Transcript Highlights:

• Senator Rogers, so you're suggesting that $20 million has already been spent?
• My dad spent decades building something meant to last for generations.
• We've spent a lot of money out there, it seems like, already.
• They haven't spent any of that money yet. It's in process.
• As far as how money would be spent, money would be spent in the following way: trips to high schools.

Summary: The committee met to hear and vote on a series of appropriations and transportation-related bills, beginning with SB 1550, which would fund a Queen Creek police pilot program focused on runaway youth prevention, at-risk youth protection, and anti-trafficking work. Supporters said the town and local facilities already contribute personnel and administrative support, while some members urged Queen Creek to add local matching funds. The bill received a due pass recommendation on a 7-2 vote. The committee then considered SB 1156 and SB 1157, both $20 million border-related reimbursement bills sponsored by Senator Rogers. SB 1156 would reimburse cities, towns, and counties for short-term detention hold costs for unauthorized non-citizens, and SB 1157 would reimburse local governments for supplemental fencing or bollard walls in high-crossing border areas. Both bills drew strong opposition from public commenters who described them as funding detention and border enforcement at the expense of other needs, while supporters framed them as backfilling local costs already incurred. SB 1156 passed 5-3, and SB 1157 passed 5-3. The committee also approved SB 1245, which would fund pavement replacement on Rodeo Road in Williams, and SB 1707, which would provide $5 million for AI-related border security at DPS. SB 1245 passed 6-3, with some members objecting that the state highway user revenue fund is underfunded and local contributions should be required. SB 1707 passed 6-4 after testimony split between supporters who favored using AI and surveillance tools for border security and opponents who said the bill was too vague, too expensive, or inappropriate given other state priorities. Later, the committee advanced SB 1273, funding pavement rehabilitation on Ogle Frontage Road between Bowie and San Simon, and SB 1811, which would clarify that school districts and charter schools may allow wireless device use in the case of an emergency rather than during an emergency. SB 1273 passed 6-4 amid debate over state versus local funding responsibility, and SB 1811 passed 8-1 after testimony that the change would give schools more flexibility and avoid practical problems during emergencies. The committee also heard SB 1088, a cybersecurity appropriation for DHS, and SB 1332, which would require ADOT to study light rail expansion in Maricopa County versus autonomous or semi-autonomous transit options. SB 1088 passed 6-4 despite concerns that the appropriation was vendor-driven and not requested by the department. SB 1332 drew extensive testimony from small business owners along Indian School Road who said light rail construction had harmed access and sales, while Phoenix/Valley Metro opposed the bill and questioned ADOT’s role; the discussion continued as the transcript ended.

Transcript Highlights:

• have been spent in either year.
• </c><00:26:45.320><c> They're</c> have been spent in either year.
• They're have been spent in either year.
• So, the vision we have here is to spent.
• </c> spent in each version. spent in each version.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Free Conference Committee on the 2026 General Assembly budget met to reconcile differences between the House and Senate versions of House Bill 500. Leaders opened by thanking the other chamber’s work, asking members to turn microphones on and off to avoid feedback, and stressing the need to clearly note decision points so both chambers record the same actions. Staff then walked through the bill page by page, explaining that the committee was comparing only House and Senate differences, not the governor’s proposed budget. The discussion covered a wide range of appropriations and language items, including next generation non-911 services, school safety reporting tools, restored funding for brain injury, epilepsy, veteran service, homeless veterans, and rocket docket programs, debt service changes, rural infrastructure, disaster aid caps, Attorney General and Medicaid fraud funding, agriculture and county fair grants, auditor and pension-related appropriations, school facilities and SEEK funding, and numerous education programs. Members also discussed charter-related funding such as Star Academy, Dolly Parton Imagination Library, school resource officers, school-based mental health providers, AP/IB exams, Governor’s Scholars and Entrepreneurs, and several pilot or initiative programs in economic development, energy, and labor. Several items were described as technical corrections or restorations of language and funding, while others reflected differences in amounts or how funds would be distributed. There were several questions and comments from members about wording such as “implement and carry out,” the absence of the governor’s budget from the comparison document, and whether SEEK funding should be tied to teacher raises. The chair and other members emphasized that the committee’s role was to reconcile the two chambers’ budgets, not to adopt the governor’s proposal. Members also raised concerns about opioid settlement funds and the Dolly Parton Imagination Library match rate, with one senator urging restoration of the House language. No final vote or formal action was taken in the portion provided; the meeting primarily consisted of explanation, questions, and discussion of proposed budget differences.

Transcript Highlights:

• I just spent two years ago, I was in general most correction.
• I spent nine years at the DOC in a lot of different prisons. I've been incarcerated twice.
• I spent three years at, no, I was not at South Bay, but at Nashville Street.
• I spent three years at, no, I was not at South Bay, but at Nashville Street Jail. What year?
• There's a lot of money being spent in certain areas as well.

Summary: The Special Commission on Correctional Consolidation and Collaboration met to approve prior minutes and then heard extensive testimony from people incarcerated or formerly incarcerated in county and state facilities, along with a few family/community perspectives. Much of the testimony focused on how county sheriff programs, reentry services, and step-down placements helped people obtain education, treatment, work experience, housing, IDs, and support for sobriety and family reunification. Witnesses from Hampshire, Barnstable, Hampden, and Franklin counties repeatedly described these programs as life-changing and credited staff with treating them with dignity, helping them prepare for release, and connecting them to community resources. Several witnesses contrasted county programming favorably with their experiences in DOC custody, saying DOC facilities often had overcrowding, limited access to programs, long waits, and little individualized reentry planning. Some said their sentence length or classification status made them ineligible for needed programs, while others described county facilities as more responsive and rehabilitative. A few witnesses also highlighted the value of culturally specific programming, educational blocks, restorative justice, and employment training. One witness from Hampden County described All-Exclusive Support Services as pivotal to her recovery and later employment with the sheriff’s office; another from Franklin County said the reentry center’s outside location made it easier to access help after release. Not all testimony was uniformly positive. A witness from Framingham described serious mental health needs that were not adequately addressed, saying she was offered superficial coping tools instead of counseling and that visitation restrictions for family members worsened her mental health. Another witness, a juvenile lifer, said long sentences and classification barriers limited access to meaningful programming and delayed preparation for release. Commissioners asked follow-up questions about DOC programming access, reentry preparation, visitation policies, and whether people were ready to benefit from services. No formal votes or policy actions were taken beyond approving the prior meeting minutes and moving through the testimony agenda.

Transcript Highlights:

• I just spent two years ago, I was in general most correction.
• I spent nine years at the DOC in a lot of different prisons. I've been incarcerated twice.
• I spent three years at, no, I would not at South Bay, but at Nashville Street.
• You spent the next five years here. No one's going anywhere.
• There's a lot of money being spent in certain areas as well.

Keywords: 1212, all

Summary: The Special Commission on Correctional Consolidation and Collaboration met to approve prior minutes and then heard extensive testimony focused on reentry, programming, and the differences between Department of Correction facilities and county sheriff programs. Much of the testimony came from incarcerated or formerly incarcerated people describing how county facilities offered education, treatment, work release, identification documents, housing help, and reentry planning that they said were often unavailable or harder to access in state DOC settings. Several witnesses emphasized that these programs helped them obtain sobriety, employment, family reunification, and parole readiness, while others said they needed more time, mentoring, or transitional support before release to make the most of those services. Witnesses from Hampshire, Barnstable, Hampden, and Franklin counties described specific programs such as high school/GED completion, college courses, culinary arts, vocational training, recovery groups, therapeutic treatment, and community-based reentry centers. Many said staff treated them with dignity and that the facilities’ culture encouraged accountability and personal change. A few witnesses also noted that some programs were not a fit for their needs, especially for people without substance-use issues or for those whose mental health needs were not adequately addressed. One Barnstable witness said she returned to custody within 48 hours of release because she was not mentally prepared for reentry, and another from Framingham said mental health support was insufficient and visitation restrictions worsened her experience. Commissioners asked follow-up questions about DOC access to programming, classification barriers, reentry preparation, and visitation policies. Several witnesses said DOC programming was limited by sentence length, classification status, or program waitlists, and that some people were steered into programs that did not match their needs. A number of commissioners and the sheriff present responded by stressing the importance of wraparound services, individualized planning, and hiring formerly incarcerated staff. No votes or formal actions were taken beyond approving the minutes and receiving testimony.

Transcript Highlights:

• Jamie has spent her career making others successful, including this Representatives.
• Jaime has spent her career excellence.
• He spent his childhood in Ohio.
• </c><05:26:02.320><c> American</c> comes from and how it's spent.
• American comes from and how it's spent.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, July 13, 2026, 1012, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I don't know enough to know if it is or isn't, or if this is. is going to be spent.
• I mean, it's kind of hard to say where I spent it and where I didn't.
• I mean, it's kind of hard to say where I spent it and where I didn't.
• I just had to ask for kind of a rack up of how much we had spent, how much the governor spent, and then
• how much we had spent— ...kind of a rack up of how much we had spent, how much the governor spent, and

Committee: House Budget

Summary: The House Budget Committee met with a quorum and began by taking up a series of budget bills and committee substitutes, including House Bills 2002, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013, which were laid over. The chair then walked members through a committee amendment package, explaining a mix of technical corrections, fund swaps, and adjustments involving highway patrol fringe costs, summary budget timing, rural health care, the CCBHO FMAP correction, and marijuana-fund reallocations. Members adopted the chair’s decrease amendments and later adopted the corresponding increase amendments, including partial restoration for Care to Learn, a Title I grant language change, an Overpass and Seymour road project, technical corrections for DPS and health-related items, and restorations for Jordan Valley and FQHC substance abuse funding. After a brief recess for session and lunch, the committee returned to House Bill 2 and began considering member amendments. On House Bill 2, the committee adopted Representative Lewis’s amendment making the curriculum transparency and parent portal item a pilot program, and Representative Davidson’s amendment adding $2 million in federal Child Care and Development Block Grant funds for One-Time Wonder School. Representative Steinhoff’s attempt to shift funding from Missouri Star Solutions and WorkKeys to the Success Ready Student Assessment failed, as did Representative Taylor’s proposal to move $1.2 million from career ladder to community college nursing programs. The committee then rejected Representative Steinhoff’s attempt to redirect Title I Innovation and Improvement Grant funds back to the governor’s recommendation, and later adopted Representative Steinhoff’s vocational rehabilitation amendment, which restored the department’s request and drew down additional federal matching funds. The committee also adopted Representative Hyne’s language amendment to allow flexibility between the MOQPK pre-K grant program and the Child Care Works tri-share program, though members discussed concerns about cross-bill flexibility and whether funds would actually be available. Representative Fogle’s amendment to require budget communications sent to committee chairs to also go to the full Budget Committee was defeated after members expressed concern about information overload and the difference between required distribution and requested information. The committee then took up a lengthy debate over Representative Fogle’s amendment to remove language barring Parents as Teachers participation for children already enrolled in public pre-K. Supporters argued the programs serve different purposes and that families should not be forced to choose between them, while opponents said the language was intended to prevent duplication of services and preserve resources for children without other options. After extensive discussion, the amendment failed. The committee continued with additional House Bill 2 amendments, but the transcript ends before final action on the remaining items.

Transcript Highlights:

• The state has already spent approximately $40 million on prison planning, yet critical needs remain unaddressed
• The state<00:26:09.200><c> has</c><00:26:09.440><c> already</c><00:26:09.679><c> spent</c><00:26:10.000
• ><c> approximately</c><00:26:10.720><c> 40</c> state has already spent approximately 40 state has already
• spent approximately 40 million<00:26:11.200><c> on</c><00:26:11.440><c> prison</c><00:26:11.760><c>

Committee: Senate Ways and Means

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The Ways and Means Committee convened at 10:00 a.m. and opened with instructions about live streaming, one-minute testimony limits, and the possibility of reconvening on March 31 if technical problems interrupted the hearing. The committee then took up HB 300, which drew extensive testimony from state agencies, commissions, nonprofits, and advocacy groups. Many agencies, including Budget and Finance, Education, Health, Housing, and others, said they stood on their written testimony and supported the measure. One witness from the Kohala Island Reserve Commission supported the bill and asked for funding for a CIP project at its Kihei site to consolidate offices and generate revenue for Maui. Several groups, including the Hawaii Oral Health Coalition and the Hawaii Association for Behavior Analysis, supported funding for mandated oral health services and higher ABA provider rates for children with autism. In contrast, the Re-imagining Public Safety in Hawaii Coalition and Hawaii Friends of Restorative Justice opposed $30 million for jail planning and additional incarceration-related spending, urging more investment in housing, mental health, youth programs, education, and restorative justice. The chair noted the testimony totals for HB 300: 186 in support, 91 opposed, and 52 comments. The committee then heard brief testimony on HB 794 and HB 795. The Department of Budget and Finance supported HB 794, and the Tax Foundation was listed for HB 795 but was not present. No additional testimony was offered on either bill. After the testimony phase, the committee deferred all three measures—HB 300, HB 794, and HB 795—for decision making to March 31 at 10:00 a.m. in the same room.

Transcript Highlights:

• I mean, what visibility does the legislature have into how those dollars are spent or what guidelines
• We've spent a solid year $250,000.
• We've spent a solid year building<00:57:55.119><c> a</c><00:57:55.440><c> foundation</c><00:57:56.240
• Um, and then were spent appropriately.
• I'm going to leave this to people who have spent more time on that issue, Mr.

Committee: Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• You've spent a lot of time working on this.
• You've spent a lot of time working on this. So I just wondered if you could. community.
• You've spent a lot of time working on this.
• “Of the bill and where you're going, but I would love to get some of your insights after you've spent
• You've spent a lot of time working on this.

Summary: The Committee on Emergency Management heard several bills related to public safety, wildfire preparedness, and fireworks regulation. SB 1299, by Senator Arreguín, would place in statute a certification and training framework for fire sprinkler fitters and apprentices after a court decision disrupted prior State Fire Marshal regulations. Supporters said the bill would protect life safety by ensuring qualified installation and maintenance of fire suppression systems, while opponents raised concerns about added costs, housing affordability, and labor-related effects. The committee passed the bill as amended to the Committee on Labor and Employment on a roll call vote, with DeMaio and Hadwick voting no. SB 1153, by Senator Caballero, would require urban retail water suppliers to incorporate wildfire-specific procedures into emergency plans and clarify that water systems are not designed to serve as wildfire defense systems. Supporters from water agencies and fire organizations said the bill would improve coordination, planning, and ratepayer protection while acknowledging infrastructure limits. Members discussed transparency, backup generators, and whether the bill should require more public disclosure; the author said he would continue working on possible amendments. The committee passed the bill as amended to the Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials. SB 828, by Senator Cabaldon, responds to the Esparto fireworks warehouse explosion by requiring fireworks licensees to disclose storage locations, verify local permits, and meet other compliance conditions. The author said the bill was developed with the State Fire Marshal and local public safety partners to close information gaps and improve enforcement. An opposition witness argued the permit-verification requirements could not be met in all jurisdictions, especially for hobby rocketry and small-scale uses, prompting discussion about clarifying different rocket categories and administrative implementation. The committee passed SB 828 as amended to the Committee on Local Government, and the meeting then adjourned after all bills were reported out.

Transcript Highlights:

• in here are just date extensions for funding that was appropriated already, but hasn't fully been spent
• in here are just date extensions for funding that was appropriated already, but hasn't fully been spent
• in here are just date extensions for funding that was appropriated already, but hasn't fully been spent
• in here are just date extensions for funding that was appropriated already, but hasn't fully been spent
• in here are just date extensions for funding that was appropriated already, but hasn't fully been spent

Committee: House Ways and Means

Keywords: 1183, house

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.
• That is supposed to be spent on caregivers, wages, and benefits.
• HB 2600 is simply about bringing more transparency to how rates are being spent by our employers and
• So even if those amendments didn't see the light of day, or all that time and energy spent working on

Bills: HB1873 , HB2600 , SB5957

Committee: House Early Learning & Human Services

Keywords: child care, Working Connections Child Care, WCCC, graduate students, professional students, higher education, full-time student, affordable child care, subsidized child care, child care subsidy, Department of Children, Youth, and Families, DCYF, income eligibility, state median income, copayment, copay waiver, family support, workforce participation, working families, special needs child care

Transcript Highlights:

• rationale is just looking to enhance physical transparency on how state appropriated funds are being spent
• No, to dig into that again, from my digging in, I spent a lot of the interim digging into Ocast just
• looking for better data transparency on how our funds are being spent.
• And so, this bill could you talk a little bit about this bill maybe helping the formula money to be spent
• reduce the interest rate they're paying on that loan allows more of their operating dollars to be spent

Bills: HB3674 , HB4326 , HB4331 , HB3029 , HB2963 , HB3551 , HB2973 , HB3019 , HB3461 , HB2961 , HB3261 , HB3759 , HB3429 , HB3069 , HB3372 , HB3705

Committee: House A&B Education Subcommittee

Keywords: school resource officer, sexual assault training, law enforcement training, CLEET, school safety, mental health, continuing education, HB4326, Oklahoma Higher Learning Access Program, Oklahoma's Promise, scholarship, tuition assistance, higher education, State Regents for Higher Education, eligibility expansion, adopted students, foster care, DHS custody, child-placing agency, tribal custody

Transcript Highlights:

• These students have spent the last six months learning about public service and the legislative process
• during Juneteenth, during the celebration, we would get together because that was the time that we spent
• In addition to his work, he has spent his time supporting non-profits in Los Angeles making sure that
• Back in December of 2015, we rescued, we spent three days in the rain trying to rescue a little cat from
• As a teenager he admittedly spent more time in pool halls than classrooms.

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• So, yeah, it's a reduction in the amount of money that we have spent previously.
• , prohibiting money be spent with advertisers that do media reliability, and prohibiting funds be spent
• We need to make sure that those funds are spent appropriately.
• We need to make sure that those funds are spent appropriately. Additional questions.
• I was really pissed off because our money did not get spent the way it should have been spent.

Keywords: 998, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• the findings was that Faget<00:08:52.959><c> County</c><00:08:53.279><c> has</c><00:08:53.519><c> spent
• </c><00:08:54.000><c> $98,000</c> One of the findings was that Fayette County has spent $98,000 this
• And the school<00:27:14.159><c> system</c><00:27:14.559><c> subsequently</c><00:27:15.200><c> spent</
• c><00:27:15.760><c> tens</c><00:27:16.080><c> of</c> school system subsequently spent tens of school
• system subsequently spent tens of thousands<00:27:16.640><c> of</c><00:27:17.360><c> dollars</c><00:27

Keywords: Discussion of BR 25 (2026 RS) 04:15 Presentation on voting systems by ES&S 48:14 Presentation on voting systems by Hart InterCivic and Harp Enterprises 01:13:07, 958, all

Summary: The committee met, approved the October 21 minutes, and then took up BR 25 for the 2026 regular session, a proposal to prohibit the use of tax dollars and public resources to advocate for or against ballot questions, including constitutional amendments. Senator Rawlings and the other presenters argued the current law already bars such advocacy but lacks meaningful enforcement, citing the 2024 school choice amendment campaign and other examples where public officials and school systems allegedly used taxpayer-funded resources to influence voters. They said the bill would add civil and criminal penalties, while preserving First Amendment rights for public employees acting in their personal capacities. Much of the discussion focused on whether the bill should be limited to school districts or broadened to cover other public entities, and on how to define terms such as “advocating in impartial terms.” Members raised concerns about possible effects on county and city lobbying through groups like KLC and KCO, on legitimate factual explanations by public officials, and on whether the bill could unintentionally restrict needed representation for local governments. The sponsors said the measure was intended to be narrow, would be vetted further, and would not bar individuals from speaking on their own behalf. Several members suggested revisions. Representative Lockett asked that schools and school employees be specifically named, and suggested separating the lobbying restrictions from the ballot-measure provisions into different bills. Representative Layman questioned the meaning of the bill’s language and whether it would cover factual testimony by officials. Representative Heen asked about a Jefferson County example involving legal fees used to challenge petition signatures; counsel said that situation would likely be allowable under the bill as drafted, though some members thought it should be covered. No final vote was taken on BR 25 during this discussion.

Transcript Highlights:

• Again, we would project a starting balance of $456 million if that's not spent this year.
• Chair, that surplus is spent. Thank you.
• [Music] Surplus is spent before we take any action this budget cycle, this session.
• Chair, that surplus is spent.
• Chair, that surplus is spent. Thank you.

Committee: Senate Finance

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Our American tax dollars should not be spent in that way.
• Our American tax dollars should not be spent in that way.
• Our American tax dollars should not be spent in that way.
• And the party over there that spent the last four years under President Biden spent like drunken sailors
• At Nunan, he spent many lunches to 1989.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, June 12, 2025, 1012, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• , was it all spent on eligible activities?
• , was it all spent on eligible activities?
• Of auditors: how much was given, how much was spent, was it all spent on eligible activities?
• What I would say is we spent more in fiscal year 25 than we did in 24.
• What I would million and we've spent 33.

Bills: SF2434

Committee: House Housing Finance and Policy

Keywords: housing, development fund, affordable housing, Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, expenditure provisions

Transcript Highlights:

• And there it talks about how those monies are to be spent: the 2 and a half million coming from uh Game
• And there it talks about how those monies are to be spent: the 2 and a half million coming from uh Game
• the 2 and a half million are to be spent the 2 and a half million coming<00:14:38.000><c> from</c><00
• </c> it's my recollection that we've spent it's my recollection that we've spent almost<00:26:59.039>
• </c><01:19:27.600><c> out</c> Almost every dime that's been spent out Almost every dime that's been spent

Keywords: 916, all

Transcript Highlights:

• So I spent a lot of time thinking through, you know, if this is what I want to do, and I came to the
• Dan Walter: Well, there's probably nobody in this room that's spent more time participating in regent
• So I spent a lot of time thinking through, you know, if this is what I want to do, and I came to the
• Well, there's probably nobody in this room that's spent more time participating in regent interviews
• So I spent a lot of time thinking through, you know, if this is what I want to do, and I came to the

Keywords: 1187, senate, all