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AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/18/2026 - House Transportation & Infrastructure

Transportation & Infrastructure

Transcript Highlights:
  • As you know, transportation funding in Arizona does not meet the needs of our transportation infrastructure
  • The R-TAC bill sponsored by Chairman Biasiucci is one way to augment the transportation funding needs
  • I urge you to consider ways to augment the transportation funding needs of Greater Arizona.
  • I urge you to consider ways that we can address the funding needs of transportation across the state.
  • We don't have the data that we need that they need to present to get these additional funds for their
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Healthcare Committee Mar 17th, 2026

Healthcare

Transcript Highlights:
  • health transformation act and the money that's going to follow, we have $203 million in one-year funding
  • Some of this funding will have to be legislated. Uh, but we don't have a timeline.
  • 08.400><c> these</c> Albert was talking about some of these Albert was talking about some of these funding
  • </c><00:19:10.880><c> Uh</c> funding will have to be legislated.
  • Uh funding will have to be legislated.
Bills: SB367 , SB368 , SB350 , SB351
Committee: Senate Healthcare
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session May 2nd, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Fund.
  • structure, a fund of funds. ...directly or through a fund structure, a fund of funds, in order to then
  • Well, Chairman Bonin, we need to understand if the manager, if the trust fund manager of this new fund
  • Fund, the Permanent School Fund.
  • “And if you have made a determination that this is more money than we really need in the Rainy Day Fund
Bills: HJR138 , HB42 , HB 104 , HB 129 , HB677 , HB426 , HB668 , HB1699 , HB2017 , HB2128 , HB2038 , HB3783 , HB3717 , HB2316 , HB3686 , HB2563 , HB3883 , HB4021 , HB2788 , HB2663 , HB3305 , HB3173 , HB3474 , HB 1105 , HB3531 , HB3490 , HB3597 , HB 1295 , HB3512 , HB3010 , HB3112 , HB4215 , HB3223 , HB3464 , HB3120 , HB4214 , HB4511 , HB3704 , HB4081 , HB4783 , HB4063 , HB2783 , HB4937 , HB5085 , HB2510 , HB3426 , HB4361 , HB 1169 , HB2516 , HB2347 , HB4034 , HB4700 , HB3560 , HB5150 , HB3860 , HB3146 , HB3924 , HCR98 , HCR92 , HB1520 , HB1545 , HB5265 , HB1887 , HB1914 , HB2402 , HB2306 , HB2350 , HB3000 , HB3237 , HB3326 , HB3211 , HB 1056 , HB2081 , HB2187 , HB3092 , HB3308 , HB3526 , HB3750 , HB4219 , HB4230 , HB4290 , HB5238 , HB4804 , HB4749 , HB245 , HB1465 , HB294 , HB793 , HB809 , HB3928 , HB334 , HB2037 , HB1973 , HB285 , HB4341 , HB 1043 , HB 1234 , HB 1193 , HB1729 , HB2498 , HB1314 , HB1353 , HB3960 , HB3923 , HB2221 , HB2517 , HB2518 , HB2213 , HB5092 , HB3748 , HB5246 , HB4344 , HB1482 , HB4044 , HB2702 , HB4264 , HB2807 , HB2898 , HB3181 , HB3250 , HB2091 , HB2115 , HB2542 , HB2768 , HB3349 , HB4406 , HB1593 , HB1899 , HB3133 , HB3133 , HB4960 , HB3214 , HB2145 , HB 1201 , HB5061 , SB29 , SB879 , SB65 , SB1745 , SB412 , SB412 , SB1746 , SB1238 , SB1341 , SB522 , SB1532 , SB1378 , SB1062 , SB2066 , SB1963 , SB2204 , SB1366 , SB2077 , SB1967 , SB1151 , HB1618 , HB2156 , HB2615 , HB2615 , HB2349 , HB1926 , HB569 , HB1762 , HB38 , HJR138 , HB42 , HB 104 , HB 104 , HB 129 , HB677 , HB426 , HB668 , HB1699 , HB2017 , HB2128 , HB2038 , HB3783 , HB3717 , HB2316 , HB3686 , HB2563 , HB3883 , HB4021 , HB2788 , HB2663 , HB2663 , HB3305 , HB3173 , HB3474 , HB 1105 , HB3531 , HB3531 , HB3490 , HB3490 , HB3597 , HB 1295 , HB3512 , HB3010 , HB3112 , HB4215 , HB3223 , HB3223 , HB3464 , HB3120 , HB4214 , HB4511 , HB3704 , HB4081 , HB4783 , HB4063 , HB2783 , HB4937 , HB5085 , HB2510 , HB3426 , HB4361 , HB 1169 , HB2516 , HB2347 , HB4034 , HB4700 , HB3560 , HB5150 , HB3860 , HB3146 , HB3924 , HCR98 , HCR92
Summary: The House convened with a quorum, offered an invocation, led the pledges, and approved a series of routine motions, including excusing absent members and granting permission for several committees to meet while the House was in session. Members also adopted several memorial and recognition resolutions, including H.R. 1023 honoring Christian Beerbill, H.R. 1033 recognizing International Bereaved Mother’s Day, and H.R. 877 recognizing Urban League Advocates Day. The House also recommitted SB 17 and HB 4211 to committee and postponed SCR 27 and HB 2145 for later consideration. The chamber then took up a long third-reading calendar of bills covering a wide range of topics, including Sunset review measures, health care workforce and pricing, child custody and family law, Medicaid, rural ambulance grants, energy reporting, public information requests, trail development, virtual meeting disruptions, occupational licensing, protective orders, county leave pools, animal cruelty, infrastructure, and higher education. Most bills were explained briefly by their authors and passed with broad support, though several drew notable opposition, including HB 5265, HB 2402, HB 3000, HB 3237, HB 3326, HB 1056, HB 281, HB 3308, HB 1043, HB 1234, HB 1193, HB 294, HB 809, HB 334, HB 2037, HB 285, HB 1353, HB 3960, HB 4044, HB 4264, HB 2807, HB 3349, HB 4406, HB 1593, HB 1899, HB 1201, and others. Several bills prompted extended debate or amendments. HB 3237, extending public energy-use reporting for state and higher-education buildings, passed after questions about its public-sector-only scope and energy savings. HB 3326, addressing public service loan forgiveness credit for adjunct professors, initially failed on a 69-70 vote but later passed after verification and machine corrections. HB 3211, concerning optometrists in managed care plans, adopted a Buckley amendment before passing. HB 2213 on Texas Windstorm Insurance Association board composition adopted a Metcalf amendment requiring certain board members to be Texas residents. HB 412, dealing with harmful materials and sexual performance of a child, generated extensive questioning about its scope, existing legal standards, and effects on educators and medical professionals; the excerpt ends during that debate.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Health and Public Affairs Jan 28th, 2026 at 03:08 pm

Senate Health & Public Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • We did set up the trust fund, and this time we are adding $1 billion to the Medicaid trust fund, which
  • Madam Chair, yes, so when we built it last year, we didn't fund it. So this year, we're funding it.
  • As of right now, the fund will reach $2 billion by 2043, which is the goal of the fund, to get to $2
  • Did they have a trajectory of what the current need versus expected need in 2030?
  • Of course we need to do.
Bills: SB4 , SB7 , SB9 , SB17
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Academic & Career-Oriented Education May 8th, 2025

S/C on Academic & Career-Oriented Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • And how is the funding handled?
  • Is it just whatever funds TEA has or is there a separate line Representative Schoolcraft: item, or how
  • is this funded?
  • I'm not sure how the TEA handles that funding. Representative Schoolcraft: All right. Thank you.
Bills: HB 1061 , HB2800
Summary: The Subcommittee on Academic and Career-Oriented Education met briefly and considered only House Bill 1061, laid out by Representative Bojani. The bill would expand reimbursement for career and technology education (CTE) certification exam costs for students, teachers, and school districts. For students, it removes the current limit of one reimbursement so they can be reimbursed for multiple certification exams if they pass. For teachers, it broadens reimbursement beyond cybersecurity certifications to all CTE-related certifications. It also allows school districts that pay exam-related costs, including application or processing fees, to seek reimbursement from the Texas Education Agency (TEA) through an application process. During questions, members clarified that reimbursement would not be available if an individual failed the certification exam. Representative Schoolcraft asked about how the subsidy amount is determined and how the program is funded; the bill author said the amount is unchanged from current law and said he would follow up on funding details. No one testified for or against the bill. Representative Bojani closed on the bill, and the subcommittee left HB 1061 pending without objection. With no further business, the meeting adjourned.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Education Feb 11th, 2026 at 09:06 am

Senate Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Taken into consideration in terms of identifying the need for funding through this source.
  • Taken into consideration in terms of identifying the need for funding through this source.
  • but you are correct: for future years, additional funds would need to be inputted into the fund if this
  • Would need to be inputted into the fund if this fund was to continue for major capital projects.
  • , and having additional funds to be able to really prioritize each program's individual needs.
Bills: SB234 , SB210 , SB243 , SB244 , SM16 , HB8 , SB234 , SB210 , SB243 , SB244 , SM16 , HB8
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Education Feb 11th, 2026 at 08:39 am

House Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Didn't really need that.
  • Didn't really need that.
  • This funding can also pay native language educators, which we also appreciate because it is always needed
  • Teachers need more time to teach. Students need more time to learn.
  • Teachers need more time to teach. Students need more time to learn.
Bills: SB234 , SB210 , SB243 , SB244 , SM16 , HB8
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Capital Budget Feb 6th, 2026 at 08:00 am

Capital Budget

Transcript Highlights:
  • , capital projects fund, or both.
  • Fish and Wildlife must request funding in the 2029 capital budget for pre-design funding to evaluate
  • So if we can't get the funding that we need under the basic education and funding plan, when the budgets
  • We'll need to work in partnership.
  • We'll need to work in partnership.
Bills: HB2514 , HB2551 , HB2236 , HB2470
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education Jan 29th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Early Learning & K-12 Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • And we also need to acknowledge that phones are a tool. Our students will need to use them.
  • Our students will need to use them.
  • The dilemma: phonics is, of course, needed. Phonics is, of course, needed for reading development.
  • We need a real change.
  • It's not everything that districts need, but it's not everything that districts need.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Telecommunications & Broadband May 2nd, 2025

S/C on Telecommunications & Broadband

Transcript Highlights:
  • I don't know how much the city has lost over the years, but we need to hold those companies to account
  • Almost all of the public infrastructure along that corridor needs to be moved to accommodate the wider
  • That's what the Monahans Broadband Project has sought funding for.
  • It would still be eligible for funding. And so that, you know, obviously is a great concern.
  • To where he needs it. Thanks. Any further questions? Thanks for being here today. Thank you, sir.
Bills: HB2838 , HB2964 , HB3213 , SB924
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Telecommunications & Broadband May 2nd, 2025

S/C on Telecommunications & Broadband

Transcript Highlights:
  • I don't need to testify.
  • Then why do we need the bill? It's a clarification, sir.
  • So, if there's no change to state law, why would you need lines 18 through...
  • I mean, you don't need the legislature yet. Let the courts figure out.
  • It's led to things such as the Permanent University Fund and the Permanent School Fund.
Bills: HB2838 , HB2964 , HB3213 , SB924
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Indian, Rural and Cultural Affairs Feb 10th, 2026 at 10:06 am

Senate Indian, Rural & Cultural Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • I believe it's around $20 million, but we need to continue to put money into that fund for those sites
  • It's a small amount compared with what we need for the past 20, 30, 40 years.
  • We need more tribal liaisons. So thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
  • We need more tribal liaisons. So thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
  • We think this is a very important appropriation that needs to be funded so that the Attorney General's
Bills: SB201 , SB226 , SB242 , SB249
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Finance Jan 22nd, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • needs due to the actual or potential withdrawal of federal funding in the policy areas previously mentioned
  • But while Washington Fund creates a source of revenue that our social programs desperately need by taxing
  • While companies may need to contribute into the fund for their highest paid staff, they can rest assured
  • We need Washington State to step up and fund care for immigrants. Thank you so much.
  • Passing this bill and establishing the Well Washington Fund will provide much-needed funding for programs
Bills: HB2334 , HB2140 , HB2326 , HB2100
Committee: House Finance
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/31/2026 - Senate Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

Transcript Highlights:
  • They need action, they need protection, and they need a system that follows the law.
  • compensation fund.
  • And so it's not even clear that they need these funds.
  • The overtime needs to be there; currently, overtime is being delayed because of the lack of funds.
  • The 2023 state-funded Mercer study shows that rates are more than 20% below where they need to be, underfunded
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • Medicaid funds?
  • Another funding pathway to get there to the Waation improvement revolving funds.
  • I love people that need a second chance and need a little bit of extra hope.
  • We need a workforce. We need trained. Qualified workforce.
  • What we don't need, Mr.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • For their families, for their personal needs and concerns, we lift these legislators before you, and
  • Over there, we need to accept them over here. With that, accept questions and sur.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

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

A&B Human Services Subcommittee

Transcript Highlights:
  • and the fiscal impact have been estimated at $244,000, with about half of that coming from federal funds
  • We are going to need some kind of care like this at some point.
  • need.
  • I'm not asking for any money to be put into this fund.
  • services and PACE would be put into a revolving fund.
Bills: HB3390 , HB4199 , HB4407 , HB4412
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House Commerce and Small Business Committee Feb 3rd, 2026

Commerce and Small Business

Transcript Highlights:
  • And I said we need to let the committee know that we're going to go back and work out that into a substitute
  • It defines who a processor is, who a controller is, because there's some technical aspects that need
  • It defines who a processor is, who a controller is, because there's some technical aspects that need
  • It defines who a processor is, who a controller is, because there's some technical aspects that need
  • It defines who a processor is, who a controller is, because there's some technical aspects that need
Bills: HB351 , SB109 , HB351 , SB109
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • Is a funding bill for Ouma without yield to questions or its consideration in passage.
  • Thank you, misspeaker, this appropriates thearA interest funds that fill a gap that we.
  • So they're going to Use interest funds to complete that so we can get that money done.
  • SB 1142 appropriates funds to the Department of Human Services.
  • SB 1142 appropriates funds to the Move for adoption, yield for questions.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • bless each member, give them rest that restores, renews, and heals, and give them the strength they need
  • So I went to Amber and I said, 'I really think we have a' Painting that needs to hang in the Hall of
  • We'll get it done. 10 years ago, I needed a Marion, and God sent me one.
  • This agreement is good; we need to have differing opinions. Democracy is about disagreement.
  • And when you see needs in the state, somebody has to step up.