Video & Transcript Research : 'judicial compensation'

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FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

Fiscal Policy Mar 20th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • BOTH IN FLORIDA AND THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AND I SERVED AS SPECIAL PROSECUTOR IN 75% OF THE JUDICIAL
  • BY YOUR VOTE CS FOR SB 102 IS REPORTED FAVORABLY, NEXT UP TAB 2 SENATE BILL 130 COMPENSATION OF VICTIMS
  • FLORIDA'S COMPENSATION STATUTE WAS ENACTED IN 2008.
  • UNFORTUNATELY IT HAS FAILED TO LIVE UP TO HIS PROCESS OF PROVIDING COMPENSATION TO WRONGFULLY CONVICTED
  • COMPENSATION LAW TOOK EFFECT.
Keywords: 999, senate, all
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Legislative Finance Nov 18th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • So, High Head, the New Mexico Judiciary, the judicial branch is different from the judicial system.
  • Those are within the judicial system, not part of the judicial branch. Why is that different?
  • We are also asking for a judicial specialist.
  • Right now, we have a ratio of 27 to 40 judicial officers—41 judicial officers—and we're hoping to close
  • For their support of our Third Judicial District.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Fiscal Policy Mar 13th, 2025

Fiscal Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • receive specialized training to care for children with high behavioral needs and receive higher compensation
  • Just for clarity, Senator Graal, in the bill, it talks about identifying two judicial circuits.
  • with the greatest need for such a program, and so that should guide the decision-making for those judicial
Summary: The Committee on Fiscal Policy met and first considered CS/SB 7012 on child welfare, presented by Senator Graal. The bill addressed three areas: child welfare workforce shortages, higher-acuity children in out-of-home care, and services/data for commercially sexually exploited children. It would create a CPI and case manager recruitment program aimed at former public safety and service workers, convene a workforce work group, establish a four-year treatment foster care pilot in two judicial circuits identified by DCF based on removal and placement data, and require more detailed, extractable child-level data on commercially sexually exploited children along with a bed capacity study and service gap analysis. Two amendments were adopted: one clarified record retention for redacted assessments, and another attached the appropriation. The committee then heard CS/SB 110 on rural communities from Senator Simon. The bill proposed a broad rural development package, including a state office of rural prosperity, a Renaissance grant program for counties with declining populations, increased housing support, major rural road funding, school consortium funding, and additional health care resources for rural facilities and training. A delete-all amendment was adopted that expanded and refined several provisions, including local sales tax trust fund distributions, county connectivity projects, agritourism marketing support, disaster-impacted rural infrastructure eligibility, insurance and provider eligibility changes, and increased funding for critical access hospitals and rural medical education reimbursement. Both bills drew broad support from local government, education, health care, housing, and rural advocacy representatives. Supporters said the rural bill was especially comprehensive and would help small counties, schools, roads, housing, and health care, while one witness cautioned that road expansion should be balanced with protection of agricultural and natural lands. Senator Bradley and Senator Simon emphasized local control and the importance of strengthening rural Florida without imposing mandates. CS/SB 7012 and CS/SB 110 were both reported favorably, and the committee then adjourned.
FL

Florida 2026 5th Special Session

Senate in Session Feb 26th, 2026

Florida Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • This bill solves that problem by establishing a statutory non-judicial process that allows eligible trustees
  • Senate Bill 50 would allow judges in all judicial circuits the option of using veterans' courts.
  • SB 774 extends workers' compensation benefits to 911 public safety telecommunicators and includes them
  • statutory definition to Section 373.403, Adds a new statutory definition to Section 373.403 for compensating
  • It clarifies that using enhancement credits from a water quality enhancement area constitutes compensating
Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, opening prayer, Pledge of Allegiance, several introductions, and an announcement that there would be no weekend conference. The chamber then took up a long special-order calendar of bills, generally moving each measure through third reading and final passage, often by substituting House companion bills. Early measures included trust law modernization (SB 786/HB 895), military affairs changes and Guard retirement corrections (SB 474), rounding rules for cash transactions as pennies phase out (SB 1074), podiatric medicine regulation and informed-consent requirements (SB 1092), veterans court expansion (SB 50/HB 199), RV park special assessment clarification (SB 118), concurrent jurisdiction for juvenile offenses on military installations (SB 502/HB 351), alcoholic beverage loss deductions (SB 678/HB 1137), and bail bond/pretrial release revisions (SB 600). Most passed unanimously or near-unanimously; SB 600 passed 36-1 after questions about charitable bail bonds and an amendment aligning with the House version and prosecutors’ concerns. The Senate also considered bills on portable electronics and eyewear insurance (SB 772), the linking industry to nursing education fund and health science workforce programs (SB 1246), recovery residences and behavioral health licensing (SB 1030, with a technical amendment on background checks and probationary licenses), felony battery enhancements for repeat offenders and offenses against law enforcement (SB 436), and child welfare changes including foster-home visitor screening, a permanent statewide Step Into Success program, and a best-practices repository (SB 1718). These measures were explained by sponsors as efforts to streamline regulation, improve workforce and health-care training, strengthen public safety, and reduce administrative burdens while preserving safeguards. Votes on these bills were overwhelmingly favorable, with final tallies typically 36-0 or 37-0. A major portion of the meeting was devoted to a farewell tribute to Senator Lori Berman. Members from both parties praised her leadership, collegiality, policy work, and advocacy on issues including voting rights, women’s rights, Israel and antisemitism, school safety, breast cancer, and family law. Berman delivered a lengthy farewell reflecting on her 16 years in the Legislature, her caucus leadership, and the importance of dignity, respect, and public service. The Senate adopted a motion to spread her remarks upon the journal and then recessed before returning to continue the calendar.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session-Day 4, February 12, 2026-PM

Wyoming Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • > it<00:49:41.520> submits The judicial branch submits it submits The judicial branch submits
  • general funds for nursing compensation general funds for nursing compensation pilot<02:05:34.880
  • <02:12:13.280> essentially compensation there. essentially compensation there. essentially
  • pilot program for nursing compensation. pilot program for nursing compensation.
  • So I hope that's compensate for that.
Keywords: 916, all
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Trade, Workforce & Economic Development Apr 9th, 2025

Trade, Workforce & Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • by Chairman Patterson is relating to certain presumptions applicable to claims for benefits for compensation
  • You remember this bill by Representative law relating to initial claims under the Employment Compensation
  • The combination of growth with our financial industry in Texas and our strong judicial system creates
  • claims associated with it and precludes prior holders from asserting a claim, thereby promoting judicial
Bills: HB74, HB175
NH
Transcript Highlights:
  • You're on the Judicial Council.
  • You're on the Judicial Council.
  • about is the judicial council. Okay. about is the judicial council. Okay.
  • There were no legal compensation.
  • by DAS, the judicial branch, and the<06:00:33.040> judicial<06:00:33.440> council.
Keywords: 10am HB 1 & HB 2, 928, house, all
Summary: The committee of conference for HB 1 and HB 2 reviewed the side-by-side budget comparison and began working through agreed and disputed items. Members first confirmed that grayed-out items were already settled and discussed a process for making later technical and intent changes, especially to true up abolished positions after additional decisions were made. They then moved through several budget sections, including judicial branch reductions, retirement systems, the Department of Justice, the Human Rights Commission, liquor enforcement, corrections, and the Department of Information Technology. Several items were agreed to or treated as settled package items, including the judicial branch position, the Department of Justice reduction, the Human Rights Commission item being held until related HB 2 language is finalized, the Housing Appeals Board being moved into the Board of Tax and Land Appeals, and the Office of Child Advocate. The committee also agreed to update the House bill language as needed based on HB 2 decisions, and to keep certain IT support rows in place unless related boards and commissions are eliminated. The effective date remained July 1, 2025, with no change. The main unresolved discussion centered on the retirement systems budget, where the Senate defended a large increase for deferred IT security and investment-function improvements, while the House argued the increase was too large and favored a back-of-the-budget cut. The Senate said the funds would support strategic IT and investment changes and would remain in the trust if cut, while the House emphasized the size of the increase and suggested a compromise. The committee ultimately retained the Senate position on retirement systems for the moment and said it would return to the issue later. On corrections and liquor enforcement, the committee described a negotiated back-of-the-budget cut structure, including a $10 million cut for corrections with some restoration of POS offices and administrative aides, and a liquor enforcement cut that was treated as part of a broader package. The Department of Safety item related to commercial enforcement and motor vehicle inspections was held for later discussion. The meeting ended with several items agreed, several held for coordination with HB 2, and some major budget questions still open.
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

March 19, 2025 - 10:30 AM

Transcript Highlights:
  • from an exposure standpoint, we cover about 200,000 agency and university employees for workers' compensation
  • I'm sorry, 200,000 agency and university employees for workers' compensation, general liability, and
  • Over 10,000 of those are for workers' compensation, which that makes up about 64% of our total claims
  • And they further specify that we are under the jurisdiction of the Second Judicial Circuit Court in Leon
  • And so we're being very careful and judicious about how we do this. Follow up.
Summary: The subcommittee heard presentations from the Department of Financial Services and the Department of Business and Professional Regulation, then returned to its ongoing budget workshop with the Department of Management Services. DFS’s Division of Risk Management described its role as the state self-insurance fund, covering about 200,000 employees and 27,000 vehicles, paying roughly $150 million in claims last year, and managing a pilot ETS treatment program for veterans and first responders that had 49 patients and 804 treatments as of the latest report. The Division of State Fire Marshal outlined its fire prevention, training, emergency response, and grant programs, including hurricane deployments, the Florida State Fire College, and several capital and grant requests for roof, courtyard, memorial, and equipment needs. The Division of Rehabilitation and Liquidation explained how it handles insolvent insurers under Chapter 631, currently administering 14 estates with $1.2 billion in assets and $3.7 billion in liabilities, and said no new receiverships had been opened since February 2023. Members asked about grant backlogs, fire truck procurement delays, memorial repairs, and whether affiliate transfers were occurring in insurer liquidations. Secretary Griffin then updated the committee on DBPR’s implementation of House Bill 1021 on community associations. He said the department had used the new authority to expand education, complaint handling, and ombudsman services, including 10 free standardized courses, a new condo website, and a four-hour board certification course that had already drawn more than 12,000 attendees. He reported that outreach to condominium communities had increased by more than 60%, that complaint filings were up 39% while jurisdictional dismissals dropped to 11%, and that about 81% to 82% of the 65 new positions had been filled. Members pressed him on whether the department had enough authority and funding, how condominium counts are determined, how self-reported structural integrity reserve study data is verified, and whether more public-facing complaint tracking and better reporting from local governments or developers would improve the system. The committee then resumed questioning Secretary Allende of DMS about outstanding budget and operations issues. Members focused on the delayed People First contract extension required by statute, with the secretary saying the delay involved technical and contractual complexity in moving a legacy hard-coded system to the cloud. They also revisited the state data team and data catalog project, asking why a statutory 2022 deadline had not been met, how the four-person team and broader data staff were organized, how many applicants were considered for key positions, and what each role was doing. The secretary said the catalog work was being simplified into six metadata fields and supported by a broader community of practice, but no firm completion date was given during the exchange.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Feb 11th, 2025

Alabama House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Relating to unemployment compensation. Chairman Oliver, you are recognized. Mr.
  • Okay, but are we... ...unemployment compensation.
  • When a person works, yeah, unemployment compensation.
  • So there's a process involved, and they own some kind of compensation until they get to the next level
  • So, in all these years with our judicial system, they've not had that ability to do so.
Keywords: 1136, house, all
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

House Legislative Session Day 33 (2-24-26)

Kentucky House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • for compensation in negotiating for affecting<00:51:14.240> the<00:51:14.400> settlement
  • So to answer the question, there are multiple types of judicial immunity doctrines.
  • 09:36.000> of question, there are multiple types of question, there are multiple types of judicial
  • judicial immunity doctrines. judicial immunity doctrines.
  • branch of the government of the judicial branch of the government of the<02:14:39.679> Commonwealth
Keywords: 958, all
Summary: The House convened with a quorum, approved the journal, excused absent members, and suspended rules to allow co-sponsorship and vote modifications. The Senate reported passage of Senate Bills 52 and 124, and several House committees reported favorable action on bills including HB 1, HB 2, HB 94, HB 246, HB 282, HB 299, HB 307, HB 519, HB 613, and HB 648. Most of those measures were ordered to first reading and placed on the calendar; HB 1 and HB 307 were sent to the Rules Committee after having had two previous readings. The House then recessed briefly before returning to the orders of the day. The chamber took up HB 568, relating to public adjusters. The sponsor explained that the bill would prohibit new public adjuster licenses, allow current licensees to renew, impose conflict-of-interest and contract requirements, set a 5% fee cap, and bar public adjusters from negotiating claims, citing consumer protection concerns and legal opinions about the practice of law. After debate and a brief explanation of vote from a member citing local storm-related abuses, the House voted on roll call and passed HB 568 with one nay vote. The House then considered HB 1, which would opt Kentucky into the federal education freedom tax credit program. Supporters said it would allow private donations to scholarship-granting organizations to benefit Kentucky students without using state general funds, and argued it could help public, private, and homeschool families with education-related expenses. Opponents criticized the speed of the process, warned it could open the door to vouchers and charters, and argued it would mainly benefit wealthier donors while public schools remain underfunded. Members also questioned the bill’s waiver of 11th Amendment immunity and received explanations that the waiver was limited to federal-court jurisdiction over the federal program and would not create individual liability for state actors. A motion to table the bill failed with 19 votes in favor, and debate continued.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Cates will make a good point. as it relates to the compensation threshold and just to orient everyone
  • The law set the compensation threshold before one would have to register as a lobbyist at $200.
  • So even if you exceed the compensation threshold in lobby.
  • Very similar to the compensation threshold and the buckets that all the lobbyists have to put. you know
  • Before I was on this, I was on the Judicial Confrontation Commission.
Summary: In the latest meeting of the Texas Ethics Commission, significant discussions centered around newly passed legislation, specifically HB18 and SB12. HB18 introduces a civil penalty for members who accept political contributions while absent from the state, addressing potential obstructions to legislative actions. Senators and commissioners engaged in an in-depth dialogue about the implications of this bill, with many expressing concerns regarding enforcement and compliance. In contrast, SB12 expands the jurisdiction of the Attorney General to prosecute criminal election offenses, further tightening the oversight of election activities. The meeting concluded with acknowledgement of the efforts put forth by previous commission chairs, highlighting their contributions to the commission's success.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

FL House Floor Session - 2026-03-12 (10:30AM Session)

Florida House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • So my question would be: if they cannot dissolve without timely judicial review, why is there not a judicial
  • So my question would be: if they cannot dissolve without timely judicial review, why is there not a judicial
  • So if this is not a judicial process, if there's no judicial process, why are at a rally, but it's just
  • So if this is not a judicial process, if there's no judicial process, why are Representative Gant: This
  • is not a judicial process.
Summary: The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a quorum present, then moved into returning messages from the Senate. Early action focused on CS/CS/HB 1503 on computer science education and certification, which would add computer science and artificial intelligence content in high school and create a K-12 teacher certificate program; after adopting a House amendment restoring certificate language and adjusting implementation timing, the House concurred in the Senate amendment and passed the bill 105-0. The chamber then took up CS/CS/HB 1085 on local government cybersecurity, adopting a House amendment to allow local governments to buy into the cyber grant program and add a five-year sunset, then concurring in the Senate amendment shifting grant administration back to the Florida Digital Service; the bill passed 104-1. The House refused to concur in Senate amendments to CS/HB 351 on concurrent legislative jurisdiction over U.S. military installations and HB 6011 on reporting gifts or honoraria, sending both back to the Senate. It also refused to concur in the Senate amendment to CS/HB 851 on professional learning for instructional and school administrative personnel, saying the Senate version expanded the bill beyond its original autism-focused scope. After a recess, the House unveiled Speaker Daniel Perez’s portrait and heard extended remarks praising his leadership, institutional reforms, and the work of House staff and members. In the second returning-message list, the House debated CS/CS/HB 1471 on systems of law and terrorist organizations. The Senate amendment clarified the definition of “promote,” refined notice and timeline provisions for terrorist organization designations, and kept references to Sharia law as an example in the foreign religious law section. Supporters argued the bill was aimed at conduct beyond speech and was intended to protect the Constitution and public safety; opponents warned it would chill free speech, target Muslim Floridians, and give the governor and cabinet unprecedented power without adequate due process. After lengthy debate, the House concurred and passed the bill 80-25. The House then took up CS/CS/HB 1473, a public records bill tied to HB 1471, and moved to concur in a technical Senate amendment aligning the records exemption with the revised structure of HB 1471.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Joint Appropriations Committee, January 13, 2026 - PM

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • branch side because they're an oversight agency on the judicial branch.
  • Chairman, agency 103, Judicial >> Uh, Mr.
  • Attorney Judicial District number one? Attorney Judicial District number one?
  • >> Agency 157, District Attorney Judicial >> Agency 157, District Attorney Judicial
  • <04:13:29.199> ethics, uh, commission on judicial ethics, uh, commission on judicial ethics
Keywords: 916, all
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Ethics and Elections Mar 2nd, 2026

Ethics and Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • John Lapel: Judicial entity which is geared toward reviewing the performance of physicians and PAs throughout
  • Health Network in my neck of the woods is the only CBC that has been awarded contracts for three judicial
  • legislatively that have been incorporated into all the contracts for all the CBCs so for example limits on compensation
  • Those areas such as the additional entities, compensation was another item that was listed in the audit
  • They were passed into legislation and that was a limit on compensation that spoke to related parties,
Keywords: 999, senate, all
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • And that includes funds for payment of workers' compensation claims as well. Correct? >> Correct.
  • for payment of workers compensation for payment of workers compensation claims<00:05:07.280>
  • have made valid workers compensation have made valid workers compensation claims?
  • And the court made it very clear that they have authority over their judicial branch, and that should
  • authority in invading the judicial authority in invading the judicial branch.<02:06:38.320> And
Keywords: 958, all
Summary: The committee first approved the June 9 minutes, then reviewed a deferred personnel contract involving workers’ compensation claims administration. Staff explained that the roughly $50 million figure included about $48 million for claims payments and up to $1.45 million per year for administrative services, with billing based on a fee schedule for specific services rendered. Senator Meredith raised concerns about the vendor’s history, the scoring and bid process, and prior allegations involving the company; the administration responded that the procurement had been conducted under 45A through open competition, with outside scorers and no finding of wrongdoing tied to this contract. Meredith moved to disapprove Contract 167, Hart seconded, and the committee voted 5-2 to disapprove it. The committee then deferred a Western Kentucky University personal services contract because the vendors were still not registered with the Secretary of State’s office. Hart moved to defer the contract until the August 2026 meeting, Meredith seconded, and the motion carried. The committee also approved the agenda covering the various contract lists and deferred items. Next, the committee heard from the Cabinet for Health and Family Services on several personal services contracts for medical staffing and related services. Secretary Steven Stack and staff explained that staffing shortages often require outside vendors, that the contracts were competitively bid under 45A, and that the cabinet uses a streamlined vendor pool for specialized needs such as actuaries, auditors, and technical consultants. The committee approved Contracts 52 through 55 without objection. Discussion then began on Contract 61, with Meredith expressing concern that the committee lacked enough detail to judge whether the services could be performed in-house or whether the exchange of resources was appropriate; Stack said the contract was intended to provide efficient access to specialized outside expertise. The transcript cuts off before a final vote on Contract 61 is shown.
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

Senate Chamber Jan 23rd, 2025

New Mexico Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • act related to the lobbyist's service as a legislator, prohibiting employers of lobbyists from compensating
  • providing immunity from liability to the third-party administrator that administers the patient's compensation
  • Gas Proceeds and Pass-Through Entity Withholding Tax Act to the Magistrate Retirement Fund and the Judicial
AR

Arkansas 2026 1st Special Session

JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE Mar 5th, 2026

JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE

Transcript Highlights:
  • And follow up, if I may: Has the compensation increase that has been approved for nurses helped in the
  • Have high student growth scores are getting those additional layers of compensation.
  • But what we have done, and what this budget allows, is the districts to come up with a compensation plan
  • I don't think the state should prescribe to every single district how they should compensate teachers
  • On another subject, has the additional compensation that we've done in the last two sessions, and again
Summary: The committee heard a series of Arkansas Department of Human Services budget presentations and questions, beginning with the Secretary’s Office and then the Division of Aging, Adult and Behavioral Health Services. Staff described the divisions’ appropriations, funding sources, and major programs, including senior centers, Meals on Wheels, mental health grants, substance abuse treatment, community alcohol safety, the Medicaid tobacco settlement program, and crisis stabilization units. Members raised concerns about flat or limited funding for senior services, the use and tracing of federal block grants, the lack of a funding source for the veterans’ mental health grant, and the mechanics of the community alcohol safety and treatment programs. The committee also discussed patient benefits funds at state facilities, transportation for senior center clients, and whether some special-language appropriations or fund balances should be revisited. Executive recommendations were adopted for the divisions considered. The committee then reviewed the Division of Children and Family Services and the Division of County Operations. Questions focused on foster care growth, adoption subsidies, professional fees tied to staff training and onboarding, vacancies, the Children’s Trust Fund, and TANF subgrants. Members asked about the reduction or elimination of TANF funding to child advocacy centers and other subgrantees, and DHS explained that prior reserves had been spent down and that the department was now trying to live within the annual TANF block grant and rebuild reserves. County operations questions also covered summer EBT, SNAP employment and training, the farmers’ market program, and the expected impact of a federal SNAP administrative match change, which DHS estimated would increase state costs by about $24 million annually, with roughly $18 million affecting the current year because the change begins October 1. Executive recommendations were again adopted. Finally, the committee heard from the Division of Developmental Disability Services and the Division of Medical Services. DDS testimony covered vacancies, staffing shortages, human development center construction and repairs, the reopening of the Boonville work training program, and funding for infant infirmary and child/family life programs. Medical Services testimony covered the Medicaid program, the current FMAP rate, the Our Kids B CHIP program, Medicaid payments to schools, nursing home distress funding, and large appropriation lines used to provide flexibility for claims and potential facility closures. Members asked for more detail on school Medicaid payments, reserve balances, and why some appropriations were much larger than actual spending. In each division, the committee moved and adopted Executive REC after questions concluded.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Agriculture Committee Jul 2nd, 2025

Agriculture

Transcript Highlights:
  • in order to fill the... else in to make sure that they're spending the money appropriately and judiciously
  • I'm here to present SB 493 which would revise how compensation is determined for a Secretary of managers
  • But in brief, this bill transfers authority to fix the compensation.
  • SB 493 fixes that by directing CDFA to conduct a salary survey, establishing a fair compensation range
Keywords: 988, house, all
NH
Transcript Highlights:
  • services from the courts to the judicial services from the courts to the judicial council.<05:21
  • These both delay the obligation for the judicial branch to hire a judicial training coordinator and to
  • This went through already as a bill. council or judicial excuse me judicial council or judicial excuse
  • This was a request from the judicial This was a request from the judicial branch<05:41:58.798>
  • Judicial districts.
Keywords: 10am HB 1 & HB 2, 928, house, all
Summary: The committee of conference on HB 1 and HB 2 reviewed comparison documents and worked through a long list of House and Senate positions, agreeing on some technical or already-enacted items while setting aside others for later discussion. Early on, members agreed to delete a House Bill 2 section tied to a bill already passed into law, and a representative explained a technical amendment to the EFA provisions clarifying enrollment-cap repeal language and compulsory attendance rules for EFA students. That amendment was discussed but a vote was postponed because not all members were present. The committee also noted that the overall EFA budget numbers had already been settled separately. Several items were either agreed to or held for further negotiation. Members agreed to delete sections already covered by other enacted bills, including BTLA-related language, and to accept a technical amendment changing "municipalities" to "political subdivisions" in a section affecting funding eligibility. They also agreed on some items involving workers’ compensation second injuries, certain pilot-program language, and some sections related to state loan repayment and other technical corrections. In contrast, they set aside or disputed items involving site evaluation, lottery-related provisions, opioid abatement, the Commission on Aging, Granite Advantage premium costs, renewable energy/offshore wind funding, special education funding, and several education trust fund and unique-fund provisions. The committee spent substantial time on policy disputes. The House side argued against keeping money in dedicated Fish and Game funds rather than increasing the main Fish and Game fund, while the Senate side defended its approach and raised concerns about fee impacts, including one tied to the fishing license. The members also discussed a housing appeals board proposal, with one member suggesting a possible compromise that would preserve some function while shifting duties and possibly sunsetting the arrangement later; the contracts for the positions were noted as running through June 30, 2028 and June 30, 2029. Another extended discussion concerned the child advocate records-access section, which one side wanted removed as policy that should go through the normal bill process, while another member asked to hold it and suggested a possible middle-ground, time-limited approach. Later, the committee agreed to remove sections already handled in other bills, including House sections 254 and 255, and discussed but did not resolve disputes over liquor licensing functions, cannabis-related language, cost containment, special education, and several fee and fund provisions. The Senate explained its position on the governor’s commission language, saying opioid abatement trust funds could not be used for that purpose and that the commission should continue to be funded through 5% of gross liquor profits; it also described renaming the body the Commission on Addiction Treatment and Prevention and expanding its scope to include problem gambling. The meeting ended with several major items still open for later negotiation.
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Legislative Finance Nov 17th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • We want to be able to compensate our team.
  • Now, I think it's important just to talk a little bit about compensation for the **PRC** team members
  • Chair and Madam Chief, I have two areas of questions: one, timelines, and two, compensation.
  • Second question regarding compensation.
  • In your budget request, I think you have two parts of the compensation request.