Video & Transcript Research : 'bonds'
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AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama House State Government Committee Mar 18th, 2026
State Government
Transcript Highlights:
- So, you got to have a person to design the project, and they're obviously bonded and insured.
- So, you got to have a person to design the project, and they're obviously bonded and insured.
- the project and they're obviously the project and they're obviously they're<00:07:28.160>
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Keywords:
expungement, criminal records, courts, victim rights, rehabilitation, Alabama law, SB337, Montgomery County, probate judge, judge of probate, county officer compensation, salary increase, circuit judge parity, local legislation, county commission, general fund, public official pay, judicial compensation, Montgomery County Legislation, 1136
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
House Budget review Sub. on Postsecondary Education. (2-19-26)
Transcript Highlights:
- We actually are able to, in the pro forma that we've created for bonding agencies, predict a 3% increase
- We actually are able to, in the pro forma that we've created for bonding agencies, predict a 3% increase
- We actually are able to, in the pro forma that we've created for bonding agencies, predict a 3% increase
- We actually are able to, in the pro forma that we've created for bonding agencies, predict a 3% increase
- The pro forma that we've created for bonding agencies predicts a 3% increase over time as an assumption
Summary:
The House Budget Review Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education met without a quorum, so no minutes were approved. The committee then heard a presentation from Western Kentucky University President Timothy Kabone, who highlighted WKU’s recent gains in graduation rate, retention, degree production, graduate enrollment, research activity, and financial stability. He said WKU’s FY 2026 budget is structurally balanced without one-time reserves, and he tied the university’s growth to its strategic plan and to Senate Bill 77, which created a pathway for WKU’s first PhD program. WKU’s initial PhD offering is planned in data sciences for fall 2027, and Kabone said the university continues to pursue R2 research status.
Kabone also outlined WKU’s budget requests, including a 4.5% base appropriation increase for each year of the biennium, a $30 million increase in the performance funding pool, a $30 million trust fund for tuition waiver reimbursement, and $2 million per year for the Gatton Academy. He also requested continued funding for the Kentucky Mesonet, 8.9% of proposed asset preservation funding, and support for a $280 million new Potter College facility. He emphasized inflationary pressures, rising fixed costs, and the burden of mandated tuition waivers, and said the university supports performance funding but wants the model adjusted to better reward student success rather than enrollment growth.
Members asked about WKU’s student housing situation and the transition away from the former student life foundation model. Kabone said the foundation structure had run its course, that the university had lacked adequate oversight under the old arrangement, and that WKU is moving to a public-private partnership with Gilbane and the College Housing Foundation. He said the new model would not increase the university’s debt load and would replace older residence halls with a roughly 1,000-bed complex, eliminate community-style bathrooms over time, and expand living-learning communities. Representatives McCool and Tipton praised WKU’s graduation and retention results and asked questions about the housing project and its timeline.
The committee then heard from CareerVXR and KCTCS about a proposed career exploration pilot. Company representatives said the platform uses web-based and virtual reality experiences to show students real jobs and workplaces, with the goal of addressing an “awareness gap” in workforce participation. They proposed a $1.8 million, two-year pilot to reach 50,000 to 60,000 students in three regions, including Hazard Community and Technical College, Southeast Community and Technical College, and western Kentucky. Members asked about cost, funding source, and locations, and were told the request would come through the KCTCS budget. The meeting ended with notice that the next meeting was scheduled for Thursday, February 26.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Jun 4th, 2025
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Therefore, through an election for the issuance and sale of bonds of the state of California and for
- I am pleased to introduce the College Health and Safety Bond Act, Assembly Bill 48.
- We used to, on a regular basis, put bonds before the voters, asking them to approve them, and that used
- There's over a $17 billion backlog in deferred maintenance, and when we look at the bonds, this would
- after bond after bond, where politicians have not followed through on commitments to vote.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 1 on Health Mar 3rd, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- We have one bond program, four loan programs, and four grant programs.
- But in recent weeks, we have been extremely busy with tax-exempt bond financing.
- We've passed three different children's bonds over the years.
- I can go into more detail on the bond financing program and the agenda.
- You have the data from 2023 of all the bond transactions that were done under CHAFA.
HI
Bills:
SB2060, SB2342, SB2577, SB2580, SB2809, SB2397, SB2315, SB2442, SB2152, SB2380, SB2462, SB2055, SB2438, SB2533, SB2203, SB2087, SB768, SB877, SB1139, SB787, HB963, SB277, SB2663, SB2555, SB2140, SB2115, SB2761, SB2198, SB2032, SB2579, SB2671, SB2835, SB2356, SB2095, SB2093, SB2318, SB2323, SB2485, SB2309, SB2321, SB2405, SB2153, SB2129, SB2170, SB2259, SB2578, SB2544, SB2701, SB2861, SB2108, SB2089, SB2106, SB847, SB3326, SB2047, SB2695, SB2667, SB2919, SB2446, SB2146, SB2723, SB2210, SB2527, SB2645, SB3331
Keywords:
rental housing revolving fund, HHFDC, Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation, mixed-income housing, mixed-income rental project, affordable housing, low-income housing, housing finance, housing development, preservation, rehabilitation, pre-development, construction financing, equity investment, credit enhancement, collateral, gap financing, area median income, AMI, perpetual affordability
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Municipal and County Government (01/16/2026)
Municipal and County Government
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- The bond $4.2 million, but we need to change the language on the state fair bonding.
- The bond counsel did not like the language for whatever reason.
- We need the, they told us we need legal authority and incorporate definitive bond terms.
- The cost of the bonding is the same as what was passed in last year's budget.
- The cost of the bonding is the same as what was passed in last year's budget.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session: 2025 First Special Session - part 3 Jun 9th, 2025
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Some of these line items are ineligible for GO bonds, and that's why they're in the general fund bill
- I've been around a little bit, and this is the way we should do bonding. It's just a pure bill.
- So this is a good, clean bonding bill that addresses the needs of Minnesota across the state.
- This one is the general obligation bond bill, but I urge members to support the motion so we can take
- A product of bipartisan compromise, something that's always been the case for successful bonding bills
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- It is far better than the securities that TWIA currently is borrowing. from bond houses in New York at
- , then it goes back to Class A assessments, back to public bonds, Class II assessments, back to public
- bonds, Class III assessments, and then finally you get to re-insurance.
- dollars to issue each bond.
- Every time, when you look at this stack, when you're going back and you're issuing those public. bonds
Bills:
HB106, HB144, HB145, HB252, HB1732, HB2221, HB2467, HB2468, HB2517, HB2518, HB2963, HB3016, HB3689, HB3960, HB4386, HB4490, HB4751, HB5247, HJR175, HB2213, HB106, HB144, HB145, HB252
Keywords:
HB 106, oil and gas, Railroad Commission of Texas, overhead electrical lines, electrical distribution system, power line maintenance, administrative penalty, Natural Resources Code, oil and gas lease, well operator, energy safety, utility infrastructure, regulatory compliance, cleanup fund, oil and gas regulation and cleanup fund, production safety, leasehold operations, electric utility, distribution poles, inspection
ND
North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session Apr 16th, 2025 at 12:30 pm
North Dakota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- relating to the determination of state aid, boarding care costs, public improvement construction, bonds
- relating to the determination of state aid, boarding care costs, public improvement construction, bonds
- with bonds and elections.
- Next, the amendment addresses the bond election of municipalities.
- A county, city, public school district, or park district, by a vote of 60%, can issue bonds up to their
Summary:
The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge, a quorum call, and approval of journal corrections. It then handled several House messages, appointing conference committees on Senate Bills 2004 and 2006 and House Bills 1018, 1019, and 1363, and re-referring House Bill 1216 to Appropriations. The chamber also adopted amendments to House Bill 1601, which would have expanded special assistant attorney general authority for certain offices, but the bill failed on final passage after strong opposition centered on preserving the Attorney General’s control and avoiding a solution in search of a problem.
A major portion of the day focused on education funding. House Bill 1369 was amended to raise per-pupil aid from 2% and 2% to 3% and 3% and to increase the school construction loan transfer from $75 million to $100 million; supporters said this would help local schools and military base projects, while opponents raised questions about special education placement language and state coordination. The bill passed 44-3. House Bill 1013, the DPI budget, was also amended extensively to adjust staffing, funding sources, grants, meal assistance, teacher training, and other education programs; it passed 45-2. House Bill 2234, dealing with Choice Ready grants, was amended to shift funding away from general funds and toward federal or other sources, but then failed on final passage after the sponsor urged a red vote.
The Senate also approved House Bill 1482, restricting bond and indebtedness elections for counties, cities, school districts, and park districts to primary or general election days, and House Bill 1332, creating a value-added agriculture facility incentive program with an emergency clause. House Bill 1010, the Insurance Department budget, passed unanimously after amendments reflecting the merger of the Securities Department into Insurance and adding staff and fee changes, while House Bill 1011, the separate Securities Department budget, failed because its funding was already included in HB 1010. House Bill 1584, a major pharmacy benefit manager reform bill, passed with an enforcement fund and new licensing/enforcement structure despite debate over ERISA and market transparency.
In other action, the Senate concurred in House amendments and passed Senate Bills 2226, 2230, 2069, 2082, 2387, 2385, and 2186, with SB 2186 on parenting time interference and a child custody task force passing 27-20 after debate over whether the issue should be left to the courts. Senate Bill 2234, on Choice Ready grants, and Senate Bill 2243, on driver’s license points and traffic penalties, both failed after concurrence motions were adopted but final passage votes were overwhelmingly negative. The chamber also advanced Senate Bill 2291 to conference committee consideration near the end of the transcript.
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
House Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions, February 13, 2026
Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions
Transcript Highlights:
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- So, a bond consistent revenue stream.
- So, a bond wouldn't<01:20:26.719>
specifically <01:20:27.280>help. - I still think that maybe the bonding issue would have to be voted on.
Bills:
SF0082
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Conference Committee on HF1141 5/12/26
Transcript Highlights:
- have a cost of 5.6 million in fiscal 2030, 8 million in fiscal 31, and ongoing for the life of the bonds
- That is a cost of infrastructure bonds.
- , ongoing for the life of the bonds, ongoing for the life of the bonds, approximately<00:03:09.040
- Article 2, Section 1 would authorize the issuance of $100 million in housing infrastructure bonds.
- Section 2 would appropriate the money to the agency necessary to pay the debt service on those bonds.
Summary:
The conference committee on House File 1141, the Omnibus Housing Finance and Policy Bill, reviewed the fiscal spreadsheet and policy language for the agreement. Staff explained the major funding items, including appropriations for greater Minnesota workforce housing, manufactured home park infrastructure grants, family homelessness prevention, supportive housing, a tenant hotline, and housing infrastructure bonds, along with a cancellation of unused Tyler settlement funds and a reallocation of Housing Development Fund earnings. Staff said the package was budget neutral over the forecast window. The policy walk-through also covered provisions on livestreaming Housing Finance Agency board meetings, limits on administrative retentions for new grant programs, restrictions and reporting on Housing Development Fund transfers and earnings, clarifying language for local public housing, an exemption related to lived-experience engagement, and access for legislative fiscal staff to agency accounting information.
Members then considered several amendments. The A12 amendment, allowing certain local governments to invest long-term funds in housing-related investments, was adopted after a roll call showed support from all three caucuses. The A16 manufactured housing bill of rights amendment, which would have addressed park-owner practices, purchase opportunities, enforcement, and rent increases, was not adopted. The A18 amendment to allow additional flags in HOAs and other areas was also not adopted. The A17 amendment to limit private equity ownership of single-family homes to 100 units was not adopted. The A13 amendment to preempt local rent control was not adopted. Members on both sides said some of the rejected issues warranted further discussion in future sessions, while supporters argued they were needed to address housing affordability and ownership pressures.
In closing discussion on the bill as a whole, members from both chambers praised the bipartisan process, the staff work, and the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency’s collaboration. Supporters said the agreement would help build thousands of homes across the state, assist vulnerable Minnesotans, and improve transparency and accountability in housing programs. They also noted the bill’s mix of single-family, multifamily, manufactured housing, homelessness prevention, and policy reforms. The committee expressed intent to move the agreement forward to the House floor and ultimately to the governor.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Session Apr 16th, 2026 at 09:30 am
Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The charter school portion, as 3253 relates to bonding and bonds being issued.
- There’s nothing that has to do with the bonds being issued in this legislation.
- We’re on page 3270, it’s section E, and first it strikes the issue of bonds.
- I’m sorry, the striking of bonds really, I do have others in the queue. queue.
- The formula is not for bonds, but it's to get money through this formulary in place of bonds where they're
Bills:
HB3257, HB3176, HB3544, HB3619, HB3546, HB1782, HB2293, HB4358, HB3081, HB3983, HB3790, HJR1023, HB4139, HB3297, HB3041, HB3673, HB4105, HB3338, HB3048, SR33, SCR21, SCR20, HB4030, HB4031, HB4032, HB4034, HB4036, HB4037, HB4038, HB4040, HB4041, HB4042, HB4043, HB4045, HB4046, HB4047, HB4048, HB4044, HB4050, HB4051, HB4052, HB4053, HB4054, HB4056, HB4057, HB4071, HB4065, HB4067, HB4072, HB2992, HB4338, HB4170
Keywords:
veterans, disability benefits, federal law, Oklahoma Statutes, military service, Oklahoma, Gas Hub, artificial intelligence, national laboratory, public-private partnerships, aerospace, high-performance computing, economic development, social AI companions, minors, emotional attachment, safety protocols, civil penalties, parental controls, geographic information
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Excuse me, I'm out of shave to make spaceports eligible for tax exempt private activity bonds.
- you know, what is the posture of those 2 spaceports with regard to, uh, tax-exempt private activity bonds
- What is do they have the authority to do private activity bonds?
- So currently the IRS permits tax-exempt private activity bonds for specific infrastructure and economic
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, first up, House Bill 1168, HD1, SD1, relating to University of Hawaii revenue bonds.
- University of 1168 HD1 SD1 relating to University of Hawaii<00:04:42.560>
revenue <00:04:42.880>bonds - For<00:04:43.360>
the <00:04:43.440>House, <00:04:43.680>I Hawaii revenue bonds - For the House, I Hawaii revenue bonds.
- We did circulate a CD1 for this bill, but I think we're just seeking clarification on whether the bonds
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
FIN Info Briefing - Thu Jan 15, 2026 @ 9:00 AM HST
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- 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.
- And I do know right now, I think the removal bond is one of those things.
- the removal bond is one of those things. the removal bond is one of those things.
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Ways and Means General Fund Committee Mar 5th, 2025
Ways and Means General Fund
Transcript Highlights:
- When we went to market on the $785 million, we were able to sell $500 million worth of bonds.
- Originally, we had agreed that there would be $785 million in available bond funding to pay for the two
- That bonding availability was available to be able to go on the market, yes?
- we overestimated the ability for us to get funds at that time, or did the process in putting those bonds
- I would suggest that those questions probably need to be directed to the folks that took the bonds to
Keywords:
elections, post-election audit, election audit, risk-limiting audit, ballot audit, election integrity, voter confidence, Secretary of State, judge of probate, canvassing board, poll watchers, ballot containers, manual tally, recount, county election, statewide election, general election, absentee ballots, provisional ballots, election transparency
WV
West Virginia 2026 Regular Session
Senate in Session Mar 10th, 2026 at 05:02 pm
West Virginia Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- relating to the Neighborhood Investment Program; and engrossed House Bill 5685, relating to authorizing bonds
- relating to the Neighborhood Investment Program; and engrossed House Bill 5685, relating to authorizing bonds
- Engrossed House Bill 5685, relating to authorizing bonds for improvements to the West Virginia Science
- Engrossed House Bill 5685, relating to authorizing bonds for improvements to the West Virginia Science
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- consideration of House Bill 341, House Draft 1, authorizing the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds
- special authorizing the issuance of special purpose<00:03:18.799>
revenue <00:03:19.239>bonds - c><00:03:19.560>
to <00:03:19.799>assist <00:03:20.120>Hawaii purpose revenue bonds - to assist Hawaii purpose revenue bonds to assist Hawaii Island<00:03:20.959>
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MD
Transcript Highlights:
- We have bond initiatives calendar 23. Uh, clerk will read the bond initiatives.
- Rei, Carol Classical Charter School, budget taxation. >> Move so be considered the reading of the bond
- Clerk read the bond initiatives.
- Services, Youth and Training Center, budget and taxation. >> Move so we consider the reading of the bond
Summary:
The Senate convened with 33 members present, heard an invocation from Reverend Lauren Holder of St. Martins in the Field Episcopal Church, and received several chamber introductions and welcomes, including district-night guests, former Delegate Sam Aurora, League of Conservation Voters constituents, and a new group of pages from across the state. The presiding officer also noted that a presentation by the state archivist in the old Senate chamber would be the main event of the evening.
On the legislative side, the chamber read Senate Bill 960 on Maryland’s Public Charter School Program and school facilities funding rules, which was referred to the Rules Committee. Two bond initiatives were also read and sent to the Capital Budget Subcommittee: one for Carol Classical Charter School and one for Springboard Community Services’ Youth and Training Center. House Bills 28 and 226 were received from the House and referred to the appropriate standing committees.
The Senate then announced that executive nominations would likely be held until the next day so more members could be present for votes. Caucus meetings were announced for the following morning, and a Senate Pass event was promoted for Thursday evening. After a quorum call showed 38 members present, the majority leader moved that the Senate recess to the old Senate chamber in about five minutes, and the motion was adopted without objection. The chamber was secured as members prepared to move for the evening program.