Video & Transcript Research : 'budget process'
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KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
House Budget Review Subcommittee on Personnel, Public Retirement, and Finance (2-8-23)
Keywords:
KY LRC YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaoNLqzCjTE, 2026-06-21T07:17:02+00:00, 2.2.24, Data collected via generic collector engine, MEETING START 00:00
ROLL CALL 00:24
DISCUSSION WITH BEAU BARNES, DEPUTY EXECUTIVE SECRETARY & GENERAL COUNSEL 01:06
WITH THE KY TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM. 2022-2024 BIENNIAL BUDGET, USED & ACCRUED
SICK LEAVE IN RETIREMENT PURPOSES, CURRENT BUDGET, 30 YEAR RETIREMENT PROJECTIONS., 958, all, 2.2.42, 2.1.47
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- The rest of the budget is almost verbatim basic budget. Yes, ma'am.
- FY 2027 budget.
- It's something that will have to be determined through the budget-making process. Okay.
- voted for that budget. ...opposing this budget here today, they voted for that budget.
- budget.
Bills:
HB4138, HB4139, HB4140, HB4141, HB4142, HB4143, HB4144, HB4145, HB4146, HB4147, HB4148, HB4149, HB4150, HB4151, HB4152, HB4153, SB1831, SB1832, SB1833, SB1834, SB1835, SB1836, SB1837, SB1838, SB1839, SB1840, SB1841, SB1842, SB1843, SB1844, SB1845, SB1846
Keywords:
appropriations, education funding, health care, general fund, state budget, local funding, gaming, pari-mutuel, horse racing, regulatory assessment, first-time starters, budget implementation, federal funds, government services, budget stabilization, financial reporting, capital outlay, infrastructure, veterans services, highway construction
Summary:
The committee met in a special joint appropriations session to review the FY 2027 budget package, including House Bill 4138 and Senate Bill 1831, the general appropriations or “feed” bills. Staff described the budget as including a one-time transfer of state funds, a 5% lump-sum reduction to most agencies’ discretionary general-fund budgets, continued funding for the state health insurance plan and school facilities, and various one-time restorations or reversions of prior appropriations. Members spent much of the meeting clarifying how the 5% reductions would work, noting that formula and mandatory funding such as K-12 basic aid are excluded, while the governor’s executive branch would decide how to implement the cuts within agencies. The chair repeatedly emphasized that the committee was not specifying line-item cuts and that agencies would have discretion over implementation.
A large portion of the discussion focused on the practical effects of the budget on universities, public safety, health care, rural programs, and fund sweeps. Arizona Board of Regents and university representatives said the proposed reductions would amount to more than $85 million statewide and could affect programs such as the Arizona Promise Program, Teachers Academy, and tuition freezes, though no specific program cuts were written into the bill. Other testimony raised concerns about fund sweeps from encumbered balances, including university research funds, housing trust funds, utility regulation funds, and ADOT-related accounts, with some members warning about possible impacts on rural infrastructure and federal matching dollars. The committee also discussed the state employee health plan, including a $228 million general-fund infusion and proposed employee premium increases over three years, as well as questions about corrections, forestry and fire management, and rural critical access hospitals.
Public testimony was largely opposed to the budget. Speakers from Opportunity Arizona, the Arizona Board of Regents, health care, and local government argued that the package would reduce support for education, housing, SNAP, health care access, and rural communities while preserving tax benefits for data centers and wealthy taxpayers. A mayor from Globe described severe flood damage and asked for state help for a flood relief fund, while a motorcycle safety advocate questioned a proposed transfer from the motorcycle safety fund. Committee members debated whether the budget’s effects should be described as speculative or as likely consequences of the broad cuts, and several exchanges became contentious over comparisons to the Great Recession and references to federal tax policy. The meeting ended with continued public testimony and no final vote taken in the portion provided, though leadership had earlier said the committee planned a mass roll-call vote on all the bills at the end.
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- I look forward to working with districts throughout the process, through the rulemaking process.
- I look forward to working with districts throughout the process, through the rulemaking process.
- through the rulemaking process. through the rulemaking process.
- I look forward to working with districts throughout the process, through the rulemaking process.
- <00:52:10.800>
of expand a little bit on the process of expand a little bit on the process
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- >> process. >> process.
- whole process. whole process.
- One thing that's really process.
- <00:25:21.600>
uh uh this uh provides a good process uh uh this uh provides a good process - gained in the process. Thank you. gained in the process. Thank you.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Yeah, and so to the extent that there are inflationary pressures on the budget because it's a percent
- And that's how we end up with over $50 billion in property tax relief currently in the budget, and that
- Back historically a little bit, we had the 2011 pinch where we saw public education start to cut budgets
- That's because we had a budget deficit; we had a revenue shortfall for whatever reason.
- Okay, just for perspective, I was looking at the budgets, the entire budgets of some other countries.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Over the last two budget cycles, we have asked for a lot of increases in our appropriations.
- OPUC, Summary of Budget Recommendations.
- I appreciate the time to come for you all and for you to hear our budget considerations today.
- I will tell you all that we don't—there's nothing on— ...we are processing.
- These are the budget recommendations for the Board of Chiropractic. Examiners.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- During the LAR process, we did request and were granted a few tweaks to our base budget.
- Presentation on budget, Kelsey Sims.
- The budget for this budget is $1.00 million. Kelsey Sims is $1.00 million. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
- Next, we'll have the agency presentation on budget.
- budget.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Our processes and procedures.
- So what we do is they have to go through a little bit of a process. A registration process.
- With your support in the budget process, upgrading the portal... functionality could boost efficiency
- Budget correction is as big as your budget, so I look forward to working, Madam Chair, with them on that
- A budget to align budget authority with 2627 funding recommendations and then Rider 33.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- , which is a reduction of $549.4 million from the 2015 budget.
- from the 2015 budget.
- Mark Wiles, Legislative Budget Board.
- And as we begin that process.
- Then it kicked up to over 500 million, 500 to 550 last budget. 550 last budget, of which they're still
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- And we've made every effort to streamline our processes. that is a process area that that is a process
- In that process of evaluating that okay.
- How would that process?
- In these dams in the current budget, the base budget, we. I thought we did. How much did we?
- Item two, budget structure changes.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- This is what you see in the budget.
- note process.
- What is that true-up process?
- We're a line item in the TEA budget. You're a line item in the budget. Okay.
- This broken process forces schools... ...districts like ours to budget blindly, unable to plan for essential
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Of course, this budget eliminates one of those sources.
- Many, many times, tough days and budget issues.
- With the Legislative Budget Board.
- , a central part of our base budget.
- In the 2018-19 biennium, all schools faced budget cuts due to a budget problem.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- It's a slow process, and let me tell you how long.
- So it's a long, slow process.
- We've named... two colleges in the process.
- and appropriations process.
- as well as the clinical trial process.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- So we're not in the base budget, but we may need to be in the base budget?
- The next item on the agenda is the budget. The budget is for the fiscal year 2020-2021.
- Andrew Overmyer, Legislative Budget Board.
- My name is **Brad Kane** with the Legislative Budget Board, and I will be presenting the summary of budget
- What impact will that have on budgeting?
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Thank you for the opportunity to comment today on HHSC's budget.
- We thank the Senate for funding the agency's base budget.
- Medicaid budget policy that I think is working very, very well.
- I would like to comment today on HHSC's budget.
- The contract year started for the last two budget cuts.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- I live in Flower Mound, and I'm here testifying on SB1 concerning the HHS budget, particularly the budget
- This is a great base budget.
- . the LAR and then what is the base budget?
- We look forward to continuing to work with you and your... staff as the budget process unfolds.
- The last budget was greatly appreciated.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- I think in total if you were to add up all of the off-budget and the on-budget pieces, we're probably
- And so I think that'll be one of the things as we go through the appropriations process. process, that
- Does it impact us in the next budget?
- To go through that process you have to you have to go through an approval process and it outlines the
- There was certainty in the budgeting process that it was supposed to be.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Chair: ...working through the budget process.
- And that's an important process if I remember correctly, that **EPI** process.
- on the budget.
- We take the budget process seriously, which is why we're here today.
- Monday morning, where we will continue going through the budget process.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- The LBB presentation on budget will be presented by John Posey, and the agency presentation on budget
- It was an arduous process.
- The first item is the capital budget rider.
- processes.
- It's important for us to be held accountable in our budgeting processes as we navigate funding allocations
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm Charlie Smith, Legislative Budget Board.
- I'm Charlie Smith, Legislative Budget Board.
- process?
- Glenn Hager: I think you need to continue to work on your budgeting process as you normally would.
- Because I saw a mention of it in your budget.