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OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations and Budget Jan 28th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Appropriations and Budget
Transcript Highlights:
- Child Protective Services worker, a case manager, or some of our support services coordinators who spent
- However, we have spent significant time over the last eight months looking at the unfilled positions
- system and has spent the last several years working in a variety of other states addressing a lot of
- And we spent a lot of time working with Beth and her Team on how can we get more high-quality people
- I think those resources could be spent on other places on our frontline staff.
Committee:
House Appropriations and Budget
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- also spent working in banking.
- also spent working in banking.
- And lastly, we spent a significant amount of time, almost two years, working to get the bill that we
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Committee:
Senate Labor
ND
North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Appropriations - Human Resources Division Apr 9th, 2025 at 03:00 pm
Appropriations - Human Resources Division
Transcript Highlights:
- And so having that legislative intent there as to why and where the funding should be spent is why we
- So I'm wondering, Lonnie, do you have how much has been spent out of that $135,000 from last biennium
- So I'm wondering, Lonnie, do you have how much has been spent out of that $135,000 from last biennium
- Those funds could be spent by the end of January, or I'm sorry, June of this year.
- So if I spent the money by June 30th, it's fine.
Summary:
The committee took up Senate Bill 2025, the Veterans Home/Veterans Affairs budget, and worked through the long sheet line by line. Members discussed base payroll, salary and health insurance increases, FTE pool adjustments, IT rate increases, operating expenses, transportation grants, the PTSD service dog program, salary equity requests, temporary help/intern funding, a Veterans Benefit Specialist FTE, accrued leave, and several one-time or carryover items including the Fisher House, document scanning, and veterans medical transportation. The committee also reviewed proposed policy language that would shift governance authority for the Veterans Home and Department of Veterans Affairs from the Administrative Committee on Veterans Affairs to the governor, and would remove board authority over salary-setting and related hiring powers.
A major portion of the meeting focused on clarifying the commissioner salary equity line and how the agency had shifted operating dollars to fund the commissioner’s current salary increase. After discussion with agency staff and Lonnie, the committee voted to remove the separate commissioner salary equity increase line and instead restore operating funding, ultimately setting the operating line at $50,000 above the prior amount rather than fully funding the executive request. The committee also approved funding for the Veterans Benefit Specialist FTE, approved a carryforward/exemption for accrued leave, approved authority to accept $200,000 in federal transportation grant funds, approved the $500,000 transfers related to veterans homelessness, and approved the exemption language for certain federal/state fiscal recovery funds after discussing whether the funds were properly obligated.
On the governance amendment, members expressed concern about making a major policy change in an appropriations bill, but also frustration over the board’s salary actions. After debate, the committee adopted the amendment transferring governance authority to the governor by a 7-1 vote. The committee also approved a smaller amount for veteran service officer salary equity than requested, and rejected funding for temporary salaries and an intern. The chair then directed staff to prepare the amended bill for further action, with the committee planning to revisit it once the revised version was ready.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- Yeah, but they've spent like 20-something million on consultants, which I have questions about.
- So the 49 million we they have is to pay for that, except they haven't spent it.
- So the 49 million we they have is to pay for that, except they haven't spent it.
- So the 49 million we they have is to pay for that, except they haven't spent it.
- So the 49 million they have is to pay for that, except they haven't spent it.
Committee:
Senate Ways and Means
Summary:
The joint Ways and Means and Judiciary committee met in decision-making mode and took up a long list of measures, mostly recommending passage with or without amendments. Early actions included S.B. 414, which was amended to blank the appropriation, draw funds from the major disaster fund, and change the effective date to 2050, and S.B. 223, which would require fire breaks in hazardous fire areas and create or expand wildland fire prevention and protection programs with blank appropriations for FY 2026 and 2027. The committee also advanced S.B. 1009 on state reserve parking space enforcement, S.B. 1149 on reported hate crime definitions and reporting, S.B. 402 on mooring-line requirements for certain vessels, S.B. 1441 on the Oahu regional health care system transfer, S.B. 1442 on child and adolescent mental health responsibilities, S.B. 1478 on harbor evacuation orders, and S.B. 493 on written notice for emotional support animal sales or verifications.
Members generally raised little opposition, and most measures were adopted without reservations. Some bills drew brief discussion or committee-report notes, including S.B. 1149, which referenced a Hawaii Civil Rights Commission report encouraging policy-level hate crime data reporting, and S.B. 1442, which was amended with a far-future effective date and a committee-report note about whether mental health services should be expressly subject to funding. S.B. 1441 was substantially revised to require a memorandum of agreement between the Oahu Regional Health Care System and the Department of Health by November 30, 2025, with patient care to begin by December 31, 2025, and a report to the legislature before the 2026 session.
The committee also considered several finance and energy-related measures. S.B. 897 on the wildfire liability trust fund prompted questions about whether costs would be passed to consumers; the response was that the proposal contemplated cost sharing and that some amounts were still blank. S.B. 1395 and S.B. 1396 were amended to remove special-fund structures, direct revenues into the general fund, and require the governor to include equivalent amounts in the executive budget for climate-related projects. S.B. 501 was amended to expand step-in agreement provisions for future PPAs and establish a fund outside the State Treasury, and S.B. 1589 was amended so private donations to the stadium authority would go into the NID special fund for stadium infrastructure and sod, with members discussing accountability and the source of stadium-related consultant spending. The committee adopted the recommendations on all measures considered, with some members noting reservations on a few bills, and one item, S.B. 1418, was deferred.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Of course, we're all supportive of that, but I believe they only spent a hundred and six thousand dollars
- And of course, we're all supportive of that, but I believe they only spent $106,000 out of it, right?
- I don't know what happened, but it was only $106,000 spent, and the money is there and was there and
- The money has never all been spent for various reasons. It's always way below target.
- reason that we didn't request additional funding is because, as the Chair pointed out, we have not spent
Bills:
SB 1
Committee:
Senate Finance
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, April 30, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Scouts spent the weekend Pennsylvania.
- I spent more than 100 years ago.
- Salotti spent his career Tiger, Mr. Mr.
- We’ve already spent $4 billion on this illegal, immoral war in Iran.
- We’ve already spent $4 billion on this illegal, immoral war in Iran.
ND
North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Water Topics Overview Committee Mar 26th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- To date, this biennium, we have spent a little over $202 million of our carryover.
- Series D is the 2023-2025; that one we are probably at about 66% spent.
- I'm just curious how much has been spent. I better ask the expert.
- We've actually spent 663 out of me. Chairman Swantec, Senate.
- The state and Garrison have spent tens of millions of dollars studying this.
Summary:
The Water Topics Overview Committee met with a quorum and received updates from the Department of Water Resources and the State Water Commission, followed by presentations from Deloitte on two legislative studies required by House Bill 1020. Director Reese Haas reviewed major project and budget updates, including the Northwest Area Water Supply and Southwest Pipeline projects, Resources Trust Fund balances, carryover spending, project prioritization, bid conditions, regional water system coverage, and department process improvements. Members also discussed how the commission prioritizes projects, maintenance expectations, and the impact of limited municipal water supply funding. No formal committee action was taken during the DWR update; the commission’s municipal funding decisions were described as pending its April 8 meeting.
Deloitte then presented the cost-share policy study, which found that under current policy and forecasted revenues, North Dakota faces an estimated $1.3 billion shortfall over 14 years, with a near-term gap of about $1.8 billion through 2031. The firm outlined seven recommended options, including tighter definitions and a 25% cost share for eligible replacement projects, caps and financing strategies for the Mouse River and Red River Valley projects, aligning cost share with commission priority guidance, delaying lower-priority projects, using available lines of credit, and adjusting reimbursement timing for revolving loan funds. Committee members questioned inflation assumptions, affordability, user fees, and the use of legacy fund earnings for bonding, but no decisions were made.
In the governance and finance study, Deloitte said final recommendations are still being refined, with a final report due May 29. The study examined the Southwest Pipeline, NAWS, and Red River Valley systems using governance and finance criteria such as decision authority, transparency, affordability, risk, and access to funding. For Southwest, Deloitte outlined options ranging from improved state-authority coordination to transferring ownership to the Southwest Water Authority; for NAWS, options focused on strengthening the authority’s role and potentially transitioning operations and maintenance; and for Red River, options ranged from enhanced facilitation to formal state oversight or state ownership. Members asked follow-up questions about ownership transfer, capital repayment streams, and why NAWS was not considered for transfer, and Deloitte said NAWS’s limited organizational maturity made that option less viable in the near term.
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
EEP Public Hearing - Thu Mar 13, 2025 @ 9:45 AM HST
Energy & Environmental Protection
Transcript Highlights:
- As an example, a rancher who has spent thousands of dollars, years, and decades improving pasture on
- c><00:12:56.560><c> Rancher</c><00:12:57.199><c> who</c><00:12:57.360><c> has</c><00:12:57.519><c> spent
- </c> an example a Rancher who has spent an example a Rancher who has spent thousands<00:12:58.680><c>
- If we can make it direct and spent on the thing that it impacts, it's much, much smarter and wise.
- Thank you so much. we can make it direct and spent on the we can make it direct and spent on the thing
Committee:
House Energy & Environmental Protection
Summary:
The committee on Energy and Environmental Protection heard several measures focused on water quality, waste management, aquifer protection, wastewater, and climate-related funding. SB 984 on water pollution drew opposition from DLNR and the Hawaii Cattlemen’s Council, with the latter arguing the bill could unfairly blame landowners for runoff caused by terrain and storm events; the chair noted there were also supporters and commenters submitted in writing. SB 639 on underground storage tanks received support from the Department of Health, the Board of Water Supply, and the Sierra Club, with testimony emphasizing environmental restoration standards after jet fuel releases; no opposition was noted in the live testimony. SB 946 on wastewater management was presented as clarifying that the ban on discharging wastewater or raw sewage into state waters applies to treatment plants, and it drew support from the County of Maui, DOH, and Hawaii Reef and Ocean Coalition, with no questions or opposition raised in the hearing.
The committee also heard SB 438 on waste disposal facilities near significant aquifers. DOH and the Water Commission offered comments, while the City and County of Honolulu’s Department of Environmental Services opposed the bill because of a provision affecting ash recycling; the Board of Water Supply and Sierra Club supported the measure, and the Makakilo-Kapolei-Honokai Hale Neighborhood Board and Energy Justice Network raised concerns about fly ash and bottom ash recycling, landfill capacity, and potential contamination of aquifers. Testimony reflected a split between environmental protection concerns and arguments that the bill could block beneficial reuse of ash. The committee then took up HB 1395 on state funds, which would direct interest from the Emergency and Budget Reserve Fund to the general fund when the reserve exceeds the state’s target. The Governor’s office, emergency management, the State Energy Office, the Hawaiʻi Green Infrastructure Authority, the Nature Conservancy, and several other groups supported the bill’s climate-resilience intent, while the Tax Foundation and committee discussion raised concerns that the measure functioned mainly as a revenue transfer without a dedicated spending mechanism. Members discussed whether a special fund or legislative appropriation process would better ensure the money was used for climate mitigation and related projects.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
House Standing Committee on Families and Children. (3-19-26)
Families & Children
Transcript Highlights:
- I spent nearly a year in county jails with very little contact with my son.
- I<00:08:33.479><c> spent</c><00:08:33.719><c> nearly</c><00:08:34.039><c> a</c><00:08:34.120><c> year
- </c><00:08:34.320><c> in</c><00:08:34.440><c> county</c><00:08:34.719><c> jails</c> I spent nearly a
- year in county jails I spent nearly a year in county jails with<00:08:35.120><c> very</c><00:08:35.400
- Instead, I spent more years confused and separated. Just a lot of chaos all around.
Committee:
House Families & Children
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- In 2024, Arizona welcomed more than 46 million overnight visitors, who spent over $33 billion in our
- In 2024, Arizona welcomed more than 46 million overnight visitors, who spent over 33 billion in our state
- I spent a lot of time growing up in Pima in Arizona with my grandparents, and so it's close to my heart
- Per dollar spent, yeah.
- “We’re going to stick with the logo situation, but the Office of Tourism reportedly spent $700,000 to
Committee:
Senate Director Nominations
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Early Learning & Human Services Feb 24th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- You listened to us when we said that every hour spent on bureaucracy is an hour taken away from client
- That is supposed to be spent on caregivers, wages, and benefits.
- you to support House Bill 2600 to make sure supported living... ...supported living employees are spent
- HB 2600 is simply about bringing more transparency to how rates are being spent by our employers and
- So even if maybe those amendments didn't see the light of day, or all that time and energy spent working
Summary:
The House Early Learning and Human Services Committee held public hearings on two bills. HB 1873 would expand Working Connections Child Care eligibility to full-time graduate and professional students with household income at or below 85% of state median income, with copays waived to the extent allowed by federal law. The prime sponsor and student testifiers argued that child care costs and limited stipends force student parents to choose between education and family responsibilities, while some members raised questions about program cost, uptake, and return on investment.
The committee also heard HB 2600, which would require DSHS to update the Supported Living Cost Report template and convene a work group to develop Medicaid rate recommendations aimed at improving compensation for direct support professionals. Supporters, including SEIU-affiliated workers, said the bill would increase transparency and help ensure state funding reaches frontline caregivers, citing low wages and high turnover. Opponents from provider organizations argued the current cost report is already detailed, that the bill would add administrative burden, and that recent rate increases have already been passed through to wages and benefits.
In executive session, the committee considered three Senate bills. It adopted a striking technical amendment and voted 9-1 to report out SSB 5911, which protects funds for youth in extended foster care and raises the threshold for protected accounts. It then voted 10-0 to report out SSB 5957, expanding the Homeless Youth Advisory Committee to include more people with lived experience and representatives of disproportionately homeless populations. Finally, it voted 7-3 to report out SSB 6184, which updates Office of Homeless Youth programs and language, including expanding eligibility for emerging adults up to age 21. The meeting ended with an interim planning discussion focused on future work on critical incidents, juvenile justice, developmental disabilities data, homelessness, child care, and facility tours.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
House of Representatives Second Regular Session of the 60th Legislature Day 12 Feb 19th, 2026 at 09:30 am
Oklahoma House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- As a corporate executive, I spent significant time working with the United Way's process for allocating
- ...private nonprofit, and I have heard no one really say with any clarity how that money is being spent
- one group two million dollars when there seems to be a lack of oversight with how the money is being spent
- You know, I can't go to the grocery store and not have some idea of how my money's being spent.
- It was not being spent on the purposes that this body was wanting to support, and that's why in 2024
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- By local governments or by constituents, which is, where'd the money go and what did it get spent on?
- And Chair McLean, I appreciate your indulgence in the time you spent working on this issue with me and
- By local governments or by constituents, which is, where'd the money go and what did it get spent on?
- And Chair McLean, I appreciate your indulgence in the time you spent working on this issue with me and
- Let me thank Senator McLean for all his time he spent on this issue and for his open-door policy to allow
Committee:
Senate Community Affairs
Keywords:
negligence, settlement, police conduct, municipal liability, personal injury, compensation, injuries, Miami-Dade County, rural electric cooperatives, energy production, Florida law, energy tariffs, regulation, impact fees, transportation capacity, local government, interlocal agreements, growth management, community planning, extraordinary circumstances
Summary:
The committee met with a quorum present and took up a series of local claims, public records, growth management, permitting, and nuisance bills. It first heard and approved SB 16, SB 14, and SB 24, all uncontested claims bills providing relief related to injuries or settlements involving the City of St. Petersburg and Miami-Dade County. The committee also approved SB 288 on rural electric cooperatives, which narrows statutory language to protect co-op decisions on generation and power purchases while preserving consumer protections, and SB 830, which creates a public records exemption for certain personal information of county and city managers and their families due to reported threats against local officials.
Members then considered SB 1138 on qualified contractors and development review, which would create a registry of licensed professionals to help local governments process pre-application reviews and plats more quickly. Local government groups raised concerns about preemption and preserving quasi-judicial authority, while private-provider supporters backed the bill; Senator Sharief voted no, and the bill was reported favorably. The committee also approved SB 168, expanding public nuisance law to include gambling houses and increasing penalties, and SB 686 on agricultural enclaves, which revises the enclave process, adds a public hearing path, limits it to certain residential projects in urban service areas, and was amended to change a date to June 30, 2026 before being reported favorably.
The committee next approved CS for SB 548 on growth management and impact fees, which clarifies plan-based methodology, extraordinary circumstances, interlocal agreements, and refund procedures for improper fee collections. Testimony reflected support for clearer standards but also concerns about fee increases and refund administration. Finally, SB 1234 on building permits and inspections was reported favorably; it would extend permit validity, exempt some low-value work from permitting, create a statewide residential permit form, speed review timelines, and expand private-provider use, drawing opposition from a Miami-Dade building official who argued for continued local oversight and support from private-provider advocates. Senator Jones requested to be recorded as voting affirmatively on several tabs and negatively on tab 9, and the committee adjourned after all bills were disposed of.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
House - Health and Human Services Oct 2nd, 2025
House Health & Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- To ensure that the funds stay in New Mexico, that the funds are spent in New Mexico.
- This is a point of clarity to ensure that dollars are spent on operations in New Mexico.
- We just want the dollars spent on services in New Mexico.
- the Rural Health Care Delivery Fund, with the distribution in FY26, that entire $20 million is being spent
- out out is there was a lot of discussion about how do you make sure that the money is going to be spent
Committee:
House House Health & Human Services
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
February 19, 2025 - 03:30 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- into account historical funding inequities because it's cost-based, based on what someone previously spent
- didn't spend all that you were funded at, right, then the model is going to take into account what you spent
- level one licensing costs and things of that nature that are passed through dollars that were not spent
- They were That were not spent, right? They were earmarked for a specific purpose.
- They weren't spent for that purpose, so we give them back to the state every year.
Summary:
The Human Services Subcommittee met with a quorum present and took up a presentation from the Department of Children and Families on HB 7089, which revises how Florida’s community-based care (CBC) lead agencies for child welfare are funded. Representative McFarland described the bill’s background, arguing that the prior formula relied too heavily on outdated, static factors and produced inequities among CBCs. She emphasized that the new approach is intended to provide a more stable, transparent, and statute-based funding method that better supports prevention, case management, and family services while reducing year-to-year political uncertainty.
DCF Chief of Staff Casey Penn explained that HB 7089 required an actuarially sound, reimbursement-based formula developed with CBC and provider input. The new model uses a cost-based structure with three tiers: Tier 1 for operational and administrative costs, Tier 2 for per-child/per-month service costs, and a possible Tier 3 incentive component for performance measures if the Legislature chooses to fund it. The model includes regional growth factors, inflation adjustments, a 2% risk corridor for Tier 2, a hold-harmless provision for agencies that would otherwise receive less than prior funding, and the ability for CBCs to retain some state general revenue savings. DCF said the model produced a total budget need of about $1.392 billion, roughly $28.6 million above the prior year after offsets, and that the department is also updating its child welfare case management system to improve data quality and future modeling.
Members asked about whether prevention spending is captured, how Tier 3 incentives would work and how much they might cost, how the formula accounts for insurance, hurricanes, child acuity, and staffing costs, and whether CBC executives’ compensation is capped. DCF said prevention is included in the model but is not yet separately broken out due to data limitations, Tier 3 is optional and not yet costed, and the formula can incorporate additional growth factors if needed. On executive pay, DCF explained that compensation is limited by statute for CBC contracts, but multiple contracts and non-state funding sources can affect total compensation; staff later clarified that CBC CEOs with multiple contracts had been reviewed for compliance. The meeting ended after questions, and Representative Miller moved to adjourn; the subcommittee adjourned without any vote on the bill.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
House Standing Committee on Families & Children (2-13-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- He then spent the next 27 months on a ventilator with an ABI and several other medical issues. testimony
- He then spent the next 27 months on a ventilator with an ABI and several other medical issues.
- He then spent the next 27 months on a ventilator with an ABI and several other medical issues.
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- the next 27 injury um he then spent the next 27 months<00:04:17.519><c> on</c><00:04:17.880><c> a</c
Keywords:
00:00 Call to Order/Roll Call
01:32 Discussion on 25RS HB 164
10:07 Roll Call Vote on 25RS HB 164
11:30 Discussion on 25RS HB 242
13:09 Roll Call Vote on 25RS HB 242
15:08 Consideration of Referred Administrative Regulations
17:37 Adjournment, 958, all
Summary:
The House Standing Committee on Families and Children held its first meeting of 2025, with the chair welcoming new members and Vice Chair Wilson. After roll call, the committee took up House Bill 164, sponsored by Representative Wesley, which concerns an honorary adoption situation. The committee adopted a House committee substitute clarifying that any survivor benefits or inheritance would not go to honorary adoptive parents, and heard emotional testimony from Caitlyn Rollins about fostering and adopting a child who later died before a scheduled adoption date. Members discussed the bill’s purpose as providing closure and ensuring legal parentage is recognized in life and death, while also noting a possible drafting issue about whether all listed conditions must be met. The committee agreed to address that concern through a possible House floor amendment, and HB 164 passed favorably 16-0.
The committee then heard House Bill 242, sponsored by Representative Sam, and testimony from child welfare researcher Matthew Walden. The bill is intended to increase transparency in Kentucky’s child welfare system by making program data available to researchers while protecting privacy. With no questions from members, the bill passed the committee favorably by a 16-0 vote.
Finally, the committee reviewed referred administrative regulations and considered agency amendment 490 related to adoption assistance and Title IV-E adoption assistance. CHFS representatives explained that the amendment removes a civil determination requirement from certain sections because the cabinet cannot make such determinations and already relies on substantiations and other safety checks. The committee approved the agency amendment by voice vote, then concluded its review of the remaining regulations without further action. The next meeting was announced for February 20, 2025, and the committee adjourned.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, March 6, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><02:37:08.399><c> their</c> to get there the Hornets spent their to get there the Hornets spent their
- We spent over $2 trillion a year in interest.
- And if you take the folks below the 40%, we spent 103 days of spending. We sent them money.
- And if you take the folks below the 40%, we spent 103 days of spending. We sent them money.
- How is it possible to have spent over $13 billion without a single station opening?
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House DFL Media Availability 4/7/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The entire Republican caucus today spent two and a half hours so that none of them had to go to Education
- The entire Republican caucus today spent two and a half hours so that none of them had to go to Education
- :05.920><c> Republican</c><00:05:06.320><c> caucus</c><00:05:06.640><c> today</c><00:05:07.480><c> spent
- </c><00:05:07.800><c> two</c> entire Republican caucus today spent two entire Republican caucus today
- spent two and<00:05:07.960><c> a</c><00:05:08.000><c> half</c><00:05:08.240><c> hours</c><00:05:08.520
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
All aboard for K.C. and Fargo? 3/23/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- which I think it is, and I'm glad it's getting laid over because it needs more study because just spent
- which I think it is, and I'm glad it's getting laid over because it needs more study because just spent
- which I think it is, and I'm glad it's getting laid over because it needs more study because just spent
- which I think it is, and I'm glad it's getting laid over because it needs more study because just spent
- which I think it is, and I'm glad it's getting laid over because it needs more study because just spent
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- there's right now, according to the Craig Financial Summary, they've booked $155 million as being spent
- Summary, they've booked $155 million as being spent for natural disasters.
- It's assumed to be spent out of the operating reserve without authorization.
- Chair, the economists effectively book it as though it is spent. So it is not accessible. Mr.
- Chair, the economists effectively book it as though it is spent. So it is not accessible to you.
Committee:
Senate House Appropriations & Finance
Keywords:
cancer treatment, revenue bonds, Gila Regional Medical Center, Nor-Lea General Hospital, healthcare funding, capital outlay, capital projects, appropriations, reversion, encumbrance, reauthorization, reappropriation, general fund, capital development and reserve fund, tribal infrastructure project fund, Department of Finance and Administration, DFA, state board of finance, severance tax bonds, tax-exempt bonds
Summary:
The committee reviewed drafting instructions and spending sheets for House Bill 2, focusing on both recurring and nonrecurring appropriations, reserve levels, and several late changes. Staff explained that the package would leave reserves around 28% under the current scenario, with the possibility of rising to about 30% if a separate natural disaster reform bill is enacted. Members discussed how disaster funding would be handled through a replacement Section 8 and the appropriation contingency fund, and whether the operating reserve could be tapped with explicit authorization. There was also clarification on fund types, including other state funds and interagency transfers, and on how line items were reflected in the spreadsheets.
A major point of debate was how to offset additions by reducing funding elsewhere. Members discussed shifting money from the state fair/multipurpose arena request, the Office of Natural Resources Trustee, and other capital items to accommodate changes. Several senators raised concerns about cutting the Office of Natural Resources Trustee too deeply and about the purpose of those funds, including possible land purchases and floodplain mitigation in Ruidoso. The committee also discussed whether the state fair money should be reduced, with some members supporting a $25 million restoration and others preferring to leave the executive’s request intact. Staff noted that some reductions were not true cuts but swaps or offsets, such as moving local road money and using excess capital outlay reserves.
Other corrections and policy items were addressed, including an increase for UNM and NMSU stadium funding, a correction to a project distribution on line 105, and funding for the Health Council. Members also noted that the public employee 1% raise was no longer funded because recurring capacity was used elsewhere, and that no COLA was included. After discussion, Senator Woods moved to adopt the drafting instructions, Senator Gonzalez seconded, and the motion passed without objection. The committee then directed staff to prepare a catch-up cleanup version of House Bill 2 for later review and said House Bill 8 would be taken up the next morning.