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• Finance and Appropriations; Transportation and Technology.
• Finance and Appropriations; Transportation and Technology.
• SB 1509, Campaign Finance Lobbyist Reporting. Judiciary and Elections.
• Transportation Technology and Finance.
• Finance. SB 1538, Moving Violation Citation, AZ POST-Certified Officer. Public Safety.

Keywords: 1182, all

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• ; non-FN bills approved for referral to Finance by the day's fiscal note report to the Committee on Finance
• The Senate Finance general public.
• then I as a chair of to go to finance then I as a chair of finance<02:07:33.440> would<02:07:
• finance would wave uh that bill. finance would wave uh that bill.
• <02:14:06.480> is<02:14:06.639> flatout finance report on SB123 is flatout finance

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• budget and finance providing comments and<00:07:49.840> several<00:07:50.240> individuals<
• 800 million for the purpose of financing 800 million for the purpose of financing qualifying<00:
• ...when revenue bonds might be a better means of financing than a general obligation bond.
• Seeing none, Vice Chair, for the vote please. finance committee to look at um finance committee to look
• <01:42:22.800> committee that the finance committee that the finance committee uh<01:42:23.800

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee first heard House Bill 707, which would create a state income tax deduction for contributions to Hawaii 529 college savings accounts and conform state law to federal changes allowing 529 funds to be used for K-12 expenses. The Department of Taxation said it could administer the bill as written. The Hawaii State Council on Developmental Disabilities supported the measure but asked that ABLE accounts be included and that the program title be changed; the Department of Taxation indicated the title issue could be a problem because the bill’s expanded purpose may not fit the current program name. No vote was taken. The committee then heard House Bill 617, which would fund a Bachelor of Science in Nursing program at the University of Hawaiʻi Community Colleges. UH Community Colleges supported the bill, and Maui nursing staff testified that faculty recruitment is challenging but manageable, clinical placements are available, and the campus already has a statewide RN-to-BSN pathway; they said the new program would create two tracks, including a four-year BSN option. Members also heard support from several organizations, including the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, nursing groups, and health care associations. No action was taken. Next were several UH-related measures. HB 718 would fund faculty and staff positions at the John A. Burns School of Medicine; the dean and other supporters testified in favor. HB 1279 would create a medical education liaison position tied to Project ECHO; the Attorney General raised constitutional concerns about statewide concern and grant standards, while an individual witness supported the concept but suggested the bill should focus on liaison/support functions rather than program administration. HB 1169 would consolidate conference center revolving funds, and HB 1168 would authorize up to $800 million in UH revenue bonds; UH’s CFO said both were procedural/housekeeping measures and supported them. On HB 1168, members questioned debt service, possible uses, and whether deferred maintenance would be included; the CFO estimated annual debt service could be about $33 million to $41 million at current rates, said likely uses could include student housing and research facilities, and said deferred maintenance was not the current strategy. The CFO also explained that revenue bonds require both legislative authorization and a Board of Regents resolution approving the project and amount. Finally, the committee heard HB 548, which would authorize revenue bonds and appropriations to acquire the St. Francis School campus for UH Mānoa. UH supported the bill but noted the property is privately owned and not known to be for sale. A supporter described the site as a unique 11-acre parcel contiguous to the main campus and urged the committee to seize the opportunity for future generations. No vote or final action was taken on the bills in the transcript.

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• problems with with finance problems with with finance and<00:59:14.120> we<00:59:14.240><
• The way I would think of it in my personal finances are CDs.
• in school finance. One's a CPA. in school finance. One's a CPA.
• We have a in in the finance office.

Keywords: 0:00:01 Call to Order and Roll Call 0:00:28 Approval of Minutes 0:00:40 Information Items 0:01:13 Rpt from Postsecondary Institutions 0:26:46 Project Rpt from Finance and Admin Cabinet 0:30:53 Lease Rpt from Finance and Admin Cabinet 0:39:20 Rpt from OFM – KIA 0:52:42 Econ Development – EDF Grants 0:55:15 OFM Debt Issues 0:58:43 Informational Discussion 1:44:36 Adjournment, 958, all

Summary: The committee first handled routine business, including a quorum call, approval of minutes, and informational items on school district financing and KCTCS equipment purchases. It then considered two KCTCS capital projects after initially rolling them together and later unrolling them: a Fire Commission Fire Academy maintenance building project that had grown from an original $2 million authorization to $4.7 million because of design changes, soil issues, and higher mechanical costs, and a $1.5 million renovation of the Blake Lee building at Somerset Community College for a health science simulation lab. Members questioned the large cost increase on the fire academy project and the adequacy of front-end due diligence, while KCTCS said the project was bid and ready to proceed and that a 15% contingency had been included. Both projects were approved by roll call vote, with the Blake Lee project ultimately approved after the committee unrolled the items and took them separately. The committee next heard and approved a University of Kentucky public-private partnership for the Hamburg East Medical Office Building, a five-story, 220,000-square-foot facility with a not-to-exceed budget of $275 million. UK said the project is intended to expand outpatient access, consolidate some services, and support projected growth in patient volume; the building will house multiple specialties, urgent care, therapy, imaging, and a retail pharmacy. Members asked about possible community uses, consolidation of services, and whether the project would free up other space, and UK said it hopes to consolidate some services and free campus space. The project was approved by roll call vote. The committee then approved three UK lease renegotiations: a specialty pharmacy and infusion services lease at Wellington Way in Lexington, a Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences lease at Conte Terrace, and a College of Social Work lease at McGrath Park Way. Members asked about rising lease rates, occupancy, and whether space needs should be reduced; UK and the lessor’s representative said the pharmacy space remains busy, the ophthalmology lease was lower than before, and the social work lease had been negotiated down from a higher request. The committee also approved a Department of Military Affairs project amendment for a Mutual Field Maintenance Shop Restoration project, increasing federal funding by $1 million to $4.5 million because of higher construction costs, and approved a Kentucky State University Shanty Hall renovation project funded by bond and HBCU Title III funds. Finally, it approved a new lease for the Office of Mines and Minerals in Pike County, a new lease for the Cabinet for Health and Family Services in Pulaski County, and a lease renewal for the Cabinet for Health and Family Services in Kenton County after questions about rent increases and office utilization; the cabinet said the Kenton County space still has limited vacancy and remains in use by field staff. The meeting ended as the Kentucky Infrastructure Authority began presenting six sewer and water loans and six cleaner water program grant reallocations, with members agreeing to roll those items for later consideration.

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• The April 22nd meeting of the Senate Finance Committee will come to order.
• Anyway, the safety and security bill and some of it would be added to the supplemental finance bill,
• Anyway, the safety and security bill and some of it would be added to the supplemental finance bill,
• outside testimony at the Finance outside testimony at the Finance Committee,<01:08:03.960> so
• it deserves more than a finance it deserves more than a finance committee committee committee amendment

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Finances being part of that.
• Finances being part of that.
• <00:52:16.000> and Institute of Public Finance and Institute of Public Finance and this<00
• , Minnesota Institute of Public Finance, Minnesota Institute of Public Finance, for<00:52:37.920>
• Finance. Finance. Known<00:54:03.280> as<00:54:03.400> MIPF. Known as MIPF.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Department of Finance.
• Department of Finance. Kiachad Department of Finance.
• Department of Finance. Kia Chad, Department of Finance. No additional comments.
• Department of Finance.
• Department of Finance, Kayla. Not Department of Finance. Nothing to add.

Summary: The Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Human Services held an informational hearing on child welfare, foster care, child support, and related prevention efforts. The chair opened by emphasizing mandated reporting reform, foster care system improvements, and community-based prevention, and noted that no votes would be taken. Public testimony focused first on mandated reporting, where a lived-experience advocate and several organizations argued that the current system overreports families, especially Black, Native, and Latino families, causes trauma, and should be reformed through standardized training, clearer thresholds, and stronger community supports rather than more hotline referrals. Casey Family Programs cited data showing nearly 90% of reports are unsubstantiated, while CDSS said it is already forming a Mandated Reporting Advisory Committee, updating training, and exploring community pathways and possible changes to the list of mandated reporters. CWDA and SEIU supported training and alternative response concepts but stressed child safety, county capacity, funding, and the need for careful implementation and accountability. The committee then discussed a proposal to create a foster care multi-agency office within the California Health and Human Services Agency, led by a chief foster youth advocate with authority to coordinate across departments. Advocates said foster youth often need services from education, health, housing, and behavioral health systems that do not coordinate well, and argued that a central office with real authority could improve placement stability and access to services. CDSS responded that existing structures already provide coordination, including AB 2083 interagency teams, the Child Welfare Council, complex care steering committees, and the foster care ombudsperson, but said it was open to technical assistance. Members raised concerns about whether the new office would have enough authority and funding to avoid becoming another layer of bureaucracy, and the chair emphasized the need for real “teeth” and better interagency action. The final major topic was the continuation and expansion of Promise Neighborhoods. A community leader described strong early results from the state-funded neighborhoods, including improved kindergarten readiness, reduced chronic absenteeism, higher graduation rates, food access, housing supports, and mental health services, but warned that current funding sunsets in June 2025 and that a fiscal cliff could jeopardize staff and services. CDSS said the four funded neighborhoods have reported positive outcomes and valuable flexibility, but also noted challenges with one-time funding, student mental health, and long-term planning. Assemblymember Mia Bonta urged continued investment, saying the place-based model is difficult to rebuild once lost, and the chair asked LAO to help identify the minimum funding needed to preserve the existing infrastructure while evaluation results are still pending.

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• Will the Senate Committee on Finance come to order? Will the clerk please call the roll?
• These numbers are calculated by the Texas Public Finance Authority.
• This is a financing tool offered by the TPP. **K.J.
• The campaign finance laws do apply to political committees, and also I...
• It's campaign finance, it's the lobby law, and it's the...

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• <00:30:14.039> with budget and finance with budget and finance with comments<00:30:16.799>
• We just want to echo what Budget and Finance said.
• <01:36:22.440> so otherwise be able to get um financing so otherwise be able to get um financing
• We have the Department of Budget and Finance with comments.
• <05:17:59.440> and the Department of budget and finance and the Department of budget and finance

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• Scraa moves that House File 489 be recalled from the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance
• and Policy and be re-referred to the Committee on Legacy Finance. okay all those in favor all those
• 08:46.080> committee<00:08:46.399> on<00:08:46.640> Housing<00:08:47.160> Finance
• <00:08:47.680> and the committee on Housing Finance and the committee on Housing Finance and
• be re-referred to the committee on be re-referred to the committee on agriculture<00:10:19.000> finance

Keywords: 1183, house

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• on it and have the uh full finance on it and have the uh full finance committee<00:03:52.760>
• will be in front of the full finance will be in front of the full finance committee<00:04:23.759
• <00:10:37.800> committee meeting of the full finance committee meeting of the full finance
• it can go directly to emerg from Finance it can go directly to finance<00:13:40.399> without<
• yet we don't send 71 to full Finance yet we don't send 71 to full Finance yet then<00:14:23.279

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The meeting began as a Division 3 work session on HB 71, but much of the early discussion focused on whether a previously discussed non-germane amendment could be considered or voted on that day. Members and the chair debated process and notice requirements, and the clerk’s guidance was that the amendment needed a separate public hearing before the full Finance Committee. The amendment was described as requiring DHHS contracts and addenda to include compliance with the Patient Bill of Rights, with a repeal date so the requirement would expire on November 30, 2026. The motion to move OTP on HB 71 with the amendment was withdrawn, and the committee agreed the amendment would be scheduled for a future full Finance hearing instead. The committee then turned to HB 71 itself and heard testimony from DHHS representatives John Williams and Jenny O’Higgins on the fiscal note and policy implications. Members questioned the estimate that the bill could put $12 million to $18 million per year in federal funding at risk, including HUD and Office of Refugee Resettlement funds. DHHS explained that the estimate was based on a broad reading of the bill’s term “specified alien,” which they said was not clearly defined in the bill, so they analyzed it using the federal definition of “alien” and assumed the bill could affect lawfully present non-citizens as well as undocumented individuals. They said the figure represented a worst-case scenario and that they were not claiming the loss was certain. Members also pressed DHHS on whether the bill could affect emergency sheltering in schools, public academies, or institutions of higher learning during disasters. DHHS said the language could create conflicts with federal funding conditions because emergency shelter programs generally cannot impose barriers on who may be sheltered, and they warned that excluding certain people could affect refugee-related and HUD funding. Questions were raised about whether the bill’s language would apply to private institutions as well as public ones, and whether the state could still use schools in short-term emergencies. DHHS said the language was broad, that they could not answer every legal question definitively, and that they would need input from public health and legal staff. No final vote on HB 71 was taken in the portion provided; the committee remained in discussion/work session mode after the amendment motion was withdrawn.

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• > taxation<00:16:30.240> education from finance and taxation education from finance and
• from finance and taxation education. from finance and taxation education.
• <00:17:17.360> House Finance and Taxation Education.
• House Finance and Taxation Education.
• from Finance and Taxation Education. from Finance and Taxation Education.

Keywords: 920, all

Summary: The Alabama Senate convened with prayer, the pledge, and a quorum present, then approved the prior journal and allowed bills and committee reports to be introduced throughout the day. The chamber received multiple committee reports, including favorable reports on several finance and taxation bills, confirmations, local bills, and a series of resolutions. The Senate also confirmed several appointments to higher education and university boards, including Nicholas J. Balden, Jennifer Wit, Ronnie Stalworth, and Rex Reynolds, using long or previous roll calls as applicable. The Senate adopted a special order calendar that set up floor consideration of several bills, including measures on physician assistants, seafood/aquaculture, motor vehicles, campaign practices, property insurance and energy reduction, child custody, and school bus drivers. During debate on the special order calendar, Senator Smitherman raised concern that no bills on the calendar were sponsored by minority members, noting a prior understanding that minority-sponsored bills should be represented; Senator Wagner responded that the calendar was prepared based on legislation rather than sponsor party, and the exchange ended with an agreement to continue moving forward. The Senate then adopted the special order calendar and began taking up the listed bills. On the special order calendar, the Senate advanced House Bill 156 on physician assistant compacts, House Bill 277 on seafood/aquaculture tastings, and House Bill 42 on motor vehicles, with supporters describing each as consumer-friendly or supportive of industry. The chamber also considered local legislation, including bills for Madison, Tallapoosa, and Shelby counties; House Bill 337 for Madison County was amended and carried over, while House Bills 490, 491, and 493 passed after roll-call votes. Throughout the meeting, the Senate also adopted several commendatory and memorial resolutions, including measures honoring individuals, recognizing organizations and events, and naming a highway, with most adopted by voice vote and no recorded opposition.

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• -671, 49-202, 49-203, and 49-1243, Arizona Revised Statutes, relating to the Water Infrastructure Finance
• The Water Infrastructure Finance Authority of Arizona. The third reading of House Bill 296.
• Pro Tem, would you do the nominations for Finance? Oh, do we have Senator Leach, if you do the...
• Nominations for Finance. Oh, do we have Senator Leach?
• President, the Committee on Finance recommends to the Senate the confirmations of Thomas J.

Summary: The Senate convened, took attendance, approved the journal, and received gubernatorial communications and nominations. Several nominations were referred to committee, and messages from the House were entered, including transmission of Senate Bills 1058, 1237, and 1294 to the Governor. The chamber recessed for caucus, then reconvened and moved into Committee of the Whole to consider bills on the calendar. In Committee of the Whole, members considered HB 2082, HB 282, HB 2749, and HB 296 (the transcript also contains some misstatements of bill numbers/titles). Amendments were adopted on HB 282, HB 2749, and HB 296, including a Rogers floor amendment to HB 2749 establishing a sunset and a Shope floor amendment to HB 296 making technical and coordination changes related to water infrastructure and the Clean Water Act. The Committee of the Whole reported all of those measures do pass as amended, and the Senate later adopted the report. The Senate then took up additional business, including confirmation votes on gubernatorial nominees. John A. Conley, Ruby Dylan Williams, Thomas J. Connolly, Charles Essex, and Dr. Lynette Levesay were all confirmed. The chamber then passed several House bills on third reading, including HB 2308, HB 4011, HB 2049 as an emergency measure, HB 2253, and HB 2663, with recorded votes largely showing 24 ayes and 0 nays. Committee announcements were made for upcoming Natural Resources and Education meetings. Near adjournment, Senator Epstein gave a personal privilege statement criticizing ICE conduct in a Minnesota case and calling for accountability, and Senator Gonzales thanked her and offered birthday wishes to a family member. The Senate then adopted a motion to notify the Governor of the day’s confirmations and adjourned until Tuesday, May 26, 2026, subject to earlier recall by the President if needed.

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• Scott moves that House File number 391 be recalled from the Committee on Judiciary Finance and Civil
• Law, and be re-referred to the Committee on Public Safety, Finance, and Policy.
• :55.440> Committee<00:09:55.760> on<00:09:55.880> Judiciary<00:09:56.480> Finance
• <00:09:57.000> and the Committee on Judiciary Finance and the Committee on Judiciary Finance
• ,<00:10:01.360> and Committee on Public Safety, Finance, and Committee on Public Safety, Finance

Keywords: 1183, house

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• . >> Now you've heard the first reading of the bill, and it is referred to the Committee on Finance.
• committee on finance. committee on finance.
• <00:08:50.320> Senate<00:08:50.640> Finance >> Thank you, Mr. President.
• Senate Finance >> Thank you, Mr. President.
• Senate Finance will<00:08:51.519> also<00:08:51.920> meet<00:08:52.160> after<00

Keywords: 927, senate, all

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• INFORMATION AND I TRY TO DO RESEARCH QUICKLY, I WAS NOT ABLE TO FIND ADEQUATE INFORMATION OF THE FINANCING
• I CAN TOTALLY THE MEZZANINE FINANCING PROVISION IS OUT IN THE AMENDMENT I AM ABOUT TO EXPLAIN. >> Sen
• THAT IS DATA STRUCK FROM THE BILL AND WOULD ANSWER PREVIOUS QUESTION ABOUT MEZZANINE FINANCING THAT
• I READ THIS BILL THOROUGHLY MY ONLY QUESTION WAS ABOUT MEZZANINE FINANCING WHEN YOU CAME BACK WITH THE
• THE EXEMPTION PERTAINS TO RECORDS HELD BY THE DEPARTMENT COMMERCE, FLUID HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION,

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• We're going to begin our Health Finance and Policy Working Group.
• They is also medical assistance in Human Services Finance.
• this committee has approximately Finance this committee has approximately 24<00:10:36.160> to
• Jo went over this a little bit, but MA is jointly financed by the state and the federal governments.
• Jo went over this a little bit, but MA is jointly financed by the state and the federal governments.

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: The meeting was an informational walkthrough for the Health Finance and Policy Working Group, focused on committee structure, budget basics, and major health-related accounts and programs. Staff explained the roles of House Research and House Fiscal, then reviewed key funds used by the committee, including the general fund, government special revenue fund, federal funds, the health care access fund, remediation account, and drinking water revolving fund. They also outlined the committee’s main budget areas, noting that medical assistance is the largest general fund item and that the Department of Health is a substantial agency funded by a mix of federal, general fund, and special revenue dollars. A major portion of the presentation covered subsidized health coverage programs. Staff described Medical Assistance (Minnesota’s Medicaid program) as an entitlement for eligible Minnesotans, with no premiums or cost sharing, and explained its managed care and fee-for-service delivery systems. MinnesotaCare was presented as a separate federal-state basic health program for people who are not eligible for MA, with income limits, premiums for adults age 21 and older, and cost-sharing requirements; staff noted that federal premium tax credit changes affect MinnesotaCare premium ranges. The presentation also summarized MNsure’s role in the individual market and in determining eligibility for premium tax credits, cost-sharing reductions, MinnesotaCare, and MA. The committee also received an overview of health-related licensing boards and occupational regulation. Staff said Minnesota has 16 health-related licensing boards, funded mainly through the state government special revenue fund and subject to legislative appropriation, and explained that health occupations may be regulated by the Department of Health, the Office of Emergency Medical Services, or the boards under chapter 214. Interstate licensure compacts were briefly noted as a way to ease practice across states. No bills were debated and no votes or formal actions were taken during the meeting.

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• <01:30:23.520> when the concern from budget and finance when the concern from budget and finance
• Uh, we have the University of Hawaiʻi system in support. state finances as we make decisions state finances
• My name uh House Committee on Finance.
• I'm the uh retired finance committee.
• self- finance through a line of credit. self- finance through a line of credit.

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• Manufactured homes are a low-cost but underutilized form of housing, but finding affordable financing
• have interest rates typically ranging currently between 8% and 12%, while conventional mortgage financing
• Thousands of families are still navigating insurance disputes, rising construction costs, and financing
• Given the insurance challenges, many providers have expressed interest in alternative risk financing
• options to increase the availability and affordability of insurance. ...financing options to increase

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• We're not adding that at this time because our referral on this bill does not include Finance, but we
• We're going to clarify this applies to the duties of the Department of Budget and Finance rather than
• rather than the state generally finance rather than the state generally and<01:30:16.119> that
• ><01:30:16.320> budget<01:30:16.560> and<01:30:16.719> finance<01:30:17.119>
• obligation and that budget and finance obligation and that budget and finance obligation is<01:30

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The Energy and Environmental Protection Committee met on February 13, 2025, after a brief recess for a concurrent hearing. The committee heard testimony on several measures, including HB 332 on recycling and lithium-ion batteries, HB 256 on environmental protection and federal air standards, HB 348 on single-use plastics in lodging establishments, HB 810 on noise pollution and helicopter-related civil actions, HB 505 on Red Hill coordination, HB 975 on carbon sequestration incentives, and HB 974 on utility financing and step-in agreements. Testimony was generally supportive on HB 256, HB 348, HB 505, HB 975, and HB 974, while HB 332 drew both support and opposition, including concerns from the Consumer Technology Association about battery recycling policy. On HB 975, OPSD supported the program but urged language to prevent use for carbon offsets, and the committee discussed how the program would be monitored and reimbursed. On HB 974, the chair summarized extensive amendments addressing reserve fees, revenue definitions, trust funds, default procedures, and customer credits, while noting the Consumer Advocate’s changed view that a reserve fee may not be constitutionally required. In decision making, the committee adopted amendments and recommended passage for HB 332, converting it into a working group to study recycling of small- and medium-format lithium-ion batteries, with members from state agencies and industry and a note that an appropriation may be needed. HB 256 was passed with amendments to clarify compliance with federal law unless standards become more stringent. HB 348, HB 810, and HB 505 were each passed as is. HB 975 was passed with amendments, including language to prevent use of the program for carbon offsets and a note that dollar amounts would be blanked out and addressed in the committee report. HB 974 was also passed with amendments after the committee reviewed the proposed changes and discussed the reserve fee issue. The committee additionally noted that HB 1476 had previously been deferred and would remain deferred, and the meeting concluded with adjournment.