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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Energy Finance and Policy Committee 3/17/26

Energy Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> private and public funds. private and public funds.
  • So, projects that have been um funded.
  • </c> from the state competitiveness fund from the state competitiveness fund number<01:02:35.680><c>
  • </c> fund and tax and taxpayers. fund and tax and taxpayers. &gt;&gt; Correct. &gt;&gt; Correct.
  • If you just had those funds coming fund.
Bills: HF4059 , HF76
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Leg Committee Meeting - 2025-04-09

Legacy Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • If you turn to the fourth page, you'll see the clean water fund, and the clean water fund is largely
  • Fund.
  • . fund.
  • The DE1 amendment would shift funding to the Parks and Trails Fund, which presents a number of challenges
  • It's tough for us to fund everybody.
Bills: HF2563
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Legacy Finance Committee 4/9/25

Legacy Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • This is the Parks and Trails Fund.
  • This is the Parks and Trails Fund.
  • Uh in of those each of those funds.
  • Fund.
  • funding for can reconsider the funding for children's<00:35:32.960><c> museums</c><00:35:33.760><c>
Bills: HF2563
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations May 18th, 2026

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • It requires the state treasurer to create the fund and allows additional funding from grants, donations
  • It just standardizes the language in the fund to make it conform to other funds in the statutes.
  • allocations are made, to be deposited in the new fund.
  • allocations are made, to be deposited in the new fund.
  • The bill creates a fund.
Bills: SB143 , SB367 , SB388 , SB398
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • That's exactly right, on outcomes-based funding. Outcomes-based funding.
  • It's about accountability and some funding; really, it's about timing.
  • It doesn't change the funding; it’s about timing.
  • We do support our public schools and their drive for innovation.
  • rather we're just trying to use those funds to keep people out.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Trade, Workforce & Economic Development Apr 2nd, 2025

Trade, Workforce & Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • HB112 is our innovation to support entrepreneurs.
  • Um, on the trust fund today, TWC just skewed. I'm trying not to be rude, but please, you know...
  • We're sitting on over a billion dollar balance in the trust fund. We've had a balance since 2022.
  • So today the trust fund is in good health.
  • When we are insolvent or need funds, we've seen the state step in and fund. We've seen us borrow.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Finance Feb 12th, 2026 at 10:24 am

Senate Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • And specifically for any of those projects that were funded with severance tax bonds, Specifically, for
  • any of those projects that were funded with severance tax bonds, the Board of Finance wanted to ensure
  • And reappropriating those funds, the legislature would still have to make a decision to do that.
  • The legislative decision would be to reappropriate those funds.
  • And essentially, on the administrative side, the executive did not have authority to freeze those funds
Bills: SB190 , HB247 , HB8
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/11/2026 - House International Trade

International Trade

Transcript Highlights:
  • But from our reading of the bill, under current law, this fund goes away.
  • The Commerce Authority and this fund have a litany of issues going back decades.
  • Beyond that, specifically with the Competes fund, we see it as essentially a slush fund to hand out grants
  • We'd like to see the fund repealed, or at the very least, real statutory guardrails put in place, like
  • This continues the fund, but with oversight from the legislature. If we don't do this, it elapses.
Bills: HB2746 , HB2751 , HB2752 , HB2753
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/10/2026 - Senate Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

Transcript Highlights:
  • Corrections Oversight Fund.
  • River litigation fund.
  • And so it... ...to the litigation fund if we need it, and so it—we may need it.
  • fund since we're so short on general fund dollars at this moment.
  • Chairman and Senator, I believe that... ...fund dollars at this moment. Mr.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Judiciary Committee, March 2, 2026 AM

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
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  • in them from those that have funds in them from those foreign<00:35:42.400><c> sovereigns.
  • before said some said action would funds before said some said action would come<00:45:01.599><c> upon
  • , an issue or redeemer or currency funds, an issue or redeemer or cashier,<01:29:08.000><c> traveler's
  • ,</c><01:29:26.639><c> or</c> transmission of currency, funds, or transmission of currency, funds, or
Bills: HB0070 , HB0043 , HB0103 , HB0157 , HB0092 , SF0092
Committee: Senate Judiciary
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

ECD Public Hearing - Wed Mar 18, 2026 @ 8:30 AM HST

Economic Development & Technology

Transcript Highlights:
  • Hawaii Food Product Innovation Network.
  • We ask for a general fund appropriation for technologists, additional attorney, and investigators.
  • Uh, you may not know this answer, but I assume DCCA has some sort of special funding or some sort of
  • And I would assume tapping into that funding for specific cases.
  • The other counties may rail funding.
Summary: The committee heard testimony on several Senate bills, with most measures drawing broad support and a few generating significant opposition or policy questions. SB 2908 SD1 and SB 2671 SD1 were taken up first; both appeared to have majority support, with SB 2908 receiving seven in support, one in opposition, and one comment, and SB 2671 receiving five in support and two comments. SB 3085 SD2, related to film industry operations, drew 11 supporters and no opposition. Georgia Skinner explained that the bill would streamline the approval timeline for productions by reducing delays tied to Land Board review, and she said DLNR supported the effort. Committee members asked about the need for the change and the relationship between the film studio, DLNR, and the approval process. The committee then discussed SB 2907 SD1, which would create an Office of Marine Affairs. Testimony was largely supportive, including from DLNR, HTDC, the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity, ocean industry representatives, and others. The governor’s office supported the bill’s intent but objected to placing the office within the Office of the Governor, urging instead that it be housed at HTDC. HTDC said it was willing and excited to take on the work and described ongoing stakeholder engagement. Members asked about the rationale for the placement and the long-term structure of the office. SB 2353 SD2, concerning the Aloha Stadium district and billboard/naming-rights issues, drew strong opposition overall, with four in support, 23 in opposition, and one comment. Andrew Pereira of the Stadium Authority argued the measure could generate revenue to help maintain and operate the stadium and said the district would remain self-contained; he also emphasized that the development would respect the character of the area. The committee then heard SB 2074 SD1, which had five in support and 26 in opposition; only one support testimony from the Carpenters was heard before the discussion moved on. Finally, SB 2360 SD1, an enterprise zones measure, received 14 supportive testimonies and two comments. Testimony focused on updating the program for modern business models, especially e-commerce and direct-to-consumer sales, while committee members questioned whether the program overlaps with higher tax burdens and whether businesses receiving subsidies should be monitored for job retention after graduation from the program.