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WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Ways & Means Mar 2nd, 2026 at 10:30 am

Ways & Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • $189,000 total funds in the 2025-27 biennium and $450,000 near general fund over the outlook period.
  • Grants are funded with federal funds, gifts, grants, and donations.
  • Funding is included.
  • So the new general fund, there's no funding in the House budget. There is one amendment.
  • The House does fund the bill.
Committee: Senate Ways & Means
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House Ways and Means Education Committee Feb 25th, 2026

Ways and Means Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • ,</c><00:11:48.240><c> it's</c> the the issue is not more funding, it's the the issue is not more funding
  • </c> authority for administration of funds. authority for administration of funds.
  • </c> and what we try to do is roll over funds and what we try to do is roll over funds from<00:14:46.880
  • It have enough funds for that to happen.
  • </c> has always been basically barely funded. has always been basically barely funded. um<00:16:39.519
Bills: SB79 , HB379 , SB253 , HB278 , HB438 , HB233 , SB79 , HB379 , SB253 , HB278 , HB438 , HB233
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/18/2026 - Senate Government

Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • It ensures that all APS marketing or advertising funding funded with ratepayer dollars must have a legitimate
  • ... ...all APS marketing or advertising funding funded with ratepayer dollars must have a legitimate
  • I think if there was an overflow of funds, right, and everybody was fine, and...
  • And if we want to do big ideas, let's actually fund these big ideas. Aye.
  • And if we want to do big ideas, let's actually fund these big ideas. Aye.
Committee: Senate Government
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Apr 7th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Apr 7th, 2026

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • So revenue stabilization is a statutory fund. It's not a constitutional reserve fund.
  • The fund, this endowment fund, is that it locks up dollars.
  • fund of the state treasury.
  • Revolving Fund.
  • I'm looking at a fund.
Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, offered prayer, and recognized the Doctor and Nurse of the Day, along with several visiting groups in the galleries, including the Goldsby Volunteer Fire Department and families honoring fallen firefighters Todd Pendleton and Brian Jenkins, the Sapulpa Elks Antlers, the Grove Chamber of Commerce, and northeastern Oklahoma cattlemen. The chamber adopted Senate Resolution 39, celebrating the 100th anniversary of U.S. Route 70 and its economic importance to southern Oklahoma communities. The main item of business was the Joint Committee Report for Senate Bill 1177, the General Appropriation Bill for the State of Oklahoma. Senators questioned the budget’s overall size, the use of gross production tax revenues, the new sovereign/endowment trust fund, Medicaid and Health Care Authority funding, mental health appropriations, child care subsidy funding, school security, career tech, tourism, the Commissioners of the Land Office, textbook allocations, and several other agency lines. The chair explained that the budget included about $1.5 billion in cash and sweeps, a $250 million base appropriation for the Health Care Authority, $200 million for the endowment trust fund, $31 million for PREP projects, $25 million for the Governor’s Quick Action Closing Fund, and other agency-specific appropriations and supplements. Several members debated the report before adoption. Supporters argued the budget addressed agency needs and future savings, while opponents criticized it as a flat or spending-heavy budget that favored special projects and well-connected interests over core services such as child care, mental health, water infrastructure, and county needs. After debate, the Joint Committee Report for SB 1177 was adopted, and the Senate moved through the budget discussion with no recorded roll-call vote in the transcript provided.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Education May 14th, 2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • So, you know, right now there's about $1.2 billion that the state doles out in general fund to higher
  • They created the sports fund when they increased the online sports wagering, and some of that was set
  • But the total amount of revenue funds paid as a part of a post-secondary education institution, paid
  • Currently, we found that TOPS Tech is underutilized as far as funding, as far as usage with students
  • Any students who are sick, struggling physically, or facing mental health challenges are often not in
Committee: Senate Education
Summary: The Senate Education Committee met with four members present and took up a long agenda of education-related bills. Early items included SCR 65, which would create a K-12 student success task force to study statewide career and academic pathway advising; the committee adopted a substantive amendment adding designees and then reported the resolution favorably. The committee also reported favorably on SCR 119, honoring Coach D.D. Breaux, after brief remarks about her LSU gymnastics legacy and the request that LSU study naming its gymnastics training facility in her honor. Several bills affecting school operations and student support were heard and reported favorably, including HB 434 on probationary school bus driver employment and superintendent authority over dismissal; HB 484 expanding scholarship benefits for children and spouses of fallen or disabled firefighters and police officers; HB 749 and HB 1059 on savings accounts and TOPS math eligibility alignment; HB 218 adding food insecurity questions to student questionnaires, which was amended and reported favorably; HB 325 expanding TOPS Tech eligibility through dual enrollment and part-time use; HB 476 requiring Safe Haven law postings in middle and high school restrooms; HB 1249 clarifying access to school-based health centers, with an amendment adopted; HB 1242 allowing more than one early learning center license at the same location under certain circumstances; HB 632 improving data protections and functionality for LA First; and HB 352 on behavioral health services for public school students, which was amended to address IEP and dispute-process concerns before being reported favorably. Two bills drew extended debate over transparency, privacy, and school autonomy. HB 608 would create confidentiality for intercollegiate athletics revenue-sharing documents; LSU representatives argued the bill was needed to protect student-athletes and competitive information, while PAR and the Louisiana Press Association opposed it as an improper secrecy carve-out for state-generated revenue. Despite the opposition, the committee reported HB 608 favorably. HB 1112, which would exempt BESE-approved non-public pre-K programs from certain licensure and safety requirements and adjust related definitions, was amended and then heard with testimony from the Pelican Institute in support, arguing it corrects overreach from prior law and protects private school autonomy and parental choice.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Health and Welfare Apr 15th, 2026

Health and Welfare

Transcript Highlights:
  • We served this incredible increase with no additional budgetary funding, basically an unfunded mandate
  • Claude, is the LSPME, are they falling behind in funding?
  • institution have to say we'll either lay off people or stop licensing people because we don't have the funds
  • We get some state funding, which we're very grateful for.
  • We had the challenge with our local hospital.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Apr 8th, 2026

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • 10.4% of those at high risk receive a lung cancer screening, and whereas public support for research funding
Summary: The Senate convened, established a quorum, and opened with prayer. The chamber then recognized several guests and groups, including the Doctor of the Day Dr. Abby Woods, Nurse of the Day Kara de la Pena, and multiple student and community delegations. These included Dominic Matthias of Moore High School for his cross-country accomplishments, Calumet boys baseball and basketball teams for state championships, the Oklahoma Federation of Republican Women, Morris High School’s academic team, the Junior Chamber of Catoosa, Rogers County Leadership Program participants, and Legacy Christian Schools students. The Senate adopted Senate Resolution 40, designating the second week in April as Lung Cancer Action Week in Oklahoma. The resolution was presented in support of the American Lung Association’s efforts to raise awareness, encourage screening, and promote early detection, especially given the low screening rate among high-risk Oklahomans. The resolution passed without opposition, and unanimous consent was granted to make all senators co-authors unless they declined. The chamber also hosted Cherokee Nation Legislative Day. Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. and other Cherokee leaders spoke about the tribe’s history, sovereignty, and major investments in education, housing, health care, workforce development, and economic growth in Oklahoma. Hoskin emphasized the Cherokee Nation’s partnership with the state and urged support for Medicaid expansion, arguing it helps fund health care services and jobs. Later, Senator Weaver offered a personal privilege statement mourning the death of Trooper Vernon Brake in the line of duty, followed by a moment of silence. The only other action was an announcement inviting members to a Sportsman’s Caucus reception. With the clerk’s desk clear, the Senate adopted a motion to adjourn until Thursday, April 9, 2026, at 9:30 a.m.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Health and Welfare Apr 1st, 2026

Health and Welfare

Transcript Highlights:
  • Some families have reported challenges in ensuring access to prescribed...
  • Some families have reported challenges in ensuring access to prescribe Some families have reported challenges
  • But the biggest piece, too, is the funding. We did this in the 90s with the Children's Cabinet.
  • But the biggest piece, too, is the funding.
  • Cruz, we created the Office of Women's Health two years ago, and they do have funding.
Bills: HB288 , HB403 , HB420 , HB783 , HB815 , HB915 , HB927 , HB933 , HB944 , HB962 , HB971 , HR74 , SCR3 , SCR20 , SB5 , SB34 , SB37 , SB190 , SB255 , SB270 , SB273 , SB314 , SB415
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House Ways and Means General Fund Committee Mar 4th, 2026

Ways and Means General Fund

Transcript Highlights:
  • Agriculture investment program providing producers funds for business investments by the Agriculture
  • </c><00:14:46.720><c> When</c><00:14:47.040><c> COVID</c> emergency relief funding.
  • When COVID emergency relief funding.
  • are received and different funds that they receive in the court go to AOC currently for this fund, and
  • that they receive in the court funds that they receive in the court goes<00:17:27.280><c> to</c><00:
Bills: HB431 , HB466 , HB523 , HB521 , SB182 , SB300 , HB431 , HB466 , HB523 , HB521 , SB182 , SB300
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session Feb 28th, 2026

Washington Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Washington already has an infrastructure in place to use these funds.
  • But still, it's basically more and more money that we're funding to abortion.
  • You know, there are a lot of challenging issues... ...of what we see as a state.
  • Obviously the state needs to get some funding and there's a nexus to the programs that we are funding
  • It will allow funding to go into the Foundational Public Health Account and the Andy Hill Care Fund account
Summary: The Senate opened with ceremonial items, then moved through gubernatorial appointments and a series of floor votes. It confirmed Acacia E. Ingram to the Evergreen State College Board of Trustees, Ashland J. Tibbet and David S. Frockt to the Western Washington University Board of Trustees, and Christine Rolfes to the Olympic College Board of Trustees. Members spoke in support of the appointees’ public service and ties to higher education. The chamber also heard a personal privilege statement honoring a Colfax basketball coach who died of pancreatic cancer, followed by a caucus break. The Senate then considered several bills, passing measures on derelict vessels (SHB 2199), radiologic technologist supervision (HB 2113), nitrous oxide retail sales (ESHB 2532), ambulance transport fund alignment (HB 2531), EMT recertification (HB 2540), affordable housing on religious property (2SHB 1859), factory-built housing standards (SHB 2151), social housing public development authorities (EHB 1687), the Washington Voting Rights Act and voter suppression claims (ESSHB 1750), privacy and data protection reporting and AI use (HB 2606), military family school stability (ESHB 2534), coal-fired utility treatment (HB 2367), and school access to albuterol (SHB 2360). Most passed on strong bipartisan roll calls, though the voting-rights bill and coal-utility bill drew the most debate and partisan division. Several bills were amended on the floor. The Senate adopted changes to the nitrous oxide bill, the factory-built housing bill, the social housing bill, the albuterol bill, and the 3D-printer/firearm-manufacturing bill (ESHB 2320), while rejecting some proposed amendments on the voting-rights and 3D-printer bills. Debate centered on whether the voting-rights bill set too low a threshold for lawsuits and whether the coal-utility bill gave improper treatment to coal generation; supporters framed both as needed protections or transition measures, while opponents warned about litigation and policy overreach. The chamber also discussed tribal consultation in energy siting (SHB 2496), ultimately passing it after a close vote, and later returned to the 3D-printer bill, which advanced after amendments narrowed exemptions for gunsmiths and dealers and clarified the bill’s focus on digital files used to manufacture firearms.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee Feb 9th, 2026 at 10:30 am

A&B Education Subcommittee

Transcript Highlights:
  • We have certain things that we're gonna use local funds as well as state funds.
  • And that money, similar to our legacy capital fund, would be loaned out to fund these building projects
  • fund.
  • So, again, they're funded totally separately.
  • be funded.
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund Committee Jan 21st, 2026

Finance and Taxation General Fund

Transcript Highlights:
  • However, it's level funded as to agencies predominantly.
  • However, it's level funded as to agencies predominantly.
  • pretty much level funded uh from the<00:11:05.839><c> previous</c><00:11:06.240><c> year.
  • :11:10.079><c> agencies</c> level funded as to agencies level funded as to agencies predominantly. predominantly
  • it's not funded in the budget. budget. budget.
Bills: SB61 , SB8 , SB58 , SB60 , SB167 , SB61 , SB8 , SB58 , SB60 , SB167
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Bill 5, which deals with supplementary relief funding more broadly.
  • Those things left behind are a moral challenge right here in front of our faces.
  • At least 50% of the funds must still go to minority-owned businesses.
  • It would not appropriate state funding.
  • of the money in. the Broadband Infrastructure Fund for these purposes.
Bills: HB1 , HB 2 , HB 3 , HB 5 , HB20 , HB 22 , HB 1 , HB 2 , HB 3 , HB 5 , HB 20 , HB 22
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Transportation Apr 3rd, 2025

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • Constructed and funded by the road authority and because it's an extension of a road and whether it was
  • These will be off-system projects, state funded, but on city or county roads.
  • General Revenue Fund.
  • No, all kidding aside, um, the funds this generate, the additional funds would help further, um, the
  • Repeat offenders, they are our biggest challenge. Some have been cited multiple times.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Transportation Apr 3rd, 2025

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • All kidding aside, the funds this generates, the additional funds would help further the state perform
  • I would hazard to guess that it's actually pretty challenging.
  • You're funding—fundraising for the state. Not a bad result.
  • Repeat offenders are our biggest challenge.
  • The state allocated funds to cities for cleanup.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Transportation Apr 3rd, 2025

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • We were subject to the UTP and getting funded by the legislature.
  • , when we're talking about using taxpayer funds to support a private project.
  • So you're asking for funding from the feds? some private raising.
  • And you're saying that no funding will come from the state?
  • We're not even close to having it funded, right?
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Veterans and Military Affairs Division 4/15/26

Veterans and Military Affairs Division

Transcript Highlights:
  • So, uh, this bill is real challenges.
  • And then additionally, this committee and the legislature has funded the department funding for the CORE
  • And then additionally, this committee and the legislature has funded the department funding for the CORE
  • funding to LSS.
  • </c> funding for this? funding for this? &gt;&gt; Representative<00:25:22.320><c> Myers.
Bills: HF4588 , HF3685 , HF4577 , HF4932