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• We really focus on critical needs because we don't have the funding to focus on big new projects.
• to fund some... really critical sewer needs at the Natural History Museum.
• We were able to find funds to do some much-needed lobby renovations in the front of the lobby.
• And then the fund, we as a legislature, replenish the fund based on need rather than the other way around
• And we have a plan and we know how much funding it'll cost, we need to know that, or PSFA needs to know

Committee: House New Mexico Finance Authority Oversight Committee

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• I certainly appreciate your consideration of the Department's 2627 funding needs.
• How much funding do you need for that?
• How much additional funding do counties and energy producing regions still need?
• Each of these will need funding. In a recent U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
• We need dedicated, extensive funding for youth homelessness. services in the state.

Bills: SB1 , SB 1

Committee: Senate Finance

Transcript Highlights:

• Chair, I just think if ever we needed to fully fund a request, I think this is the year.
• I don't know how much funding we will actually need. It depends on what bills pass.
• I don't know how much funding we will actually need.
• So an additional $2.8 million is needed for full funding if we're to replace that system.
• To achieve that, we need adequate funding for the Secretary of State's Office.

Bills: HB1

Committee: House House Appropriations & Finance

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• But we will, if there's funding needed, come back and bring that. ...if there's funding needed, we will
• But we know we need to seed fund some of this, and excess sites funds is really drained down.
• It took us multiple funding cycles to be able to get the much-needed money that we needed to be able
• And that's why we need funding for youth in HAP programs today to make sure we're addressing the needs
• We need to stay. investments work, but one-time funding is not enough.

Summary: Assembly Budget Subcommittee 5 on State Administration heard two housing-related trailer bill items tied to the Governor’s reorganization plan. The first item would codify the creation of a new Housing and Homelessness Agency and a Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency structure; the second would further streamline the state housing finance system by creating a Housing Development and Finance Committee and reserving most private activity bond capacity for affordable housing. Administration officials said the changes are intended to reduce duplication, speed awards to construction, and make housing funding more predictable and efficient. Agency leaders described recent housing investments and implementation steps, including work groups, coordination with Finance, the Controller, and the Treasurer’s Office, and development of new guidelines and staffing. Members raised concerns about limited funding, the need for better program-by-program outcome data, youth homelessness, excess sites, and fraud prevention. The Interagency Council on Homelessness presented new three-year action plan metrics, including goals to increase exits from unsheltered homelessness to 70% and move more people into permanent housing, while also noting current performance data and quarterly public reporting. The Legislative Analyst’s Office said it had no concerns with the first trailer bill, but supported the general concept of the second while recommending changes, including removing or revising the proposed 50% bond-cap floor for the new committee and adding attention to 9% and state tax credits. Public commenters, including local governments, nonprofit developers, housing authorities, and advocacy groups, largely supported the reorganization and streamlining goals, but several urged stronger protections for deeply affordable housing, earlier reallocation of unused bond authority, continued access to 9% credits, and more funding for housing programs. No votes were taken in the portion provided; the chair closed item one and moved to item two after member and public testimony.

Transcript Highlights:

• Funds will additionally help some essential, urgent upgrades needed at our own Ione Training Center,
• That need funding and what available funding sources there are.
• Things that are priorities and needs, a very limited amount of general funds.
• And so they have immediate needs for funding in this upcoming year that we...
• CAL FIRE will continue to have an increased need for capital outlay funding to address the declining

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• This is one of your primary funding drivers when we talk about critical needs.
• We used to have the local funds were a little bit more than state funds.
• This is one of your primary funding drivers when we talk about critical needs.
• We used to have the local funds or a little bit more than state funds.
• Students who need more intensive services may qualify for funding beyond the ESC guaranteed allocation

Committee: Senate Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education

Summary: The committee held its first meeting and received an overview of the Pre-K-12 education appropriations jurisdiction and base budget. Staff explained that education funding is driven largely by enrollment and per-student formulas, with most money coming from state and local sources. The presentation highlighted the major budget areas: early learning, the Florida Education Finance Program (FEFP), non-FEFP K-12 programs, federal programs, and the State Board of Education. Members asked about instructional materials funding and how scholarship students who return to public schools are counted and funded; staff explained that instructional materials remain in the base and that funding depends on survey timing, with districts ultimately funded through the enrollment count process. The committee then reviewed federal IDEA funding for students with disabilities. Department of Education officials explained how IDEA Part B funds are split between state set-asides and local educational agencies, and noted that Florida ranked fourth nationally in total IDEA Part B funding and received a 95% state determination for meeting IDEA requirements. They also described the bureau’s responsibilities, including monitoring, dispute resolution, instructional support, and the Hope Florida unit for ages 3 to 5. Members asked for more information on student performance outcomes and how the state measures success beyond compliance, and the department agreed to provide follow-up data. The final major topic was the Florida Diagnostic and Learning Resources System (FDLRS), including associate centers, multidisciplinary centers, and specialized centers for deaf/hard of hearing and visually impaired students. Presenters described services such as child find, family support, assessments, professional learning, accessible instructional materials, and technical assistance. Committee members focused on whether families and schools have equal access to services across the state, how IEP disputes and reevaluations are handled, and whether more support is needed for parents, teachers, and rural districts. FDLRS representatives said they do not write IEPs but help connect families to districts, provide training and assessments, and support compliance and data collection; they also emphasized staffing and resource needs, especially for low-incidence disabilities and multilingual family outreach.

Transcript Highlights:

• I think that was a very clear need. It was well documented. And funding that made sense.
• I think that was a very clear need. It was well documented. And funding that made sense.
• And for that, we need your support and funding. I urge you to support this bill. Thank you.
• And here's reality: the UW fund split provided only 42% of needed state funds last year.
• Fully funding compensation would provide the resources we need to support our growth and fulfill our

Summary: The committee began with a work session on the Workforce Education Investment Act (WEA) Oversight Board, hearing from board co-chair Jane Broome and Joel Anderson of WASAC. They described the account’s origins as a public-private partnership intended to supplement, not replace, existing higher education funding, and emphasized the board’s role in oversight and outcomes. Members discussed the need for better data, especially outcome-based data, and concerns that recent budget actions have used WEA funds to supplant general fund support for higher education, particularly at the University of Washington. The presenters said WASAC staffing has improved transparency, but they urged the committee to preserve the original “do not supplant” intent and to keep WEA focused on high-demand programs, financial aid, and student success. The committee then held public hearings on three bills. SB 6251 would require public medical schools to use letter grades or a tiered grading system; the sponsor said the bill was meant to standardize grading, while both Washington State University and UW Medicine testified in opposition, arguing that pass-fail and competency-based systems better support collaboration, student mental health, and residency competitiveness. SB 6259 would make students ineligible for state aid and require repayment of aid if they are found by a court to have caused major damage to a public institution; the sponsor framed it as accountability for serious vandalism, while the lone testifier from WSU student government supported free speech but opposed the bill’s penalties as inequitable for lower-income students. SB 6235 would address the higher education “fund split” by requiring state funding of compensation and central services to return to 2023-25 levels over time and directing a study on essential student services; nearly all testimony from university, faculty, and community college leaders supported the bill, saying the current approach shifts costs to tuition, creates instability, and forces cuts to classes, staffing, and student services. In executive session, the committee advanced several bills. It adopted proposed substitutes and gave do-pass recommendations to SB 5978, SB 6209, SB 6217, and SB 6227, sending them to the Ways and Means Committee. The committee did not take action on SB 6235 in executive session. The meeting then adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• And based on the condition of our fund currently, we are projecting that we might need to do this $20
• What kind of programs exist under this funding? And if they wish to continue, they need to reapply.
• needs, while keeping the fund solvent.
• We're here today to discuss the urgent need to fund the California Nurse Midwifery Education Fund as
• It's just that we need more funding. It's not enough funding.

Summary: The hearing began with a stakeholder presentation from Let California Kids Hear urging coverage of pediatric hearing aids for children in the large group market. Advocates described the issue as a long-running developmental emergency, argued that existing state efforts have been inefficient, and said the new proposal would cover about 70% to 80% of affected children without new spending by redirecting existing dollars. Public commenters, including parents, audiologists, and children’s advocates, strongly supported the proposal and emphasized the need for timely access to sound. The chair thanked the group and noted hope for a future fix, including continued work on the exchange market. The Department of Finance then gave a broad budget warning about the state’s more than $20 billion structural deficit and said new investments must be weighed against out-year shortfalls. HCAI followed with an overview of its programs, including CalRx insulin and naloxone, reproductive health grants, the Office of Health Care Affordability, seismic hospital compliance, workforce programs, and the Data Exchange Framework. Members asked about geographic targeting of workforce funds, behavioral health pipeline programs, the status of the 21st Century Nursing Initiative, and future CalRx products such as EpiPens and GLP-1s. HCAI also described its enforcement approach for health care spending targets, saying the board would not change the targets in response to H.R. 1, and outlined the diaper access initiative, which will distribute diapers through hospitals in higher-need areas. Several HCAI budget items were discussed and held open, including additional expenditure authority, the transfer of the Data Exchange Framework and Office of the Patient Advocate, long-term care payment transparency staffing, and reporting on health care worker waiting periods. The department also presented its Behavioral Health Services Act workforce initiative and a proposed $100 million General Fund offset, which both the LAO and the chair questioned as unclear and potentially one-time in nature. HCAI said the final workforce plan would be adjusted after stakeholder consultation if the offset proceeds. The department also described the Rural Health Transformation Program, saying California received $233.6 million in federal funds, had to revise its proposal to satisfy CMS, and must obligate the money by October 30; the program will fund rural care models, workforce development, and technology, with grants rolled out on a phased basis. The Department of Managed Health Care then presented its budget and three legislative implementation requests: SB 41 on PBM reform, SB 306 on prior authorization transparency, and AB 1041 on provider credentialing timelines. Finally, the administration outlined a menopause care proposal requiring coverage and education for menopause-related services, provider training, and an outreach campaign, with DMHC requesting staffing and funding to implement and enforce the new requirements. Throughout the hearing, most items were held open for later action, and no final votes were taken in the portion provided.

Transcript Highlights:

• What do they need? Is it more funding? Is it federal funding? Is it state funding? Is it IT?
• In the regional plans, funding regions can submit for whatever their need might be.
• It resulted in more funding for services, but it also results in a general fund need that needs to be
• Around the language, and we needed that funding to sustain rate increases that had already existed.
• The state is meeting the milestones that it needs. It will be funded by the VA to establish that.

Committee: House House Appropriations & Finance

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• FUNDING NEED AND HOW MUCH IS CURRENTLY BEING PROVIDED.
• WE BACK OUT TUITION REVENUE AND WE ARRIVE AT THE STATE FUNDING NEED.
• NEED TO THE LOCAL APPROPRIATION TO ARRIVE IT AT UNMET FUNDING NEED CALCULATION.
• NEED IS BEING MET BY THEIR CURRENT APPROPRIATION AND HISTORICALLY THAT UNMET FUNDING NEED HAS BEEN USED
• TO HELP DRIVE WHERE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES MAY NEED TO GO TO CLOSE THE GAP AND ENSURE EQUITABLE FUNDING

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• So, it's not that there isn't a need for the funding, but this year was an unusual scenario where we
• I would ask is, do we need to go about creating a whole other fund like this, or do you think that we
• 20 years, so there's no need to fund that.
• Capital Fund.
• We're now talking about $36 million, so we have $7 million that we need from those funds.

Committee: House New Mexico Finance Authority Oversight Committee

Transcript Highlights:

• With the ongoing funding shortage at health and human services, we need to ensure we do better for our
• We really need at least $17 an hour for direct care staff, and we need case management funding.
• The necessity for modernizing processes and benefits and eligibility, and the need to properly fund 211
• We need.
• The necessity for modernizing processes... ...benefits and eligibility, and the need to properly fund

Bills: SB1 , SB 1

Committee: Senate Finance

Transcript Highlights:

• And is it just a sense overall that more funding is needed to address the backlog of infrastructure problems
• this funding.
• To continue to lead both on Chapter 90 and on the need, and on presenting the need for MBTA funding to
• We know there's a long-standing need for better, more fair, and more timely funding for local transportation
• they need to build and maintain modern infrastructure, and the funding model proposed here today recognizes

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Transportation

Summary: The Joint Committee on Transportation held its first hearing of the session on H. 53, Governor Healey’s Chapter 90 proposal to increase state funding for municipal roads, bridges, sidewalks, and culverts. Committee chairs outlined the hybrid hearing process and invited testimony from municipal officials, labor groups, regional planning organizations, contractors, and administration officials. Across the hearing, speakers consistently supported the bill, emphasizing long-deferred maintenance, inflation in construction costs, climate-related flooding, and the need for more predictable, multi-year funding so cities and towns can plan projects and take advantage of the construction season. The administration described H. 53 as part of a broader $8 billion transportation package, proposing to raise annual Chapter 90 funding from $200 million to $300 million for five years, with the additional $100 million distributed by road mileage to better support rural and small communities. They also highlighted $200 million for culverts and small bridges, plus other transportation investments, and said the five-year authorization would provide certainty for municipal capital planning. Municipal witnesses from places including Carlisle, Beverly, Granby, Hatfield, Newton, Nahant, Gardner, Beckett, and Yarmouth described local road and culvert backlogs, rising asphalt costs, and the difficulty of maintaining infrastructure on limited local budgets. Labor and industry witnesses from the AFL-CIO and MAPA said the bill would support good-paying jobs and provide stability for contractors and producers. The MBTA Advisory Board and regional planning representatives also backed the proposal, noting the connection between local roads and the broader transportation system. Committee members asked questions about the road-mile formula, culvert needs, asphalt costs, and the rationale for a five-year authorization. No votes were taken during the hearing, and the committee adjourned after testimony concluded.

Transcript Highlights:

• And we know that the state funding for the CSU has not kept up with need. And educator...
• And we know that the state funding for the CSU has not kept up with need, and educator preparation is
• And we know that the state funding for the CSU has not kept up with need.
• High-need districts and subjects need the full $100 million funding from the GSTG. Thank you.
• High-need districts and subjects need the full $100 million funding from the GSTG. Thank you.

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• When colleges enroll students without the funding that they need, they must absorb those costs locally
• And I did want to thank LAO for acknowledging the ongoing need for Calbright and the additional funding
• We're proposing $120.7 million one-time in Prop 98 General Fund to address deferred maintenance needs
• than waiting for the evaluation report and assessing the need for further funding next year.
• We are having to turn students away because we need more hours, more help, but we don't have the funding

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• Formula (SCFF) is that we do see a deficit of around 1.5% to 2% in overall funding need to fully fund
• to the actual programs that need to get funded.
• funding is needed for this purpose in the future.
• We urgently need university funding.
• It needs to be fixed, and fair funding floors need to be established for colleges, particularly like

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• sources and then I'll pick up on TxDOT's UTP future. needs and some policy and funding issues at the
• Highway Fund.
• So when you talk about an enterprise fund and meeting mobility needs.
• Technical needs, customer service, debt, then CIP funding, and whatever's left over is surplus. and it
• Additional funds are needed for any projects.

Committee: House S/C on Transportation Funding

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• fund.
• They put forward the need for funding to meet the monitoring...
• On being able to have the funding and support that they need for prevention services, frontline services
• While the funding may not be substantial, we need to figure out how to include these programs.
• passage, we weren't able to get the funding we need.

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• So this would say that for this program the funding needs to for this program the funding needs to come
• So, we can fund a fund that also engages in venture... a fund that also engages in venture capital.
• Available funds?
• Those funds either were used as matching funds for MRG.
• The available [clears throat] funding The available [clears throat] funding is not up where the need

Committee: Joint Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:

• And we need to ensure that we bridge the funding gap effectively so that innovative ideas do not fall
• Your statute needs to be reviewed because of this dependency on funds.
• This is an important consideration as we plan for future funding needs.
• So we have appropriated funds to help those veterans that need help and ask for help.
• We need to maintain our commitment to environmental protection in our state funding as we move forward

Bills: SB1 , SB 1

Committee: Senate Finance