Video & Transcript : 'budget reform' :
Page 79 of 500
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Investments and Pensions Oversight Oct 9th, 2025
Investments & Pensions Oversight Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- that looks at long-term retirement and deferred maintenance liabilities and how they affect state budgets
- So what this was showing in the case GRS was making was looking at the reforms, the Tier Two reforms,
- That now meets our benchmark for what analyses we believe budget makers and lawmakers need to have in
- In Montana, it was a one-time transfer through the Governor's proposed budget.
- It's easy to budget and ensures consistency.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, June 8, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><02:39:59.920><c> These</c><02:40:00.160><c> reforms</c><02:40:00.560><c> are</c> These reforms are
- We can only imagine the reforms.
- We need reforms compliance activities.
- </c> makes important and long overdue reforms makes important and long overdue reforms to<03:43:04.000
- the transparency angle in the budget.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Finance Apr 27th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- budget.
- Flat budget.
- budget.
- and see where they're over-budgeted and take some of that budget away.
- dollar budget.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
December 2, 2025 - 08:30 AM
Transcript Highlights:
- William Large, Florida Justice Reform Institute, waiving in opposition.
- On your screen are specifically some of the reforms that are made in those rules.
- And they have made one such recommendation that is now part of our legislative budget request.
- There is money, but it runs out pretty soon into the budget year? Yes, sir.
- So put a little perspective on it into the budget year. How quickly does that money run out?
Summary:
The committee first heard HB 133, which would lower the minimum age to purchase a long gun from 21 to 18. The sponsor said the bill restores the rights of law-abiding 18-year-olds. Public testimony was sharply divided, with supporters from Gun Owners of America and Florida Carry arguing that adults 18 and older should have equal Second Amendment rights and that current law is inconsistent with other adult responsibilities, while opponents, including gun violence prevention advocates, students, parents, and Parkland-related speakers, said the bill would reverse a post-Parkland safety measure and increase risks of suicide, accidental shootings, and school violence. Several members debated the bill, with opponents emphasizing Parkland, the Florida State shooting, and public polling showing broad opposition; supporters stressed parental responsibility, mental health, and constitutional rights. HB 133 was then reported favorably on a roll call vote of 13 yeas, with several members voting no.
The committee then took up CS/HB 289, which would revise Florida’s wrongful death law to allow parents to recover damages for the death of an unborn child. The sponsor said the bill is intended to let grieving parents seek civil remedies, and members questioned how it would apply in situations involving surrogacy, rape, ectopic pregnancy, medical care, and damages calculations. The sponsor said the bill would not allow suits against the mother, would not apply to lawful non-negligent medical care, and would be handled through ordinary wrongful death damage proof before a jury. Public testimony was again split: supporters from pro-life and faith groups said the bill recognizes unborn children and aligns Florida with many other states, while opponents from civil liberties, reproductive rights, and advocacy groups warned it could be used to target abortion providers, helpers, and even families or businesses in miscarriage-related cases, and could be weaponized by abusive partners. The transcript ends during testimony on HB 289, with no final vote shown in the excerpt.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- bill includes both responsible reforms to address the projected budget shortfall as well as investments
- </c><00:03:46.799><c> to</c> includes both responsible reforms to includes both responsible reforms to
- ><c> shortfall</c> address the projected budget shortfall address the projected budget shortfall as<00
- I noticed when we came out with the HHS budget bill and this budget bill that there isn't funding for
- </c> think that the when we have the budget think that the when we have the budget um<00:21:20.240><c
Committee:
Senate Human Services
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 7 on Accountability and Oversight Mar 11th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Welcome to the Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Accountability and Oversight.
- possible, therefore I'm going to make a quick remark and then ask the Chair and Vice Chairs of the Budget
- We have awarded all but the $100 million that is currently in the budget.
- Since I took office, through a series of policy reforms and other best management techniques, we have
- More needs to be done to show that these state-level reforms are working.
FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
FL House Floor Session - 2025-01-28 (4:30PM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I don't know. body, pass a balanced budget.
- Immigrants, nonetheless, we need serious immigration reform. We don't...
- We need serious immigration reform. We don't have this in this bill. I urge you to vote no.
- But in... ...on the House floor that we need comprehensive immigration reform.
- We have a state budget to build. Let's not get distracted by all the noise.
Summary:
The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, approval of the journal, and adoption of the special order calendar for the day. The chamber then took up House Bill 1B on immigration, along with discussion of anticipated Senate changes. The sponsor described the bill as creating a chief immigration officer housed in the Department of Agriculture, establishing an Office of State Immigration Enforcement, expanding cooperation with federal immigration authorities, increasing criminal penalties for certain offenses by unauthorized aliens, ending undocumented-student fee waivers, and providing substantial appropriations for enforcement and related programs. Members also questioned the Senate version’s proposed mandatory death penalty provision for certain capital offenses involving unauthorized aliens, as well as pretrial detention, 287(g) participation, DMV reporting requirements, and the bill’s effects on schools, teachers, social workers, and local agencies. The sponsor and supporting members repeatedly said the bill required broad cooperation with federal immigration enforcement and that existing federal law would control where conflicts arose.
A major portion of the debate focused on whether the bill would allow or require immigration enforcement in schools and other sensitive settings, and whether teachers, school resource officers, and social workers could be placed in conflict with federal privacy or professional obligations. Members also raised concerns about detention based on suspected status, the standard of proof for immigration-status determinations, prison and jail impacts, workforce shortages, and the fiscal effects on counties and state agencies. The sponsor said the bill did not provide DMV funding, that the state would need to study some implementation questions, and that the appropriations included $25 million for a local law enforcement participation incentive program and up to $350 million for broader implementation and coordination.
Several amendments were offered and failed. Representative Chambliss proposed protecting schools, churches, and places of worship from enforcement activity; Representative Escamani offered amendments to preserve in-state tuition for Dreamers and to grandfather currently eligible students; Representative Woodson offered a similar Dreamer-related amendment; and Representative Bartleman proposed barring local law enforcement from entering schools during school hours to detain children solely for immigration status. Supporters of these amendments argued they would protect children, preserve educational access, and prevent trauma in schools and houses of worship. The House rejected each amendment by voice vote, and the transcript ends during debate on the Bartleman school-safety amendment before final disposition is shown.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Environment, Climate and Legacy - 02/27/25
Environment, Climate, and Legacy
Transcript Highlights:
- The governor's budget recommendation for DNR reflects the broader theme of his overall budget, which
- The governor's budget recommendation for DNR reflects the broader theme of his overall budget, which
- The governor's budget recommendation for DNR reflects the broader theme of his overall budget, which
- Switching to the topic of permitting reform, this is a larger package of both policy and budget ideas
- Switching to the topic of permitting reform, this is a larger package of both policy and budget ideas
Committee:
Senate Environment, Climate, and Legacy
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Katrina Austin is the budget analyst for Article 2. Patrick Philpott, budget analyst for Article 3.
- I would like to introduce Harold Stone. draft a budget and to make sure that this is a conservative budget
- I'm Julie Lindsey with the Legislative Budget Board. I'm one of the Assistant Directors of Budget.
- That's what we are assuming out of this budget. There's nothing in the budget that says GIDC.
- That's what we are assuming out of this budget. There's nothing in the budget that says GIDC.
Bills:
SB 1
Committee:
Senate Finance
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session (Full Formal with Calendar) Jun 21st, 2026 at 10:06 am
Massachusetts Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- , to ensure that this budget...
- Ways and Means conference table opened up doors to this budget to ensure that this budget has something
- our wrap-up of the budget and that alone.
- that actually strengthen the budget in many ways diversify the vision of the budget to incorporate the
- We have certainly proven this with this budget.
Summary:
The Senate took up a long series of FY26 budget amendments during debate on the Ways and Means budget bill. Early on, an amendment on debt service and the Debt Affordability Committee was rejected. A major education amendment offered by Senator Lewis and supported by Senator Comerford was then adopted; it directs DESE to begin a public process, with $200,000 in funding, to review and recommend updates to the Chapter 70 municipal contribution formula and related school funding structures as the Student Opportunity Act nears full implementation. Senators argued that school districts across the Commonwealth are under severe fiscal strain, citing rising special education, transportation, health insurance, and Proposition 2 1/2 pressures, and that the current formulas are increasingly out of alignment with local needs.
The chamber also considered and voted on many other amendments, with several adopted and several rejected. Adopted amendments included measures on public payroll transparency, regional EMS, a small business group purchasing cooperative pilot, simplifying Medicaid eligibility determinations, and early education background checks. Rejected amendments included proposals on first-time homebuyer savings accounts, population change studies, competitiveness studies, emergency contract reform, natural gas cost containment, a $200 per pupil aid increase, regional school reimbursement increases, a Foundation Budget Review Commission-related study, special education service studies, welfare benefit audits, short-term capital gains, and an MBTA sustainability plan. Senator Durant also spoke in support of Amendment 766, which would create a crumbling concrete assistance fund for homeowners affected by pyrrhotite, with tax-exempt aid, federal funding applications, audits, and a stakeholder working group.
Near the end of debate, Senator D. DiDomenico praised the Shannon Grant program for gang violence prevention, and the Senate adopted a final corrective amendment containing technical fixes and local earmarks. The bill was then ordered to a third reading and, after a roll call on engrossment, passed to be engrossed by a vote of 38-2. The Senate also approved a motion to adjourn to the following Tuesday at 11:00 a.m. and recessed in memory of Yaron Lashinsky, Sarah Lynn Milgram, and Leslie A. Feeney.
FL
Florida 2026 4th Special Session
February 16, 2026 - 03:30 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- I want to welcome everyone to the Budget Committee.
- So, our budget is PCB BUC 2601.
- Our total budget is a 2% increase over the current year budget.
- Budget authority in the third and fourth circuits.
- They are regularly exceeding timelines and budgets.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on Education (8-18-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><01:28:19.760><c> bill</c> that or or showed the budget bill that or or showed the budget bill language
- So, this is a to begin a budget year.
- 01:29:27.120><c> those</c> you're preparing your budgets, those you're preparing your budgets, those
- </c> possible reform when it comes to ATC's. possible reform when it comes to ATC's.
- ><c> that</c><01:41:14.560><c> could</c> think there are reforms that could think there are reforms that
Summary:
The committee heard a presentation from KDE on the revised Kentucky academic standards for reading and writing. KDE explained the statutory six-year review process, the public comment periods, and the main revisions, including updates tied to the science of reading, decodable text, encoding/decoding, and an updated vision statement. KDE said 308 responses were received on the initial public comment, most respondents favored keeping standards as-is, and about 12% of standards were revised. The department also said the document was streamlined by removing repeated graphics and reducing its size by about 24%, and that a later comment period drew more than 400 responses. No new standards were flagged for review.
Members asked about alignment between standards, curriculum, assessments, and NAEP, and KDE said instructional resources should be aligned to standards, KSA assessments are aligned to the standards, and screeners/diagnostics help identify student needs. Representative Truett raised the idea of a textbook-to-standards crosswalk, and KDE said publishers and a future repository partner should provide such crosswalks for local districts. Representative Bojanowski asked why foundational reading skills are not directly assessed on the third-grade KSA; KDE responded that the assessment is designed to measure end-of-grade expectations, while screening and diagnostics are used earlier to identify decoding needs. Representative Gel asked about early childhood supports, and KDE said it is working with early learning and special education offices and promoting LETRS professional learning for both teachers and preschool educators.
The committee then received the mathematics improvement committee report. KDE said the mathematics committee unanimously approved a new strategic plan for improving math achievement from pre-K through grade 20 and adult education. The plan centers on six priorities: student empowerment, effective mathematics teaching and learning, continuous educator development and growth, a continuum of learning, community and family partnerships, and teacher recruitment and retention. KDE said the plan is intended as a living document with goals, recommended actions, and evidence bases, and that it aligns with the Kentucky Numeracy Counts Act by supporting high-quality instructional resources, professional learning, and family resources. In response to Senator Thomas, KDE explained that the professional learning recommendation means districts should tailor teacher training to classroom needs and instructional materials so math teachers are better equipped to implement standards and support students.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Health and Human Services Oct 8th, 2025
Legislative Health & Human Services Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- Our budget has decreased because we recognize how we need to reallocate our funds.
- This is a budget that I think that you want or that you're asking for.
- health councils with a budget under a hundred thousand.
- We didn't have any health councils who reported budgets for 250 to 500,000.
- A slide about health councils and optimal budgets.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee Apr 9th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- As the author noted, AB 712 adds much-needed teeth to the state's housing reform laws by, among other
- just to discover whether, in fact, the statute in question is a housing reform law.
- And yet right now, we've expended all the dollars from the 2018 bond, and the current budget proposal
- This year's budget, as Assembly Member Wicks points out, includes no new dollars for the state's most
- And we know from this year's budget it's not going to get there solely through that route.
Summary:
The Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee heard a long agenda of housing-related bills, beginning with AB 518 on low-impact camping areas. The author and supporters said the bill would streamline permitting for small rural camping operations on private land, expand outdoor access, and support rural economies, while opponents from campground associations and counties warned it could undermine existing regulation, create enforcement problems, and allow advertising of unpermitted sites. Members raised concerns about fire safety and local control, but the bill was ultimately passed as amended on an 8-0 vote.
The committee then approved AB 635, which would require HCD to refer up to 25 of the most serious mobile home residency law complaints to the Attorney General. Supporters said mobile home residents need stronger enforcement against egregious park-owner violations, while opponents argued the existing program is underused, costly, and should remain subject to a sunset. After discussion of the program’s surplus and enforcement role, the bill passed 9-1. AB 893, which expands ministerial approval for mixed-income housing near college campuses and broadens eligibility for affordable units to students, faculty, and staff, also drew strong support from student advocates and housing groups and respectful opposition from the League of California Cities over local control and height limits; it passed 10-0.
AB 925, the Mobile Home Emergency Safety Act, would require stronger emergency preparedness measures in mobile home parks, including accessible exits, working fire hydrants, and gas shutoff access, with a fee increase to fund enforcement. Supporters framed it as a life-safety measure in disaster-prone areas, while opponents argued the bill duplicates existing requirements and imposes an unnecessary fee increase. The committee voted 6-1 to send it to Appropriations, with the bill left on call. The consent calendar, including several other housing and local government bills, was approved 8-0. The committee also heard AB 712, which would increase penalties and attorney-fee protections for applicants enforcing state housing laws against public agencies; supporters said it would improve compliance, while special districts opposed the bill as overly broad and unclear. Members discussed indemnification and timing issues, and the bill was advanced with amendments to Judiciary.
WA
Transcript Highlights:
- And that's where we are today with the Sentencing Reform Act.
- Determinate sentences meant the release date was known, and there's no incentive to reform.
- A person's conduct in prison or any attempt at reformation did not impact the release date.
- So that would be maybe the gold standard of reform. So if you have any examples, I'm...
- So that would be maybe the gold standard of reform. So if you have any examples, I'm all ears.
Committee:
Senate Law & Justice
Summary:
The committee work session began with a staff presentation on state tort liability, focusing on why Washington’s tort payouts and claims have risen and how sovereign immunity, statutes of limitation, damages rules, and case law shape state exposure. Staff and the Attorney General’s Office highlighted that DCYF, DSHS, and DOC account for the largest share of claims and payouts, with Washington’s broad waiver of immunity and lack of caps on non-economic damages making it unusual compared with many other states. The discussion emphasized childhood sexual abuse claims, foster care and juvenile rehabilitation liability, and the impact of recent cases and the 2024 statute of limitations changes. Agency witnesses from DCYF, DSHS, and DOC described rising claims, delayed payout timing, difficulty defending older cases with limited records, and efforts to reduce future liability through practice changes, electronic health records, medication-assisted treatment, staffing, and early resolution programs.
The committee then shifted to parole and sentencing. Staff from the Sentencing Guidelines Commission and Public Safety Policy and Research Center reviewed Washington’s move from indeterminate sentencing and parole to the current determinate sentencing system under the Sentencing Reform Act, and explained that parole can coexist with sentencing guidelines in other states through different models. They also summarized Criminal Sentencing Task Force recommendations related to three-strikes, persistent offender review, and a second-chance review process, noting that the task force did not reach consensus on those ideas. Judges Veronica Galvan and Cindy Larson, speaking for the Minority and Justice Commission and the Superior Court Judges Association, supported considering a parole or review-board model as a way to address racial disparities, improve fairness, and create a more centralized and transparent review process with data collection and judicial review.
The final panel began with prosecutors, with Eric Eisenger introducing himself and indicating he would speak from both his role as Benton County prosecutor and as a former defense attorney. The transcript cuts off before the prosecutors’ full testimony or any committee action on the parole topic, and no votes were taken during the portion provided.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- can you imagine if Washington budgets can you imagine if Washington took<01:15:26.520><c> a</c><01:15
- lot to be proud of when it comes to financial restraint, challenges are ahead of us in the coming budget
- the large amount of federal budget the large amount of federal funding<01:16:52.440><c> from</c><01:
- This is important, but we do have to carefully look across our budgets of every agency and find savings
- </c><01:22:39.920><c> just</c> bail law and the recent reforms just bail law and the recent reforms just
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Delivery of Government Efficiency Mar 26th, 2025
Delivery of Government Efficiency
Transcript Highlights:
- I guess to directly answer the question, budgeting for a month at that salary is...
- Rahul Srinivasan, Director of Government Reform and Fiscal Policy with Texas 2036.
- They're in our budget to be a part of what we're doing.
- We have an operating budget of $355,000.
- We have been advocates for procurement reform for over a decade.
Bills:
HB149 , HB252 , HB643 , HB1442 , HB1500 , HB1672 , HB1851 , HB1893 , HB2028 , HB2768 , HB2818 , HB149 , HB252
Committee:
House Delivery of Government Efficiency
Keywords:
artificial intelligence, regulation, biometric data, ethical AI, consumer protection, AI governance, employment compensation, state agencies, salary payments, general appropriations, government efficiency, public works, contractors, payment bonds, government contracts, construction law, transparency, open meetings, government accountability, public access
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- a need for a continued a need for a continued reform<00:58:23.680><c> in</c><00:58:24.000><c> that</c
- in that area and I'm and I think reform in that area and I'm and I think and<00:58:26.240><c> there's
- </c><00:58:33.839><c> to</c> ability for that type of reform to ability for that type of reform to occur
- </c><00:58:57.680><c> Senator</c> needed reform for that industry?
- Senator needed reform for that industry?
Committee:
Senate Taxes
Keywords:
local government debt, municipal bonds, county bonds, capital improvements, public financing, bond issuance, public hearing, notice period, bond guarantee, Minnesota Public Facilities Authority, volume cap, private activity bonds, housing finance, residential rental bonds, LIHTC, low-income housing tax credits, redevelopment, courthouse financing, jail financing, law enforcement center
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, December 4, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I was the chief executive officer of a government of over 1 million people with a $2.5 billion budget
- </c><01:57:36.800><c> These</c> budget and 4,200 employees. These budget and 4,200 employees.
- In other words, the savings that we get through our reforms are actually greater than the cost of the
- It also enacts reforms to a program called Medicare Advantage that are supported by the AARP because
- has increased by almost $40 budget has increased by almost $40 billion. billion. billion.
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- Don Richards, Legislative Service Office, Budget Fiscal Administrator.
- cycle within their budget each budget cycle within their budget documents.
- So, um, that budget load puts it into the budget as a top number, and that's as far as we can go.
- So, for example, if the budgets are tight and we're trying to do a rate increase, if the budgets are
- Um I would encourage the JAC to look at some of the reforms.
Committee:
Joint Appropriations