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NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
Other - PSCOC Apr 14th, 2025
Public School Capital Outlay Oversight Task Force
Transcript Highlights:
- We will be bringing updates on the latest bond sale as Mr.
- We do not engage in selling bonds or going to bond elections for a capital program.
- bond that you decided you were short after the bond.
- Our bond cycles are scheduled every four years.
- We have district bonds available totaling $41 million.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- This spending is fueled by voter-approved bonds.
- Texas school districts' bonds now exceed a staggering $200 billion in bond principal and interest, making
- The intent of this bill is to create clarity in bond proposals and to prevent the misallocation of bond
- Well, there— we've had some— Reports of bonds, for example, being used for big bonds, like billion-dollar
- which means these taxpayers are still obligated to back the bond.
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bonds, education funding, Texas Permanent School Fund, financial transparency, speculative rating, school funding, deferred maintenance, tax revenue, education budget, school districts, education, finance, Texas Education Code, misconduct, child abuse, educators, investigation, criminal offense, education law, suspension
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
Senate - Conservation Feb 14th, 2026 at 09:07 am
Senate Conservation
Transcript Highlights:
- With the help of all of you, last year, $365 million was the allocation into the Water Trust Board.
- It's like, well, if you want to get money for a project beyond what your allocation is as a senator,
- All of that relates to enforcement as in a bonding capacity. Is that right?
- Enforcement as in a bonding capacity. Is that right? So am I right?
- All of that section there relates to violation of compliance with the bonds that are required.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- What is the funding coming out of the Community as far as general obligation bonds or other kinds of
- bonds to build infrastructure at Luna Community College.
- What it indicates is that it will also have the bond capacity in order to assist with projects.
- I thought GROW money was given to the legislators to allocate to projects we thought were important.
- that the rest of the legislators don't get to do, and we're given a small amount where we get to allocate
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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 3/3/26
Higher Education Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Is this a bonding request? Is request. Is this a bonding request?
- Well, like I said investment bonding.
- in the bonding bill development.
- <00:47:19.040>
of a regular and sufficient allocation of a regular and sufficient allocation - bonding authority. bonding authority. >> Mr.<01:11:41.920>
Swanson, >> Mr.
Summary:
The committee opened with quorum and decorum reminders, then approved the minutes from February 26, 2026. Members briefly set aside a planned follow-up on GO students from Minnesota State after being told the questions had been fully answered, and moved on to Bemidji State University and Northwest Technical College’s storm damage presentation.
Bemidji State President John Hoffman and facilities staff described the June 21 derecho that hit Bemidji, causing widespread roof, window, tree, and infrastructure damage across both campuses and the surrounding community. Hoffman said the institutions were already recovering from pandemic-era enrollment and budget losses, but had improved new student enrollment, retention, fundraising, and deficits before the storm. He emphasized that the campuses were well insured, but that restoring the tree canopy and campus character would take far longer than repairing buildings. Facilities worker Brent Steinmets gave a personal account of the storm response and cleanup, describing days of chainsaw work, debris removal, window repairs, and stump grinding, and noting that many employees were also dealing with damage at their own homes.
Members asked what kind of funding request was being made, and Hoffman said Chair Duran was preparing a bill tied to the storm damage and reforestation needs, while alumni had already raised more than $80,000 through a “Replanting Our Roots” campaign. He said the institutions had spent about $50,000 in deductible costs and another $25,000 in unreimbursable overtime, and had hired a landscape architect to plan reforestation. Members also asked about enrollment growth and staffing reductions; Hoffman said overall enrollment was up a little more than 2% since fall 2022, new student enrollment had risen 17%, NTC headcount was up 75%, and the campuses had reduced about 30% of instructional faculty and close to 30% of overall employees while reorganizing programs and administration. Discussion also focused on preserving liberal arts and applied liberal arts offerings, with Hoffman saying the institutions were emphasizing critical thinking, communication, citizenship, interdisciplinarity, and human intelligence alongside workforce training. No vote was taken on the storm-related funding proposal during the meeting.
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
FIN Info Briefing - Thu Jan 15, 2026 @ 9:00 AM HST
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
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across allocated across allocated across all<01:24:11.520>contract. - additional 34.8 million in uh GEO bond additional 34.8 million in uh GEO bond funding<05:06:54.958
- So, SLDF pays debt service on the Uncle Billy’s GEO bonds. >> Okay.
- Uncle Billy's uh geo bonds. Uncle Billy's uh geo bonds. >> Okay. >> Okay.
- the removal bond is one of those things. the removal bond is one of those things.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
House Budget Review Sub. on Economic Development, Pub. Protection, Tourism, and Energy (2-10-26)
Transcript Highlights:
- We're requesting $20 million because, after allocating $3 million to the maintenance operations branch
- We're requesting 20 million because<00:27:06.960>
after <00:27:07.440>allocating <00:27: - to because after allocating 3 million to the<00:27:09.520>
uh <00:27:09.679>maintenance - The general assembly since 2018 has authorized $49 million in bonds for the state parks.
- $49 million in bonds for the state<00:48:39.280>
parks.
Keywords:
00:02 Call to Order and Roll Call
01:44 Approval of Minutes
01:56 Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet
54:59 Adjournment, 958, all
Summary:
The House Budget Review Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Protection, Tourism, and Energy received an update from Kentucky State Parks and the Finance Cabinet on the status of major capital projects funded through recent legislative appropriations. Commissioner Mark Keelin, Deputy Commissioner Chris Perry, and Finance Cabinet/DECA representatives described progress on campground upgrades, utility and broadband improvements, building systems repairs, life-safety work, accommodations and hospitality renovations, pool and beach projects, playgrounds, golf course improvements, marina work, and wastewater upgrades across the state park system. They emphasized that Kentucky has 44 state parks and that the funding has supported completed work and projects still under construction or in design.
The presentation highlighted funding tied to House Joint Resolution 76, House Joint Resolution 56, and House Bill 6. Parks reported roughly $72 million invested to date, with 66 projects completed and 17 under construction, including campground renovations at sites such as My Old Kentucky Home, Kin Lake, Carter Caves, Cumberland Falls, and others; broadband projects at several campgrounds; electrical grid resilience work at parks including Kentucky Dam Village and Kin Lake; and completed life-safety upgrades such as lock systems. Officials also noted pool and beach work, ADA improvements, lodge and guest room renovations, marina replacements, and wastewater plant upgrades. DECA said it currently manages 1,335 active capital projects statewide, including 149 for Parks, and credited additional project management capacity and regular coordination meetings for accelerating delivery.
Committee members asked for a copy of the presentation and pressed the department for more detailed accounting of House Joint Resolution 56, including how much money remains, which projects are complete, and whether current appropriations are sufficient to finish the listed work. The department also requested a larger maintenance pool appropriation of $40 million for the next budget, arguing that routine and emergency maintenance needs across 44 parks exceed current resources and that preventative maintenance would reduce long-term costs. No votes were taken during the meeting.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Environment Committee Meeting - 2025-03-25
Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- They also contain other funding sources, such as gas tax allocations for motorized vehicle accounts and
- The General Fund makes up about 20% of the budget, with approximately $3 million allocated. related enforcement
- $110 million in one-time General Fund dollars available for six years, as well as $40 million in bonding
- So that is always one of our priorities in bonding bills: that maintenance component.
- Because the question does come up, especially when bonding is often the go-to suggestion for how we maintain
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Taxation and Revenue Feb 6th, 2026 at 08:37 am
House Taxation & Revenue
Transcript Highlights:
- And I see this in what we just did with bonding for our roads.
- We just passed a bonding bill, but it doesn't address local road projects.
- We just passed a bonding bill, but it doesn't address local road projects.
- And all of that last year, when that first bonding bill for the roads came through, there was nothing
- ... ...have other constitutional restrictions on how Severance Tax Bond proceeds revert.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- This growth appropriation would be to DFA to allocate to agencies based on a schedule of building use
- Obviously, we passed out the bond, transportation bond through this committee.
- On the transportation bond through this committee. I voted against it, as you know.
- But I think we need to, if we're going to do the bond deal, we've got to make the best of it.
- Was that 20-year bonds? Mr. Chair, I'll have to go back and get that. 20-year bonds, was that? Mr.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- At least $35 million is allocated annually through this initiative.
- But right now we have low debt, but we have a high bond rating. Okay.
- But we do need to keep a certain amount of cash on hand always for our bond.
- So we just recently completed a $139 million bond offering, which is revenue bonds based on that.
- And we don't get any local tax dollars. $9 million bond offering, which is revenue bonds based on that
Summary:
The Committee on Transportation heard SB 356 by Senator Wright, which would create an opt-in framework for counties and municipalities to allow utility-terrain vehicles (UTVs) on certain local roads with posted speed limits below 55 mph, subject to local safety determinations, licensing, insurance, and other restrictions. Supporters, including a retired sheriff and a Florida Sheriffs Association representative, argued the bill would give law enforcement clearer authority and reflect the reality that UTVs are already being used on roads, while opponents from the Recreational Off-Highway Vehicle Association and Honda warned that UTVs are not designed for public roads and lack key safety features. Several senators raised safety concerns, especially about speed and crash risk, but the bill was reported favorably after debate, with Senators Martin, McClain, and Truenow expressing reservations.
The committee then held a lengthy discussion on seaport infrastructure and funding. FDOT presented data showing Florida’s 16 deepwater seaports generate major cargo volume, jobs, and economic impact, and described state funding programs such as FSTED, SPI, and the construction aggregate grant program. Port representatives from Port Everglades, PortMiami, Port of Palm Beach, and Port Tampa Bay described record cargo and cruise activity, major capital projects, and the importance of state and federal grants, private partnerships, and long-term planning. They also discussed challenges including limited land, bulkhead and berth maintenance, channel deepening, workforce needs, fuel access, resiliency, and intermodal connectivity. Senators asked about return on investment, trade patterns, financing, cruise-versus-cargo balance, and operational risks; the ports emphasized that they are largely enterprise-funded but still depend on public investment for major infrastructure.
The committee also approved a block of appointments to the Tampa Hillsborough County Expressway Authority and the Tampa Port Authority without objection. In addition, FDOT presented the statewide mapping programs work group report required by SB 1662, recommending a coordinated statewide aerial imagery and LiDAR program, shared procurement and cost-sharing arrangements, and statutory updates to improve interagency coordination and access to geospatial data. Senators briefly discussed potential uses for the data in insurance, emergency management, and property assessment, and the presentation concluded without further action.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
House - Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Mar 1st, 2025
House Energy, Environment & Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- Or I'm gonna have them put up a bond that I can draw on. And I think it'll work itself out.
- So my next question is more about resource allocation.
- Chairman, on how this would affect an operator's ability to get bonding?
- blanket bonds with maximum. amount, so it would not affect that.
- bonds?
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Revenue Stabilization and Tax Policy Aug 14th, 2025
Revenue Stabilization & Tax Policy Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- Apportioned net income or loss equals net income allocated and apportioned, and taxable income or loss
- At the very top, you'll see that nationwide, 5% of transportation funding in 2003 came from bonding.
- Why is bonding give us that kind of flexibility?
- A couple of reasons: House Bill 145, which gave the State Transportation Commission authority to bond
- It didn't touch the state's STB capacity, GEO bond capacity, or sponge bond capacity, which meant that
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Our district recently passed an $8.7 million building bond referendum.
- Our district recently passed an $8.7 million building bond referendum.
- an $8.7 Our district recently passed an $8.7 million<00:15:58.320>
building <00:15:58.680>bond - million building bond referendum. million building bond referendum.
- the<00:16:12.120>
total <00:16:12.480>project Or about 6% of the total project allocated
FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
FL House Floor Session - 2025-04-25 (10:00AM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- But all of that revenue, other than what's bonded—so if your convention center is bonded to be paid for
- But all of that revenue, other than what's bonded, so if your convention center is bonded to be paid
- They've issued bonds based on prudent revenue projection.
- So if a CRA wants to start a new project, they need the bonds to have access to create new bonds, and
- Any one of you can go ahead and get that allocation.
Summary:
The House opened with prayer, a moment of silence for fallen Oviedo Officer Jimmy Serrano-Torres, the Pledge of Allegiance, and recognition of Chief Joseph Tuminelli as law enforcement officer of the day. The Rules and Ethics Committee report setting the special order calendar was adopted, and the Speaker announced schedule changes for the following week, including canceling the floor session on Monday and starting Tuesday at 10:30 a.m.
The main floor action centered on CS/HB 7033, the House tax package. Sponsor Rep. Duggan described broad tax changes, including reducing the state sales tax rate from 6% to 5.25%, exempting certain bullion sales, repealing the aviation fuel tax, delaying the natural gas fuel tax, changing corporate income tax treatment for charitable trusts, reducing the pari-mutuel tax on card rooms, and major changes to tourist development tax (TDT) use. The bill would redirect most TDT revenue toward property tax relief, dissolve tourist development councils, and include related property tax and local tax administration changes. Several amendments were debated: a Driscoll amendment to preserve local TDT flexibility failed; Duggan’s amendment giving local governments 25% discretion over TDT revenues was adopted; Eskamani’s combined-reporting amendment failed; and a Duggan amendment requiring audit certification of compliance with the TDT/property tax relief provisions was adopted. After debate, CS/HB 7033 passed 78-29.
The House then took up CS/CS/HB 1221 on local option taxes, which was presented as a companion-style measure to give local governments more flexibility while redirecting TDT revenues toward property tax relief. Supporters argued the bill would provide immediate relief to property owners and restore accountability in local tax use, while opponents warned it would undermine tourism funding, infrastructure, and local services. An amendment allowing local governments to retain 25% of TDT revenues for general purposes was adopted, and the bill passed 62-45 after floor debate.
The final item shown was the reading of CS/CS/HJR 1257, a proposed constitutional amendment related to property tax exemptions and assessment limits, but the transcript cuts off before debate or action on that measure.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Military and Veterans Affairs Oct 14th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- My name is Erin Bond.
- Armstrong got $400,000 allocated for the American Legion for this project, and the county has it because
- As we all know, MOUs are always something that we look forward to strengthening those bonds between the
- The money is there; the State of New Mexico has allocated funds.
- The Veteran Trust Fund is money that the Navajo Nation allocates for veterans.
AR
Transcript Highlights:
- B4 is a letter from the Department of Labor and Licensing, Division of Bail Bonds.
- Number one is ASU with C-Bond Strategic Consulting.
- Number one is ASU with C-Bond Strategic Consulting.
- They also do asset allocation for the whole portfolio, including Meridian and Garcia Hamilton.
- Meridian just operates as a bond manager for us. Okay.
Summary:
The PEER Review Subcommittee met to consider a large agenda of budget, appropriation, transfer, and contract items. Members approved temporary appropriation requests for several agencies, including the Auditor of State, Department of Education, and Labor and Licensing; ARPA return requests from Workforce Services; Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act requests for State Police and Agriculture; restricted reserve transfers for teacher scholarships, school facilities, and economic stimulus; a Commerce reallocation of positions and spending authority; cash fund, budget classification, overtime, and pay plan requests; and 17 methods of finance items for universities and other agencies. Most items were approved without objection after brief explanations from staff and agencies.
Several items drew questions and were held or discussed further. A Department of Human Services discretionary grant package for the RSVP program was held over after Senator Irvin raised concerns about whether the grants were an effective use of state general revenue and asked for more information on administration costs and program operations. In the contracts section, Representative Richardson questioned a DHS sole-source contract with EMS Link for document management software and a DHS contract with Presidio; the EMS Link item was held for additional answers, while the Presidio item was clarified as not sole-source and was allowed to proceed. Members also asked for more information on a Department of Education mental health referral contract with Care Solace, which officials said is a statewide concierge/referral service connecting students to Arkansas providers and telehealth options.
The committee also reviewed monthly reports, including the Medicaid Trust Fund. DHS and DFA officials said the fund was currently sufficient to finish the fiscal year, though it was being drawn down and would likely require a $100 million transfer from restricted reserves in FY27, with another $100 million set aside in the governor’s budget as a backstop. Members discussed the need to define a minimum reserve level and to better account for ongoing Medicaid costs in the budget. The meeting ended with no further business and adjournment.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- General Obligation Bond Package.
- We're going to sell bonds to pay for this project, which is, in my view, just tiny considering all the
- Just for a severance tax bond and general fund.
- Part of the reason for that is just that these allocations get divided up among all of the libraries
- in each of these. categories, so they tend to result in like pretty small allocations, which you know
Bills:
HB1
Keywords:
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MN
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- Hospital twice now on bonding tours and Hospital twice now on bonding tours and have<00:21:11.600>
- <00:48:03.559>
bills greatly benefit from past bonding bills greatly benefit from past bonding - <00:48:53.559>
the allocate the allocate the funds<00:48:56.359>and <00:48:56.480>with - regional parks and trails bonding regional parks and trails bonding program<00:58:02.520>
uh< - the the proposal for State bonding the the proposal for State bonding matched<01:05:17.079>
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CA
Transcript Highlights:
- The legislative package allocates the resources that I mentioned from the higher revenues and the use
- In judiciary and criminal justice, the plan includes a Senate proposal to provide lease revenue bond
- Now, we have agreed language within each of the allocations of those types of programs.
- Also, one-time allocation for Prop 98.
- We are very appreciative of the allocations to the state LIHTC program and the MHP program.
Summary:
The Assembly Budget Committee met to consider the 2026 Budget Act, which leaders described as the compromise budget expected to move to the floor later that evening. Opening remarks emphasized that the plan balances the budget over two years, reduces the structural deficit, and builds reserves, while also protecting core programs from federal cuts. Jason Sisney outlined the legislative budget plan, saying it uses higher-than-expected revenues and reserve balances to reject some proposed reductions and fund temporary restorations and new spending in areas such as education, child care, health care, housing, homelessness, and public safety. Department of Finance representatives said the administration appreciated the two-year balanced framework and the effort to address out-year deficits, while noting the plan includes additional spending and revenue changes. Sisney also previewed floor bills including AB 109, SB 110, SB 122, and SB 125, with SB 122 described as a modification to the tax credit proposal and SB 125 as the managed care organization tax proposal.
Subcommittee chairs then described the major policy choices in their areas. Health chair Addis said the budget responds to federal health care rollbacks by protecting Medi-Cal, clinics, hospitals, dental care, and other safety-net services, while also supporting reproductive care, gender-affirming care, and county health systems. Education chair Alvarez highlighted increased school funding, expanded learning, special education, teacher support, community colleges, and a change to Cal Grant eligibility for older community college students. Other chairs emphasized child care expansions, homelessness and housing funding, prison closure and criminal justice savings, wildfire mitigation, county support for Medi-Cal and CalFresh administration, and accountability measures tied to homelessness and corrections spending. Several members also raised concerns or priorities, including the impact of the MCO tax on providers, the need for more support for local journalism, transit and climate funding, biotech and R&D incentives, and continued work on Prop 98 and long-term revenue solutions.
No formal votes were taken in the portion provided, but members broadly expressed support for the budget framework and the need to continue negotiations with the administration before final passage. The committee discussion repeatedly framed the budget as a response to federal policy changes and a choice to protect vulnerable Californians while maintaining fiscal responsibility. The vice chair, citing LAO warnings about future volatility and limited reserves, pressed Finance on whether the budget represented a record-sized state budget and whether revenues were also at record levels, underscoring concerns about the state’s preparedness for a downturn.