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• interest rather than that interest going to the general fund.
• It uses climate emissions reduction funding.
• We have not had dedicated funding for Washington state ferries.
• It doesn't go into the general fund.
• funding levels for the Washington State aeronautics account.

Bills: SB6352

Committee: Senate Transportation

Keywords: transportation, infrastructure, resources, funding, state law

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• That motorcycle safety fund, parts of it goes to helping folks...
• Now let me explain how the motorcycle safety fund works.
• The legislature does not give money to the fund.
• receive donations from the fund.
• The state of Arizona is not funding this; all the funds are funded by the nonprofit or whoever to allow

Bills: HB2051 , HB2114 , HB2127 , HB2134 , HB2207 , HB2574 , HB2700 , HB2800 , HB2916

Committee: Senate Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

Keywords: AHCCCS, lactation care, breastfeeding, health services, healthcare access, motorcycle registration, safety fund, education, awareness programs, low-income scholarships, motorcycle training, special license plates, transportation, funding, nonprofits, charitable contributions, critical infrastructure, foreign adversaries, China, communications

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• And why would this be a state-funded function rather than an industry-funded function?
• funding was issued?
• funding was issued?
• $250,000 from the game to non-game fish endangered species fund to this fund.
• And I she's fund to this fund and I think diverting scarce general funds right now to this program with

Bills: HB2014 , HB2156 , HB2180 , HB2554 , HCR2047 , HR2002

Committees: House Appropriations , House House Appropriations Committee of Reference

Keywords: air emissions, fuel blends, environmental quality, feasibility study, Arizona Department of Agriculture, livestock, compensation, funding, ranching, agriculture, appropriation, University of Arizona, education, state budget, biennial budget, state funding, appropriations, budget procedures, fiscal years, Judea

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• Chair, members, House Bill 2207 appropriates $300,000 from the state general fund in fiscal year 2027
• Chair, I can't speak to speculation on whether this would make, or, yeah, provide funding.
• I do not know whether that provides funding through, like, sales. I can look at the end.
• I don't know whether that provides funding through sales.
• Payne, while the money for this program goes to the department to fund the program, training, materials

Bills: HB2207

Committees: Senate Public Safety , Senate Senate Public Safety Committee of Reference

Keywords: braille, disability access, education funding, state corrections, inclusion

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• The largest portion of this goes towards the Housing Trust Fund, where $225 million in funding includes
• She applied because that project, funded with Housing Trust Fund dollars, would be an opportunity for
• We offer our strong support for the additional funding being provided to the Salmon Recovery Funding
• We're seeking additional funding to the program that will allow our project to be funded.
• this due to lack of funds.

Bills: SB6003

Committee: Senate Ways & Means

Keywords: capital budget, funding, infrastructure, state projects, budget allocation

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• It provides funding for the Central Campus Electrification Project at King County Metro, substituting
• funding instead of the South Annex Base Electrification Elements Project at King County Metro.
• The third amendment is MISE 042 by Representative Entenman, and this advances funding from the 2027-29
• This is a small amendment to help King County Metro better spend their funds in the budget.
• expanding the authority that we would need to come up with the funds to do so otherwise.

Bills: HB2306 , HB2711

Committee: House Transportation

Keywords: transportation budget, capital budget, operating budget, appropriations, Washington State Department of Transportation, WSDOT, Washington State Patrol, Department of Licensing, ferry funding, state ferries, highway maintenance, road preservation, bridge replacement, tolling, express toll lanes, traffic safety, speed cameras, ignition interlock, transit grants, public transit

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• us on funding a pilot program for our community and technical colleges.
• You also funded King County Metro to mitigate the traffic congestion and revive I-5.
• You also funded King County Metro to mitigate the traffic congestion and revive I-5.
• So I hope you will consider funding this program in the budget. Thank you.
• I want to first thank you for working with us to create a contingency fund for FMSIB.

Bills: HB2306 , HB2711

Committee: House Transportation

Keywords: transportation budget, capital budget, operating budget, appropriations, Washington State Department of Transportation, WSDOT, Washington State Patrol, Department of Licensing, ferry funding, state ferries, highway maintenance, road preservation, bridge replacement, tolling, express toll lanes, traffic safety, speed cameras, ignition interlock, transit grants, public transit

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• least $60 million of investment as a one-to-one match with New Mexico that we hope to have fully funded
• You know, when I came to the legislature 14 years ago, one of the key reasons was to fully fund early
• And they need more dynamic incentives, whether it's through the Research and Development Fund or the
• But this legislature, we could put specific dedicated funding for staffing.
• Could put specific dedicated funding for staffing, or once it's on state land, right?

Bills: SB145 , SB143 , HB2 , SB145 , SB143

Committees: Senate Senate Finance , Senate House Appropriations & Finance

Keywords: auditing, financial reporting, state auditor, public agencies, capital outlay, compliance, federal audits, agriculture, New Mexico Department of Agriculture, fee update, regulatory fees, egg inspection, egg grading, egg dealer, pesticide control, pesticide registration, pesticide applicator, pest management consultant, plant protection, nursery license

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• Premiums for health insurance are reimbursed by the LEO retirement pension fund.
• And these are, again, those amounts are from the DRS admin fund.
• And these are, again, those amounts are from the DRS admin fund.
• at the end of each biennium may not revert to the general fund.
• I will also point out that this funding also allows for the complex needs fund to be re- Allows for the

Bills: HB1607 , HB2159 , HB2441 , HB2521 , HB2531 , HB2543

Committee: House Appropriations

Keywords: recycling, waste reduction, environmental policy, sustainability, municipal regulations, preK, education funding, childcare, youth development, state budget, HB 2441, line of duty death, survivor benefits, medical insurance premium reimbursement, surviving spouse, domestic partner, dependent children, public employee death benefits, retirement system, Washington State

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• foundation school. fund.
• These are the funds.
• There are three sources of funding for facilities and bonded debt funding.
• continue to fund special education the same way we're currently funding it.
• funding hasn't also.

Bills: HB2 , HB2

Committee: House Public Education

Keywords: public education, teacher compensation, certification, funding, school finance, educator rights, education funding, charter schools, staff compensation, state aid, retention allotment, disaster preparedness, emergency management, flooding, mass fatality, mass casualty, fatality tracking, body recovery, autopsy, justice of the peace

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• Yeah, no, that's funding.
• I chaired the Texas Commission on Special education funding.
• For years and fully funding our public schools.
• You know, the funding per kid.
• One of the reasons that we have lower funding is because our funding... is related to attendance and

Bills: HB2 , HB2

Committee: House Public Education

Keywords: public education, teacher compensation, certification, funding, school finance, educator rights, education funding, charter schools, staff compensation, state aid, retention allotment, disaster preparedness, emergency management, flooding, mass fatality, mass casualty, fatality tracking, body recovery, autopsy, justice of the peace

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• provision to provide flexible funding to districts that receive insufficient funding to pay for that
• The Fine Arts funding allotment in House Bill 2 would fund music, art, theater, and dance.
• Dollar pot for facilities funding.
• And I agree we should fund full-day pre-K. We only funded at 0.5 now. What's the other half?
• Our district spends $2.9 million in local funds to cover the shortfall in special education funding.

Bills: HB2 , HB2

Committee: House Public Education

Keywords: public education, teacher compensation, certification, funding, school finance, educator rights, education funding, charter schools, staff compensation, state aid, retention allotment, disaster preparedness, emergency management, flooding, mass fatality, mass casualty, fatality tracking, body recovery, autopsy, justice of the peace

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• With school safety funding provides historic funding infusion to our Texas public. schools.
• Facilities funding for a charter.
• we're supposedly funding.
• formula funding is the problem.
• Not loving that term, but we do fund it based on that. So there is additional funds there.

Bills: HB2 , HB2

Committee: House Public Education

Keywords: public education, teacher compensation, certification, funding, school finance, educator rights, education funding, charter schools, staff compensation, state aid, retention allotment, disaster preparedness, emergency management, flooding, mass fatality, mass casualty, fatality tracking, body recovery, autopsy, justice of the peace

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• with an annual allotment that index is facilities funding to student attendance growth.
• We're providing the funds from the state without any sort of input from the public.
• Additionally this provides the legislature the opportunity to allocate funding to address funding losses
• Essentially what this does is allow them to do a self-funded option for their students.
• Fund was built from land gifted by Texans for Texans to provide a sustainable source of funding for our

Bills: SB530 , SB757 , SB769 , SB1085 , SB1241 , SB1242 , SB1409 , SB1878 , SB2138 , SB2314 , SB2231 , SB2361 , SB2431 , SJR59

Committee: Senate Education

Keywords: accreditation, postsecondary education, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, baccalaureate degrees, junior colleges, program delivery, faculty recruitment, higher education, performance standards, student loan debt, degree programs, funding, students with disabilities, accessibility, enrollment, report, SB 1085, Sul Ross State University, Rio Grande College, Del Rio

Summary: The Senate Committee on Education K-16 met with a large agenda and repeatedly recessed for floor activity and other committee conflicts. The committee heard and left pending several higher education bills, including SB 2361 to transfer University of Houston-Victoria from the University of Houston System to the Texas A&M System and rename it Texas A&M University Victoria; testimony from university officials, local leaders, and industry representatives strongly supported the move as a way to better align degree programs with regional workforce needs in engineering, agriculture, and STEM. SB 530, which would align Texas accreditation statutes with federal rules allowing institutions to choose among nationally recognized accreditors, also received supportive testimony and was left pending. SB 1085, allowing Sul Ross satellite campuses to offer lower-division coursework toward bachelor’s degrees, was laid out and left pending as well. The committee also took up a series of education policy bills. SB 1241 would expand the standardized tests Texas public universities may accept for admission beyond the SAT and ACT, with supporters from the Classic Learning Test, homeschool advocates, and student-choice groups arguing it would increase access and competition; it was left pending. SB 769 would require a TEA/Higher Education Coordinating Board report on barriers faced by students with disabilities in higher education, and testimony from The Arc of Texas and others emphasized the need for better data and accessibility; the bill was left pending. SB 2231 would designate the second week of October as Free College Application Week, and SB 1878 would modernize terminology and support workforce-oriented programs at the Josie School; both were laid out and left pending. The committee reported several bills favorably after adopting committee substitutes. SB 605, concerning charter school expansion applications while under conservatorship or a management team, passed on a 9-0 vote. SB 1871, SB 1873, and SB 1874, all related to school discipline and teacher immunity/placement review provisions, were adopted and reported favorably, with members noting the need for further discussion on some language. SB 762, dealing with flag displays in public schools, passed on a 7-1 vote. SB 1962, relating to public school accountability and challenges to school system operations, passed 7-1 after a corrected vote. SB 1750, replacing a $60 million statewide charter facilities cap with an attendance-growth-based allotment, passed 7-1 with one member voting present not voting. SB 2252, supporting kindergarten readiness and early literacy/numeracy, SB 2253, concerning educator preparation and certification, SB 2365, on student use of wireless devices during instructional time, and SB 1924, restoring local peace officer citation authority for school offenses and adding reporting and parent-notification requirements, were also reported favorably. The committee additionally heard SB 37 on higher education governance and compliance oversight, which passed 7-1 after a substitute that refined curriculum review, governing board authority, faculty senate rules, and a new compliance office within the Higher Education Coordinating Board.

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• These both flow into what we call the Marijuana Regulation Fund.
• This 15% of the fund goes to what is called the Cannabis Social Equity Fund.
• It’s a separate fund.
• This 15% of the fund goes to what is called the cannabis social equity fund.
• It's a separate fund, and it was actually established in the 2022 cannabis equity bill.

Bills: H5005

Committee: Joint Special Joint Committee on Initiative Petitions

Keywords: environment, water conservation, natural resources, public funding, environmental justice

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• So these both flow into what we call the marijuana regulation fund.
• After this revenue is deposited in the marijuana regulation fund, we’ll go to the orange section. 85%
• This 15% of the fund goes to what is called the cannabis social equity fund.
• It’s a separate fund, and it was actually established in the 2022 cannabis equity bill.
• It’s a separate fund, and it was actually established in the 2022 cannabis equity bill.

Bills: H5005

Committee: Joint Special Joint Committee on Initiative Petitions

Keywords: environment, water conservation, natural resources, public funding, environmental justice

Summary: The Special Joint Committee on Initiative Petitions held a hearing on Initiative Petition 25-10 / House Bill 5002, “An act to restore a sensible marijuana policy,” which would repeal Massachusetts’ adult-use cannabis legalization framework. The chair explained the Article 48 initiative process and noted that, if the Legislature does not enact the measure as written, additional signatures would be needed for it to qualify for the 2026 ballot. The committee heard testimony from an expert, proponents of the petition, opponents, and members of the public, and accepted written testimony through March 27 at 5 p.m. Jessica Trow of MassBudget testified first, focusing on cannabis revenue and spending in Massachusetts. She said legalization has generated nearly $2 billion for the Commonwealth and municipalities since FY 2018, including excise tax, sales tax, local option taxes, fees, and community impact fees. She described how revenues are distributed to public health, the Cannabis Control Commission’s social equity efforts, the cannabis social equity fund, the MBTA, the School Building Authority, the general fund, and local budgets, and argued the industry has supported social equity and community investments. Opponents of the petition argued that repeal would harm public health, consumer safety, jobs, tax revenue, and social equity programs. Wendy Wakeman, speaking for the ballot committee, said legalization has increased potency, addiction, and mental health concerns, and that the state lacks sufficient data on harms. In contrast, business owners, clinicians, and advocates including Caroline Pino, Kristen Rogers, Drudus Ledbetter, Armani White, Lucas Thayer, and Jeff Rawson said the regulated market provides tested products, jobs, tax revenue, and pathways for people harmed by prohibition, while repeal would push consumers back to the illicit market and undermine equity goals. Committee members questioned witnesses about the evidence base, the role of out-of-state funding, the petition’s impact on existing businesses, and whether narrower regulatory fixes might address concerns instead of repeal. No vote was taken; the hearing was closed after testimony ended.

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• $8 an administrative fee, and $17 is a donation to the Space Exploration and Aeronautics Research Fund
• No general fund, no taxpayer, gold press, Latin, for AI rover convoys that bicker like R2-D2 and C-3PO
• We are woefully way behind when it comes to the funding game, as I'm sure you're aware.
• As many of you know, the commission was created about two years ago, but we have no funding mandate.
• And this is one of those great ideas, Some dollars for our Aerospace and Innovation Fund.

Bills: SB1020

Committees: House Artificial Intelligence & Innovation , House House Artificial Intelligence & Innovation Committee of Reference

Keywords: special plates, Arizona Space Commission, transportation, funding, space exploration

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• We passed statewide tourism funding this year for the first time in a long time, and I'm excited about
• using the experience of our tourism councils across the state as well as this new, you know, newly funded
• representative die thank you senator lias for coming and visiting us we passed a statewide tourism funding
• state as well as this new you know newly councils across the state as well as this new you know newly funded
• need this support and stability and assurances as they're filling gaps between state and federal funding

Bills: SB6313

Committee: House Capital Budget

Keywords: Capitol Centennial Stewardship, funding, gifts, grants, donations, legislative support

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• There is no General Fund impact and $19,000 total funds.
• near general fund.
• fund source.
• There is no general fund impact and $19,000 total funds.
• in total funds.

Bills: SB5998

Committee: Senate Ways & Means

Keywords: fiscal appropriations, budget, state funding, financial management, operating expenses

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• Fund the schools.
• funded by the state.
• The fund was cut last year, and with any such process, leading to the funding.
• State funds, which would be matched by $100,000 in federal funds, as well as more than $800,000 in funds
• to supplant general fund obligations with CCA funds.

Bills: SB5998

Committee: Senate Ways & Means

Keywords: fiscal appropriations, budget, state funding, financial management, operating expenses