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• to consider the different needs of investors in the mortgage market and work alongside existing programs
• These programs are provided by groups like Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, the Federal Housing Administration
• These programs look at each homeowner's financial needs. for federally-backed loans and treats non-federally-backed
• loans the same way should be considered in compliance with the law.
• servicers are forced to provide forbearance outside the terms of federal agencies and private investor loan

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• I don’t know if you’re referring to the TDI fellow program, which is the MassDevelopment program.
• , and the TDI program would be funded through this as well. districts don't have that and some of the
• which is the yeah mass development so it's the program that's not part of this piece of legislation
• as well ...and the TDI program would be funded through this as well.
• Without clear reporting on who is receiving support, what programs are working, and which businesses

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Business held its second hearing of the session, with Chairs Gómez and Vargas opening by emphasizing the committee’s focus on equity, small business growth, and support for communities that have historically been overlooked. Several members noted the historic nature of having two Latino chairs. The hearing covered a package of bills centered on access to capital, transparency in state assistance, commercial tenant protections, downtown revitalization, and business improvement district administration. Testimony was largely supportive of bills aimed at helping micro-businesses, small businesses, and disadvantaged entrepreneurs. Beckma, the Asian Business Empowerment Council, a minority- and woman-owned business owner, and a worker-owned Springfield business all backed measures including S. 179 and H. 312/S. 184, which would prioritize capital assistance and require reporting on where state business aid goes. Witnesses said transparency, upfront payments on state contracts, and better data collection could help businesses that struggle with delayed reimbursements, limited reserves, and difficulty accessing traditional financing. The Metropolitan Area Planning Council supported S. 173, which would dedicate a portion of sales tax revenue to a downtown vitality fund for district management, cultural districts, and downtown infrastructure, and said the bill could help sustain downtowns and prevent cultural displacement. There was also testimony on H. 306, a commercial tenant first right of refusal bill, with Beckma supporting it as a way to help small tenants stay in their locations, while the Greater Boston Real Estate Board opposed it, arguing it would add cost, delay, uncertainty, and could reduce property values and the commercial tax base. The board supported H. 305, a housing bill that would expand by-right multifamily and open-space residential development while preserving local zoning protections. Andre Leroux of MassINC also supported S. 173 and H. 299, the latter proposing longer BID renewal periods and audit requirements aligned with nonprofit standards. No votes were taken; the hearing concluded after public testimony and questions, with the chair closing testimony.

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• Brownfields is another program. Yeah, it's a revolving loan program, excuse me.
• And so we get program income from those loans made with federal funding.
• loans made uh program income from those loans made uh with<01:12:52.800> federal<01:12:53.120
• This supports the state loan repayment program.
• <01:31:05.679> Uh the state loan repayment program. Uh the state loan repayment program.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Dedicated Funds met to review the House budget provision that would impose a 5% administrative charge on a broad list of dedicated funds, with some exemptions. Members discussed the House approach versus the Senate’s more general approach of leaving the governor discretion over which funds could be charged. The chair explained the committee was hearing from agencies about any legal, contractual, or practical reasons their funds should be exempt, and the agenda was expanded to include several departments and written submissions from others. The Department of Education testified first, identifying several funds it said should be exempt: a printing revolving fund that is funded by transfers rather than fees; teacher certification, which is self-funded by educator licensing fees and would require an immediate fee increase if charged; a vending stand set-aside tied to the federal Randolph-Sheppard program and subject to federal approval and vendor committee procedures; and a public school infrastructure/safety account, where most revenue is transferred from the education trust fund or general fund rather than generated by fees. Members questioned the department about the effect on school safety projects and whether the fee would simply reduce the number of projects completed each year. The Veterans Home asked for exemptions for three funds: a donation benefit account used for recreational activities and quality-of-life expenses for residents, a small memorial trust fund whose interest supports veteran activities, and a resident member account that holds veterans’ personal income such as Social Security and pensions. The department argued the charge would reduce donations, cut services, and effectively function like an income tax on vulnerable veterans. The Banking Department also requested exemption for its consumer credit administration license fund, saying it is used to keep exam fees low and is expressly intended by statute to reduce costs on regulated businesses; it said the 5% charge would undermine that framework and could eventually force higher fees. The Department of Justice began testimony on its dedicated funds, starting with the medical legal investigative fund, which pays for death investigations and related services under statute and without general fund support. No votes or final actions were taken in the portion of the meeting provided; the committee mainly heard testimony and asked questions about the practical and legal effects of applying the administrative charge.

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• This legislature had an emergency session and gave us a loan program.
• This legislature had an emergency session and gave us a loan program that is helping farmers get back
• We were able to deploy the loan program immediately following Hurricane Milton, and we're going to have
• program.
• It will be very important to replenish that loan program. It is currently out of resources.

Summary: The Agriculture and Natural Resources Budget Committee met to organize for the session, confirm a quorum, and hear introductory remarks from members about their districts and interests. Chair Esposito outlined the committee’s jurisdiction and budget overview, noting a total budget of about $7.2 billion, with major funding tied to the Department of Environmental Protection, the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Fish and Wildlife, and the Department of Citrus. She also described major cost drivers such as Everglades restoration, water quality, resiliency, land acquisition, and rural family lands, and asked members to review agency requests in small groups later in the process. Agency leaders then presented budget and program updates. Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson emphasized department efficiency efforts, including IT modernization, staff reorganization, rural and family lands conservation, best management practices, Fresh From Florida marketing, hurricane recovery loans for farmers, and completion of the Connor Complex headquarters. DEP Secretary Alexis Lambert highlighted record investments in Everglades restoration, water quality projects, resilience grants, land acquisition, state parks, and enforcement. FWC Executive Director Roger Young discussed conservation research, fisheries and wildlife management, law enforcement, disaster response, and pressures from growth, boating, invasive species, and derelict vessels. Department of Citrus Executive Director Shannon Shep reviewed the industry’s decline due to hurricanes and citrus greening, current research and marketing efforts, and e-commerce campaigns to support Florida citrus sales. Members asked questions about citrus production declines, future replanting and therapies, rural family lands, PFOS cleanup, mangrove restoration, flooding and pump infrastructure, agricultural theft, and derelict vessel removal. Officials generally responded with updates, emphasized science-based management and enforcement, and in several cases said they would follow up with more detailed information later. No formal votes were taken; the meeting ended with the chair directing members to provide feedback on agencies for further budget review and then adjournment.

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• personal loan guarantee program. personal loan guarantee program.
• And so, what this program is designed to do is to give those employees a zero-interest loan on their
• Uh, it's a federal employee personal loan guarantee program.
• This is a guaranteed loan program, so it's guaranteed back by our federal government.
• <00:34:59.960> program<00:35:00.520> so This is a a guaranteed loan program so This

Keywords: 1183, house

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• CalVet has a home loan program.
• The CalVet Home Loan Program helps veterans purchase market-rate homes and is over 100 years old.
• any of its loans.
• Cohort 2 program.
• Programming statewide through grants, programs, and services.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• , and auto loan delinquencies.'
• loans and auto loan delinquencies. loans and auto loan delinquencies.
• , arrange consumer short-term loans, arrange consumer short-term loans, removes<01:33:25.640>
• requirements for mortgage loan requirements for mortgage loan originators<01:33:29.880> meeting
• the transfer of student loans, and requires notice of transfer.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Bill 1578 by Parker, relaying the creation and operations of a healthcare provider. participation program
• The Texas Industry Recognized Apprenticeship Program's Grant Program to Economic Development.
• Paxton Relaying to Eligibility for the Gifted and Tabled student allotment under the foundation school program
• 1620 by Huffman relating to the establishment of the Texas Forensic Analyst and Apprenticeship Pilot Program

Bills: SJR60, SJR62, SJR65, SJR66, SJR67, SJR68, SCR27, SCR28, SCR29, SB1576, SB1577, SB1578, SB1579, SB1580, SB1581, SB1582, SB1583, SB1584, SB1585, SB1586, SB1587, SB1588, SB1589, SB1590, SB1591, SB1592, SB1593, SB1594, SB1595, SB1596, SB1597, SB1598, SB1599, SB1600, SB1601, SB1602, SB1603, SB1604, SB1605, SB1606, SB1607, SB1608, SB1609, SB1610, SB1611, SB1612, SB1613, SB1614, SB1615, SB1616, SB1618, SB1619, SB1620, SB1622, SB1623, SB1624, SB1625, SJR60, SJR62, SJR65, SJR66, SJR67, SJR68, SCR27, SCR28, SCR29, SB1576, SB1577, SB1578, SB1579, SB1580, SB1581, SB1582, SB1583, SB1584, SB1585, SB1586, SB1587, SB1588, SB1589, SB1590, SB1591, SB1592, SB1593, SB1594, SB1595, SB1596, SB1597, SB1598, SB1599, SB1600, SB1601, SB1602, SB1603, SB1604, SB1605, SB1606, SB1607, SB1608, SB1609, SB1610, SB1611, SB1612, SB1613, SB1614, SB1615, SB1616, SB1618, SB1619, SB1620, SB1622, SB1623, SB1624, SB1625

Keywords: SJR 60, Texas constitutional amendment, property tax exemption, ad valorem taxation, rainwater harvesting, graywater system, water conservation, water reuse, residential tax incentive, local government finance, county commissioners court, appraisal value, environmental incentive, November 2025 ballot, Article VIII, tax relief, healthcare workforce, education funding, higher education, economic growth

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• Speaker, and just really celebrating the great works of the New Mexico MESA program. Fantastic.
• I know they have a program... They have a lot of initiatives going on, specifically with Luna.
• They eat these vegetables as part of their lunch program at the school.
• repayment and loan-for-service programs, requiring services in underserved areas of the state, creating
• Community-based domestic violence programs. House Bill 130.

Bills: HB1

Keywords: feed bill, legislative appropriations, legislative branch, New Mexico Legislature, general fund, legislative council service, legislative finance committee, legislative education study committee, house chief clerk, senate chief clerk, per diem, mileage, session expenses, interim committees, district staff, capitol complex, capital outlay data system, legislative processing system, redistricting, census redistricting

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• So, we'll start with the Rural Finance Authority Agroforestry Loan Program.
• It expands the practices that Minnesota farmers can finance through the Agroforestry Loan Program out
• Um, the Agroforestry Loan Program has been very lightly used and requires updates to better align with
• program to fiscal year 2030. program to fiscal year 2030.
• c> again the the loan program itself and again the the loan program itself and again the<01:19:26.560

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• fund reductions from the same program. fund reductions from the same program.
• <00:19:44.960> Lines for AIS programs. Lines for AIS programs.
• Also from the ATV account, program.
• It is language that ensures that when loans from two PCA revolving loan programs are paid back, the money
• is deposited back into those revolving loan programs.

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The conference committee on the Environment budget for Senate File 2077 met to introduce members and staff, then walked through the Senate and House budget spreadsheets side by side. Nonpartisan staff explained that the Senate budget was built around a smaller general fund increase and more use of environmental and dedicated funds, while the House met its target through several reductions, including cuts to DNR, PCA, and Board of Water and Soil Resources appropriations. The committee reviewed major agency items for the Pollution Control Agency, DNR, the Metropolitan Council, the Minnesota Zoo, and other accounts, including operating adjustments, permit-related funding, and transfers between funds. Several major differences were highlighted. For the PCA, the Senate included operating adjustments, permitting efficiency funding, composting grants, outreach funding, and a closed landfill investment fund approach that repeals an expiring statutory appropriation, while the House instead extends that appropriation for four more years. For the DNR, the Senate included operating adjustments, groundwater and AIS fee increases, aquatic invasive species funding, trail grants, outdoor schools for all, abandoned watercraft enforcement, and a sustainable foraging task force; the House had fewer of these fee and policy items and used reductions to meet its target. The committee also noted Senate-only policy provisions on outreach to diverse communities, field citations and mercury certification for skin-lightening products, disabled veteran license fee changes, and a moratorium on foraging rulemaking until July 1, 2027. Agency testimony followed. The MPCA commissioner praised both chambers for recognizing core agency work and urged adoption of operating adjustments, the closed landfill fund access, and the air appropriation increase. The DNR assistant commissioner supported operating adjustments, groundwater and AIS fee increases, and the veteran license proposal, but raised concerns about the Senate’s foraging task force language, saying it overweights consumptive users and could limit the agency’s ability to manage foraging without clear data. He also noted support for the land transfer funding and said the agency would continue working with the committee on unresolved issues. No votes were taken in this portion of the meeting.

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• On line 100, the $750,000 per biennium transfer to the large animal veterinarian loan forgiveness program
• And on line 102, the $50,000 per biennium transfer to the aviation degree loan forgiveness program account
• On line 100, the $750,000 per biennium transfer to the large animal veterinarian loan forgiveness program
• On line 100, the $750,000 per biennium transfer to the large animal veterinarian loan forgiveness program
• On line 100, the $750,000 per biennium transfer to the large animal veterinarian loan forgiveness program

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• She spent four years in program.
• I took all my loans to continue my educational dream, but I'm still paying my loan.
• <00:07:16.240> They nurse program at St. Paul College. They nurse program at St.
• <00:25:01.200> and like people in nursing programs and like people in nursing programs and
• <00:36:15.040> that applies to the actual programs that applies to the actual programs that

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• It's fair market value less the loan as your equity.
• The program provides counties with fewer than 10,000 people up to a $5,000 grant.
• So the program works, and the focus of this is to run this program through the Commissioner's courts,
• The grant that this bill is discussing is our what we call a 2604 grant program.
• So other departments will still get grant funding through that program.

Bills: SB868, SB1337, SB1371, SB1377, SB1426, SB1620, SB2064, SB2065, SJR4, SJR 4

Keywords: SB 868, rural volunteer fire department assistance program, volunteer fire department assistance fund, Texas Government Code, wildfire, wildland fire, high-risk wildfire area, fire suppression, rural fire departments, volunteer firefighters, emergency response, public safety, grant allocation, appropriations, disaster preparedness, tax penalties, interest calculation, overpayment, tax law, refund process

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• The veterans already have a VA loan program that's out there and available to them to get into their
• , a federal program, to help them get that home.
• They already have a program out there, a federal program, to help them get that home.
• This loan program that's incorporated, it is a great program because it is a 5% down...
• as the CalVet program because of the restrictions.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• put, how can we put the state on a stronger financial foundation and better protect the essential programs
• Proposition 98, settle-up obligations,... ...clarify that the Rainy Day Fund can be used for budget loans
• Those reserves help protect vital programs and services from even deeper reductions.
• the main reason why I think that is because if we were going to pay for the unemployment insurance loan
• That could cripple investments in critical programs that millions of Californians depend on.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• It authorizes the NMFA to make grants and loans for water projects from the Water Project Fund.
• This gives us the ability to make grants and loans from those authorized projects.
• That second one, we waive the match, we waive the loan component.
• The Finance Authority will still make the loans and grants.
• The Finance Authority will still make the loans and grants.

Keywords: 996, all

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• program, the detrimental nature.
• program, the detrimental nature.
• Second, H.R. 1 caps federal student loans for professional programs, including medicine, at $200,000
• and ends the Grad PLUS loan program.
• These changes will drive more students toward private loans, which can be Program.

Summary: The joint informational hearing focused on the impacts of H.R. 1 on California’s Medi-Cal program and on community health effects from recent immigration enforcement actions. Committee leaders said H.R. 1 would sharply reduce federal funding, increase administrative burdens, and worsen access to care, especially for Medi-Cal enrollees, immigrant families, rural communities, and reproductive health patients. The second half of the hearing examined how ICE raids and related federal actions are creating fear, reducing clinic and emergency department use, and disrupting children’s access to schools and early childhood education. Department of Health Care Services Director Michelle Bass outlined the main H.R. 1 provisions affecting Medi-Cal: work requirements, semiannual eligibility redeterminations, shorter retroactive coverage, new cost-sharing, limits on provider taxes and state-directed payments, reduced federal support for emergency and lawful immigrant coverage, and a one-year ban on Medicaid funding for prohibited abortion providers. She estimated millions could lose coverage, with tens of billions of dollars in federal funding at risk. Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California warned the defunding provision could force clinic closures, service reductions, and loss of access to family planning, STI testing, and cancer screenings. The California Hospital Association said the financing changes could cut hospital revenue by tens of billions over 10 years and threaten access, especially for rural and safety-net hospitals. The Western Center on Law and Poverty argued the law would increase churn, paperwork, and uninsured rates, disproportionately harming working adults and people experiencing homelessness. Committee members asked about implementation timelines, notification systems, administrative costs, the effect on immigrant eligibility, and whether California could delay or mitigate some provisions. Bass said the state was still assessing federal guidance, planning county and provider outreach, and exploring a possible delay for work requirements and a transition period for provider-tax changes. Members also discussed how state budget actions may need to be revisited in light of H.R. 1, and how California might preserve access through state-only funding or other policy changes. In the second panel, CHIRLA, Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, and the Children’s Partnership described the health consequences of immigration enforcement. Speakers said raids and data-sharing fears are causing anxiety, trauma, and avoidance of care, with Los Angeles County reporting declines in emergency, urgent care, and clinic visits after enforcement actions. The Children’s Partnership said school and early childhood absences are rising in some communities and that enforcement is undermining children’s emotional well-being and access to education. Members asked for more data and discussed possible state protections, telehealth, mobile care, and legal and policy responses to reduce fear and preserve access to health and education services.

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• , getting things up to code if they're having to rent to HUD-related voucher programs, other programs
• , getting things up to code if they're having to rent to HUD-related voucher programs, other programs
• , getting things up to code if they're having to rent to HUD-related voucher programs, other programs
• , getting things up to code if they're having to rent to HUD-related voucher programs, other programs
• , getting things up to code if they're having to rent to HUD-related voucher programs, other programs

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• program.
• : the local road and bridge programs and the wetland replacement program.
• program.
• <00:17:24.880> programs<00:17:25.280> funded wastewater grant loan programs funded
• wastewater grant loan programs funded through<00:17:25.679> the<00:17:25.839> public<00

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