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TX
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Committee on Education K-16 (Part II) Apr 3rd, 2025

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • SGR 59 establishes a constitutionally dedicated permanent endowment to fund the on the capital infrastructure
  • This is why a large group of associations and businesses have been pushing for the expansion of TSTC
  • Should this SGR affirmatively pass, the Technical Institution Infrastructure Fund, and the available
  • an endowment. that would serve as a permanent reliable revenue source for the future support and expansion
  • Baylor, Dallas Baptist, Hartin-Simmons, Howard Payne, University of Texas, so offering CLT is an expansion
Bills: SB530 , SB757 , SB769 , SB1085 , SB1241 , SB1242 , SB1409 , SB1878 , SB2138 , SB2314 , SB2231 , SB2361 , SB2431 , SJR59
Committees: Senate Education , Senate Education K-16
LA
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Mar 16th, 2026

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • Some of the expenses include $42 million to modernize technology, $38.6 million for workforce expansion
  • Utilization is increasing by 2.8% for non-expansion groups and 6.3% for the expansion groups.
  • So the FMAP rate, which is the federal match on the non-expansion group, is increasing in fiscal year
  • So we have more expansion individuals rolling off than non-expansion.
  • So 2.8% for the non-expansion group and about 6.3% for the expansion group.
Committee: House Appropriations
Summary: The committee first heard a budget presentation on LSU Health Care Services Division and Lallie Kemp Medical Center. Staff reviewed HCSD’s roughly $74.7 million budget, much of it tied to legacy obligations for former LSU hospital systems and support for Lallie Kemp. Committee members asked about prisoner care, risk management costs, declining admissions and emergency visits, and the hospital’s 340B drug program. Lallie Kemp officials explained that prisoner care serves multiple state and local facilities, that lower admissions largely reflect more patients being placed in observation status, and that the in-house 340B program provides major savings to patients and the prison system. Members also asked about care for unhoused patients and the hospital’s discharge practices, and the hospital said social services works to find placement when possible. The committee then moved to the Louisiana Department of Health budget, which was presented as just under $23.5 billion, with Medicaid making up more than 90 percent of the total. The presentation covered the Office of the Secretary, Office of Public Health, Office of Behavioral Health, Office for Citizens with Developmental Disabilities, and Medicaid. Major items included the new Rural Health Transformation Program, the transfer of several functions from DCFS to LDH under the One Door initiative, changes to SNAP administration, and large Medicaid adjustments driven by enrollment, utilization, and federal policy changes. Testimony also highlighted the statewide crisis hub and 988, the commodity food program for seniors, women’s health and maternal outcomes, and the department’s efforts to modernize technology and reorganize services. Members questioned LDH officials on a wide range of budget and policy issues, including the rural health grant, crisis services, Medicaid redeterminations, provider taxes, physician and hospital supplemental payments, nursing home rates, HCBS funding, and the impact of the federal One Big Beautiful Bill Act. LDH said the rural health grant would support workforce, technology, and care-delivery improvements; that the crisis hub and mobile crisis units are being expanded to improve access and reduce emergency room use; and that the department is working to keep the SNAP error rate below 6 percent to avoid a projected state cost increase. Officials also said they expect to return next year with additional funding requests for HCBS and other programs, while emphasizing that current budget changes are largely meant to realign funding with actual expenditures and new federal requirements. No votes or formal actions were taken in the portion provided.
NM
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Commerce and Economic Development Feb 13th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • made a major investment in early child care, and one of the big pieces is ensuring we have the infrastructure
  • We also are broadly in support of these incredible expansions of early childhood and child care access
  • We strongly support SB 96 and the continued expansion of early child, universal child care through safe
  • I may Our decisions about infrastructure, our schools, and our economic future are made with complete
  • well as infrastructure that affects people's everyday lives, such as single-family housing.
Summary: The committee first took up SB 96, which would reduce local zoning, fee, parking, HOA, and sprinkler-related barriers for child care operators and home-based child care facilities. The sponsor and the Early Childhood Education and Care Department said the bill is intended to expand child care access, especially in rural areas and child care deserts, while maintaining safety standards. Firefighters, child care advocates, and other supporters testified in favor, while one member objected to the bill’s limits on local control. The committee asked about “stacking spaces” and parking rules, then approved SB 96 on a 7-4 vote. The committee then considered House Bill 303, as amended, dealing with utility construction and certificate of convenience and necessity timing. Utility representatives from El Paso Electric, Xcel Energy, and PNM, along with consumer and energy groups, supported the bill, saying it would let utilities begin construction before the CCN process is complete, with the utility bearing the risk and no cost recovery if approval is later denied. Members questioned impacts on ratepayers, PRC oversight, co-ops, and the bill’s policy rationale. The committee adopted the amendment and then passed HB 303 as amended unanimously, 11-0. Finally, the committee heard House Memorial 6, as substituted, which asked for a study of private equity involvement in critical utilities and whether the state should consider a direct equity stake in utilities. Supporters argued the memorial would provide independent data before major ownership decisions, citing concerns about private equity acquisitions and the need to protect ratepayers and public interests. Opponents, including utility and business representatives, argued the PRC already has authority and expertise, warned about due process and conflict-of-interest concerns, and said the memorial could create uncertainty for investment. After extensive debate, the committee first tabled the committee substitute and then tabled HM 6 itself on an 8-3 vote, ending consideration of the memorial.
ID
ID

Idaho 2026 Regular Session

Feb 10th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • the American Rescue Plan Act, the Workforce Development Council received funding for child care infrastructure
  • fund transfer... there was a $15 million general fund transfer in FY24 for semiconductor workforce expansion
  • The child care expansion grants that Mr.
  • That's mainly a $5 million supplemental that the agency received for infrastructure projects that was
  • This request is not about expansion; it's about stewarding the assets that are already entrusted to the
Summary: The committee heard budget presentations first for the Idaho Workforce Development Council. Analyst Brooke Dupree reviewed the agency’s statutory role, funding sources, staffing, and FY27 requests, including an ongoing transfer within the In Demand Careers Fund to increase trustee and benefit payments for Idaho Launch grants, a proposal to consolidate the STEM Action Center into the council, and requests for reappropriation authority for several grant funds. Director Wendy Sechrist said Launch, workforce training, semiconductor, and child care grants have produced strong participation and wage gains, and she explained that the proposed STEM merger would transfer remaining dedicated-fund balances to the Workforce Development Training Fund. Members asked about the effect of a $10 million cash transfer on Launch awards, repayment of grants by students who do not meet requirements, and the use of employer training funds; Sechrist said wording such as “up to $10 million” would avoid reducing awards and that the agency is still exploring debt collection options. The committee then reviewed the Idaho Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired. Dupree outlined the agency’s vocational rehabilitation and independent living services, its dedicated funds, and FY27 requests for additional appropriation to spend Social Security reimbursement revenue and for replacement vehicles from the adaptive aids fund. Administrator Beth Cunningham said the agency uses those funds to support clients’ employment and independence, and that the requested increases would help cover needed vehicles and offset other costs. She also said holdbacks would have a modest effect on services, including reduced site restoration funding and some cuts to client services and travel. Finally, the Idaho State Historical Society presented its budget. Dupree described the agency’s preservation mission, staffing, dedicated funds, and FY27 requests, including $450,000 for the second year of moving state records and collections into a new archives addition, plus IT hardware and reappropriation authority. Director Janet Gallimore emphasized stewardship of state records and artifacts, the importance of the collections move, and the agency’s role in America 250 activities. Members asked about archaeological review travel, the agency’s long tenure, and the use of miscellaneous revenue; Gallimore agreed to provide travel records and thanked the committee for its support. The meeting ended with a presentation of historical artifacts and adjournment until the next day.
WY
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Joint Appropriations Committee, June 22, 2026 - PM

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • Uh emergency towards infrastructure.
  • I've seen some other definitions of infrastructure that caused pause.
  • And so, when I say infrastructure is economic development, it is.
  • That was the infrastructure water study.
  • What does major maintenance and repair or public facilities and infrastructure... ...facilities and infrastructure
Committee: Joint Appropriations
WY
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Appropriations Committee, March 2, 2026

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • We have the possibility of actually pursuing coal exports through port expansion projects, something
  • We have the possibility of actually pursuing coal exports through port expansion projects, something
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Committee: House Appropriations
LA
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Judiciary May 7th, 2026

Judiciary

AZ
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

04/28/2026 - Joint Appropriations

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • Is that a potential concern for ...for your riders that some of these road and infrastructure projects
  • our infrastructure, waterways, roads, sewer lines, water lines.
  • Just some infrastructure questions.
  • So, again, we need the FTEs and infrastructure, and we don't see that in this question.
  • So, again, we need the FTEs and infrastructure, and we don't see that in this question.
Bills: HB4138 , HB4139 , HB4140 , HB4141 , HB4142 , HB4143 , HB4144 , HB4145 , HB4146 , HB4147 , HB4148 , HB4149 , HB4150 , HB4151 , HB4152 , HB4153 , SB1831 , SB1832 , SB1833 , SB1834 , SB1835 , SB1836 , SB1837 , SB1838 , SB1839 , SB1840 , SB1841 , SB1842 , SB1843 , SB1844 , SB1845 , SB1846
Committee: Joint Appropriations
Keywords: appropriations, education funding, health care, general fund, state budget, local funding, gaming, pari-mutuel, horse racing, regulatory assessment, first-time starters, budget implementation, federal funds, government services, budget stabilization, financial reporting, capital outlay, infrastructure, veterans services, highway construction
LA
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Judiciary Mar 19th, 2026

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • Is it expansive or is it pretty limited? It's pretty limited.
  • Department of Public Works is more than just maintaining our infrastructure.
  • chapter, we're defining it as state, parish, municipal employee whose primary duties include infrastructure
  • And that wouldn't be an expansion. That would be keeping it the way it is now.
  • And that wouldn't be an expansion. That would be keeping it the way it is now.
Bills: HB9 , HB10 , HB16 , HB44 , HB46 , HB61 , HB101 , HB126 , HB153 , HB164 , HB233 , HB242 , HB436 , HB455 , HB571 , HB594
Committee: House Judiciary
Keywords: HB 9, HB9, Act 527, Shreveport, Stuffed Shrimp Capital, state symbol, Louisiana symbols, municipal designation, honorary title, cultural designation, tourism, local pride, seafood, shrimp, stuffed shrimp, cuisine, city branding, Louisiana Revised Statutes 49:170.26, legal holiday, Acadia Parish
OK
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Government Oversight Mar 3rd, 2026 at 10:30 am

Government Oversight

OK
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations and Budget Feb 24th, 2026 at 04:30 pm

Appropriations and Budget

AZ
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/24/2026 - Senate Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

Transcript Highlights:
  • When we fail to provide infrastructure, and this is an infrastructure bill, when we fail to provide infrastructure
  • They're looking for things like infrastructure, roads. They complain about that.
  • We see this with other infrastructure.
  • I believe we're bringing tested infrastructure to Arizona. It is not an experiment.
  • It doesn't create a new facility or large infrastructure costs.
Bills: SB1041 , SB1050 , SB1131 , SB1138 , SB1249 , SB1267 , SB1272 , SB1317 , SB1461 , SB1488 , SB1504 , SB1517 , SB1523 , SB1580 , SB1582 , SB1584 , SB1585 , SB1602 , SB1630 , SB1654 , SB1672 , SB1673 , SB1718 , SB1761 , SB1819 , SB1826 , SB1827
Committee: Senate Appropriations, Transportation and Technology
Keywords: electronic monitoring, nursing care, assisted living, resident rights, privacy, consent, surveillance, veterans, lifetime pass, state parks, Arizona, access, disabled veterans, cardiac arrest, defibrillators, school safety, emergency response, CPR training, Arizona education funding, automated license plate readers
NM
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Appropriations and Finance Feb 13th, 2026 at 05:31 pm

House Appropriations & Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • So it allows the department just to ensure that if the expansion will occur, which in the charter school
  • Occur, which in the charter school context, they actually already have to get permission to do expansions
Bills: HB253 , HB153 , HB255 , HB287 , HB371 , SB151 , HB8 , SB177
Committee: House House Appropriations & Finance
Keywords: distance learning, virtual instruction, public education, student enrollment, school funding, education standards, pandemic education response, low-carbon construction, construction materials, rebate, environmental product declaration, EPD, embodied carbon, carbon intensity, greenhouse gas emissions, decarbonization, industrial incentives, clean manufacturing, cement, concrete
NM
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Finance Feb 13th, 2026 at 09:37 am

Senate Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • In this committee substitute, it removed the quantum infrastructure.
  • now included in House Bill 2, allowing the Economic Development Department to support quantum infrastructure
  • It removed the child care facility donation credits, just like the quantum infrastructure provision.
  • It removed the child care facility donation credits, just like the quantum infrastructure provision.
  • Capital-intensive industries like energy, manufacturing, and infrastructure are especially sensitive
Bills: SB151 , HB8 , SB177 , HB253 , HB153 , HB255 , HB287 , HB371 , SB151 , HB8 , SB177
Committees: Senate Senate Finance , Senate House Appropriations & Finance
Keywords: corporate income tax, franchise tax, gross receipts tax, tax credit, tax deduction, controlled foreign corporation, CFC, bonus depreciation, interest expense, apportionment, unitary group, high-wage jobs tax credit, local journalism, news media, newspaper printer, physician incentive, health care workforce, affordable housing, multifamily housing, construction materials
WA
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections Jan 23rd, 2026 at 10:30 am

State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections

TX
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs Apr 2nd, 2025

Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • . infrastructure.
  • infrastructure areas. the only manufacturer that did that.
  • The first being the definition of critical infrastructure.
  • So this is Texas critical infrastructure. And this map.
  • There is a critical infrastructure.
Bills: HB17 , HB34 , HB41 , HB 118 , HB 119 , HB 127 , HB 128 , HB 129 , HB 130 , HB132 , HB133 , HB17 , HB41 , HB118 , HB119 , HB127 , HB128 , HB129 , HB130 , HB132 , HB133
Committee: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
Keywords: foreign ownership, real estate, national security, designated countries, Texas property law, lobbying, foreign adversaries, compensation prohibition, transparency, civil penalties, higher education, foreign adversary, research security, trade secrets, academic partnerships, HB 128, sister city, sister-city agreement, international exchange, municipal diplomacy
AL
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Ways and Means General Fund Committee Apr 1st, 2025

Ways and Means General Fund

MN
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 4/1/25

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Transcript Highlights:
  • preliminary report recommended exactly what this bill does, which is to create a statewide data infrastructure
  • preliminary report recommended exactly what this bill does, which is to create a statewide data infrastructure
  • preliminary report recommended exactly what this bill does, which is to create a statewide data infrastructure
  • preliminary report recommended exactly what this bill does, which is to create a statewide data infrastructure
  • Does, which is to create a statewide data infrastructure to study pre-trial practices here.
Bills: HF2233 , HF1999 , HF1995 , HF1614 , HF2781 , HF1775 , HF1316 , HF2127 , HF2521 , HF689 , HF2380 , HF1273
Committee: House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
Keywords: Uniform Special Deposits Act, special deposit, banking law, financial institutions, escrow, escrow account, trust account, security deposit, beneficiary, depositor, creditor process, garnishment, attachment, levy, setoff, recoupment, financial market infrastructure, retirement benefits, compensation, earnest money
OK
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations and Budget Health Subcommittee Jan 22nd, 2026 at 09:30 am

A&B Health Subcommittee

Transcript Highlights:
  • Then, the OSU Medical Center expansion has the new pharmaceutical research space that will partner with
  • We continued expansion of our therapeutic intensives program. That's up 27% year over year.
  • We've now call it services because it's more expansive.
  • Now, they talked about the aging infrastructure. I won't bore you with that.
  • That includes about $20 million dollars of site work and infrastructure work.
Committee: House A&B Health Subcommittee
MN
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Human Committee Meeting - 2025-04-02

Human Services Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Commission's review panel to include supporting infrastructure that's going to increase our system capacity
  • the review panel, any changes to the 48-hour rule must be accompanied by a significant immediate expansion
  • This bill importantly ties together the expansion of DCT with the changes in the 48-hour timeline.
  • This is basic investing in public infrastructure that doesn't get votes; it doesn't make all these people
  • If there's no expansion and the number of people who need that service continues to build as this mental
Committee: House Human Services Finance and Policy