 billion, reduces overall spending from the prior year, maintains reserves, keeps employee health contributions level, and includes major investments in water quality, transportation, education infrastructure, and nearly $1 billion in education capital outlay. Committee chairs outlined their portions of the budget, including increased funding for K-12 schools and scholarships, higher education workforce programs, Medicaid and health services, corrections and courts, transportation and housing, and environmental restoration such as Everglades and water quality projects. Members then asked extensive questions, especially about education funding, school choice, AP/IB and accelerated programs, the Family Empowerment Scholarship, and the FEFP calculations. Senator Burgess repeatedly explained that scholarship funding is being moved “below the line” to improve tracking and that the Senate position is to preserve funding while giving districts more flexibility. Senators also questioned the APD wait list for disability services, opioid settlement spending, arts funding, the My Safe Florida Home condo pilot, and proposed IT and agency restructuring. Several chairs said some issues would be resolved in conference, and no final vote on the budget was taken in the portion provided.

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• This table shows changes from appropriated amounts by a cost driver.
• The following riders provide contingent appropriation.
• I'm not going to speak to the Education Committees, but I think Appropriations is the appropriate committee
• funds so we can kind of move along and appropriately.
• A LBB transfer, a GR transfer, it has to come through the appropriations committee to be appropriated

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• Motion is due pass to Appropriations.
• Motion is due pass to Appropriations. SB 1180, Allen. Motion is due pass to Appropriations.
• Motion is due pass to Appropriations. SB 1326, Wahab. Motion is due pass to Appropriations.
• Motion is due pass as amended to Appropriations.
• SB 1375, Cortese, motion is due pass as amended to Appropriations.

Summary: The committee heard several bills, with SB 1350 by Senator McNerney presented first. The measure would expand California’s use of renewable hydrogen in the power sector by allowing renewable portfolio standard credit for power plants using green hydrogen, with supporters emphasizing grid reliability, clean-energy goals, in-state investment, and construction jobs. Support came from labor, clean-energy, municipal utility, and local government representatives; NRDC Action Fund withdrew opposition after amendments, while a few groups remained opposed or neutral. The committee later took a roll call and SB 1350 passed out on a due pass recommendation. The committee also heard SB 1180 by Senator Allen, which would set operational rules for the Plastic Pollution Mitigation Fund created under SB 54, including clearer eligible uses, transparency, technical assistance, and access for tribes and smaller community groups. Environmental justice, ocean, conservation, and local government groups strongly supported the bill, saying it would ensure the fund addresses plastic pollution’s public health and environmental harms. Industry and manufacturing groups opposed unless amended, arguing the bill should stay tightly tied to plastic waste reduction and not broaden into source-reduction policy. After quorum was established, the committee approved SB 1180 on a due pass recommendation to Appropriations. SB 1326 by Senator Wahab was then heard to strengthen tribal consultation and tribal cultural resource protections under CEQA by recognizing tribal registers and requiring feasible avoidance or mitigation measures when tribes identify resources. Tribal representatives and supporters said the bill would better protect sacred sites and tribal knowledge, while cities, counties, utilities, builders, and rural county groups opposed unless amended, citing implementation concerns, possible litigation, and uncertainty for infrastructure and housing projects. The committee voted the bill out on a due pass recommendation to Appropriations. Finally, SB 954 by Senator Blakespear was presented as a cleanup of last year’s SB 131 advanced-manufacturing CEQA exemption, narrowing eligible projects and adding guardrails such as setbacks, air-quality limits, tribal consultation, labor standards, and habitat protections. Environmental and labor groups supported the bill as a needed correction to an overly broad exemption, while business, manufacturing, housing, and local-government groups opposed, warning it could make the exemption unusable and slow investment. Members debated the balance between environmental protection and manufacturing competitiveness, and the committee voted SB 954 out on a due pass recommendation to the Labor and Employment Committee; the transcript then moved on to SB 1031 on compostable plastics, which was introduced but not acted on in the portion provided.

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• We didn't ask for an appropriation for it.
• It's just we request that we would be appropriated around $5 million.
• Looking at our actual appropriation history, so again, FY23 we had a partial appropriation for the partial
• That was the project money that the legislature appropriated.
• I'd just assumed you didn't appropriate me anything if we.

Keywords: 914, all