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TX

Texas 89th Regular

Local Government (Part II) Apr 24th, 2025

Local Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • The issue with this is that ESD taxpayer funds are being used to subsidize the lack in service by the
  • The issue with this is that ESD taxpayer funds are being used to subsidize the lack in service by the
  • I would also point you to the Perryman report that speaks very specifically to how ESDs are funded in
  • I mean, that's the problem is we're having to use our taxpaying funds and we're not getting anything
  • I mean, that's the problem is we're having to use our taxpaying funds and we're not getting anything
Summary: The Senate Committee on Local Government considered and voted on several bills, adopting committee substitutes on Senate Bills 1237, 1708, 1844, 1454, 2520, and 2541. In each case, the committee substitute was explained as narrowing or clarifying the filed bill, and the committee voted to report the substitute version to the full Senate, usually with a recommendation that the filed bill not pass. The committee also recommended each of those measures for the local and uncontested calendar. SB 1237 concerned property tax exemption eligibility for charitable organizations; SB 1844 addressed annexation and disannexation limits tied to city services; SB 1454 clarified housing authority tax exemptions and agreements with districts; SB 2520 dealt with a school district tax ceiling comparison; and SB 2541 reduced the unused increment period from three years to two years. The committee then heard extensive testimony on SB 2354, which would allow developers to hire qualified third-party professionals for plat review, permit review, and inspections if local governments are delayed. Supporters included affordable housing providers, builders, Pew Charitable Trusts, housing advocates, and legal groups, who said the bill would reduce permitting delays, lower costs, and help housing production. A Corpus Christi representative testified as neutral, asking for amendments to preserve city final inspection authority, document sharing, and floodplain enforcement. Urban counties opposed the bill as written, arguing it removed too much local oversight, though they acknowledged work on a committee substitute. SB 2354 was left pending. The committee also heard SB 2703, which would clarify that condominiums are not subdivisions for local platting purposes. Builders and a land use attorney supported the bill, saying it would reduce confusion and duplicative regulation; the bill was left pending. SB 777, dealing with firefighter collective bargaining and impasse procedures, drew support from Austin and Texarkana firefighter representatives and the City of Austin, who said the committee substitute reflected stakeholder agreement and preserved voter-approved local procedures; it was left pending. SB 2965, concerning annexation and emergency service district response obligations, drew support from ESD and fire association witnesses who said it would prevent service gaps after annexation, and opposition from local officials who argued it gave unelected ESD boards too much power and lacked neutral review; it was also left pending. The committee then recessed subject to call of the chair.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Local Government (Part I) Apr 24th, 2025

Local Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • Third, eligible nonprofit builders will be able to use money from the fund...
  • And this was originally anticipated to be like a $50 million fund, Senator West?
  • This fund will enable us to do that.
  • So putting half a billion dollars into a surplus fund in that revolving loan fund allows us to have that
  • Third, it will support better resource allocation.
Summary: The Senate Committee on Local Government met with a quorum at the start, adopted a two-minute limit for public testimony, and heard a series of housing, local government, fire code, and district-governance bills. Several measures were laid out with committee substitutes, including SB 628 on county fire code administration through interlocal agreements with emergency service districts; SB 208 creating a Workforce Housing Capital Investment Fund for zero-interest loans to nonprofit builders; SB 2835 allowing cities to opt into single-stair apartment buildings; and SB 2477 easing office-to-residential conversions in certain cities. Other bills addressed ESD spending thresholds (SB 2778), hospital district updates (SB 1042), subdivision/platting issues (SB 1708), public housing tax credit eligibility (SB 2608), groundwater district representation for Marfa and Presidio (SB 3044), park board authority in Waller County (SB 2367), ETJ removal procedures (SB 2523), and reporting death certificates to appraisal districts to help address squatting and homestead issues (SB 2521). Testimony was largely supportive on the housing bills. Supporters of SB 208, including Habitat for Humanity affiliates, a Brownsville nonprofit developer, Texans for Housing, and an educator, said the revolving fund would help nonprofit builders finance land, infrastructure, and development costs for affordable homes, especially for families earning 30% to 80% of area median income. SB 2835 drew support from architects, planners, and housing advocates who argued that single-stair buildings can be safe, more efficient, and better suited to missing-middle housing, though the Texas APA registered qualified opposition, saying the proposal bypasses the usual code-development process and may not be sufficiently studied. SB 2477 also received broad support from housing groups and policy organizations, who said office conversions could help address vacancy and housing shortages, though Corpus Christi raised a concern about fee recovery and local cost reimbursement. The committee also heard support for SB 628 from a county fire marshal and an ESD representative, who said the bill would reduce duplicate fire-code enforcement and costs. SB 2778 was backed by a Bexar County ESD fire chief, who said the current $2,000 expenditure approval threshold is outdated and slows emergency purchases and repairs. SB 2608 was supported by the El Paso housing authority, which said adding certain Section 8 projects to the at-risk LIHTC set-aside would help renovate aging subsidized housing. SB 3044 was presented as a way to give Marfa and Presidio representation on the groundwater district board while preserving permitting authority. Each bill heard public testimony was left pending subject to the call of the chair, and the committee recessed to reconvene after the Senate adjourns.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Disease Prevention & Women's & Children's Health Apr 17th, 2025

S/C on Disease Prevention & Women's & Children's Health

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  • and develop the process by which this fund can be utilized.
  • Just to be clear, we're asking that they create the fund.
  • We're saying create the fund and then whatever money... ...they want to put in there they can, and in
  • the future, if we’d like to appropriate money into that fund, we can.
  • loan, a matching grant, or other funding mechanisms.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Disease Prevention & Women's & Children's Health Apr 17th, 2025

S/C on Disease Prevention & Women's & Children's Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • This study will allow non-profits like ours to strategically target funds and advocacy efforts where
  • If Texas can't fund remedies for the root causes of hunger, then it should at least fund studies to allow
  • to advise HHSC as they consolidated the state's women's health programs and launched a new state-funded
  • GR funds? No. Okay, it's part of GR, but then... Yes, it is a federal waiver program.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Delivery of Government Efficiency Apr 16th, 2025

Delivery of Government Efficiency

Transcript Highlights:
  • And we're grateful for the initiatives that have established the TSC and the funding that will foster
  • proper help necessary to be able to identify it, and then report back on the state. and non-state funds
  • hell's looking into the the informal complaint process to begin with and maybe we're not properly funding
  • And it prohibits outside counsel from billing for training time, protecting public funds.
  • matching funds to higher education institutions.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • He's worked with Georgetown Behavioral Health Hospital, which was awarded funding from the legislature
  • Texas has made significant progress in funding state hospitals and partnering with private facilities
  • Everybody thought that they were. funded a state hospital transition team.
  • We also know, and one of the things, quite honestly, was I've gotten a little fatigued of funding. funding
  • I would say too, and we can bring the agency up, but we funded some things in the budget.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Health and Human Services Apr 8th, 2025

Health & Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • He's worked with Georgetown Behavioral Health Hospital, which was awarded funding from the legislature
  • Texas has made significant progress in funding state hospitals and partnering with private facilities
  • But we did put some funding in there.
  • We funded a state hospital transition team.
  • I would say, too, we can bring the agency up, but we've funded some things in the budget.
Summary: The committee first took up several pending bills and reported them favorably: SB 968, SB 636 as substituted, SB 1137, and SB 1138 as substituted. Each was advanced by roll call vote, and the committee also recommended the approved bills for the local and uncontested calendar. The chair then moved to the posted agenda and heard SB 719, a mental health bed-capacity study bill by Senator Eckhart, with a committee substitute that refined the data collection to distinguish state and non-state beds, child and adult beds, include two point-in-time counts, and capture jail diversion data. Testimony on SB 719 was largely supportive from Integral Care, NAMI Texas, and the Children’s Hospital Association of Texas, all of whom said Texas needs better data on inpatient psychiatric capacity, workforce needs, and future demand. Several witnesses described long waits for beds, especially for forensic restoration, and argued the study would help target future investments. Senator Perry and others noted the state has already made major investments in new beds and urged the bill to account for beds already coming online; the committee ultimately withdrew the substitute and left SB 719 pending after public testimony closed. The committee then heard SB 1864, which would allow small egg producers to sell ungraded eggs more broadly, including to restaurants and retailers, with the substitute increasing the weekly sales threshold and addressing sanitation and labeling. Supporters said grading is about size, not safety, and that the bill would help small farms reach new markets; opponents from the Texas Poultry Federation argued grading and candling help identify cracks and defects that can affect safety and quality. The committee adopted the substitute and left the bill pending. It also heard SB 1467, requiring DSHS to share death record information with hospitals for record accuracy and quality review, and SB 912, which would modernize continuing education tracking for health licensing agencies; both bills drew supportive testimony and were left pending. Finally, the committee heard SB 2023, which would create an HHSC grant program to help counties pay for indigent burial costs, with county representatives testifying in support.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Judiciary Committee Meeting - 2025-04-03

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Transcript Highlights:
  • The program we funded through the Minnesota Department of Health provides grants to the producers, and
  • From the point of view of looking at how we are going to get control over the misuse of public funds,
  • We are required to review all orders where a child is a recipient of MFIP funds every three years.
  • it and that if we do fund it, it actually will address this issue.
  • Given that we're in a very tight fiscal situation, they also need ongoing funding.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 4/3/25 - Part 2

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Transcript Highlights:
  • This bill does not require new costs since the funding for the office was already allocated and is ready
  • This bill does not require new costs since the funding for the office was already allocated and is ready
  • <00:41:12.079> and on administration of grant funds and on administration of grant funds and
  • But that is the maximize these funds.
  • <00:43:36.480> and will be 100% focus on these funds and will be 100% focus on these funds
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 4/3/25 - Part 1

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Transcript Highlights:
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  • it and that if we do fund it, that it actually will address this issue.
  • So thank you. funding behind that um I don't we have funding behind that um I don't we have not<01:29
  • <01:31:10.639> it we're going to be able to help fund it we're going to be able to help fund
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Capital Investment Committee 3/20/25

Capital Investment

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  • funds, the local watershed funds.
  • funds, the local watershed funds.
  • funds, the local watershed funds.
  • > funds.
  • I might funds, the local wershed funds.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session (Part I) Jun 2nd, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The result was, as we all know, a multi-billion dollar state water fund.
  • Over the next two or three sessions, he was able to secure funding, and it culminates in this session
  • with $23.8 billion that will be funded through Air 2047.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session (Part II) Jun 2nd, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Mar 26th, 2026 at 12:10 pm

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's obviously a big issue, and how we fund our. Government.
  • I got the impression that one time we had a commissary fund or an account, and somehow those funds will
  • I got the impression that one time we had a commissary fund or an account, and somehow those funds will
  • It's obviously a big issue and how we fund our government.
  • I got the impression that one time we had commissary funds or an account, and somehow those funds will
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Mar 26th, 2026 at 08:30 am

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • It establishes a real property proceeds revolving fund.
  • President, I thought we already had a fund that set aside these kinds of Allocated monies.
  • A couple of years ago, we created a fund for The parking funds to go into that was specifically about
  • So, what is the difference about this revolving fund that's created in the new language from other funds
  • What's different about this fund from the other Funds they've had for capital maintenance.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Apr 22nd, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senate Bill 232 by Senator Miller, judges supplemental compensation fund, provide relative to funding
  • House Bill 59 by Representative Robson and Marcel, funding of the public defender in the 19th JDC, funding
  • of office expenses at the office, allocation of responsibility.
  • House Bill 59 by Representative Robson and Marcel, funding of the public defender in the 19th JDC, funding
  • of office personnel and expenses at the office, allocation of responsibility.
OK
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  • House Bill 3882 House Bill 3882 creates the Lake and Industrial Revolving Fund to be used by ODOT to
  • We're just trying to make sure that we put this into a revolving fund to make it more simple and transparent
  • As required, so there is no physical impact or receives funding.
  • there's a request for an expert, there is a request to the court, and it gets paid out of the court fund
  • So, is it true that this is being Shifted from out of the court fund to the budget of OIDs.